It Is Never Our Earnestness - Oswald Chambers

It is never our earnestness that brings us into touch with God, but our Lord Jesus Christ's vitalizing death. (See Hebrews 10:19-23)

Taken from the book If You Will Ask by Oswald Chambers 1874-1917

No Basis for Envy - Richard Sibbes

In spiritual things there is no basis for envy, for everyone may partake of everything. In the things of this life there is envy, because the more one has, the less another has. But for more to partake of spiritual things is a matter of glory and excellency.

Taken from the book Glorious Freedom by Richard Sibbes 1639

 

 

The Great Business of Their Lives - Richard Baxter

That this Spirit is given to all true believers is evident by the effects of his being given. They have ends, affections, and lives different from the rest of mankind; they live upon the hopes of a better life, and their heavenly interest overrules all the opposite interest of this world. In order to this they live under the conduct of divine authority, and to obey and please God is the great business of their lives.

Taken from the book Dying Thoughts by Richard Baxter 1683

 

 

What a Foolish Thing Is This - Jeremiah Burroughs

What a foolish thing is this, that because I have not got what I want, I will not enjoy the comfort of what I have.

Taken from the book The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

By Jeremiah Burroughs 1648     

The Whole Scripture Principally Aims At - Martin Luther

The whole Scripture doth principally aim at this thing, that we should not doubt, but that we should hope, that we should trust, that we should believe, that God is a merciful, a bountiful, a gracious, and a patient God to his people.

Martin Luther 1483-1546

They Think Themselves Beyond Mercy - John Bunyan

They think themselves beyond the reach of his mercy. Wherefore in answer to this conceit it is, that the Lord asketh, saying, "Is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?" (Isaiah 50:2)

Taken from the book All Loves Excelling by John Bunyan 1692

I Have Been Helped By - Samuel Rutherford

I have been helped … by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them, I have gotten something for myself.

Samuel Rutherford 1600-1661

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