22 quotes found
“The prayer that is faithless is fruitless.”
“Until sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.”
“The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains.”
“Knowledge is the eye that must direct the foot of obedience.”
“The pardoned soul is out of the gunshot of hell (Rom. 8:33).”
“It is our work to cast care, and it is God's work to take care.”
“We should pray that God would enrich his ordinance with his presence; that he would make the sacrament effectual to all those holy ends and purposes for which he hath appointed it; that it may be t...”
“Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.”
“God can turn stones into bread, and a sinner can turn bread into stones; the bread of life into the stone of stumbling.”
“Such as make the sacrament only a representation of Christ do aim short of the mystery, and come short of the comfort.”
“Has Christ provided such a blessed banquet for us? He does not nurse us abroadbut feeds us with His own breastnay, with His own blood! Let us, then, study to respond to this great love of Christ. I...”
“If God spares us as a father does his son, let us imitate God. It is natural for children to imitate their parents. Let us imitate God in this one thing: As God spares us, and passes by many failur...”
“Great was the work of creation, but greater was the work of redemption. Great wisdom was seen in making usbut more miraculous wisdom in saving us. Great power was seen in bringing us out of nothing...”
“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.”
“Christ was born of a virgin, that we might be born of God. He took our flesh, that He might give us His Spirit. He lay in the manger that we might lie in paradise. He came down from heaven, that He...”
“The bare knowledge of God's will is inefficacious, it doth not better the heart. Knowledge alone is like a winter sun, which hath no heat or influence; it doth not warm the affections, or purify th...”
“If you want to be a big company tomorrow you have to start acting like one today.”
“A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands but he cannot lift up his face.”
“Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father.”
“Has Christ provided such a blessed banquet for us? He does not nurse us abroad—but feeds us with His own breast—nay, with His own blood! Let us, then, study to respond to this great love of Christ....”
