Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God’s grace never encourages us to live in sin, on the contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth.
– Randy Alcorn –
Sanctification
Cowards Never Won Heaven – William Gurnall
Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by this heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.
– William Gurnall –
The Blood of Christ – Billy Graham
Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.
– Billy Graham –
Where Happiness Comes From – Richard Sibbes
The happiness of man consists in communion with God and conformity to Him.
– Richard Sibbes –
from Glorious Freedom, 1639
What Holiness Is – John Owen
Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing, and realizing of the gospel in our souls.
– John Owen –
1616-1683
A Single Loyalty – Oswald Chambers
Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ.
– Oswald Chambers –
Steep Yourself in the Word – Horatius Bonar
He that would be holy must steep himself in the Word, must bask in the sunshine which radiates from each page of revelation.
– Horatius Bonar –
1808 –1889
The Joy of Trials and Struggles – John Flavel
Have we not with joy observed how those very things that sense and reason tell us are opposite to our happiness have been the most blessed instruments to promote it! How has God blessed crosses to mortify corruption, wants to kill our wantonness, disappointments to wean us from the world! O we little think how comfortable those things will be in the review, which are so burdensome to present sense!
– John Flavel –
from The Mystery of Providence, 1678
Guard Your Secret Life with God – Oswald Chambers
When a worker jealously guards his secret life with God the public life will take care of itself.
– Oswald Chambers –