Quote Collection
Earnest in God’s Word – Frederick W. Robertson
In God’s world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.
– Frederick W. Robertson –
Our Duty – Jeremiah Burroughs
Now what am I to do? What can I think now are those duties that God requires of me in the circumstances that he has now put me into? Let me exert my strength to perform the duties of my present circumstances. Others spend their thoughts on things that disturb and disquiet them, and so they grow more and more discontented. Let me spend my thoughts in thinking what my duty is, what is the duty of my present circumstances which I am in?
– Jeremiah Burroughs –
from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
What the Bible tells us – AW Tozer
The Holy Scriptures tell us what we could never learn any other way: they tell us what we are, who we are, how we got here, why we are here, and what we are required to do while we remain here.
– AW Tozer –
Helpless Dependence – Hudson Taylor
[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.
– Hudson Taylor –
Prayer – William Law
Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of Him that we are capable of in this life.
– William Law –
How we should open the Bible – DL Moody
We ought to open the Holy Book as we would go into a sanctuary where we were sure of meeting our heavenly Father face to face, of hearing His voice.
– DL Moody –
Joy is distinctly a Christian thing – SD Gordon
Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its springs deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. He had joy, singing its music within, even under the shadow of the cross.
– SD Gordon –
The storehouse of God’s Word – Vance Havner
The storehouse of God’s word was never meant for mere scrutiny, nor even primarily for study but for sustenance.
– Vance Havner –
Joy is found in God alone – Charles Spurgeon
You must find joy in God, or you will not find joy at all.
– Charles Spurgeon –