The work of the Holy Spirit in the church is done in the context of persecution. The Spirit is not a guide and a helper for those on the straight way perfectly able to manage on their own. He comes to assist people caught up in the thick of battle and tried beyond their strength. Jesus makes it quite plain that the way before his followers is a hard and difficult way.
– Leon Morris –
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
– GK Chesterton –
from On Running After One’s Hat
The weakness of so many modern Christians is that they feel too much at home in the world.
– AW Tozer –
The dungeon became to me as it were a palace.
– Vibia Perpetua –
You can kill us, but you can’t hurt us.
– Justin Martyr –
A dark hour makes Jesus bright.
– Robert Murray McCheyne –
If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain but what He pours through us that really counts. God’s purpose is not simply to make us beautiful, plump grapes, but to make us grapes so that He may squeeze the sweetness out of us.
– Oswald Chambers –
God takes away the world, that the heart may cleave more to Him in sincerity.
– Thomas Watson –
The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord’s choicest wines.
– Samuel Rutherford –