We Work From the Cross - DL Moody

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
(Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV)

 

We work because we are saved. We do not work to be saved. We work from the cross, but not toward it.

Taken form the book The Way to God by DL Moody

DL Moody 1837-1899

 

 

Day Three Prayer - Austin Phelps

Prayer is, and God has decreed that it should be, a power in the universe, as distinct, as real, as natural, and as uniform, as the power of gravitation, or of light, or of electricity. A man may use it, as trustingly and as soberly as he would use either of these. It is as truly the dictate of good sense, that a man should expect to achieve something by praying, as it is that he should expect to achieve something by a telescope, or the mariner's compass, or the electric telegraph.

 

Taken from the book The Still Hour: Communion with God in Prayer by Austen Phelps 1859

 

Day Two Prayer - Austin Phelps

Prayer is, and God has purposed that it should be, a link of connection between human mind and Divine mind, by which, through His infinite condescension, we may actually move His will.

 

Taken from the book The Still Hour: Communion with God in Prayer by Austin Phelps 1859

Day One Prayer - Austin Phelps

Prayer has, and God has determined that it should have, a positive and an appreciable influence in directing the course of a human life.

 

Taken from the book The Still Hour: Communion with God in Prayer by Austen Phelps 1859

Sorrow Preaches - Gardiner Spring

Sorrow preaches as no pulpit ever preached.

 

Taken from the book The Mission of Sorrow by Gardiner Spring 1862

A Bank Note Without A Signature - JC Ryle

There is an advocate and intercessor always waiting to present the prayers of those who come to God through him. The advocate is Jesus.

 

The bank note without a signature at the bottom is nothing but a worthless piece of paper. The stroke of a pen confers on it all its value. The prayer of a poor child of Adam is a feeble thing in itself, but once endorsed by the hand of the Lord Jesus it availeth much.

 

Taken from the book A Call to Prayer by JC Ryle 1816-1900

How You Should Love The Word - Joseph Alleine

O ye saints, how you should love the Word, for by this you have been converted! You that have felt its renewing power, make much of it while you live; be ever thankful for it. Tie it about your neck, write it upon your hand, lay it in your bosom. When you go let it lead you, when you sleep let it keep you, when you wake let it talk with you (Prov vi 21-22) Say with the Psalmist, 'I will never forget thy precepts, for by them thou hast quickened me' (Ps cxix 93).

 

Taken from the book A Sure Guide to Heaven by Joseph Alleine 1671