To Take Him at His Word - DL Moody

I believe that a ship will carry me across the ocean, because I have tried it. But, this will not help another man who wants to go, unless he acts on my knowledge. So knowledge of Christ does not help us unless we act on it. That is what it is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. It is to act on what we believe.

 

As a man steps on board ship to cross the Atlantic, so we must take Christ and make a commitment of our souls to Him. He has promised to keep all who put their trust in Him. To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ is simply to take Him at His word.            

Taken from the book The Way to God by DL Moody 1837-1899

 

 

Christ Comforts the Souls of His People - Thomas Watson

Myrrh is of an exhilarating nature. Its smell comforts and refreshes the spirits. So Christ comforts the souls of his people, when they are fainting under their sins and suffering.      

Taken from the book The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson 1666

 

 

Every time we pray - Oswald Chambers

Every time we pray our horizon is altered, our attitude to things is altered, not sometimes but every time, and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more.

 

Taken from the book The Quotable Oswald Chambers Oswald Chambers 1874-1917

Preaching Is - William Perkins

Preaching is the flexanima, the allurer of the soul, by which our self-willed minds are subdued and changed from an ungodly and pagan life-style to a life of Christian faith and repentance.

Taken from the book The Art of Prophesying by William Perkins 1592

 

 

(Flexanima is Latin for: moving, affecting, touching)

Knowledge and love - Thomas Brooks

Knowledge and love, like water and ice, beget each other. Man loves Christ by knowing, and knows Christ by loving.

 

Thomas Brooks 1608-1680

Never Think Little of Praise - Charles Spurgeon

Never think little of praise, since holy angels and saints made perfect count it their lifelong joy. Even the Lord Himself said, "Whoso offereth praise, glorifieth me" (Psalms 50:23)

Taken from the book Spurgeon on Praise Charles Spurgeon 1834-1892

Will You Say That Godliness Is Unpleasant - Richard Baxter

Will you say that godliness is unpleasant, because it makes a man sorry for his ungodliness?.... Would you wish a man that hath lived so long in sin and misery, to have no sorrow for it in his return—especially when it is but a healing sorrow, preparing for remission, and not a sorrow joined with despair, as theirs will be that die impenitently?

Richard Baxter 1615-1691