As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
– Jerry Bridges –
D.M. McIntyre
Pride and Humility – JC Ryle
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
– JC Ryle –
Obedience – Charles Stanley
The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don’t even like the word.
– Charles Stanley –
Christians never retreat – Gladys Aylward
Christians never retreat.
– Gladys Aylward –
The answer to our prayers – Corrie ten Boom
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer.
– Corrie ten Boom –
The Life of Faith – Oswald Chambers
The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting.
– Oswald Chambers –
Prayer is a strong wall – Martin Luther
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
– Martin Luther –
The reason we study and pray – Leonard Ravenhill
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Small and big sins – Thomas Brooks
The least sin should humble the soul, but certainly the greatest sin should never discourage the soul, much less should it work the soul to despair. Despairing Judas perished, whereas the murderers of Christ, believing on him, were saved.
– Thomas Brooks –
from Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks: Selections from the Writings of Thomas Brooks