Use duty, but trust to Christ and free grace for acceptance. Be like Noah’s dove: she made use of her wings to fly, but trusted to the ark for safety.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Lords Supper, 1665
Trust
When God Doesn’t Answer Prayer – Ruth Bell Graham
God has not always answered my prayers. If he had, I would have married the wrong man—several times!
– Ruth Bell Graham –
What is the Greatest Sin? – William Bridge
What is the great sin, the fountain sin, the head of all your sins, but unbelief?
– William Bridge –
from A Lifting Up For The Downcast, 1649
Strong Paths, Strong Shoes – Corrie ten Boom
If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
– Corrie ten Boom –
Trust Your God – Corrie ten Boom
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
– Corrie ten Boom –
Fear or Faith? – Smith Wigglesworth
Fear looks but faith jumps.
– Smith Wigglesworth –
God Gives Us Our Daily Bread – DL Moody
If God could set a table for His people in the wilderness, and feed three millions of Israelites for forty years, can he not give us our daily bread? I do not mean only the bread that perisheth, but also the Bread that cometh from above. If He feeds the birds of the air, surely he will feed his children made in His own image! If He numbers the very hairs of our head, he will take care to supply all our temporal wants.
– DL Moody –
Conversion is a Joyous Leap – Corrie ten Boom
Conversion is not a blind leap into darkness. It is a joyous leap into the light that is the love of God.
– Corrie ten Boom –
The Way to Be Saved – Charles Spurgeon
The way to be saved is simply to trust in what the Son of man did when He became man, and suffered punishment for all those who trust Him. For all His people, Christ was a Substitute. His people are those who trust Him. If you trust Him, he was punished for your sins; and you cannot be punished for them, for God cannot punish sin twice, first in Christ, and then in you. If you trust Jesus, who now liveth at the right hand of God, you are this moment pardoned, and you shall forever be saved.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from The Soul Winner