Quote Collection
An eternity of holiness – JC Ryle
We could not be happy if we reached the kingdom of glory with a heart loving sin. The company of saints and angels would give us no pleasure. Our minds would not be in tune for an eternity of holiness. Let these things sink down into your hearts. We must repent as well as believe, if we hope to be saved.
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856
Armed against the assaults of our spiritual enemies – Matthew Henry
The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.
– Matthew Henry –
God’s love allows suffering – Elisabeth Elliot
Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering … The love of God did not protect His own Son… He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
What does love look like? – Augustine
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
– Augustine –
Marked by Prayer – Leonard Ravenhill
The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Too busy for God? – AB Christiansen
Too busy? O forgive, dear Lord, that I should ever be, too much engrossed in earthly tasks, to spend an hour with thee.
– AB Christiansen –
Heaven will make amends – Thomas Watson
Heaven will make amends for all!
– Thomas Watson –
A Revival of Praying – EM Bounds
We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.
– EM Bounds –
The essential element in prayer – EM Bounds
Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.
– EM Bounds –