the testing time is coming - DL Moody

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers." (Luke 22:31-32 ESV)

 

There is no one beyond the reach of the tempter. Keep that in mind. Life may run smoothly for a while, but the testing time is coming.

 

Taken from the book Day by Day with DL Moody -  DL Moody  1837-1899

 

 

If I Can Hear Christ Praying For Me - Robert Murray M'Cheyne

If I can hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet the distance makes no difference; He is praying for me.

Robert Murray M'Cheyne 1813-1843

True Repentance Will - George Whitefield

True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His law, and in His people.

 

George Whitefield 1714-1770

 

 

 

Let Them See - Richard Baxter

Most people judge the counsel they receive by the way they receive the affection of their counselor. See that you feel a tender love for your people, and then let them feel it by your speeches and see it in your dealings with them… Let them see that all you do is for their own sakes and not for your own end.

 

Richard Baxter 1615-1691

 

 

 

 

Our Greatest Need - D. Martin Lloyd-Jones

 It is our failure as Christian people to understand what our church membership means – the dignity, the privilege, and the responsibility – that causes most of our troubles.  Our greatest need is to recapture the New Testament teaching concerning the church.

 

D. Martin Lloyd-Jones1899-1981

 

 

The Decline of the Church – John Calvin

The Decline of the church is more due to laziness than wickedness.

John Calvin 1509-1564

 

 

 

Such is Satan - Samuel Bolton

Such is Satan's way; he is first the tempter to draw us to sin,

and then an accuser to accuse us to God for sinning.

 

Taken from the book The True Bounds of Christian Freedom  by Samuel Bolton 1645