A man must first love God or have his heart united to him, before he will esteem God’s good his own, and before he will desire the glorifying, and enjoying of God as his happiness.
– Jonathan Edwards –
from A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections
There is only one way to love God: to take not a single step without him, and to follow with a brave heart wherever he leads.
– Francois Fenelon –
from Christian Perfection
It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
– CS Lewis –
He who lives without prayer – he who lives with little prayer – he who seldom reads the Word – he who seldom looks up to heaven for a fresh influence from on high – he will be the man whose heart will become dry and barren; but he who calls in secret on his God – who spends much time in holy retirement – who delights to meditate on the words of the Most High – whose soul is given up to Christ – such a man must have an overflowing heart; and as his heart is, such will his life be.
– Charles Spurgeon –
There was a day when I died, utterly died – died to George Müller, his opinions, preferences, tastes, and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died to the approval or blame even of my brethren and friends – and since then I have only to show myself approved to God.
– George Müller –
Saints are made in the furnace of affliction. Great times of trials provide a chance to prove and demonstrate the supernatural!
– JT Crane –
Your Christian life is to be a continuous proof that God works impossibilities.
– Andrew Murray –
Agape love is a fire that will burn through every difficulty.
– Andrew Murray –