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A genuine revival without joy in the Lord is as impossible as spring without flowers, or day-dawn without light.
Our best performances are so stained with sin, that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works.
It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.
Abhor all idea of being saved by good works, but O, be as full of good works as if you were to be saved by them!
The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ.
A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.
Patience is a grace as difficult as it is necessary, and as hard to come by as it is precious when it is gained.
God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails
A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats
Every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake His mercy waits upon us.
When you speak of heaven, let your face light up...When you speak of hell well then, your everyday face will do.
In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.
If any man will preach as he should preach, his work will take more out of him than any other labor under heaven.
Now let us find solace in the finished work of our Lord Jesus. Everything is fully done: justice demands no more.
The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.
If your faith does not make you pray, have nothing to do with it; get rid of it, and God help thee to begin again.
No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where providence has placed him.
When men talk of a little hell it's because they think they have only a little sin and believe in a little Savior.
Unbelief is the mother of vice; it is the parent of sin; and, therefore, I say it is a pestilent evil-a master sin.
You must keep all earthy treasures out of your heart, and let Christ be your treasure, and let Him have your heart.
There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had.
Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.
Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.
I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes
Song of God and Son of Man, there He hangs, bearing pains unutterable, the just for the unjust, to bring us to God.
There is an inherent blasphemy in seeking to add to what Christ Jesus in His dying moments declared to be finished.
I do not think the devil cares how many churches you build, if only you have lukewarm preachers and people in them.
There may be some sins of which a man cannot speak, but there is no sin which the blood of Christ cannot wash away.
Day by day, we are becoming what we shall be eternally. The spirit who convicts us is also the spirit who consoles.
God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.
I do not believe there ever was a man who was his own master, but that every man has a master of some kind or other.
I would not choose to go where I would be afraid to die, nor could I bear to live without a good hope for hereafter.
I am a pilgrim in the world, but at home in my God. In the earth I wander, but in God I dwell in a quiet habitation.
Out of every difficulty Omnipotence can bring us, only let us in childlike confidence cast our burden upon the Lord.
Come as you are. If you are the blackest soul out of hell, trust Christ, and that act of trust shall make you clean.
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.
You are engaged in a work so spiritual, so far above all human power, that to forget the Spirit is to ensure defeat.
No matter how good you think yourself to be, you cannot enter heaven unless it is under the terms of sovereign grace.
I know of no better thermometer to your spiritual temperature than this, the measure of the intensity of your prayer.
Conflicts bring experience and experience brings that growth in Grace which is not to be attained by any other means!
There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it.
Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater.
We think that we do well to be angry with the rebellious, and so we prove ourselves to be more like Jonah than Jesus.
Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible.
Men turn their faces to hell, and hope to get to heaven; why don't they walk into the horsepond, and hope to be dry?.
To throw the Christian into the furnace is to put him into Christ's parlor; for lo! Jesus Christ is walking with him.
He makes those just who are unjust, forgives those who deserve to be punished, and favors those who deserve no favor.
God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port
A Christian man should so shine in his life, that a person could not live with him a week without knowing the gospel.
I groan daily under a body of sin and corruption. Oh for the time when I shall drop this flesh, and be free from sin!