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Christian Quotes
June 19th, 2021 | 
Author: Grace
“Grace is something not which I improve, but which improves, employs me, works on me”.
Charles Spurgeon
“Divine Sovereignty” sermon (1856)
“Let people talk as they will about universal grace, it is all nonsense, there is no such thing, nor can there be. They may talk correctly of universal blessings, because we see that the natural gifts of God are scattered everywhere, more or less, and men may receive or reject them. It is no so, however with grace.”
Charles Spurgeon
“Divine Sovereignty” sermon (1856)
“The new covenant, is not founded on works at all, it is a covenant of pure unmingled grace”.
Charles Spurgeon
“God in the Covenant” sermon (1856)
“Unless you’re deeply aware of your sin, and of what an affront it is to God’s holiness, and of how impossible it is for Him to respond to sin with anything other than furious wrath – you’ll never appreciate grace, and it will never be amazing to you.”
C.J. Mahaney
Christ Our Mediator (2004)
“For me, grace is never more amazing than when I’m looking intensely at the cross, and I believe the same will be true for every child of God”.
C.J. Mahaney
Christ our Mediator (2004)
“Only those who see themselves as utterly destitute can fully appreciate the grace of God.”
Erwin Lutzer
Failure: The Back Door to Success (1975)
“To accept grace is to admit failure, a step we are hesitant to take. We opt to impress God with how good we are rather than confessing how great He is”.
Max Lucado
In the Eye of the Storm (1991)
“Human efforts that seek to impress God or persuade Him to overlook sin are insults to a God of grace.”
Franklin Graham
All for Jesus (2003)
“Nowhere in Scripture do we find that loving Christ is the reason for forgiveness. True expression of love for Him flow as a spontaneous and unstoppable response to forgiveness. Acts of authentic love are a response to Christ’s amazing work of grace.”
Joseph Stowell
Why It’s Hard to Love Jesus (2003)
“Preaching grace alone has left the sinner thinking lightly of sin.”
Ray Comfort
Hell’s Best Kept Secret (1989)
“For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.”
Augustine
Of the Spirit and the Letter (5th century)
“God singles out the humble soul to fill him to the brim with grace, when the proud is sent away empty.”
Thomas Brooks
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ (1655)
“By his holiness and grace, God extends a complete pardon for our sins – past, present, and future.”
Jonathan Campbell and Jennifer Campbell
The Way of Jesus (2005)
“When a believer has been steeped in grace, all the umbers of his or her immediate society detect a refreshing fragrance.”
Christine Wood
Character Witness (2003)
“Just as a team provides its athletes all they need to perform on the field, even so grace gives us all the provision to enable us to maximize our spiritual potential.”
Tony Evans and Jonathan Evans
Get In The Game (2006)
“Grace is absolute, inflexible, all-encompassing”.
Philip Yancey
The Jesus I Never Knew (1995)
“Why do we expect the best from a world steeped in pain? Continually we find ourselves blindsided by reality. Every new morning offers another chance to admit our inadequacy – once again for this new day, a chance to accept the bewildering ecstasy of God’s grace. Why is it so difficult to accept such a love when His Grace is the one gift that can penetrate the messy corners of our worlds?”
Bonnie Keen
God Loves Messy People (2002)
“In their pride, the builders of Babel assumed they could work their way into God’s Presence and He would accept them on the basis of what they had done. They were wrong then, and they are still wrong today.”
Anne Graham Lotz
God’s Story (1997)
“Grace is a supernatural mixture of patience, help, forgiveness, and sympathy, and it is the internal expression of what our God is like”.
Ed Young
From Bad Beginnings to Happy Endings (1994)
“Blind as we are, we hinder God, and stop the current of His grace. But when He finds a soul penetrated with a lively faith, He pours into it His graces and favours plentifully.”
Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God (17th century)
“We know also that we can do all things with the grace of God, which He never refuses to them who ask it earnestly.”
Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God (17th century)
“Ah, how impious and ungrateful is the world, thus to condemn and persecute God’s ineffable grace!”
Martin Luther
Table Talk (16th century)
“God’s grace is just that – grace, unmerited favor. Nothing I will do can ever cause Him to love me more or less.”
David Hawkins
Prescription for Living Beyond (2006)
“Moments of awe are moments when we are the most vulnerable to grace. Without those moments, we are vulnerable to everything else.”
Ken Gire
Reflections on Your Life (1998)
“Grace is undeserved mercy”.
James Scudder
Your Secret to Spiritual Success (2002)
“Living the Christian life in your own power nullifies the grace of God.”
Tony Evans
Theology You Can Count On (2008)
“Free grace will fix those whom free will shook down into a gulf of misery.”
Thomas Boston
Human Nature in Its Fourfold State (1830)
“Grace bestowed upon another is always grace imparted to you”.
Martin Bell
Street Singing and Preaching (1991)
“You cannot receive grace if you think it’s a reward for something you have done.”
Paul and Nicole Johnson
Random Acts of Grace (1995)
“But graciousness is withholding certain facts you know to be true, so as to leave your enemy’s reputation unscathed. Graciousness is shown by what you don’t say, even if what you could say would be true.”
R.T. Kendall
Total Forgiveness (2002)
“I don’t think anything concerns me more than using grace as a tool to justify sin.”
Charles Swindoll
“Trouble at Home” sermon (2009)
“Oh friend, the great grace of God surpasses my conception and your conception, and I would have you think worthily of it!”
Charles Spurgeon
All of Grace (19tth century)
“Sound forth those words as with the archangel’s trumpet: “BY grace are ye saved.” What glad tidings for the undeserving!”
Charles Spurgeon
All of Grace (19th century)
“Grace finds us in our poverty and presents us with the gift of an inheritance we didn’t deserve … the gift of grace.”
Patsy Clairmont and Traci Mullins
Extravagant Grace (2000)
Greed
“Today some people think they’re “doing without” if they can’t afford to buy dessert.”
Martha Bolton
Growing Your Own Turtleneck (2005)
“No matter how mature we become as Christ-followers, we are only a step away from yielding to the gravitational pull of greed.”
Gordon MacDonald
Secrets of the Generous Life (2002)
Grief
“Grieving is the natural way we go about adjusting to loss. It’s the way we gradually come to know deep within ourselves – whether we like it or not – that the loss is real.”
Joan Guntzelman
God Knows You’re Grieving (2001)
“We move toward healing when we choose to inch our foot out the door of our own grief and back into the day to day happenings of life.”
Joan Guntzelman
God Knows You’re Grieving (2001)
“Christians sometimes think that we are not supposed to grieve, because our faith and theology provide us with confidence about heaven and eternal life. But while 1 Thessalonians 4:13 says we are not to grieve as those without hope, we grieve nevertheless. Those without hope grieves in one way; those with hope grieve in another. Either way, grief is universal and not to be avoided. It is a legitimate response to loss.”
Albert Hsu
Grieving a Suicide (2002)
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
C.S. Lewis
A Grief Observed (1961)
“Grief is the emotional tool God placed in our hearts to enable us to release things we value”.
Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller
Parenting Is Heart Work (2006)
“We are a world in grief, and it is at once intolerable and a great opportunity. I’m pretty sure that it is only by experiencing that ocean of sadness in a naked and immediate way that we come to be healed.”
Anne Lamott
Traveling Mercies (1999)
“Grief is woven throughout the tapestry of life.”
Zig Ziglar
Confessions of a Grieving Christian (1998)
“The intensity of grief is directly related to the intensity of love.”
Zig Ziglar
Confessions of a Grieving Christian (1998)
“Tears are liquid love”.
Faye Landrum
Acquainted with Grief (2006)
Growth, Spiritual
“Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.”
Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place (1971)
“Every disappointment is a trial of our faith . . a test that proves the genuineness of your relationship with your God and His Word.”
Kay Arthur
As Silver Refined (1998)
“No matter what happens, beloved, no matter how disappointing it is, you must, in an act of the will, rejoice and pray and give thanks.”
Kay Arthur
As Silver Refined (1998)
“Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places.”
A.B. Simpson
Days of Heaven Upon Earth (1897)
“Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi used to say, “Potential means you ain’t done nothing yet.” All of us have potential. God’s not done with any of us yet”.
Bill Glass
Champions For Life (2005)
“Having accepted the Father’s will over our own, we are then ready to face our own Calvary.”
Charles Swindoll
The Darkness and the Dawn (2001)
“If you are not growing in grace, becoming more and more holy, yielding yourselves up to the influence of the gospel, you are deceiving yourselves”.
Charles Finney
Lectures to Professing Christians (1837)
“There is no standing at a stay, He that goes not forward in godliness, goes backward, and he that is not better, is worse; but even in temporal things too there is a liberty given us, nay there is a law, an obligation laid upon us, to endeavour by industry in a lawful calling, to mend and improve, to enlarge ourselves, and spread, even in worldly things.”
John Donne
“Sermon Preached at the Hague” (1619)
“As we grow in our relationship with God, we should experience a revolutionary change in our attitudes toward people”.
Bill Hybels
Laws of the Heart (1985)
“In intellectual honesty, we should be willing to study and explore the spiritual life with all the rigor and determination we would give to any field of research”.
Richard Foster
Celebration of Discipline (1978)
“We are sometimes guilty of confining becoming a Christian to accepting by faith what was accomplished for us in the remote past. In all of this we prove to minimize what the resurrected Jesus wants to do to us and with us now through the ministry of the Holy Spirit”.
Tony Campolo
How to be Pentecostal Without Speaking in Tongues (1991)
“God expects us to grow spiritually. The end result is His responsibility. Our job is to cooperate with the process”.
Rory Noland
The Heart Of the Artist (1999)
“Nothing will change in your life without knowledge of God’s Word”.
Joyce Meyer
When, God, When? (1994)
“At different seasons of life, we will be growing in different areas. I try to see where God is at work in my life, and where he is at work in the lives of my friends, and then I pray for and encourage growth in those particular areas.”
Alice Fryling
Disciplemakers’ Handbook (1989)
“Literal instruction is when we learn the truths contained in the word by rote, and talk one after another of Divine things. But spiritual illumination is when these things are revealed to us by the Spirit of God.”
Thomas Manton
One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm (17th century)
“Let go of as many expectations as possible. . . instead, ask God to make any necessary changes.”
Stormie Omartian
The Power Of a Praying Wife (1997)
“At a certain point in the spiritual journey, God will draw a person from the beginning stage to a more advanced stage . . . Such souls will likely experience what is called “the dark night of the soul.” The “dark night” is when those persons lose all the pleasure that they once experienced in their devotional life. This happens because God wants to purify them and move them on to greater heights.”
John of the Cross (16th century) quoted in Selected Writings
“God perceives the imperfections within us, and because of his love for us, urges us to grow up. His love is not content to leave us in our weakness, and for this reason he takes us into a dark night. He weans us from all of the pleasures by giving us dry times and inward darkness.”
John of the Cross (16th century) quoted in Selected Writings
“Through the dark night pride become humility, greed becomes simplicity, wrath becomes contentment, luxury becomes peace, gluttony becomes moderation, envy becomes joy, and sloth become strength”.
John of the Cross (16th century) quoted in Selected Writings
“How dangerous it is for our salvation, how unworthy of God and of ourselves, how pernicious even for the peace of our hearts, to want always to stay where we are! Our whole life was only given us to advance us by great strides toward our heavenly country.”
Francois Fenelon
Christian Perfection (17th century)
“Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.”
John Stott
Christian Basics (1991)
“We are born spiritually just as we were born physically, with everything complete and intact. We do not add arms or legs or organs as we mature physically. These grow and develop, but they are not added. Likewise when we are born spiritually, we are underdeveloped but complete. We need spiritual food and exercise in order to grow, but we do not need and we will not be given additional spiritual parts.”
John MacArthur
1 Corinthians (1984)
“Far too often when we examine our heart, through either neglect or poor decisions, we find that it isn’t in a growing mode.”
Jim and Cathy Burns
Closer (2009)
“It’s not too late to become who God created you to be.”
Kerry and Chris Shook
One Month to Live (2008)
“Telling others about Christ is never a condition of salvation; it should be a result of salvation as we grow in His grace.”
R. Larry Moyer
21 Things God Never Said (2004)
“There is little appeal in becoming “spiritual vampires,” sucking on the blood of Christ for forgiveness while being barely alive spiritually.”
Keith Meyer
Whole Life Transformation (2010)
“If our lives were gardens – and gardens in Scripture are often euphemisms for the soul – here we would look for brambles and briars, pests and parasites. Here we would deadhead, plucking off faded blooms to preserve energy for new blossoms”.
Jane Rubietta
Between Two Gardens (2001)
“Our being must precede our doing and consuming if we are to grow up into all the fullness of Christ”.
Jane Rubietta
Resting Place (2005)
“Spiritual anorexia (not taking in the food we need) and spiritual bulimia (not letting ourselves digest it after we have received it, however large the quantities) will keep us from real spiritual health and progress.”
J.I. Packer
J.I. Packer Answers Questions for Today (2001)
“Nothing in the spiritual life originates from us. It all originates with God.”
Ruth Haley Barton
Sacred Rhythms (2006)
“We cannot use shortcuts when it comes to understanding spiritual truth, building Christian character, or building the local church”.
Warren Wiersbe
God Isn’t In a Hurry (1994)
Guidance
“I have often heard, that it is safer to hear and to take counsel, than to give it”.
Thomas a Kempis
The Imitation of Christ (15th century)
“The true and living God, the One who lives from eternity to eternity, desires more than anything that we humble ourselves and make Him our personal, one-and-only God. When we do that, He comes to us and lives within us, gives us direction, and teaches us His ultimate truth.”
Tony Evans
God Cannot Be Trusted (And Five Other Lies of Satan) (2005)
“Because of the Holy Spirit’s witness and illumination, you never have to be alone in your decisions – but this is true only as long as you’re seeking the mind of God and wanting to do His will.”
Tony Evans
The Fire That Ignites (2003)
“It takes a lot of wisdom, a lot of mistakes, and a lot of prayer to figure out when to listen and when to offer advice.”
Susan Alexander Yates
And Then I Had Teenagers (2001)
“A friend gives you good and timely advice. They know what to say at the right time, and it can save you embarrassment and heartache. The advice can be trusted because you know they are looking out for your best interest.”
Paul Jehle
Dating vs Courtship (1993)
“When you know a great deal, the temptation to share it by force is strong. Resist! Except when invited to lecture, and in actual emergencies”.
Suzette Haden Elgin
The Grandmother Principles (1998)
“If I have done anything in my life, it has been easy because the Master has gone before”.
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor of Calabar (1917)
“Be guided, only by the healer of the sick, the raiser of the dead, the friend of all who were afflicted and forlorn, the patient Master who shed tears of compassion for our infirmities. We cannot but be right when we put all the rest away, and do everything in remembrance of Him . . . There can be no confusion in following Him, and seeking for no other footsteps, I am certain!”
Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit (1857)
“Those that make their own bosoms their ornacle, God is disengaged from being their guide they need him not; but the snares they run into will soon show them how much they need him.”
Thomas Manton
One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm (17 century)
“Self-help is an oxymoron.”
Henry Cloud
Concede Central (2006)
Guilt
“The Bible tells us that we have been washed clean from a guilty conscience to serve the living God. God does not want you to be engaged in morbid introspection all your life long. He wants you to enter joyously into His service as a full-fledged member of His holy family”.
Pat Robertson
Six Steps to Spiritual Revival (2002)
“The only real way to lose the guilt is by asking Christ for forgiveness. He’s the only One who can let you off the hook. The good news is He can and will erase your wrong every time. You can start fresh, just as if it never happened. So if you feel guilty about some of the things you’ve done, bring them to Him. He’ll always forgive you”.
Claire and Curt Cloninger
E-mail from God for Teens (1999)
“The ultimate remedy for living beyond guilt and shame is abiding in the protective love of Christ. All of our earthly maladies find respite in Him”.
David Hawkins
Prescription for Living Beyond (2006)
“Confession is a first step toward change”.
Andy Stanley
It Came From Within! (2001)
“As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.”
Andy Stanley
It Came From Within! (2001)
“God will wipe off the guilt of your defects by the virtue of that precious blood which has been shed for your reparation.”
Stephen Charnock
Discourse on the Cleaning Virtue of Christ’s Blood (17th century)
“When true Christians are in an ill frame, guilt lies on the conscience; which will bring fear, and so prevent the peace and joy of an assured hope.”
Jonathan Edwards
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections (18th century)
“In spite of our “enlightened society” our “new morality”, and our “psychological maturity”, our era continues to be plagued by guilt”.
Bruce Narramore
Guilt and Freedom (1974)
Habits
“Motivation can fade. Habits prevail”.
Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz
God Is in the Small Stuff (1998)
“Generally, there is one desire or one habit that keeps us from enjoying and tasting the fullness of God.”
Ravi Zacharias
“Is There Not a Cost?” sermon (2008)
“There must be no dallying with an attachment which is incompatible with the Love of God”.
Francis de Sales
Introduction to the Devout Life (17th century)
“How do you break a habit? The same way you developed it. One incident at a time, five minutes at a time, one hour at a time, one day at a time.”
Lisa Bevere
Be Angry But Don’t Blow It! (2000)
“Nagging abut the bad habit may drive the habit underground, but it doesn’t fix anything.”
Dave Meurer
God Spousekeeping (2004)
“Don’t just eliminate a particular habit and fail to replace it with something of value.”
James Scudder
Your Secret to Spiritual Success (2002)
“If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’re going to get what you’ve always gotten.”
David Hawkins
Breaking Everyday Addictions (2008)
“When you say no to one habit, you also have to say yes to a healthier new habit.”
David Hazard
Reducing Stress (2002)
“The only way to kill a habit is to starve it to death. Starving a bad habit can be painful, but not as painful as letting it rule over you.”
Shannon Ethridge
Every Woman’s Battle (2003)
“No man can make a habit in a moment or break it in a moment. It is a matter of development, of growth. But at any moment man may begin to make or begin to break any habit”.
William George Jordan
The Kingship of Self-Control (1898)
Happiness
“It is true that He desire our happiness, but that is neither the chief end of his work, not an end to be compared with that of his glory.”
Francois Fenelon and Jeanne Guyon
Spiritual Progress (17th century)
“Thou should also know that the more a man sets himself to be receptive of divine influence, the happier he is; who most sets himself so, is the happiest.”
Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart’s Sermons (14th century)
“There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side of things, so why not try it?”
Joyce Meyer
Approval Addiction (2005)
“When the dream planted in our heart is one that God has planted there, a strange happiness flows into us. At that moment all of the spiritual resources of the universe are released to help us.”
Catherine Marshall
Beyond Ourselves (1961)
“Happiness consists in finding out precisely what the “one thing necessary” may be, in our lives, and in gladly relinquishing all the rest. For then, by a divine paradox, we find the everything else is given us together with the one thing we needed”.
Thomas Merton
No Man Is An Island (1955)
“One reason so many people are unhappy is that, though they are busy pursuing happiness, they aren’t all that sure what happiness is.”
Stuart Briscoe
What Works When Life Doesn’t (2004)
“Happiness doesn’t come to those who sit around waiting until life gets better. Happiness comes to those who grab hold of its proffered hand in order to rise up and conquer their struggles.”
Mike Mason
Champagne for the Soul (2003)
“It takes wiliness to be happy. When cornered, we have to look at all the options and find a way out. We have to know how to outwit the heebie-jeebies, how to think faster than our blackest thought… often to be joyful we must go down – down through the noise of racing thoughts, down through the swirling chaos of circumstances, down through the deceptive appearances of life, down into the still waters and green pastures at the heart’s core.”
Mike Mason
Champagne for the Soul (2003)
Hardships
“God is more concerned with our condition than our comfort, and He will allow things to become uncomfortable in our lives to expose our true condition. He would rather have us temporarily uncomfortable than eternally tormented”.
Lisa Bevere
Be Angry But Don’t Blow It! (2000)
“A crisis can blindside you, sabotaging your life, or it can provide a magical opportunity to pursue adventures and dreams never imagined.”
Mary Ann Froehlich
When You’re Facing The Empty Nest (2005)
“If we had our way, probably none of us would ever choose hard times. Yet the hard experiences usually mold us into people of strength and character.”
Thomas Jones
Single Again Handbook (1993)
“No one can pilgrim to heaven without bearing the toils and hardships of the pilgrimage.”
The Lutheran Witness (1885)
“Crisis crushes. And in crushing, it often refines and purifies.”
Charles Swindoll
Encourage Me (1982)
Harmony
“Is there any way to restore harmony to the world? It can be done only by someone coming in from eternity and stopping the false note in its wild flight”.
Fulton Sheen
Life Of Christ (1958)
“My heart and mind were created to work in harmony together. Never has an individual been called upon to commit intellectual suicide in trusting Christ as Savior and Lord”.
Josh McDowell
More Than a Carpenter (1977)
Hatred
“A bond of hatred is just as strong as a bond of love. It just hurts more.”
John Splinter
The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook (1992)
“In hatred, everybody loses”.
David Augsburger
70 x 7: The Freedom of Forgiveness (1970)
“Hidden hatred can sour a likable lady into a suspicious carper, a warm, understanding man into a caustic cynic”.
David Augsburger
70 x 7: The Freedom of Forgiveness (1970)
Healing
“You don’t know how the Lord will redeem your life from the pit, but you must trust that He will. Like the little boy who offered the loaves and fish to the disciples without knowing how Jesus would use them, offer your circumstances to the Lord. He knows how to transform the worst of circumstances into miraculous healing”.
Brendan O’Rourke and DeEtte Sauer
Hope of a Homecoming (2003)
“I am not a faith healer because I’ve never healed anyone. It’s just the mercy of God”.
Kathryn Kuhlman
Kathryn Kuhlman (1976)
“No, I do not know why all are not healed physically, but all can be healed spiritually, and that’s the greatest miracle any human being can know”.
Kathryn Kuhlman
Kathryn Kuhlman (1976)
“Our Heavenly Healer often has to hurt us in order to heal us. We sometimes fail to recognize His mighty love in this, yet we are firmly held always in the Everlasting Arms.”
Elisabeth Elliot
Secure in the Everlasting Arms (2002)
“There are no short cuts to grief work. Healing takes time”.
John Splinter
The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook (1992)
“Reorient yourself to new circumstances. Let it hurt for a while. It will get better. Take your time. Heal slowly, from the inside out. Learn (or relearn) how to tap the amazing love and healing of Jesus Christ”.
John Splinter
The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook (1992)
“Truth with love brings healing”.
David Augsburger
Caring Enough to Confront (2009)
“Bridges can be built across the most troubled waters when Christ is the motivator.”
Howard Hendricks
Heaven Help the Home (1973)
“Because of covenant, wounds need not leave scars. They can become imprints for the expression of His grace if only you will take God at His word – a word that cannot be broken and that will never be changed.”
Kay Arthur
Our Covenant God (1999)
“Appropriating faith is not believing that God can but that He will. Those who claim to believe in healing but say one word in favor of it and ten words against it, cannot produce faith for healing.”
F.F. Bosworth
Christ the Healer (1924)
“Jehovah Rapha, the God Who Heals places His hand on the gaping wounds of our hearts and transforms the wounds into beautiful scars. Healing . . . it’s what He does. Telling others about His healing power in our lives . . . it’s what He longs for us to do. That’s how others will recognize His Son.”
Sharon Jaynes
Your Scars are Beautiful to God (2006)
“There is a difference between being forgiven of a sin and being healed of a sin. Forgiveness is what takes place in God’s heart. Healing is what happens in yours.”
Joe Beam
Getting Past Guilt (2003)
Health
“As we practice the work of forgiveness, we discover more and more that forgiveness and healing are one”.
Agnes Sanford
The Healing Light (1947)
“Man frequently applies a remedy to the outward body, whilst the disease lies at the heart”.
Francois Fenelon and Jeanne Guyon
Spiritual Progress (17th century)
“It’s the Lord who heals and He can use any method He chooses.”
Jon Courson
Application Commentary (2005)
“Cultivating a healthy spirit requires devoting time each day to the spiritual disciplines of Scripture memory, Bible reading, and praying.”
Donna Partow
Becoming The Woman God Wants Me To Be (2008)
“I wish you could convince yourself that God is often (in some sense) nearer to us and more effectually present with us, in sickness than in health.”
Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God (17th century)
“Next to the office of him who ministers to men’s souls, there is none really more useful and honorable than that of him who ministers to the soul’s frail tabernacle – the body. “
J.C. Ryle
The Upper Room (19th century)
Heaven
“Absent from flesh! Then rise, my soul,
Where feet nor wings could never climb,
Beyond the heav’ns where planets roll,
Measuring the cares and joys of time.”
Isaac Watts
“Absent from Flesh! O Blissful Thought!” hymn (18th century)
“What is heaven, but to be with God, to dwell with him, to realize that God is mine, and I am his?”
Charles Spurgeon
“God in the Covenant” sermon (1856)
“Talk of princes, and kings, and potentates: Their inheritance is but a pitiful foot of land, across which the bird’s wing can soon direct its flight; but the broad acres of the Christian cannot be measured by eternity. He is rich, without a limit to his wealth. He is blessed, without a boundary to his bliss.”
Charles Spurgeon
“The Fatherhood of God” sermon (1858)
“Jesus is what makes heaven heaven.”
Jon Courson
Application Commentary (2003)
“Cemeteries interrupt the finest families. Retirement finds the best employees. Age withers the strongest bodies. With life comes change. But with change comes the reassuring appreciation of heaven’s permanence.”
Max Lucado
It’s Not About Me (2004)
“Our way to heaven lies through the wilderness of this world.”
Matthew Henry
Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706)
“Each is embittered to us, that heaven may be endeared.”
Matthew Henry
Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706)
“I do not know how near it may be to us; it may be that some of us will be ushered very soon into the presence of the King. One gaze at Him will be enough to reward us for all we have had to bear. Yes, there is peace for the past, grace for the present, and glory for the future.”
D.L. Moody
Twelve Select Sermons (1846)
“Had Christ remained on earth, sight would have taken the place of faith. In Heaven, there will be no faith, because His followers will see; there will be no hope, because they will possess; but there will be love, for love endureth forever!”
Fulton Sheen
Life of Christ (1958)
“If one Indian ruler could prepare something as breathstakingly beautiful as the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife of just fourteen years, what must God be preparing as a home where He will live forever and ever with His people whom He loves?”
Anne Graham Lotz
Heaven: My Father’s House (2002)
“Make no mistake about it! Heaven is a home populated by the Lord and his loved ones who have made the deliberate choice to be there.”
Anne Graham Lotz
Heaven: My Father’s House (2002)
“Based on your choices you have made, if you were to die today, would you be inside or outside of Heaven’s gates?”
Anne Graham Lotz
Heaven: My Father’s House (2002)
“Like a child who suddenly stops sobbing when he is clasped in the arms of his mother, such will be the grip of heaven upon our souls.”
Ravi Zacharias
Recapture the Wonder (2003)
“Heaven is as near tour souls, as this world is to our bodies; and we are created, we are redeemed, to have our conversation in it.”
William Law
The Spirit of Prayer (1750)
“If this world is all we have and there’s no hope for a world to come, we’re doomed to lives of misery.”
Tullian Tchividjian
Do I Know God? (2007)
“So that if in this life we would enjoy the peace of paradise, we must accustom ourselves to a familiar, humble, affectionate conversation with Him”.
Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God (17th century)
“From the glimpses of heaven given us by Jesus, we know that whatever else heaven is, it’s full of Joy.”
Ken Gire
Reflections on Your Life (1998)
“Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is reality itself.”
C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce (1946)
“None will walk the celestial pavement of heaven but those washed in the blood.”
D.L. Moody
Wondrous Love (1876)
“If you don’t enter the kingdom of heaven by God’s way, you cannot enter at all.”
D.L. Moody
Weighed and Wanting (19th century)
“I want to know one thing – the way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore”.
John Wesley
Sermons on Several Occasions (18th century)
“When he came to expel Adam out of his forfeited paradise, he assures him of one that should open the gates of the heavenly paradise to him.”
Stephen Charnock
Discourse of God’s being the Author of Reconciliation (17th century)
“He told us – and it is only because we are so accustomed to it that we do not wonder more at the magnificence of the conception – that when our place in this world should know us no more there would be another place ready for us.”
Henry Drummond
“Why Christ Must Depart” sermon (19th century)
“He that has long been on the road to Heaven finds that there was good reason why it was promised that his shoes should be iron and brass, for the road is rough.”
Charles Spurgeon
All of Grace (19th century)
“It will amaze the universe to see us enter the pearly gate, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ”.
Charles Spurgeon
All of Grace (19th century)
“Again I charge you, MEET ME IN HEAVEN.”
Charles Spurgeon
All of Grace (19th century)
“We have a glorious future awaiting us beyond death’s door.”
Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort
Life’s Emergency Handbook (2002)
“The society of heaven will be select. No one who studies Scripture can doubt that.”
D.L. Moody
Heaven (1881)
“There are a good many kinds of aristocracy in this world, but the aristocracy of heaven will be holiness.”
D.L. Moody
Heaven (1881)
Hell
“O brethren, above all things shun hypocrisy. If ye mean to be damned, make up your minds to it, and be damned like honest men; but do not, I beseech you, pretend to go to heaven while all the time you are going to hell”.
Charles Spurgeon
“God, the All-Seeing One” sermon (1858)
“The urgency of the gospel is utterly lost when the preacher denies the reality or severity of everlasting punishment.”
John MacArthur
Ashamed of the Gospel (1993)
“Some people seem to be under the delusion that hell has evaporated, or at least that all intelligent people have stopped believing in it.”
D. James Kennedy
Why I Believe (1980)
“The main reason we believe in hell is because Jesus Christ declares that it is so.”
D. James Kennedy
Why I Believe (1980)
“A lot of people talk about hell, use it to tell others where to go, but do not want to be confronted with the thought that it might be their destination”.
Billy Graham
Facing Death and the Life After (1987)
“Men are not sent to hell because of being murderers or liars, they are sent to hell because they are unrighteous”.
David Jeremiah
Escape the Coming Night (1990)
“While the Lord is well-pleased in saving sinners through the righteousness of Christ, he will also glorify his justice, by punishing all proud despisers.”
Matthew Henry
Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706)
“Sinners don’t flee from the wrath to come because they don’t believer there is a wrath to come.”
Ray Comfort
Hell’s Best Kept Secret (1989)
“Hell is out of fashion today, but it is not out of business! Just because we don’t like the idea of hell doesn’t mean that it does not exist. Many people say they don’t believe in hell, so hell can’t exist. But remember: it doesn’t matter what we believe; it matters what is true.”
Mark Cahill
One Heartbeat Away (2005)
“The unconverted walk over the pit of hell on a rotten bridge.”
Johnathan Edwards
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” sermon (1741)
“Natural men are held in the hand of God over the pit of hell.”
Johnathan Edwards
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” sermon (1741)
“There is nothing that keeps wicked men, at any one moment, out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.”
Johnathan Edwards
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” sermon (1741)
“One phrase summarizes the horror of hell. “God isn’t there.””
Max Lucado
Just Like Jesus (1998)
“When one asked, where God was before heaven was created? St. Augustine answered: He was in himself. When another asked me the same question, I said: He was building hell for such idle, presumptuous, fluttering and inquisitive spirits as you.”
Martin Luther
Table Talk (16th century)
“The same conscience there is in men of a future judgment, bears witness also of the truth of future punishments.”
Thomas Boston
Human Nature in Its Fourfold State (1830)
“As the saints in heaven are advanced to the highest pitch of happiness, so the damned in hell arrive at the height of misery.”
Thomas Boston
Human Nature in Its Fourfold State (1830)
“Men are punished by God for their sins often visibly, always secretly, either in this life or after death”.
Augustine
The City of God (5th century)
“It is He who gave to this intellectual nature free-will of such a kind, that if he wished to forsake God his blessedness, misery should forthwith result”.
Augustine
The City of God (5th century)
“The Hell of the Bible is horrible beyond description, and the hypotheses of this hour cannot exceed it.”
William Elbert Munsey
Eternal Retribution (1951)
“Without him, we are combustible matter before a consuming fire, and cannot approach to the throne of God with any success.”
Stephen Charnock
Discourse on the Cleaning Virtue of Christ’s Blood (17th century)
“Hell is as real to those who die without Christ as heaven is to the child of God.”
Charles Swindoll
“Visiting the Real Twilight Zone” sermon (1985)
“What if God withdraw his patience and sustenation, and let you drop into hell while you are quarrelling with his word? Will you then believe that there is no hell?”
Richard Baxter
A Call to the Unconverted, to Turn and Live (17th century)
“There is something so shocking in the consideration of eternal torments, and seemingly such as infinite disproportion between an endless duration of pain, and short life spent in pleasure, that men (some at least of them) can scarcely be brought to confess it as an article of their faith, that an eternity of misery awaits the wicked in a future state.”
George Whitefield (18th century) quoted in Selected Sermons of George Whitefield
“That the torments reserved for the wicked hereafter, are eternal”.
George Whitefield (18th century) quoted in Selected Sermons of George Whitefield
“There cannot be one argument urged, why God should reward his saints with everlasting happiness, which will not equally prove that he ought to punish sinners with eternal misery.”
George Whitefield (18th century) quoted in Selected Sermons of George Whitefield
“Hell is God’s tribute to the freedom he gave each of us to choose whom we would serve, it is a recognition that our decisions have a significance that extends far down the reaches of foreverness.”
James Sire
The Universe Next Door (1976)
“Philosophically there must be a hell. That is the name for the place where God is not; for the place where they will gather together who insist on leaving God out. God out! There can be no worse hell than that! God away! Man held back by no restraints!”
Samuel Gordon
Quiet Talks on Prayer (1904)
“Every man plots how he may escape damnation.”
Jonathan Edwards
“Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” sermon (1741)
Heresy
“There is as much danger from false brethren, as from open enemies”.
Matthew Henry
Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706)
“When false teaching goes unchallenged, it breads more confusion and draws still more shallow and insincere people into the fold.”
John MacArthur
The Truth War (2007)
“It is better to be divided by Truth than be united by error.”
Adrian Rogers
Unmasking False Prophets (2007)
“It is wrong to tell a lie. Even worse, to teach a lie. But my friend, it is monstrous to teach a lie about God. There is no greater crime than to be a false prophet or to be a false teacher. God does not take it lightly.”
Adrian Rogers
Unmasking False Prophets (2007)
“Some people tell us it does not many any difference what a man believes if he is only sincere. One church is just as good as another if your are only sincere. I do not believe any greater delusion ever came out of the pit of hell than that”.
D.L. Moody
Wondrous Love (1876)
Holidays
“Another year is dawning, dear Father, let it be in working or in waiting, another year with Thee.”
Frances Ridley Havergal
“Another Year is Dawning” hymn (1874)
“You set the course for the entire year by what you do with those first few days of each New Year.”
Jentezen Franklin
Fasting (2008)
“I am not a step before me as I tread on another year;
But I’ve left the Past in God’s keeping – the Future
His mercy shall clear;
And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near.”
Mary Gardiner Brainard
“Not Knowing” poem (19th century)
Holiness
“We must wear our piety, not as some holiday garment, but as our everyday dress.”
Charles Spurgeon
“Faith Versus Sight” sermon (1866)
“Holiness and usefulness go hand in hand”.
Elizabeth Prentiss
More Love to Thee: The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss (1882)
“We are called to live lives that more fully reflect God’s character. Holiness is our responsibility and our destiny. It is God’s work in us, work to which we are called as co-laborers. What a blessing that is!”
Mark Dever
Twelve Challenges Churches Face (2008)
“You can’t get holy in a hurry.”
Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz
God Is in the Small Stuff (1998)
“For who does not know, that it is better to be pure and holy, than to talk about purity and holiness?”
William Law
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (1729)
“Nothing is pressed more earnestly in the Scriptures, than to walk as becomes those called to Christ’s kingdom and glory.”
Matthew Henry
Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706)
“Holiness is not some nebulous thing. It’s a series of right choices.”
Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stocker, and Mike Yorkey
Every Man’s Battle (2000)
“We cannot make ourselves holy. We can become holy only through the power of Christ and the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Through a pure and clean life, we reveal to our world the reality of holy God in our lives.”
Henry and Tom Blackaby
The Man God uses (1999)
“Although God will grant Christlikeness to us when Jesus returns, until then He intends for us to grow toward Christlikeness. We aren’t merely to wait for holiness, we’re to pursue it. “
Donald Whitney
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (1991)
“It’s dangerous to assume that because a man is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. I am sure that the reason that I have a deep hunger to learn of the holiness of God is precisely because I am not holy.”
R.C. Sproul
The Holiness of God (20th century)
“Because God is holy, He cannot look on sin with indifference.”
Josh and Sean McDowell
Evidence for the Resurrection (2009)
“If you seek holiness of life, I encourage you to make a good friend of the Sermon on the Mount.”
Richard Foster
Streams of Living Water (1998)
“A true saint greatly delights in holiness; it is a most beautiful thing in his eyes; and God’s work, in savingly renewing and making holy and happy, a poor, and before perishing soul, appears to him a most glorious work.”
Jonathan Edwards
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections (18th century)
“He that would truly work for God must follow after holiness.”
Andrew Murray
Working for God (1901)
“God promises that if we pursue holiness, happiness will come.”
J.I. Packer
J.I. Packer Answers Questions for Today (2001)
Holy Spirit
General (Holy Spirit)
“God has given His people what we need to fill up when we run low. It’s the incredible gift of Himself, dwelling inside us. It’s the person of God we call the Holy Spirit.”
Jill Briscoe
A Little Pot of Oil (2003)
“You may have no family, no food, no clothes, no future, no spouse, no health, or no children, yet be rich beyond your wildest dreams because you have the Holy Spirit in your life.”
Jill Briscoe
A Little Pot of Oil (2003)
“We must wear our piety, not as some holiday garment, but as our everyday dress.
Jesus knows we need power to live and make courageous choices. He sent the Holy Spirit to inhabit the lives of true believers for the purpose of empowering us, guiding us, and teaching how to live for God.”
Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Pressure Proof Your Marriage (2003)
“Being filled and led by the Spirit may take you places you never planned; but the will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you.”
Neil Anderson
Victory Over the Darkness (1990)
“Walking by the Spirit in relationship, not regimentation.”
Neil Anderson
Victory Over the Darkness (1990)
“You cannot convince the Holy Spirit to do what He doesn’t want to do, and He always wants to do the Father’s will.”
Henry and Mel Blackaby
What’s So Spiritual About Your Gifts? (2004)
“The Holy Spirit is the One who is poured out upon you like a healing balm – to sooth, to calm, and to comfort. He is the One who renews your strength, revives your spirit, refills your cup, restores your strength, and refreshes your spirit.”
Roy Lessin
Today Is Your Best Day (2006)
“The Holy Spirit of the living God is engaging all God’s people with a renewing, reviving call to open to the glory of His grace in Holy Spirit fullness. The objective of this experience is not to introduce us to a glib, giddy kind of “charismania” but to equip, prepare, and fortify us against the spirits of darkness, deception, and destruction.”
Jack Hayford
Glory On Your House (1991)
“The Holy Spirit’s power cannot be harnessed. His power cannot be used to accomplish anything other than the Father’s will. He is not a candy dispenser. He is not a vending machine. He is not a genie waiting for someone to rub His lamp the right way. He is holy God.”
Charles Stanley
The Wonderful Spirit-Filled Life (1992)
“I have learned to be obedient to the Holy Spirit. I cannot use the Holy Spirit; He only uses me.”
Kathryn Kuhlman
Kathryn Kuhlman (1976)
“When God knocks, open the door and open your heart to the Holy Spirit.”
Susan McCarthy Peabody
Alphabet Soup for Christian Living (2007)
“Our blessed Saviour Christ himself preaches that the Holy Ghost is everlasting and Almighty God.”
Martin Luther
Table Talk (16th century)
“The Holy Spirit always upsets the status quo.”
Tony Campolo
How to Be Pentecostal without Speaking in Tongues (1991)
“The Holy Spirit does not flow through methods but through men.”
E.M. Bounds
Power Through Prayer (1906)
“We need words to make ourselves intelligible to other people but not to the Spirit.”
Jean-Nicholas Grou
How to Pray (18th century)
Gifts of Holy Spirit
“If we seek the gifts of the Spirit and not the Holy Spirit Himself, we’ll always focus on self. We must learn to understand that there are no gifts apart from an intimate relationship with the Spirit”.
Henry and Mel Blackaby
What’s So Spiritual About Your Gifts? (2004)
“The Holy Spirit gives boldness. We don’t even have to ask Him for it. It just comes with the Holy Spirit.”
Kathryn Kuhlman
Kathryn Kuhlman (1976)
“You can never be “good enough” on your own to please God. Only the Holy Spirit has what it takes to give us what it takes to please God: His essential goodness reproduced in us.”
Lloyd John Ogilvie
The Magnificent Vision (1980)
“When the believer does not know that Christ is living in him, does not know the Spirit and power of God working in him, there may be much earnestness and diligence, with little that lasts for eternity.”
Andrew Murray
Working for God (1901)
Living in the Holy Spirit
“To live according to the Spirit means first of all to think in alignment with what the Spirit is thinking. It’s to think in terms of what God says about everything, not what you’re saying or thinking yourself or what anybody else says about you.”
Tony Evans
The Fire That Ignites (2003)
“How do you know when you’re walking in the Spirit? You know it when you’re living a life of prayer, because prayer is the proof of dependence on the Spirit.”
Tony Evans
The Fire That Ignites (2003)
“Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward even in sleep.”
Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God (17th century)
“For we must hear the Word, and then afterwards the Holy Ghost works in our hearts; he works in the hearts of whom he will, and how he will, but never without the Word.”
Martin Luther
Table Talk (16th century)
“Allow yourself to be led by the Spirit of God. That Spirit will unerringly conduct you to the end purpose for which your soul was created . . . the enjoyment of God.”
Jeanne Guyon
Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ (1685)
“No relationship, marriage, or family will ever be all that God intended unless its members are experiencing God at work in their lives through the enabling work of the Holy Spirit”.
Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Moments Together (2004)
“Without a complete dependence upon the Holy Spirit we can only fail.”
A.W. Tozer
Whatever Happened to Worship? (20th century)
“The Holy Spirit never enters a man and lets him live like the world. You can be sure of that.”
A.W. Tozer
“Who Is the Holy Spirit?” sermon (20th century)
“God permits troubles to beset His children, but He also refreshes them. He grants them respite when the heart is still and the soul joyous, and you will agree with me that such moments of the secret joy of the Spirit are far more precious than the highest pleasures this world can offer.”
The Lutheran Witness (1885)
Role of Holy Spirit
“The Holy Spirit’s job is to make God’s presence evident and perceptible in this world, and He does that most noticeably through the church.”
Tony Evans
The Fire That Ignites (2003)
“If the Christian life is simply a matter of doing our best, there was no need for God to send the Holy Spirit to help us.”
Charles Stanley
The Wonderful Spirit-Filled Life (1992)
“The Holy Spirit guides the believer in the way of wisdom. To refuse to live wisely is to ignore the leading of the Holy Spirit.”
Charles Stanley
The Wonderful Spirit-Filled Life (1992)
“The Holy Spirit is heaven’s matchmaker. He brings us to Christ.”
Colin Smith
Unlocking the Bible Story (2002)
“Fire converts wood into its own likeness, and the stronger the wind blows, the greater grows the fire. Now by the fire understand love, and by the wind the Holy Spirit.”
Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart’s Sermons (14th century)
“It is a ministry of the Holy Spirit to drive the deadness of our souls away and to banish the apathy that infects most other people.”
Tony Campolo
How To Be Pentecostal Without Speaking In Tongues (1991)
“We must understand that the Holy Spirit lives in us to empower us to succeed at whatever God calls us to do.”
T.D. Jakes
Intimacy with God (2000)
“The Spirit of God is a holy spirit and His work is to make free from the power of sin and death”.
Andrew Murray
Master’s Indwelling (1895)
“The Holy Spirit can cast out the evil spirit of the fear of man. He can make the coward brave”.
Charles Spurgeon
All of Grace (19th century)
“A man may easier seer without eyes, speak without tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.”
John Owen
Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers (1656)
“Most of us don’t really know the deep thoughts and intentions of our own hearts; therefore we must rely upon the Spirit of God to try, to prove and to reveal that which is within us”.
Jane Hamon
Dreams and Visions (2000)
“The stirring of spiritual desire indicates that God’s Spirit is already at work within us, drawing us to Himself”.
Ruth Haley Barton
Sacred Rhythms (2006)
Home
“Righteousness must not only be found in our pulpits, but in our homes. The home is the church in miniature.”
Steve Farrar
Point Man (1990)
“Seeing home as sacred space motivates us to invest our time and energy here.”
Kathy Coffey
God Knows Parenting Is a Wild Ride (2002)
“Home is the arena for our most influential work”.
Kathy Coffey
God Knows Parenting Is a Wild Ride (2002)
“It is essential to see that home is the place where we most often participate in God’s holiness, and bring God’s compassion and creativity to our most intimate world.”
Kathy Coffey
God Knows Parenting Is a Wild Ride (2002)
“When we build a house, we add paint and paper to the walls. When we build a home, we use family photos.”
Al Hartley
It Takes a Family (1996)
“There is no place like home when the people who live there make “building one another’ their highest priority.”
Gordon MacDonald
There’s No Place Like Home (1990)
“There’s no place like home if those in charge care passionately for the moral and spiritual “messages” that are allowed in the door.”
Gordon MacDonald
There’s No Place Like Home (1990)
“The Christian home must blossom in a field of weeds.”
Howard Hendricks
Heaven Help the Home (1973)
“The primary purpose of a home is to reflect and to distribute the love of Christ. Anything that usurps that is idolatrous.”
Ravi Zacharias
Jesus Among Other Gods (2000)
“A truly Christian home is a place where sinners live; but it is also a place where the members of that home admit that fact and understand the problem, know what to do about it, and as a result grow by grace”.
Jay Adams
Christian Living in the Home (1972)
“Home is the most important place for a man to be affirmed. If a man knows that his wife believes in him, he is empowered to do better in every area of his life. A mand tends to think of life as a competition and a battle, and he can energetically duke it out if he can come home to someone who supports him unconditionally, who will wipe his brow and tell him he can do it.”
Shaunti Feldhahn
For Women Only (2004)
Honesty
“Scrupulous truthfulness should always characterize everyone who stands up to proclaim the truth of God.”
Charles Spurgeon
Autobiography (1897)
“Honesty, or dishonesty, is shown in every little act of life.”
Mabel Hale
Beautiful Girlhood (1922)
“Sometimes, we withhold the truth because we’re afraid our honesty will hurt someone’s feelings. But we pay a high price when we hold things in, particularly when we know we’ve been dishonest on some level. We don’t need ulcers and all kinds of other problems that result from a disturbed conscience. We certainly don’t need to “tell all”, especially if it would be unkind to do so, but dishonesty is never right.”
Dan Seaborn
26 Words That Will Improve The Way You Do Family (2002)
“Many of us mistakenly believe that God doesn’t want us to be honest about our lives. We think that He will be upset with us if we tell Him how we really feel. But the Scriptures tell us that God does not want us to be superficial in our relationship with Him, with others, or in our own lives.”
Robert McGee
The Search for Significance (1998)
“Honesty is like a flu shot. It may give you a short, sharp pai but it keeps you healthier in the long run.”
Willard Harley Jr.
His Needs, Her Needs for Parents (2003)
“Truthfulness is much more than the absence of lies. It is genuine communication of minds and hearts. Real truthfulness reflects the character of God, who is always exactly what He says he is, and who speaks painful but joyful truth, never any small talk to our hearts. Think of Jesus: ever kind, but relentlessly truthful.”
Tim Stafford
Never Mind the Joneses (2004)
“To be really truthful, we have to do more than stop lying. Really, most of the work is positively learning how to speak the whole truth in love. However, truthfulness has to begin with a process of purification. Insincerity, lies, and deception create such a hall of mirrors that truth, when someone speaks it, hardly registers.”
Tim Stafford
Never Mind the Joneses (2004)
“Always meet with God as a God who desires truth in the inward parts. In al your confession of sin, in all your religion, in your whole existence let truth in the inward parts be your desire, as it is the desire of God.”
Andrew Murray
Have Mercy Upon Me (1896)
Honor
““Honor all”. The application of this command could significantly shatter hell’s viselike grip on individuals and cultures and drastically affect how future generations view Christ and His claims.”
Fawn Parish
Honor: What Love Looks Like (1999)
“When honor is unleashed, it can reveal the heart of God to hardened individuals and to whole cultures, opening them up to their intended destiny of eternal intimacy with God.”
Fawn Parish
Honor: What Love Looks Like (1999)
“If the primary reason that we honor God is our profit, then we will discover there are many occasions where honoring him offers no apparent benefit. In those moments, we will turn from his ways unless what motivates us is a desire to honor God for his grace rather than a seeking after our own benefit.”
Bryan Chapell
Holiness by Grace (2001)
“True honor is not the honor that one claims for oneself, but rather it is the honor that is conferred on one by others.”
J. Dwight Pentecost
The Parables of Jesus (1982)
Hope
“All My Hope on God is Founded.”
Joachim Neander hymn title (17th century)
“What is there, what can there be, to make life worthwhile, apart from the Christian Hope?”
Henry H. Hailey
Pocket Bible Handbook (1948)
“Hope sees a crown in reserve, mansions in readiness, and Jesus himself preparing a place for us, and by the rapturous sight she sustains the soul under the sorrows of the hour.”
Charles Spurgeon
“The Holy Spirit’s Intercession” sermon (1880)
“Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.”
C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity (1952)
“Given the choice of viewing life through the rose-colored glasses of hope rather than the dark blinders of sadness, anger, and worry, wouldn’t it be fare better to assume you’ll find a foothold amid the chaos? After all, even if you go under, won’t you have enjoyed the swim all the more if you sustain hope until the end rather than sinking into despair?”
Susan Vaughn
Half Empty, Half Full (2000)
“To lose hope has the same effect on our heart as it would be to stop breathing.”
Brent Curtis
The Sacred Romance (1997)
“Keep dreaming the dream that God has put into your heart”.
Jentezen Franklin
Believe That You Can (2008)
“At the bottom of the pit is not apathy, not hopelessness, not despair. At the bottom of the pit is the rule of God!”
Martin Bell
Street Singing and Preaching (1991)
“It is not most hopeful for men that a Man is now on the throne of the universe?”
Charles Spurgeon
All of Grace (19th century)
“If the Christian hope be not founded upon reason and truth, but must be given up as fabulous and mere delusion, we are left without hope, and we must sink into the most gloomy darkness and despair.”
Samuel Hopkins
“The Reason of the Hope of a Christian” sermon (1803)
“In Jesus Christ, God experienced the greatest depths of pain. Therefore, though Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, it provides deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair.”
Timothy Keller
The Reason For God (2008)
“Hope is like a magnet that draws you toward your goal.”
H. Norman Wright
Freedom From the Grip Of Fear (1989)
“Hope lives even when the body is dying.”
Bill Kemp and Diane Kemp Arnett
Going Home (2005)
Hospitality
“When we are willing to open our homes, our kitchens, our living rooms, and most of all our hearts to others, God can make exciting things happen.”
Rachael Crabb and Raeann Hart
The Personal Touch (1990)
“The emphasis in our practice of hospitality should be on how we give of ourselves to minister to others – not on how we perform to entertain others.”
Rachael Crabb and Raeann Hart
The Personal Touch (1990)
“Hospitality is the social staff of life, a starting point for discourse and interaction.”
Thea Jarvis
Everyday Hospitality (2007)
“Ideally, hospitality is the outward expression of an inner attitude, a virtue that erupts from the heart, spilling out toward others.”
Thea Jarvis
Everyday Hospitality (2007)
“Hospitality is contagious.”
Thea Jarvis
Everyday Hospitality (2007)
Humanity
“Man, but a particle of Thy creation . . .”
Augustine
Confessions (4th century)
“The world is a sort of macrocosm of which man is a microcosm, and what is true of the nations of the world is true of individuals.”
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The Cross (1986)
“I have no sympathy with the doctrine of universal brotherhood and universal fatherhood; I don’t believe one word of it. If a man lives in the flesh and serves the flesh, he is a child of the devil. That is pretty strong language, but it is what Christ said.”
D.L. Moody
“The Eighth Chapter of Romans” sermon (19th century)
“If the human race in its present state moved into the New Jerusalem today, it would be hell by tomorrow.”
Vance Havner
Jesus Only (1946)
“Humanism places mankind at the center of all things and makes him the measure of all things.”
Bill Bright and John Damoose
Red Sky in the Morning (1998)
“And thus ever, by day and night, under the sun and under the stars, climbing the dusty hills and toiling along the weary plains, journeying by land and journeying by sea, coming and going so strangely, to meet and to act and react on one another, move all we restless travelers through the pilgrimage of life.”
Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit (1857)
“Each and every person has the same measure of value to God.”
Scott Hinkle
Recapturing the Primary Purpose (2005)
“He was made of the dust of the ground, a very unlikely thing to make man of; but the same infinite power that made the world of nothing made made man, its masterpiece, of next to nothing. He was not made of gold-dust, powder of pearl, or diamond dust, but common dust, dust of the ground. Our fabric is earthly, and the fashioning of it like that of an earthen vessel. What have we then to be proud of?”
Matthew Henry
Commentary of the Whole Bible (1706)
“God raised Jesus from the dead to the end that we should be clear – once and for all – that there is nothing more important than being human. Our lives have eternal significance. And no one – absolutely no one – is expendable.”
Martin Bell
The Way of the Wolf (1968)
“We are not only undeserving, but ill-deserving.”
Thomas Manton
One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm (17th century)
“The highest angel has nothing of its own that it can offer unto God, no more light, love, purity, perfection, and glorious hallelujahs, that spring from itself, or its own powers, than the poorest creature upon earth.”
William Law
An Humble, Affectionate, and Earnest Address (1761)
“If man is made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for God, why is he so opposed to God?”
Blaise Pascal
Pensees (17th century)
“You are more evil than you have ever feared, and more loved than you have ever hoped”.
Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears
Death By Love (2008)
“Minor shades of moral difference fade away before the one radical division of mankind into children of light and children of darkness.”
Alexander Balmain Bruce
Apologetics, or Christianity Defensively Stated (1892)
“All men are either sons of God or sons of the devil.”
Alexander Balmain Bruce
Apologetics, or Christianity Defensively Stated (1892)
“If you have a narrow view of people, go places you have never gone, meet the kind of people you do not know, and do things you have not done before”.
John Maxwell
Winning With People (2004)
Human Nature
“The problem with a living sacrifice, is that it can crawl off the altar, and we often do that.”
Rick Warrren
The Purpose-Driven Life (2002)
“Our inner “self” doesn’t want to dump God entirely, just keep Him at a comfortable distance.”
Charles Swindoll
Improving Your Serve (1981)
“When it comes to accepting the truth about ourselves, things have not changed much since Adam first blamed Eve.”
Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Boundaries Face to Face (2003)
“Between the frailty of our bodies and the limitations of our minds, we humans have ample proof that we are not gods.”
Jeff Walling
Until I Return (2000)
“It seems to be a law of man’s intelligent nature that when accused of wrong, either by his conscience or by any other agent, he must either confess or justify.”
Charles Finney
“The Sinner’s Excuses Answered” sermon (19th century)
“There are no other principles, which human nature is under the influence of, that will ever make men conscientious, but one of these two, fear or love.”
Jonathan Edwards
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections (18th century)
“It is not the design of Christ to take away our humanity, but to sanctify it.”
Kim Thomas
Living In the Sacred Now (2001)
“When a man fails in life he usually says, “I am as God made me.” When he succeeds he proudly proclaims himself a “self-made man.””
William George Jordan
The Kingship of Self-Control (1898)
Humility
“Jesus comes to little ones.”
Charles Spurgeon
“The Incarnation and Birth of Christ” sermon (1855)
“Be content to walk your weary way, through the fields of poverty, or up the hills of affliction; by-and-bye ye shall reign with Christ, for he has ‘made us kings and priests unto God, and we shall reign for ever and ever.””
Charles Spurgeon
Christ Exalted” sermon (1856)
“Catch [a man] at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, “By Jove! I’m being humble,” and almost immediately pride – pride at his own humility – will appear.”
C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters (1941)
“As sinfully and culturally defined, pursuing greatness looks like this: Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification. Contrast that with the pursuit of true greatness as biblically defined: Serving others for the glory of God. This is the genuine expression of humility; this is true greatness as the Savior defined it.”
C.J. Mahaney
Humility: True Greatness (2005)
“It takes a lot of humility to cry aloud to God in our distress. And humility before the living God is precisely what we need.”
Bill Gothard
The Power of Crying Out (2002)
“A humble person is not one who thinks little of himself, hangs his head, and says, “I’m nothing.” Rather, he is one who depends wholly on the Lord for everything, in every circumstance.”
David Wilkerson
Revival on Broadway! (1996)
“Humility retires itself from the public gaze.”
E.M. Bounds
The Essentials of Prayer (19th century)
“The preoccupation with self is the enemy of humility.”
Franklin Graham
All For Jesus (2003)
“Cost what it may, and in spite of my fears and speculations, I desire to become lowly and a fool, still more despicable in my own eyes than in those of the wise in their own conceit.”
Francois Fenelon and Jeanne Guyon
Spiritual Progress (17th century)
“True humility consists in a deep view of our utter unworthiness, and in an absolute abandonment to God, without the slightest doubt that He will do the greatest things in us.”
Francois Fenelon and Jeanne Guyon
Spiritual Progress (17th century)
“The truly humble soul is not surprised at its defects or failings, and the more miserable it beholds itself, the more it abandons itself to God, and presses for a more intimate alliance with Him, seeing the need it has or his aid”.
Francois Fenelon and Jeanne Guyon
Spiritual Progress (17th century)
“Humility gladly submits to God’s rightful place as Lord. It produces a right spirit toward others and a grateful sense of submission to God’s providing work on our behalf.”
Joseph Stowell
Tongue in Check (1983)
“Oh, how few be these who are low in their own eyes! The number of souls that are high in the esteem of God, and low in their own esteem, are very few.”
Thomas Brooks
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ (1655)
“Humility is both a grace, and a vessel to receive grace. There is none who sees so much need of grace as humble souls.”
Thomas Brooks
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ (1655)
“An humble soul that lies low, oh what sights of God hath he! What glory doth he behold, when the proud soul sees nothing!”
Thomas Brooks
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ (1655)
“Here is a wonder! God is on high; and yet the higher a man lifts up himself, the farther he is from God; and the lower a man humbles himself, the nearer he is to God”.
Thomas Brooks
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ (1655)
“An humble soul is like a violet, that by its fragrant smell draws the eye and the hearts of others to him.”
Thomas Brooks
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ (1655)
“Pride closes the door to spiritual growth, but humility opens the door of your life to more of God’s grace. Pause for a moment to ponder this promise and let it sink in. God gives grace to the humble.”
Colin Smith
Ten Keys to Unlock the Christian Life (2005)
“When we’ve had a disagreement, we can show true character by walking into the room and apologizing honestly and humbly. Pride is not a virtue. Humility is. Pride can cost us valuable relationships, but humility costs us only pride. Men of character know how to apologize and how to forgive.”
Bill McCartney
4th and Goal (2002)
“The truly godly person never forgets that he was at one time an object of God’s holy and just wrath. He never forgets that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – and he feel along with Paul that he is himself the worst of sinners.”
Jerry Bridges
The Practice of Godliness (1996)
“If we are humble enough to accept someone’s input, we can avoid stumbling along while we don’t know what we don’t know.”
Bill McCartney
Blind Spots (2003)
“Humility does demand that we carefully weigh the opinions of thoughtful men; we should refrain from depending solely on our own intellect.”
Jeff Baldwin
Thinking Biblically (2005)
“Let us then also pray for those who have fallen into any sin, that meekness and humility may be given to them, so that they may submit, not unto us, but to the will of God. For in this way they shall secure a fruitful and perfect remembrance from us.”
Clement
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians (1st century)
“The humiliation leads to a greater glory. “
C.S. Lewis
The Weight of Glory (1949)
“When man humbles himself, God cannot restrain His mercy; He must come down and pour His grace into the humble man, and He gives Himself most of all, and all at once, to the least of all.”
Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart’s Sermons (14th century)
“When unadorned, adorned the most.”
Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God (17th century)
“Work on your humility. Come to terms with the fact that your skills are God given You can only do what He equips you to do.”
Stan Toler
Minute Motivators for Men (2004)
“Don’t put yourself on a pedestal. Appreciate the worth of others. Let others know that you have confidence in them.”
Stan Toler
Minute Motivators for Men (2004)
“Have we the humility to thank our Father for the gift of pain?”
Elisabeth Elliot
Secure in the Everlasting Arms (2002)
“He that can humble himself earnestly before God in Christ, has already won”.
Martin Luther
Table Talk (16th century)
“There are many willing to preach to thousands, but are not willing to take their beside one soul, and lead that soul to the blessed Jesus.”
D.L. Moody
The Faithful Saying (1877)
“It is a genuine act of humility to realize that we can learn from others who have gone before us.”
Richard Foster
Streams of Living Water (1998)
“Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.”
George Whitefield
Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield (1741)
“Humility – to put a seal upon your lips and forget what you have done.”
Henry Drummond
The Greatest Thing in the World (1874)
“Let us remember, how great have been our advantages, and how little we have profited by them: and on the other hand, how many disadvantages others have had, and how little they are behind us after all.”
George Edward Jelf
The Secret Trials of the Christian Life (19th century)
“What we call our strong points will become the source of our most alarming weakness, if they are not tempered and sanctified by the increasing humility and ever-active faith, which are among the chief characteristics of a Christian.”
George Edward Jelf
The Secret Trials of the Christian Life (19th century)
“The most eminent saints have been of low stature in their own eyes; like the sun at the zenith, they showed least when they were at the highest.”
Thomas Watson and Samuel Lee
The Bible and the Closet (1842)
“You can see the world standing tall, but to witness the Savior, you have to get on your knees.”
Max Lucado
The Applause of Heaven (1990)
“A posture of humility will serve you better than an in-your-face swagger”.
Alan Dowd
“Speaking Creatively” article (2009)
“One can so easily become too great to be used by God. One can never be too small for His service.”
Corrie ten Boom
Not Good IF Detached (1957)
“Humility is one of the great marks of a crucified man”.
Andrew Murray
Master’s Indwelling (1895)
“Man is to be humbled to the dust by the thought of the glory of God as seen in the visible creation.”
F.C. Cook
Bible Commentary (19th century)
“Christ’s people have frequently to humble themselves.”
John Dawson
The Saviour in the Workshop (1868)
“Humility is taught by hardship in the face of obedience. Humility is tested by the choices we make”.
Tim Burns
Forged in the Fire (2003)
“We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything else but beginners.”
Thomas Merton
Contemplative Prayer (1969)
“No one that is not of a contrite and humble spirit will dwell with God in His high and holy place.”
D.L. Moody
Heaven (1881)
“When we are humble enough to allow God to fill us with His love, a miracle happens.”
Kim Moore and Pam Mellskog
A Patchwork Heart (2002)
“Faith, whether in God or in people, can only happen in utter humility.”
Mike Mason
Practicing the Presence of People (1999)
“There are three great motivations to humility: it becomes us as creatures; it becomes us as sinners; and it becomes us as saints.”
Andrew Murray
Humility (1896)
“Humility is not so much a grace or virtue along with; it is the root of all, because it alone assumes the right attitude before God and allows Him as God to do all”.
Andrew Murray
Humility (1896)
“The way of ascending is humility; the way of descending is pride”.
Benedict of Nursia
The Rule of St. Benedict (6th century)
“No matter where we are – whether doing the work of God, or in the garden, or on a journey – we should adopt the posture of reverence, ever mindful of who we are. Our attitude should be that of the publican in the Gospel who said, with his eyes fixed on the ground, “Lord, I am a sinner and I am not worthy to lift my eyes up to heaven.””
Benedict of Nursia
The Rule of St. Benedict (6th century)
Humor
“That I have written in a semi-humorous vein needs no apology, since thereby sound moral teaching has gained a hearing from at least three hundred thousand persons. There is no particular virtue in being seriously unreadable”.
Charles Spurgeon
John Ploughman’s Talk (19th century)
“People who live above their circumstances usually possess a well-developed sense of humor, because in the final analysis that’s what gets them through.”
Charles Swindoll
Laugh Again (1995)
“Humor gives us power. We often cannot control situations or events, but we can control our response. Instead of discouragement or despair, we can claim power.”
Anne Bryan Smollin
Tickle Your Soul (1999)
“When it comes to last words, I’m afraid I won’t be able to do it. As a writer, I know I’m going to keeping wanting to do a rewrite.”
Martha Bolton
Didn’t My Skin Used To Fit? (2000)
“A sense of humor helps us through many sticky problems.”
Dennis Gibson
The Sandwich Years (1991)
Hunger, Spiritual
“Today, as you hunger after His bread, remember that God is seeking the hungry, as you long for living waters, remember that He invites the thirsty to drink; as you seek His presence, remember that He bids you to draw near; as you commit to walk in His ways, remember that He is always on the alert, looking for those who are totally committed to Him.”
Roy Lessin
Today Is Your Best Day (2006)
“Spiritually is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not about perfection; it is about connection.”
Michael Yaconelli
Messy Spirituality (2002)
“The way of the spiritual life begins when we are now in the mess of our lives. Accepting the reality of our broken, flawed lives is the beginning of spirituality not because the spiritual life will remove our flaws but because we let go seeking perfection and, instead, seek God, the one who is present in the tangledness of our lives. Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God’s being present in the mess of our unfixedness.”
Michael Yaconelli
Messy Spirituality (2002)
“Collectively and individually, we are crying for the solace of reconnection with God.”
Sue Patton Thoele
Heart Centered Marriage (1996)
“Whether we feast through silence, through stillness, through meditation or contemplation, God longs to feed us.”
Jane Rubietta
Resting Place (2005)
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