God doesn’t want you to do religious stuff to feel better about yourself. He wants you to rest in Christ.
– Matt McMillen –
Peace
My Goal is God – Leonard Ravenhill
My goal is God Himself. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but Himself.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Peace and Satisfaction – Unknown
You can’t expect God to be the source of your peace if the world is the source of your satisfaction.
– Unknown –
Don’t sacrifice truth for peace – JC Ryle
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
– JC Ryle –
Find Rest in God – Matthew Henry
Those that depart from God cannot find rest anywhere else.
– Matthew Henry –
Find Rest in God – Corrie Ten Boom
If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
– Corrie ten Boom –
The Christian’s Safety – Thomas Watson
The fear of God is a Christian’s safety. He is invulnerable; nothing can hurt him. Plunder him of his money, he carries a treasure about him of which he cannot be robbed (Isa. 33:6). Cast him into prison his conscience is free; kill his body, it shall rise again. He who has on this breastplate of God’s fear may be shot at, but can never be shot through.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Great Gain of Godliness, 1682
How to carry burdens – One of the ladies of the Scottish Covenant
With God, the most of mosts is lighter than nothing, and without Him the least of leasts is heavier than any burden.
– One of the ladies of the Scottish Covenant –
The Secret to Peace in Life – Jean Nicolas Grou
The soul which gives itself wholly and without reserve to God is filled with His own peace; and the closer we draw to our God, so much the stronger and more steadfast and tranquil shall we become.
– Jean Nicolas Grou –