Beware of no man more than of yourself, for we often carry our worst enemies within us.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from The Complete John Ploughman
Sin – Temptation
A Proud Heart Never Praises God – Charles Spurgeon
A proud heart never praises God, for it hoards up praise for itself.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from the sermon “Praise Your God. O Zion” (February 25, 1866)
How to Find Shelter and Deliverance – Charles Spurgeon
If you have Christ, you will have comfort, joy, peace and liberty; and when the trouble comes, you will find shelter and deliverance by coming near to Him.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from God Loves You
Sin Blinds – Andrew Murray
One great power of sin is that it blinds men so that they do not recognize its true character.
– Andrew Murray –
People Don’t Know the Difference – Leonard Ravenhill
We live in a day where people don’t know the difference between love an lust.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Beware of Secret Sins – Thomas Brooks
Beware of secret sins.
– Thomas Brooks –
from The Secret Key To Heaven, 1665
The Baited Hook – Thomas Adams
Satan, like a fisher, baits his hook according to the appetite of the fish.
– Thomas Adams –
(1583-1652)
Mortify Sin (Lust) – John Owen
An unmortified lust will drink up the spirit and all the vigour of the soul, and weaken it for all duties.
– John Owen –
from The Mortification of Sin, 1656
Guard Against Flattery – JC Ryle
It becomes all professing Christians to be much on their guard against flattery. We mistake greatly if we suppose that persecution and hard usage are the only weapons in Satan’s armory. That crafty foe has other engines for doing us mischief, which he knows well who to work. He knows how to poison souls by the world’s seductive kindness, when he cannot frighten them by the fiery dart and the sword. Let us not be ignorant of his devices. By peace he destroys many.
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856