We have taught our people to use prayer too much as a means of comfort – not in the original and heroic sense of uplifting, inspiring, strengthening, but in the more modern and baser sense of soothing sorrow, dulling pain, and drying tears – the comfort of the cushion, not the comfort of the Cross.
~ G. A. Studdert Kennedy (1883-1929)
Tag: Quotes
Christ Cries “Mine!”
[T]here is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: “Mine!”
~ Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920)
His & Mine
It is astonishing that I should so be one with Christ, that all that He is becomes mine; and all that I am becomes His! His glory mine; my humiliation His! His righteousness mine; my guilt His! His joy mine; my sorrow His! His riches mine; my poverty His! His life mine; my death His!
~ Octavius Winslow (1808-1878)
Law & Grace
“The law says, ‘do this,’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘believe this,’ and everything is already done.”
~ Martin Luther (1483-1546)
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)
A Prayer Life 