God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.
Prayer is the autograph of the Holy Ghost upon the renewed heart.
Mind how you pray. Make real business of it. Let it never be a dead formality...plead the promise in a truthful, business-like way...Ask for what you want, because the Lord has promised it. Believe that you have the blessing, and go forth to your work in full assurance of it. Go from your knees singing, because the promise is fulfilled: thus will your prayer be answered...the strength [not length] of your prayer...wins...God; and the strength of prayer lies in your faith in the promise which you pleaded before the Lord.
The more holy a man becomes, the more conscious he is of unholiness.
If the devil never roars, the Church will never sing! God is not doing much if the devil is not awake and busy. Depend upon it: a working Christ makes a raging devil! When you hear ill reports, cruel speeches, threats, taunts and the like, believe that the Lord is among His people and is working gloriously.
There is nothing so deluded as feelings. Christians cannot live by feelings. Let me further tell you that many feelings are the work of Satan, for they are not right feelings. What right have you to set up your feelings against the Word of Christ?
Trust Christ, but do not trust yourself
I saw a young sister, just before this service; and I said to her, "When did you find the Lord?" She replied, "It was when I was very ill." Yes, it is often so; God makes us ill in body that we may have time to think of Him, and turn to Him....What would become of some people if they were always in good health, or if they were always prospering? But tribulation is the black dog that goes after the stray sheep, and barks them back to the Good Shepherd. I thank God that there are such things as the visitations of correction and of holy discipline, to preserve our spirit, and bring us to Christ.
I do not think the devil cares how many churches you build, if only you have lukewarm preachers and people in them.
Jesus Christ does not save the worthy, but the unworthy. Your plea must not be righteousness but guilt
He who does not serve God where he is would not serve God anywhere else.
It is better to preach five words of God’s Word than five million words of man’s wisdom.
Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of worship; but dream not that she is lost to the work of the church; far from it, she is doing the best possible service for her Lord. Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty.
The mind of God is greater than all the minds of men, so let all men leave the gospel just as God has delivered it unto us.
He who is not angry at transgression becomes a partaker in it.
Our best performances are so stained with sin, that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works.
The tears of affliction are often needed to keep the eye of faith bright.
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
If you take Christ out of Christianity, Christianity is dead. If you remove grace out of the gospel, the gospel is gone. If the people do not like the doctrine of grace, give them all the more of it.
My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died.
Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.
The Word of God is a lamp by night, a light by day, and a delight at all times.
Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart.
Care more for a grain of faith than a ton of excitement.
Do you find it difficult to forgive one who has wronged you? Then you will find it difficult to get to heaven.
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