Quotes that encourage, edify, and exhort you down the narrow way
Today’s Quote
Cup of Sweetness – Amy Carmichael
A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred.
– Amy Carmichael –
from Candles in the Dark
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Cup of Sweetness – Amy Carmichael
A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred.
– Amy Carmichael –
from Candles in the Dark
The attraction of the cross – Amy Carmichael
God hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else.
– Amy Carmichael –
from God’s Missionary
Cowards never won heaven – William Gurnall
Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and you have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by His heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.
– William Gurnall –
God uses affliction to … – JC Ryle
By affliction, Christ . . .
shows us our emptiness and weakness,
draws us to the throne of grace,
purifies our affections,
weans us from the world,
and makes us long for Heaven.
– JC Ryle –
Power in Surrender – William Booth
The greatness of the man’s power is the measure of his surrender.
– William Booth –
Lifting up Jesus – Hudson Taylor
Not by discussions nor by argument, but by lifting up Christ shall we draw men unto Him.
– Hudson Taylor –