The work of grace once begun in the soul will never stand still. It will gradually “leaven the whole lump.” Like leaven once introduced, it can never be separated from that with which it is mingled. Little by little it will influence the conscience, the affections, the mind, and the will, until the whole man is affected by its power, and a thorough conversion to God takes place.
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856
Gifts are improved in us by prayer and study, but the benefits of those gifts are shared among us by love and unity.
– John Flavel –
1627-1691
If you would have the divine life of the Spirit within you grow strong in every part of your nature, let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Indwelling Spirit
Standing pools gather mud, and nourish and breed venomous creatures; and so do the idle and slothful Christians.
– Thomas Brooks –
from Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks
If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.
– CT Studd –
I have benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.
– Samuel Rutherford –
We need less traveling by jet planes from congress to congress … but more kneeling and praying and pleading to God to have mercy upon us, more crying to God to arise and scatter his enemies and make himself known.
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to carry on intercession for all men.
– Oswald Chambers –
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
– Thomas Aquinas –