To Still Pursue Him – AW Tozer

"My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me." Psalms 63:8

To have found God and still pursue Him is the soul's paradox of love, scorned by the too easily satisfied religionist, but justified in happy experience by the children of the burning heart.

Taken from the book The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer

They Have Forgotten - Martyn LLoyd Jones

People who think that once they are converted all will be happy, have forgotten Satan.

Martyn LLoyd Jones 1899-1981

Taken from the book 1001 Unforgettable Quotes about God, Faith and the Bible

The Foundation of love to Men – Jonathan Edwards

Love to God is the foundation of gracious love to men.

Taken from the book Charity and its Fruits by Jonathan Edwards 1668–1759

A Wasted Hour – John Bradford

A biographer wrote of John Bradford. "Bradford counted it a wasted hour if he had not been able to do good to some by pen, by word, or by prayer."

John Bradford 1510-155

Taken from the book Singing in the Fire: Christians in Adversity by Faith Cook

The Spiritual Mind Sees - Robert Leighton

The carnal man sees God in nothing, not even in spiritual things. The spiritual mind sees Him in everything, even in natural things.

Robert Leighton 1611-1684

Taken from the book 1001 Unforgettable Quotes about God, Faith and the Bible

Never Attempt to Worship By – Andrew Murray

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. John 4:23-24

Teach us, we pray, never to attempt to worship you by our own will and way, but in spirit and in truth.

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

 

 

Spiritual Love - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ's sake.

Taken from the book Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1939

Next to Pride – Andrew Murray

Next to pride, a lack of love was the sin for which the Lord had often rebuked His disciples. These two sins have in truth the same root: the desire for pleasing self.  The new commandment that He gave them, the characteristic whereby all men should know that they were his disciples, was their love for one another.

Taken from the book Experiencing the Holy Spirit by Andrew Murray 1828-1917

Do Not Deprive The World – Thomas Case

Do not deprive the world of the comfort of your experiences.

From an introductory letter from Thomas Manton to Thomas Case for his book A Treatise of Afflictions 1653

Taken from the book When Christians Suffer ( From A Treatise of Afflictions) by Thomas Case 1653

As Your Faith Is So Is Your - John Bunyan

As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.

John Bunyan

Taken from the book 300 Quotations for Preachers from the Puritans