Quote Collection
Desperate times demand desperate prayer – Chuck Smith
Today, we are living in desperate times. Yet, the Church is not desperate before God in prayer.
– Chuck Smith –
Our prayer is His delight – JC Ryle
There was an officer in the city of Rome who was appointed to have his doors always open, in order to receive any Roman citizen who applied to him for help. Just so the ear of the Lord Jesus is ever open to the cry of all who want mercy and grace. It is His office to help them. Their prayer is His delight. Think of this. Is not this encouragement?
– JC Ryle –
from A Call to Prayer
What God WON’T protect you from – Elisabeth Elliot
God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Ultimate test of our spirituality – Martin Lloyd-Jones
The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.
– Martin Lloyd-Jones –
The power to preach the Gospel – Ian Thomas
The One who calls you to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature is the One who by your consent, goes into all the world and preaches the Gospel to every creature through you!
– Ian Thomas –
Forgiveness – Henry Ward Beecher
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
– Henry Ward Beecher –
How to tell who your best friend is – Paul Washer
Your best friend is the one who tells you the most truth.
– Paul Washer –
As afflictions abound – Charles Spurgeon
As afflictions abound, even so do consolations abound by Jesus Christ.
– Charles Spurgeon –
How we use our blessings – WT Purkiser
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving, and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
– WT Purkiser –