Love

Revival Begins with God’s People – Andrew Bonar

Revivals begin with God’s own people; the Holy Spirit touches their heart anew, and gives them new fervor and compassion, and zeal, new light and life, and when He has thus come to you, He next goes forth to the valley of dry bones…

– Andrew Bonar –

Have a Strong Love for Perishing Sinners – Charles Spurgeon

Oh that you might have such a strong love for perishing sinners that you will put up with their rebuffs and rebukes, and say to them, “Strike me if you will, but hear me; ridicule me, but still I will plead with you; cast me under your feet as though I were the offscouring of all things, but at any rate, I will not let you perish, if it be in my power to warn you of your danger.”

– Charles Spurgeon –
from Council for Christian Workers

Wonderful Love of Christ – Thomas Watson

It was wonderful love that Christ should die for such as we are. What are we? Not only vanity, but enmity. When we were fighting, he was dying; when we had the weapons in our hands, then he had the spear in his side (Romans 5:8).

– Thomas Watson –
from The Lords Supper, 1665

Discover This Love – John Bunyan

Though the love that is in Him is essential to His nature, and can vary no more than God himself: yet we see not this love but by the fruits of it, nor can it otherwise be discerned. “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us” (1 John 3:16). We must then betake ourselves to the discoveries of this love.

– John Bunyan –
from All Loves Excelling, 1692

Enjoying God Forever – Charles Spurgeon

The purest and most exhilarating joy is the delight of glorifying God and anticipating the time when we will enjoy Him forever.

– Charles Spurgeon –
from Spurgeon on Praise