“The law says, ‘do this,’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘believe this,’ and everything is already done.”
~ Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Tag: Quotes
A Thousand Lives
I feel that, if I could live a thousand lives, I would like to live them all for Christ; and I should even then feel that they were all too little a return for His great love to me!
~ Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Holiness & Love
Spiritually begins to have real meaning in our lives as we begin to exhibit simultaneously the holiness of God and the love of God. We never do this perfectly, but we must look to the living Christ to help us do it truly.
~ Francis A. Schaeffer (1912-1984)
Love, Pray & Do
Let us not despise our neighbor. Let us not mock him. Let us not shut the door of heaven and take away the key of knowledge. Let us be free from all hatred and rancor. Let us love all men, pray for all men, do good to all men.
~ William Farel (1489-1565)
Thy Will
O Lord, I hang on thee, I see, believe, live, when thy will, not mine is done… So shall I wait for thy will, pray for it to be done and by thy grace become fully obedient.
~Valley of Vision
A Bible & A Candle
Give me a candle and a Bible, and shut me up in a dark dungeon, and I will tell you all that the whole world is doing.
~ J.C. Ryle (1816-1900)
Nearest Approach To God
Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of Him that we are capable of in this life.
~ William Law (1686-1761)
The Greatest Influence
They say stars have greatest influences when they are in conjunction with the sun; then sure the graces of a saint should never work more powerfully than in prayer, for then he is in the nearest conjunction and communion with God.
~ William Gurnall (1616-1679)
Bring Him Broken Hearts
Christ is the most cheap physician, he takes no fee. He desires us to bring nothing to him but broken hearts; and when he has cured us he desires us to bestow nothing on him but our love.
~ Thomas Watson (1620-1686)
As You Wish To Be
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
~ Thomas a’ Kempis
A Prayer Life 