π "If you want to be miserable, look within; If you want to be distracted, look around; If you want to be peaceful and happy, look up- look off unto Jesus." [Unknown Source]
π "The three Hebrew men facing the blazing furnace were quite prepared to reach glory by a fiery pathway. God can take His servants to heaven by a chariot of fire, or by a furnace of fire, as seems good to Him. Whatever the mode of going, it is well to get there!" [C.H. Mackintosh]
π "It is a much easier thing to ask in a general way for the forgiveness of our sins, than to confess those sins. Confession involves self-judgment. [Unknown Source]
π "Panic, the syndrome that now fills whole shelves of large bookstores, involves a subordination of logical thinking to highly vacillating emotions." [Spiros Zodhiates]
π "The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. We have not only a new house to build up, but an old one to tear down. [George Whitefield 1735]
π "Who knows what God will do with us? It may be that we will use a gift we didn't know we had. We will never discover it as long as we are concentrating on the only thing we think we are good at." [C.H. Spurgeon]
π "The biblical teaching on creation explains the noble side of man. Man is not part of the cosmic machine, because he is a special creation of God. Thus he is not a dog or a god, but man was made in 'the image of God.'" [Robert Morey]
π "Give us [spiritual] sight that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything." [Peter Marshall]
π "Paul and James would say, "No matter the cost, you teach doctrinal truth." James and John would say, "We are at war with the culture. We can never compromise and assimilate biblical truth with the philosophies of the world!" [Dr. Mal Couch]
π "Genuine love is not blind to the truth; it neither over criticizes nor over praises. Needless to say, love does not flatter - which is essentially lying for the same selfish reason." [Spiros Zodhiates]
π "Those whose lives are being changed by God often find themselves the objects of criticism and attack by people in whom there is no divine life." [Thomas L. Constable]
π βOh, the pure delight of a single hour That before the throne I spend, When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, My God, I commune as friend with friend.β [Fanny J. Crosby]
π βOnce it was the blessing; Now it is the Lord, Once it was the feeling, Now it is the Word; Once His gifts I wanted; Now the Giver own; Once I sought for healing; Now Himself alone.β [ A. B. Simpson]
π βDeny that God is governing matter, deny that He is βupholding all things by the word of His powerβ and all sense of security is gone.β [A.W Pink]
π "God has the interest of His people in view; ...He will make all things, whether prosperous or adverse, to co-operate in promoting their good." (Rom 8:28) [Dr. Sinclair Ferguson]
π "Men are frequently like tea- the real strength and goodness is drawn out of them after being, for a short time, in hot water. [Haines & Yaggy 1876]
π "Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world: one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content." [H.C. Ryle]