Monday, November 30, 2015

The Benefits of Those Gifts - John Flavel

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
Quoted in the book Encouragement for Today's Pastors: Help from the Puritans by Joel Beeke and Terry D. Slatcher
 

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

If You Would Have the Divine Life - Andrew Murrray

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.
 
Taken from the book The Indwelling Spirit by Andrew Murray 1828-1917

Monday, November 23, 2015

If You Would Be Full Of the Spirit – Andrew Murray

The Holy Spirit has for all ages embodied the thoughts of God in the written word, and lives now for this very purpose in our hearts – to reveal the power and the meaning of that Word. If you would be full of the Spirit, be full of the Word.
Taken from the book The Indwelling Spirit by Andrew Murray 1828-1917

Thursday, November 19, 2015

May God raise up – Andrew Murray

May God raise up from among our theologians many who will dedicate their lives to see that God's Holy Spirit is recognized in the lives of believers, in the ministry of the Word by tongue and pen, and in all the work done in His church.
Taken from the book The Indwelling Spirit by Andrew Murray 1828-1917

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

The Work of Grace Will Never Stand Still –JC Ryle

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.
Taken from the book Expository Thoughts on the Gospels by J.C. Ryle 1856
Luke 13:18-21

Monday, November 16, 2015

Assurance: It Is - Thomas Brooks

Assurance is glory in the bud, it is the suburbs of paradise, it is a cluster of the land of promise, it is a spark of God, it is the joy and crown of Christianity.
Taken from the book Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance
by Thomas Brooks 1654

Friday, November 13, 2015

The Child of Many Prayers - JC Ryle

Great is the power of prayer and intercession! The child of many prayers shall seldom be cast away. God's time of conversion may not be ours. He may think fit to prove our faith by keeping us long waiting. But so long as a child lives, and a parent prays, we have no right to despair about that child's soul.
Taken from the book Expository Thoughts on the Gospels by J.C. Ryle 1856

Thursday, November 12, 2015

A Grand Hindrance to Holiness – John Wesley

The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.
John Wesley 1703-1791
Taken from the book 1001 Unforgettable Quotes about God, Faith and the Bible

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Humble But Never Discourage – 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 1608-1680
Taken from the book Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks: Selections from the Writings of Thomas Brooks
 

Monday, November 9, 2015

Good Deeds - Thomas Adams

Good deeds are such things that no man is saved for them, nor without them.
Thomas Adams 1583-1652
Taken from the book A Puritan Golden Treasury

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Idleness - Thomas Brooks

Idleness is the very source of sin. Standing pools gather mud, and nourish and breed venomous creatures; and so do the idle and slothful Christians.
Taken from the book Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks: Selections from the Writings of Thomas Brooks - Thomas Brooks 1608-1680