Time

Truth and God Must Be Earnestly Sought – AB Simpson

God has hidden every precious thing in such a way that it is a reward to the diligent, a prize to the earnest, but a disappointment to the slothful soul. All nature is arrayed against the lounger and the idler. The nut is hidden in its thorny case; the pearl is buried beneath the ocean waves; the gold is imprisoned in the rocky bosom of the mountains; the gem is found only after you crush the rock which encloses it; the very soil gives its harvest as a reward to the laboring farmer. So truth and God must be earnestly sought.

– AB Simpson –

Nothing But Thee – Richard Baxter

My Lord, I have nothing to do in this World, but to seek and serve thee; I have nothing to do with a Heart and its affections, but to breathe after thee. I have nothing to do with my Tongue and Pen, but to speak to thee, and for thee, and to publish thy Glory and thy Will. What have I to do with all my Reputation, and Interest in my Friends, but to increase thy Church, and propagate thy holy Truth and Service? What have I to do with my remaining Time, even these last and languishing hours, but to look up unto thee, and wait for thy Grace, and thy Salvation?

– Richard Baxter –
dying thoughts on Philippians 1:23

What Will Confront The Twentieth Century – William Booth

I consider that the chief dangers which will confront the twentieth century will be: Religion without the Holy Spirit; Christianity without Christ; Forgiveness without regeneration; Morality without God and Heaven without Hell.

– William Booth –

Young Men, Work for the Lord – Charles Spurgeon

 

Young men, work for the Lord while you can. It would greatly embitter my season of painful retirement if I could accuse myself with having wasted the time of my health and strength. When I can work, I pack a mass into small compass because I am so painfully aware that days and weeks may come wherein I cannot work.

– Charles Spurgeon –
from Letters of Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Giving the Best Hours – Leslie Ludy

Only when we are willing to give the best hours of our day – rather than whatever is left after we’ve wasted most of our time on selfish pleasures – we will truly experience the vibrant intimacy with our Heavenly King.

– Leslie Ludy –

True Work Lies in Perseverance – Charles Spurgeon

In commencing any Christian work, novelty greatly assists enthusiasm, and it is very natural that under first impulses the beginner should achieve an easy success. The difficulty of the Christian is very seldom the commencement of the work; the true labor lies in the perseverance which alone can win the victory.

– Charles Spurgeon –
taken from Council for Christian Workers