17 Devotionals: Bible (4) Prayer (7) Salvation (6)

PEOPLE NEVER REJECT THE BIBLE

"Be very sure of this - people never reject the Bible because they cannot understand it. They understand it too well; they understand that it condemns their own behavior; they understand that it witnesses against their own sins, and summons them to judgment. They try to believe it is false and useless, because they don't like to believe it is true."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

BIBLE NEVER FLATTERS ITS HEROES

"The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown and failure we may magnify the grace of God and recognize that it is the delight of the Spirit of God to work upon the platform of human impossibilities.”

— Alan Redpath (1907-1989) American Minister

THE BIBLE IS GOD'S DECLARATORY REVEALTION TO MAN

"The Bible is God's declaratory revelation to man containing the great truths about God, about man, about history, about salvation, and about prophecy that God wanted us to know. The Bible could be trusted just as much as if God had taken the pen and written the words Himself."

- John F. Walvoord (1910-2002) Christian Theologian, Pastor

THE LONGER YOU READ THE BIBLE

"The longer you read the Bible, the more you will like it; it will grow sweeter and sweeter; and the more you get into the spirit of it, the more you will get into the spirit of Christ."

- William Romaine (1714-1795) Evangelical Divine Church of England

THE BIBLE TESTS ALL AUTHORITY

The "words" of God and the "Word" of God stand together; to separate them is to render both powerless. Any expounder of the words of God is liable to go off on a tangent if he or she does not remember this stern, undeviating standard of exposition, namely, that no individual experience is of the remotest value unless it is up to the standard of the Word of God. The Bible not only tests experience, it tests truth. The Bible tests all experience, all truth, all authority by our Lord Himself and our relationship to Him personally."

- Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Scottish Baptist Evangelist

THE MORE YOU READ THE BIBLE

"The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

BIBLE READ IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT

“It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him.”

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

THE BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN

"The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

HAVING A BIBLE THEY IGNORED IT

"Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because, having a Bible, they were bored with it - while these never heard of such a thing as writing."

- Jim Elliot (1927-1956) American Christian Missionary Killed in Ecuador

CHIEF WEAPON USED IN RESISTING SATAN IS THE BIBLE

"The chief weapon we ought to use in resisting Satan is the Bible. Three times the great enemy offered temptations to our Lord. Three times his offer was refused, with a text of Scripture as the reason, "it is written" (Mt. 3:4, 7, 10).

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

PEOPLE NEVER REJECT THE BIBLE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

I BELIEVE SATAN EXISTS, THE BIBLE SAYS SO

"I believe Satan to exist for two reasons: first, the Bible says so; and second, I've done business with him."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

FOR SUCH THE BIBLE ONLY SAYS

"To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, Come to me and rest. But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is not, Go, labor on, as perhaps you imagine. On the contrary, it is stop, turn back, Come to me and rest. Never, never did Christ send a heavy laden one to work; never, never did He send a hungry one, a weary one, a sick or sorrowing one, away on any service. For such the Bible only says, Come, come, come."

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China

NOBODY CAN TAKE AWAY FROM YOU THOSE TEXTS OF THE BIBLE

"Gather the riches of God's promises. Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart."

- Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Holocaust Survivor, Christian Writer

ALL THE GRACE CONTAINED IN THE BIBLE

"All the grace contained in [the Bible] is owing to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior; and, unless we consent to Him as our Lord we cannot expect any benefit by Him as our Savior.

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer

EVERYWHERE THE BIBLE TELLS US OUR SALVATION

"Sight is not faith, and hearing is not faith, neither is feeling faith; but believing when we neither see, hear, nor feel is faith; and everywhere the Bible tells us our salvation is to be by faith. Therefore we must believe before we feel, and often against our feelings, if we would honor God by our faith."

- Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) American Evangelist and Reformer

THE BIBLE AS A REVELATION FROM GOD

"The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve all the questions about which the human soul is perplexed, but to impart enough to be a safe guide to the haven of eternal rest."

- Albert Barnes (1798-1870) American Presbyterian clergyman and Writer

NO MAN CAN USE THE BIBLE WITH POWER

“No man can use his Bible with power unless he has the character of Jesus in his heart.”

— Alan Redpath

PARADOXES IN THE BIBLE

1. To Conquer we must surrender. (Matthew 3:39; 1 Corinthians 15:37)

2. To Live, we must die. (John 12:23,25)

3. To save life, we must lose it. (Matthew 10:39; Luke 17:33)

4. To Get, we must give. (Proverbs 11:23.25)

5. To reign, we must serve. (Luke 12:42-44)

6. To be wise we must become fools. (1 Corinthians 3:18)

7. To be exalted, we must become humble. (Matthew 18:4; 23:12)

8. To be first, we must be last. (Mark 9:35; Matt 20:26)

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On the Bible...

WHEN WE KNOW BIBLE

"When we know our Bible: then it is that God can use us."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

IN A DYING MOMENT

"There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

- John Selden (1584–1654) English jurist, Scholar of England's Ancient Laws

FOR SUCH THE BIBLE SAYS

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China

READ THE BIBLE OVER

"A man may read the figures on the dial, but he cannot tell how the day goes unless the sun is shining on it; so we may read the Bible over, but we cannot learn to purpose till the spirit of God shine upon it and into our hearts."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

PAST THE BIBLE

"The saddest road to hell is the one that runs under the pulpit, past the Bible, and through the middle of warnings and invitations."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

ISN'T IT AMAZING

"Isn't it amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it?"

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian

HIS DIVINE BOOK

"All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book."

- David Livingstone (1813-1873) British Physician and Missionary

JESUS SPEAKS THROUGH THE BIBLE

"It is the voice of Christ that wakens the dead soul. Jesus speaks through the Bible, through ministers, through providences. His voice can reach the dead. He quickeneth whom He will. They that hear, live."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE

"According to the Bible the works of the "flesh" are of two kinds (though both are of the flesh): the unrighteous and the self-righteous."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

THE WHOLE BIBLE FOR MY BOOK

"I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship and the whole world for my mission field."

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

NO BOOK TO DEFEND THE BIBLE

"There’s no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

WE MAY READ THE BIBLE OVER

A man may read the figures on the dial, but he cannot tell how the day goes unless the sun is shining on it; so we may read the Bible over, but we cannot learn to purpose till the spirit of God shine upon it and into our hearts.

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686) Puritan Preacher

GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF The BIBLE

“God is the author of the Bible, and only the truth it contains will lead people to true happiness.”

— George Mueller (1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

CLING TO THE BIBLE

“Cling to the whole Bible, not a part of it. A man is not going to do much with a broken sword.”

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

2. THE SCRIPTURES

THE SCRIPTURES HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me."

- 1 John 5:12

THE TESTIMONY OF SCRIPTURE

"The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is almost now come to that blindness, that whatsoever pleases not the princes and the multitude, the same is rejected as doctrine newly forged, and is condemned for heresy."

- John Knox (1514-1572) Scottish Minster, Theologian

HAVE YOU NEVER READ IN SCRIPTURE

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"

- Matthew 21:42

WE ACCOUNT THE SCRIPTURES OF GOD

"We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatsoever."

- Isaac Newton (1642-1726) English Physicist, Astronomer

ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOD-BREATHED

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."

- 2 Timothy 3:16-17

THE GLORIOUS TRUTH PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE

"The immense step from the Babe at Bethlehem to the living, reigning triumphant Lord Jesus, returning to earth for His own people - that is the glorious truth proclaimed throughout Scripture. As the bells ring out the joys of Christmas, may we also be alert for the final trumpet that will announce His return, when we shall always be with Him."

- Alan Redpath (1907–1989), American Evangelist, Pastor, Author

THE SCRIPTURES WILL BE FULFILLED

"I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’"

- John 13:18

THE PROMISE OF SCRIPTURE IS A WRITING OF GOD

“Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pledged before Him with this reasonable request: Do as Thou hast said.”

– Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

YOU ARE MISTAKEN, NOT KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES

"Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God."

- Matthew 22:29

GO TO THE PAGES OF THE SCRIPTURE

"We need to be very careful to go to the pages of the Scripture to learn about God's will and the leading of the Spirit, and not simply to listen to the popular teachings of the Christian subculture in which we live."

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian

SO THAT THE SCRIPTURE WOULD BE FULFILLED

"While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled."

- John 17:12

SO IT IS THE SAME WITH THE SCRIPTURES

"To get the full flavor of an herb, it must be pressed between the fingers, so it is the same with the Scriptures; the more familiar they become, the more they reveal their hidden treasures and yield their indescribable riches."

— John Chrysostom, A.D. 347-407

THE SCRIPTURES HAD TO BE FULFILLED

“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus."

- Acts 1:16

CLEARLY TAUGHT AND URGED IN SCRIPTURE

"Gradual growth in grace, growth in knowledge, growth in faith, growth in love, growth in holiness, growth in humility, growth in spiritual-mindedness - all this I see clearly taught and urged in Scripture, and clearly exemplified in the lives of many of God's saints. But sudden, instantaneous leaps from conversion to consecration I fail to see in the Bible."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

THOUGH ENDURANCE TAUGHT IN THE SCRIPTURES

"For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had."

- Romans 15:4-5

WITH ONE SCRIPTURE OR ANOTHER, STRENGTHEN ME

"Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were at nothing else but my shadow, yet God, as being very tender of me, hath not suffered me to be molested, but would with one Scripture or another, strengthen me against all; insomuch that I have often said, Were it lawful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater comfort's sake."

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

YOU ARE MISTAKEN, NOT KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES

"Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God."

- Matthew 22:29

ENABLES THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND LOVE THE SCRIPTURES

"In general, He guides and directs His people, affording them, in answer to prayer, the light of His Holy Spirit, which enables them to understand and to love the Scriptures."

- John Newton (1724-1807) Slave Trader Turned Preacher

THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE SCRIPTURES

"For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

- Romans 15:4

AND YOU UNPIN EVERYTHING IN SCRIPTURE

"Disbelieve hell, and you unscrew, unsettle, and unpin everything in Scripture."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

THE SCRIPTURE, FORESEEING THAT WOULD

"The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”

- Galatians 3:8

THE SCRIPTURES ARE THE ONLY RECORD IN WHICH GOD

"Since no daily responses are given from heaven, and the Scriptures are the only record in which God has been pleased to consign His truth to perpetual remembrance, the full authority which they ought to possess with the faithful is not recognized unless they are believed to have come from heaven as directly as if God had been heard giving utterance to them."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

NO PROPHECY OF SCRIPTURE IS A MATTER

"But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation."

- 2 Peter 1:20

MINGLING OF TARES AND WHEAT

"Scripture plainly tells us of this mingling of tares and wheat--of mere professors among true believers. Yet misguided students have frequently applied to the children of God the warnings and exhortations meant only for the self-deceived or hypocritical."

- C. I. Scofield (1843-1921) American Theologian, Minister

THE GLORY OF CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES

"The person who never meditates with delight on the glory of Christ in the Scriptures now will not have any real desire to see that glory in heaven. What sort of faith and love do people have who find time to think about many other things but make no time for meditating on this glorious subject?"

- John Owen

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AND PRAYER

"The chief means for attaining wisdom, and suitable gifts for the ministry, are the Holy Scriptures, and prayer."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

THE SCRIPTURES TEACH US THE BEST WAY OF LIVING

The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering and the most comfortable way of dying."

- John Flavel (c.1627-1691) English Puritan Minister

UNTIL I COME, GIVE ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC READING OF SCRIPTURE

"Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching."

- 1 Timothy 4:13

EVERY SERMON MUST HAVE A SOLID SCRIPTURE REST

"Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to well-thought argument, and the warmth that proceeds from earnest appeal."

- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Episcopal Clergyman

THE SCRIPTURE IS BOTH THE BREEDER AND FEEDER OF GRACE

"The Scripture is both the breeder and feeder of grace. How is the convert born, but by "the word of truth"? (James 1:18). How doth he grow, but by "the sincere milk of the Word."? (I Peter 2:2).

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686) Puritan Preacher

THE SCRIPTURES TEACH US THE BEST WAY OF LIVING

The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering and the most comfortable way of dying."

- John Flavel (c1627-1691) English Puritan Minister

INSTILLING IN MY MIND AN EARLY LOVE OF SCRIPTURES

“From the time that, at my mother’s feet, or my father’s knee, I first learned to lisp verses from the sacred writings, they have been my daily study and vigilant contemplation. If there be any thing in my style or thoughts to be commended, the credit is due to my kind parents in instilling into my mind an early love of the Scriptures.”

– Daniel Webster (1782-1852) Writer of Webster’s Dictionary

UNLESS I AM CONVICTED BY SCRIPTURE

"Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason. I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other - my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen."

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest and Theology Professor

THE MORE SCRIPTURE IS GONE THROUGH

"You see, the more Scripture is gone through, the more comes to light that He is the true God and Eternal Life."

- John Nelson Darby (1800-82) Irish Bible Teacher and Evangelist

GOD SPEAKS TO MAN THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES

God speaks to man through the Scriptures, and He does not reveal normative truth except as it is already revealed in the Scriptures themselves. The test of truth must remain not what man experiences today but what the Scriptures have stated long ago.

- John F. Walvoord (1910–2002) Christian Theologian, Pastor

HAVE YOU EVER READ THIS SCRIPTURE

"Have you not even read this Scripture:‘The stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief corner stone."

- Mark 12:10

THE SCRIPTURES WERE NOT GIVEN FOR OUR INFORMATION

"The Scriptures were not given for our information, but for our transformation."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

GUIDED BY THE WORD OF SCRIPTURE

“The most promising method of prayer is to allow oneself to be guided by the word of the Scriptures, to pray on the basis of the word of Scripture. In this way we shall not become the victims of our own emptiness.”

– Dietrich Bonhoeffer February 4, 1906-April 9, 1945 (Killed in a Nazi death camp).

TODAY THE SCRIPTURE HAS BEEN FULFILLED IN YOUR HEARING

And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

- Luke 4:21

On Scripture...

AS SHOWN TO US IN SCRIPTURE

"There is only one way to be revived and healed from our backslidings so that we may become fruitful even in old age. We must take a steady look at the glory of Christ in His special character, in His grace and work, as shown to us in the Scripture."

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY

"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."

- Act 17:11

GAVE US SACRED SCRIPTURE

"To those holy men who gave us the sacred Scriptures we owe a debt we can never hope to pay."

- A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) Canadian Preacher, Theologian

TO LOVE THE SCRIPTURES

"In general, He guides and directs His people, affording them, in answer to prayer, the light of His Holy Spirit, which enables them to understand and to love the Scriptures."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

BUT AS SCRIPTURE SAYS

"But as Scripture says: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him.”

- 1 Corinthians 2:9

AS THE SCRIPTURE SAID

"Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'"

- John 7:37-38

THE INFALLABILITY OF SCRIPTURE

"If I did not believe in the infallibility of Scripture - the absolute infallibility of it from cover to cover, I would never enter this pulpit again!"

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

IN THE SCRIPTURES

"In the Scriptures we see that God creates the universe and owns the universe. It is His possession, and He governs it by His own authority."

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian

WE ACCOUNT THE SCRIPTURES OF GOD

"We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatsoever."

- Isaac Newton (1642-1726) English Physicist, Astronomer

READ THE SCRIPTURES

"It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer."

- George Mueller (1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

EVERY PROMISE OF SCRIPTURE

“Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pledged before Him with this reasonable request: Do as Thou hast said.”

– Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Pastor Clergyman

YOU SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES

"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me."

- John 5:39

THE SCRIPTURES WERE WRITTEN

"The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints."

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer

I LEARN FROM THE SCRIPTURES

"I learn from the Scriptures that repentance is just as necessary to salvation as faith is, and the faith that has not repentance going with it will have to be repented of."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

AMAZEMENT WITH SCRIPTURE

"Hence that dread and amazement with which as Scripture uniformly relates holy men were struck and overwhelmed whenever they beheld the presence of God. Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance until they have."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

THE TESTIMONY OF THE SCRIPTURES

- John Knox (1514-1572) Scottish Minster, Theologian

NOBODY EVER OUTGROWS SCRIPTURE

"Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

FOR IT STANDS IN SCRIPTURE

"For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

- 1 Peter 2:6

CONSOLATION FOUND IN SCRIPTURES

“Bear in mind there is no situation in life for which you cannot find some word or consolation in Scripture.”

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAYS

For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

- Romans 10:11

MANY THINGS THERE BE IN SCRIPTURE

"Many things there be in the scripture, which have a carnal fulfilling, even there where they be spoken or done; and yet have another spiritual signification, to be fulfilled long after in Christ and his kingdom, and yet never known till the thing be done."

- William Tyndale (1494-1536) English Biblical Scholar

ALL PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE

"All portions of Scripture ought to be approached with deep humility and earnest prayer for the teaching of the Spirit. On no point have good people so entirely disagreed as on the interpretation of prophecy; on no point have the prejudices of one group, the dogmatism of a second and the extravagance of a third done so much to rob the church of truths which God intended to be a blessing."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

I LEARN FROM THE SCRIPTURES

"I learn from the Scriptures that repentance is just as necessary to salvation as faith is, and the faith that has not repentance going with it will have to be repented of."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

HUMAN WORDS IN ALL SCRIPTURE

"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom," the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well."

- Frederick Buechner (1926-2022) American Minister and Writer

THE SCRIPTURES ABOUNDS

"The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we are made partakers of Christ or not, or whether His Spirit dwells in us or not--which argue both the difficulty of attaining an assured confidence herein, as also the danger of our being mistaken, and yet the certainty of a good issue upon the diligent and regular use of means to that purpose."

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

INSPIRED HOLY SCRIPTURE

"If you do not understand a book by a departed writer you are unable to ask him his meaning, but the Spirit, who inspired Holy Scripture, lives forever, and He delights to open the Word to those who seek His instruction."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THE SCRIPTURES TEACH US

The Scriptures teach that every regenerate person is the possessor of two natures: one, received by natural birth, which is wholly and hopelessly bad; and a new nature, received through the new birth, which is the nature of God Himself, and therefore wholly good.

C. I. Scofield

THE BIBLE IS TO US WHAT THE STAR

"The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men; but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it, observing its motions, and admiring its splendor, without being led to Christ by it, the use of it will be lost to us."

- Thomas Adams (1583–1652) English Clergyman and Preacher

3. THE WORD OF GOD

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

- John 1:1

HIS WORD STANDS FOREVER

"Do you believe the Lord will call a poor sinner, and then cast him out? No! his word stands forever, "Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE

“The word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” - Hebrews 4:12 King Edward and the Swords In the dawning of the glorious day of the Reformation, the Lord raised up the eminently religious King Edward the Sixth to engage in that excellent work. he had a very high esteem for the Holy Scriptures, according to which this great work was to be squared, and which had been, by the enemies and murderers of souls, long concealed from their forefathers. When, therefore, at this coronation, the swords were delivered to him, as King of England, France, and Ireland; having received the, he said, "There is yet another sword to be delivered to me;" at which the lords wondering, "I mean" said he, "the sacred Bible, which is the sword of the Spirit, and without, which we are nothing, neither can we do anything.: And as he prized the word of God himself, so he soon restored it to his people; and that they might all have opportunity to pursue the inspired writings, he ordered a large Bible in English, with the paraphrases of Erasmus on the Gospels, to be set up in every church, in which, at all time, those that could, might go and read; and those that could not read, might he go and hear."

- Moral and Religious Anecdotes by Macleod C. 1860s

EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD

“But he answered, “It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

- Matthew 4:4

THE WORD OF GOD I THINK OF AS A STRAIGHT EDGE

"The Word of God I think of as a straight edge, which shows up our own crookedness. We can't really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture."

- Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) Christian Missionary and Writer

SO SHALL MY WORD BE THAT GOETH FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH

"So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."

- Isaiah 55:11

ACCORDING TO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN

"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."

- Joshua 1:8

THE WORD OF GOD WELL UNDERSTOOD

"The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian."

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE

"For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."

- Hebrews 4:12

REFUSING TO SURRENDER THE WORD OF GOD

In the year A.D. 303, the roman Emperor Diocletian issued a decree which he hoped would extinguish the spreading flames of Christianity. One of his primary objectives was the seizure and destruction of the Christian Scriptures. Later that year, officials enforced the decree in North Africa. One of the targets was Felix, Bishop of Tibjuca, a village near Carthage. The mayor of the town ordered Felix to hand over his Scriptures. Though some judges were willing to accept scraps of parchment, Felix refused to surrender the Word of God at the insistence of mere men. Resolutely, he resisted compromise. Roman authorities finally shipped Felix to Italy where he paid for his stubbornness with his life. On August 30, as the record puts it, "with pious

obstinacy," he laid down his life rather than surrender his Gospels.

- Christian Theology in Plain Language, p. 41.

WHEN YOU RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD

"And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers."

- 1 Thessalonians 2:13

GOD HAS CONDESCENDED TO BECOME AN AUTHOR

"God has condescended to become an author, and yet people will not read His writings. There are very few that ever gave this Book of God, the grand charter of salvation, one fair reading through."

- George Whitefield (1714-1770) Church of England Evangelist

THOSE WHO SPOKE TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD

"Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith."

- Hebrews 13:7

THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

- Psalm 119:105

BY FEEDING ON THE WORD OF GOD

"The more you nourish your soul by feeding on the word of God, the more likely He is to use you in blessing to others."

- John Nelson Darby (1800-82) Irish Bible Teacher and Evangelist

INSPIRATION OF GOD'S WORD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

"All who are willing to accept the Bible as the Word of God recognize that inspiration is a work of the Holy Spirit and that the Scriptures would have been impossible apart from this supernatural ministry of the Holy Spirit."

- John Wycliffe (c.1328-1384) English Theologian and Biblical Translator

REST ON THE WORD OF GOD

"You can believe a whole lot of foolish things, but God doesn't want you to do that. He wants your faith to rest upon the Word of God."

- J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) American Radio Bible Teacher

THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED BY THE WORD OF GOD

"By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible."

- Hebrews 11:3

THE WORD OF GOD

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

ALL WHO ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE BIBLE AS THE WORD OF GOD

- John F. Walvoord (1910-2002) Christian Theologian, Pastor

WHEN THE VOICE OF CHRIST SPEAKS THROUGH THE WORD

"When the voice of Christ speaks through the Word, then you will arise, and leave all, and follow Him."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

NO MAN IS UNEDUCATED WHO KNOWS HIS BIBLE

"No man is uneducated who knows the Bible, and no one is wise who is ignorant of its teachings."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

GOD WILL SPREAD HIS WORD

"Yes, it is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall flow in inexhaustible streams, the most abundant and most marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to relieve the thirst of men! Through it , God will spread His Word. A spring of truth shall flow from it: like a new star it shall scatter the darkness of ignorance, and cause a light heretofore unknown to shine amongst men."

- Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468) German Inventor, Printer, Publisher

THE MORE I EXPOSE MYSELF TO THE WORD OF GOD

"The more I expose myself to the Word of God, the greater my faith will be."

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian

THE SPIRIT BREATHES UPON THE WORD

"The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight."

- William Cowper (1731-1800) English Poet and Hymnwriter

THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

- Psalm 119:105

DO NOT TAKE AWAY OR ADD TO THE WORD OF GOD

"I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book."

- Revelation 22:18

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THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK

"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

- Hebrews 4:12

GOD WRITES THE GOSPEL

"God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars."

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest and Theology Professor

I HAVE STORED UP YOUR WORD

"I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you."

- Psalm 119:11

WHOEVER DESPISES THE WORD

"Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded."

- Proverbs 13:13

CHRIST IS THE WORD OF GOD

"Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in certain words which Jesus spoke, vast as is their preciousness; it is in the Word, which Jesus is, that the great manifestation of God is made."

- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Episcopal Clergyman

I HAVE STORED UP YOUR WORD

I have stored up Your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”

- Psalm 119:11

WE CORRUPT THE WORD OF GOD

"We corrupt the Word of God most dangerously, when we throw any doubt on the plenary inspiration of any part of Holy Scripture."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

THE WORDS OF THE LORD

"The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times."

- Psalm 12:6

THE STUDY OF GOD'S WORD

"The study of God’s Word brings peace to the heart. In it, we find a light for every darkness, life in death, the promise of our Lord’s return, and the assurance of everlasting glory."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

HIS WORD STANDS FOREVER

"Do you believe the Lord will call a poor sinner, and then cast him out? No! his word stands forever, "Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

IT IS WRITTEN IN THE WORD OF GOD

"Whatever may be said about the doctrine of election, it is written in the Word of God as with an iron pen, and there is no getting rid of it. To me, it is one of the sweetest and most blessed truths in the whole of revelation, and those who are afraid of it are so because they do not understand it. If they could but know that the Lord had chosen them, it would make their hearts dance for joy."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

IT IS THE WORD OF GOD

"The Bible does not contain the Word of God; It is the Word of God."

- Lee Roberson (1909-2007) American Pastor and Evangelist

IF YE CONTINUE IN MY WORD

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in My word, then are ye My disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

- John 8:31-32

CHRIST IS THE WORD OF GOD

- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Episcopal Clergyman

THE WORDS OF THE LORD

"The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times."

- Psalm 12:6

THE SELF-REVEALING OF THE WORD

“The Self-revealing of the Word is in every dimension – above, in creation; below, in the Incarnation; in the depth, in Hades; in the breadth, throughout the world. All things have been filled with the knowledge of God.”

~ Athanasius of Alexandria

YOUR WORD HAS REVIVED ME

"This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me."

- Psalm 119:50

THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD

"I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover."

- Billy Sunday (1862-1935) American Evangelist, MLB Baseball Player

GOD'S WORD IS PURE AND SURE

"God's Word is pure and sure, in spite of the devil, in spite of your fear, in spite of everything."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist, Educator, Writer

IF YE CONTINUE IN MY WORD

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, if ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples; indeed, and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

- John 8:31-32

SHOW HIM HIS HANDWRITING

"One way to get comfort is to plead the promise of God in prayer, show Him His handwriting; God is tender of His Word."

- Thomas Manton (1620-1677) English Puritan Clergyman

BE ATTENTIVE TO MY WORDS

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.

- Proverbs 4:20-22

FOR BY THY WORDS

"For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

- Matthew 12:37

4. BIBLE STUDY

I STUDY MY BIBLE LIKE I GATHER APPLES

"I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree. Then I shake every limb–study book after book. Then I shake every branch, giving attention to the chapters. Then I shake every twig, or a careful study of the paragraphs and sentences and words and their meanings.”

– Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian

STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED

"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman who needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

- 2 Timothy 2:15

AN HONEST MAN WITH AN OPEN BIBLE

"An honest man with an open Bible and a pad and pencil is sure to find out what is wrong with him very quickly."

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Christian Pastor, Author

MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT

"This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success."

- Joshua 1:8

THE CHRISTIAN STUDENT

"If we are good students in the school of life, there is much that the years have to teach us. But the Christian is more than a student, more than a philosopher. He is a believer, and the object of his faith makes the difference, the mighty difference. Of all persons, the Christian should be best prepared for whatever the New Year brings. He has dealt with life at its source. In Christ, he has disposed of a thousand enemies that other men must face alone and unprepared. He can face his tomorrow cheerful and unafraid because yesterday he turned his feet into the ways of peace and today he lives in God. The man who has made God his dwelling place will always have a safe habitation."

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Christian Pastor, Author

I HAVE SOMETIMES SEEN MORE IN ONE LINE OF THE BIBLE

"I have sometimes seen more in a line of the Bible than I could well tell how to stand under, and yet at another time the whole Bible hath been to me as dry as a stick.”

— John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED

"Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.”

—J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

THIS BOOK SHOULD NOT DEPART OUT OF THY MOUTH

"This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."

- Joshua 1:8

THE BIBLE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL BOOKS

“The Bible is the greatest of all books; to study it is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.”

Charles C. Ryrie (1925-2016) American Bible Scholar, Theologian

SPIRITUAL TRUTH IS SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED

"The man who thinks he can know the Word of God by mere intellectual study is greatly deceived. Spiritual truth is spiritually discerned."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1919) Methodist Minister

I KNOW THAT SOME ARE ALWAYS STUDYING THE MEANING

"I know that some are always studying the meaning of the fourth toe of the right foot of some beast in prophecy and have never used either foot to go and bring men to Christ. I do not know who the 666 is in Revelation but I know the world is sick, sick, sick and the best way to speed the Lord's return is to win more souls for Him."

- Vance Havner (1901-1986) American Country Preacher

ADDRESS YOURSELF CHEEFULLY TO STUDY

"When you have first learned God, or His will, you can address yourself cheerfully to the study of His works. If you do not see yourselves and all things as living, moving, and having their being in God, you see nothing, whatever you may think you see."

- Richard Baxter (1615-1691) English Puritan Church Leader

WHEN HE STOPS STUDYING THE BIBLE

"When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy."

- Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Holocaust Survivor, Christian Writer

IF WE ABIDE BY THE TAUGHT IN THE BIBLE

"If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper. I make it a practice to read the Bible through once every year."

- Daniel Webster (1782-1852) American Orator and Politician

HOLD YOU BY HIS BLESSED WORD

"Keep God's covenant in your trials; hold you by His blessed word, and sin not; flee anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting; forgive a hundred pence to your fellow-servant, because your Lord hath forgiven you ten thousand talents: for, I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings."

- Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) Scottish Presbyterian Pastor, Theologian

THE BIBLE HAS NEEVR FAILED TO GIVE ME LIGHT

"In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength."

- Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) American Confederate Army

LEAVE NOT OFF READING THE BIBLE

"Leave not off reading the Bible till you find your hearts warmed. Read the word, not only as a history, but labour to be affected with it. Let it not only inform you, but inflame you. "Is not my word like a fire? saith the Lord": Jer 23:29. Go not from the word till you can say as those disciples, "Did not our hearts burn within us?"

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

INSPIRED HOLY SCRIPTURE

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THE ONLY TRUE SPIRIT OF BIBLE STUDY

"A readiness to believe every promise implicitly, to obey every command unhesitatingly, to stand perfect and complete in all the will of God, is the only true spirit of Bible study."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

MAKE IT AN OBJECT OF CONSTANT STUDY

"Make it an object of constant study, and of daily reflection and prayer, to learn how to deal with sinners so as to promote their conversion."

– Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) American Presbyterian Minister

STUDY SANCTIFICATION TO THE UTMOST

"Self-righteousness is the largest idol of the human heart - the idol which man loves most and God hates most. Dearly beloved, you will always be going back to this idol. You are always trying to be something in yourself, to gain God's favour by thinking little of your sin, or by looking to your repentance, tears, prayers ; or by looking to your religious exercises, your frames, etc; or by looking to your graces, the Spirit's work in your heart. Beware of false Christs. Study sanctification to the utmost, but make not a Christ of it."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY ARE BASIC

"Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life of the preacher must radiate the reality of what he preaches, 3. Prayer and solid Bible study are basic to effective preaching."

- J. I. Packer (1926-2020) Canadian Evangelical Theologian

REGULAR SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE BIBLE

"We also need a regular systematic study of the Scriptures. We cannot maintain our spiritual life without it any more than we can maintain our physical bodies without proper nourishment."

- G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945) British Evangelist, Preacher, Bible Teacher

EVERY CHRISTIAN WHO DOES NOT STUDY

"Every Christian who does not study, really study, the Bible every day is a fool."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist. Educator, Writer

FAITH IN THE ORIGIN OF THE BIBLE

"When the Christian asserts his faith in the divine origin of his Bible, he does not mean to deny that it was composed and written by men or that it was given by men to the world. He believes that the marks of its human origin are ineradicably stamped on every page of the whole volume. He means to state only that it is not merely human in its origin."

- B. B. Warfield (1851-1921) Princeton Theological Seminary Professor

MERELY READING THE BIBLE

"Merely reading the Bible is no use at all without we study it thoroughly, and hunt it through, as it were, for some great truth."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

STUDY THOROUGHLY THE PROPHESIES OF THE BIBLE

"Soulish believers are inordinately curious. For example, simply for the sake of knowing what the future holds do they try to satisfy their curiosity by studying thoroughly the prophecies of the Bible."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

CHRIST'S SCHOLARS MUST STUDY ON THEIR KNEES

"Remember, Christ's scholars must study upon their knees."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU

"Lord, enable us to search our hearts and humble ourselves before Thee. Oh, for a closer walk with God, more faith, more sincerity, more earnestness, and more love. I must study more the Word of God. If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.' The Master said so, and His words are true."

- Alexander Mackay (1800-1800) Scottish Missionary to Uganda

I WILL STUDY YOUR COMMANDMENTS

"I will study your commandments and reflect on your ways. I will delight in your decrees and not forget your word."

Psalm 119:15-16

BIBLE STUDY IS THE MOST ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT

“Bible study is the most essential ingredient in the believer’s spiritual life, because it is only in study of the Bible as that is blessed by the Holy Spirit that Christians hear Christ and discover what it means to follow Him.”

— James M. Boice (1938-2000) American Christian Theologian, Teacher

ONE THING I HAVE NOTICED IN STUDYING GOD'S WORD

“One thing I have noticed in studying the Word of God, and that is, when a man is filled with the Spirit he deals largely with the Word of God, whereas the man who is filled with his own Ideas refers rarely to the Word of God. He gets along without it, and you seldom see it mentioned in his discourses.”

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

WE MUST STUDY THE BIBLE MORE

“We must study the Bible more. We must not only lay it up within us, but transfuse it through the whole texture of the soul.”

- Horatius Bonar

I OPENED MY BIBLE AND BEGAN TO STUDY

"I prayed for faith and thought that some day faith would come down and strike me like lightning. But faith did not seem to come. One day I read in the tenth chapter of Romans, "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." I had up to this time closed my Bible and prayed for faith. I now opened my Bible and began to study, and faith has been growing ever since."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

CONNECTION WITH THE WORD OF GOD

"I seek the will of the Spirit of God through or in connection with the Word of God. The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also."

- George Mueller (1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

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STUDIED BY ALL WHO DELIGHT

"Great are the works of the Lord; They are studied by all who delight in them."

- Psalm 111:2

STUDENT OF THE BIBLE

“I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible.”

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

TAKE AWAY THE CROSS OF CHRIST

"Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

THE STUDY OF GOD'S WORD

"The study of God’s Word brings peace to the heart. In it, we find a light for every darkness, life in death, the promise of our Lord’s return, and the assurance of everlasting glory."

— D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

CONNECTION WITH THE WORD OF GOD

- George Mueller (1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

FOUND IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

"All that is glorious is but a phase of His infinite excellence, and so all truth and holiness, found in the Holy Scripture, are only a new tribute to Him who is the Truth, the Holy One of God."

- A. T. Pierson (1837–1911) American Presbyterian Pastor

STUDY TO HAVE JOY

"Study always to have Joy, for it befits not the servant of God to show before his brother or another sadness or a troubled face."

- St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) Italian Catholic Friar

LET US STUDY HIS TEACHINGS

"Let us serve Him faithfully as our Master. Let us obey Him loyally as our King. Let us study His teachings as our Prophet. Let us work diligently after Him as our Example. Let us look anxiously for Him as our coming redeemer of body as well as soul. But above all let us prize Him as our Sacrifice, and rest our whole weight on His death as atonement for sin. Let His blood be more precious in our eyes every year we live. Whatever else we glory in about Christ, let us glory above all things in His cross."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

HIS DIVINE BOOK

"All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book."

- David Livingstone (1813-1873) British Physician and Missionary

STUDY UNIVERSAL HOLINES OF LIFE

"Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two: your life preaches all week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating, he has ruined your ministry. Give yourself to prayer, and get your texts, your thoughts, your words, from God."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

STUDY ALWAYS TO HAVE JOY

“Study always to have Joy, for it befits not the servant of God to show before his brother or another sadness or a troubled face.”

– Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) Founder of all Franciscan Orders

GOD WRITES THE GOSPEL

"God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars."

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian

THE WORD "DOCTRINE"

"I firmly believe people have hitherto been a great deal too much taken up about doctrine and far too little about practice. The word "doctrine," as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory."

- George MacDonald (1824-1905 Scottish Christian Minister, Author

BIBLE IS THE INEVITABLE OUTCOME

"The Bible is the inevitable outcome of God's continuous speech. It is the infallible declaration of His mind."

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Christian Pastor, Author

STUDY, THEREFORE, TO WITHDRAW

"Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible."

- Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Christian Theologian

BIBLE STUDY METAL THAT FORGES

“Bible study is the metal that forges a Christian.”

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THE STUDY OF GOD'S WORD

“The study of God’s Word for the purpose of discovering God’s will is the secret discipline which has formed the greatest characters.”

— James W. Alexander (1804-1859) American Presbyterian Minister and Theologian

YEARS OF PATIENT STUDY

"Great things are not accomplished by idle dreams, but by years of patient study."

- James H. Aughey (1828-1911) Imprisoned Minister

STUDY THE WORD OF GOD

"Prayer will promote our personal holiness as nothing else, except the study of the Word of God."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist, Educator, Writer

NO MAN IS UNEDUCATED

"No man is uneducated who knows the Bible, and no one is wise who is ignorant of its teachings."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

CHEERFULLY STUDY HIS WORKS

- Richard Baxter in 'The Reformed Pastor'

DO GET ON WITH YOUR STUDIES

"Do get on with your studies. Remember you are now forming the character of your future ministry, if God spare you. If you acquire slovenly or sleepy habits of study now, you will never get the better of it. Do everything in earnest. Above all, keep much in the presence of God. Never see the face of man till you have seen His face who is our life, our all."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

STUDY ALL HIS LIFE LONG

"If God gave light and wisdom, the religion of Jesus was soon learned; but without God, a man might study all his life long, and make no proficiency."

- Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) American Missionary to Burma

MANY HOURS OF RIGOROUS STUDY

"We can learn more in an hour praying, when praying indeed, than from many hours of rigorous study."

- E. M. Bounds (1835–1913) American Clergyman, Author

MUST BE CONSTANTLY STUDYING

“He that would be conformed to Christ’s image, and become a Christlike man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself.”

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

STUDY TO BE QUIET

"And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing."

- 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

YEARS OF PATIENT STUDY

"Great things are not accomplished by idle dreams, but by years of patient study."

- James H. Aughey (1828-1911) Minister Imprisoned Condemned to Execution

IN SPIRITUAL GRACE LET US STUDY

"In spiritual graces let us study to be great, and not to know it."

- Thomas Adams (1583–1652) English Clergyman and Preacher

1. AND WHEN YOU PRAY

WHEN WE ARE MOST LIKE HIM WHEN WE PRAY

"The best worship that we ever render to God is far from perfect. Our praises, how faint and feeble they are! Our prayers, how wandering, how wavering they are! When we get nearest to God, how far off we are! When we are most like Him, how greatly unlike Him we are!"

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

BEGIN THE DAY WITH PRAYER

“Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.”

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China

BEFORE WE PRAY

"Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist

THE MORNING PRAYER WILL BE

"For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, "Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?"

- Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) Christian Missionary and Writer

PRAYER IS THE GATEWAY TO HEAVEN

"The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven."

- Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) Puritan Preacher and Writer

TO PRAY IN THE NAME OF CHRIST

“To pray in the name of Christ is to pray as one who is at one with Christ, whose mind is the mind of Christ, whose desires are the desires of Christ, and whose purpose is one with that of Christ.”

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

GOD PREPARES THE HEART TO PRAY

"God will fill the hungry because He Himself has stirred up the hunger. As in the case of prayer, when God prepares the heart to pray, He prepares His ear to hear. So in the case of spiritual hunger, when God prepares the heart to hunger, He will prepare His hand to fill."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

NO MAN IS GREATER THAN HIS PRAYER LIFE

“No man is greater than his prayer life.”

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907 – 1994) English Christian Evangelist

THAT YOU MAY BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE

"Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come, and to stand before the Son of man."

- Luke 21:36

GOD'S PURPOSE AND OUR PRAYERS

"Can we believe that God ever really modifies His action in response to the suggestions of men? For infinite wisdom does not need telling what is best, and infinite goodness needs no urging to do it. But neither does God need any of those things that are done by finite agents, whether living or inanimate. He could, if He chose, repair our bodies miraculously without food; or give us food without the aid of farmers, bakers, and butchers, or knowledge without the aid of learned men; or convert the heathen without missionaries. Instead, He allows soils and weather and animals and the muscles, minds, and wills of men to cooperate in the execution of His will... It is not really stranger, nor less strange, that my prayers should affect the course of events than that my other actions should do so. They have not advised or changed God' s mind-- that is, His overall purpose. But that purpose will be realized in different ways according to the actions, including the prayers, of His creatures."

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar From "The Efficacy of Prayer"

WHEN YOU PRAY: STAMP ETERNITY ON MY EYEBALLS

Jonathan Edwards used to pray before he preached a sermon, "Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs!"

HEAR MY CRY, O GOD; LISTEN TO MY PRAYER

“Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe. I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.”

- Psalm 61:1-4

PRAYER IS AN ATTITUDE OF THE HEART

"Prayer is not only asking, it is an attitude of heart that produces an atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural, and Jesus says, everyone that asketh receiveth."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

THE MOST PROMISING METHOD OF PRAYER

– Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1900-1945) German Christian Executed by Nazis

PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”

- Philippians 4:6-7

PRAY FOR YOURSELF UNTIL THE NEW LIFE IS INFUSED

"What we need now for quickening is not so much money and wisdom as the spirit of supplication. Pray for yourself until the new life is infused. When that new life comes, it will lead you to pray for others."

- A.C. Dixon (1854–1925) Baptist Pastor, Bible Expositor

DO NOT DISTRESS YOURSELF ABOUT YOUR PRAYERS

"Do not distress yourself about your prayers. It is not always necessary to employ words, even inwardly, it is enough to raise your heart and let it rest in our Lord, to look lovingly up toward this divine Lover of our souls for between lovers the eyes speak more eloquently than the tongue."

- Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Bishop of Geneva

FERVANT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILETH MUCH

"Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."

- James 5:16

PRAYER, A SHIELD TO THE SOUL

"You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan."

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

PRAYER DISCERNS THE MIND OF GOD

"God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

PRAY AT ALL TIMES AND NOT LOSE HEART

“Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart.”

- Luke 18:1

HIS EARS ATTEND TO THEIR PRAYER

“For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and His ears attend to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

- 1 Peter 3:12

PRAYER SHOULD BE MY DAILY REFUGE

"Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life."

- John Chrysostom (347-407) Archbishop, Early Church Father

PRAYER IS A NATURAL EXPRESSION OF FAITH

"Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life."

- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) Missionary Biographer, Theologian

PRAYER IS REACHING OUT TO THE UNSEEN

"Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

WHEN YOU LIE DOWN WITH SHORT PRAYER

"When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying."

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

IN EVERYTHING WITH PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

- Philippians 4:6-7

THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIAN PRAYER

“The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete petition. The right way to approach God is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.”

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1900-1940) German Christian Executed by Nazis

GET DOWN ON MY KNEES IN EARNEST PRAYER

“I can take my telescope and look millions of miles into space, but I can lay it aside and go into my room, shut the door, get down on my knees in earnest prayer, and see more of heaven and get closer to God than I can assisted by all the telescopes and material agencies on earth.”

- Isaac Newton (1642-1726) English Physicist, Astronomer

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BUT YOU, WHEN YOU PRAY

"But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you."

- Matthew 6:6

THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER

"The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present, all the time, in every condition."

- Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)

PRAYER IS NOT A MONOLOGUE

"Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue. God’s voice in response to mine is its most essential part."

- Andrew Murray (1828-1917) South African Christian Pastor

EVERY TIME WE PRAY

"Every time we pray our horizon is altered, our attitude to things is altered, not sometimes but every time, and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

WHATEVER YOU ASK IN PRAYER

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."

- Mark 11:24

WEIGH THEM AND PRAY THEM

“I try to gather all the information and all the facts that are involved in a decision, and then weigh them up and pray them over in the Lord’s presence and trust the Holy Spirit to sway my mind in the direction of God’s will. And God generally guides by presenting reasons to my soul for acting in a certain way.”

– J. Oswald Sanders (1902—1992) Christian Leader and Author

PRAYER DELIGHTS GOD'S EAR

“Prayer delights God’s ear; it melts His heart.”

– Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

WATCH AND PRAY

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

- Matthew 26:41

DO WHAT YOU CAN AND PRAY

"Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do."

- Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Bishop, Theologian and Philosopher

WATCH THEREFORE AND PRAY ALWAYS

"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."

- Luke 21:36

HIS EAR IS OPEN TO OUR PRAYER

"If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer - His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

TRUE PRAYER IS ASKING

"True prayer is asking God what He wants."

- William Barclay (1907-1978) Scottish Scholar and Teacher

OUR PRAYERS GIVE HIM HONOR

"Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor."

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer

GIVE YOURSELF TO PRAYER

"Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be content with a superficial knowledge."

- David Brainard (1718-1747) American Missionary to Native Indians

PRAYER IS THE BREATH

"Prayer is the breath of the new creature."

- Richard Baxter (1615-1691) English Puritan Church Leader

QUIT PLAYING AND START PRAYING

"Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to the words of God. Skip travel, start travail."

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Evangelist

LORD HEAR MY PRAYER

"Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief."

- Psalm 143:1

THE LESS WE PRAY

"The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray."

- George Mueller (1805–1898) English Evangelist

THIS THY PRAYER

"Let this be thy whole endeavour, this thy prayer, this thy desire, that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only."

- Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Christian Theologian

BE CONSTANT IN PRAYER

"Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer."

- Romans 12:12

THE SECRET OF PRAYING

"The Secret of Praying is Praying in Secret. The secret place of prayer calls for every faculty of mind and heart."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

IN PRAYER IT IS BETTER

“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

– John Bunyan (English Writer Preacher 1832-1905)

A MAN IS POWERFUL ON HIS KNEES

"Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees."

- Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Holocaust Survivor, Christian Writer

THE SECRET PLACE OF PRAYER

"O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

2. Interceding for People in Prayer

LET NO ONE GO THERE UNWARNED AND UNPRAYED

"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher and Author

THE PRAYERS OF GOD'S SAINTS STRENGTHEN THE UNBORN GENERATION

"The prayers of God's saints strengthen the unborn generation against the desolating waves of sin and evil."

- Alan Redpath (1907–1989), American Evangelist, Pastor, Author

PRAY EARNESTLY TO THE GOD OF THE HARVEST

"Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

- Matthew 9:27-28

INTERCESSION FOR MEN

"Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

NO MAN CAN DO ME A TRUER KINDNESS

“No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me.”

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

PRAYER AND LIFE'S CRITICAL BATTLES

"It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won. We must conquer all our circumstances there. We must first of all bring them there. We must survey them there. We must master them there. In prayer we bring our spiritual enemies into the Presence of God and we fight them there. Have you tried that? Or have you been satisfied to meet and fight your foes in the open spaces of the world?"

- J. H. Jowett (1864-1923) British Preacher

PRAYING FOR THE LOST IN YOUR LIFE

"Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved."

- Romans 10:1

INSTEAD OF PRAYING FOR MY OWN COMFORT

"Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it isn't easy to think of the needs of others. But I have found that if, instead of praying for my own comfort and satisfaction, I ask the Lord to enable me to give to others, an amazing thing often happens - I find my own needs wonderfully met. Refreshment comes in ways I would never have thought of, both for others, and then, incidentally, for myself."

- Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) Christian Missionary and Writer

PERSISTANCE IN PRAYER FOR SOMEONE WE DON'T LIKE

"Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude."

- F. F. Bruce (1910-1990) English Biblical Scholar

I PRAYED FIFTEEN YEARS FOR THE CONVERSION MY BROTHER

"I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of conversion, I prayed on."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist. Educator, Writer

ALWAYS STRUGGLING ON YOUR BEHALF IN HIS PRAYERS

"Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God."

- Colossians 4:12

FORGIVING AND PRAYING FOR YOUR ENEMIES

"But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their heads, and your Lord shall open a door to you in your trouble: wait upon Him, as the night watch waiteth for the morning. He will not tarry. Go up to your watch-tower, and come not down, but by prayer, and faith, and hope, wait on."

- Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) Scottish Presbyterian Pastor, Theologian

IF MY PEOPLE WILL PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE

"If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

- 2 Chronicles 7:14

I HAVE BENEFITED BY PRAYING FOR OTHERS

"I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself."

- Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) Scottish Presbyterian Pastor, Theologian

AFTER JOB PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS

"After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before."

- Job 42:10

ABRAHAM PRAYED TO GOD HEALED HIS WIFE

"Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children."

- Genesis 20:17

THE PRIVIVLEDGE OF PRAYING FOR PEOPLE

"I always give all the glory to God, but I do not forget that He gave me the privilege of ministering from the first to a praying people. We had prayer meetings that moved our very souls, each one appeared determined to storm the Celestial City by the might of intercession."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

MY FATHER KNEELING IN PRAYER

"These forty years have not seen the sun come up in China without my father kneeling in prayer."

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China

SHOULD I SIN AGAINST THE LORD BY CEASING TO PRAY FOR YOU

"Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way."

- 1 Samuel 12:23

EARNEST INTERCESSION WILLBE SURE TO BRING

"Earnest intercession will be sure to bring love with it. I do not believe you can hate a man for whom you habitually pray. If you dislike any brother Christian, pray for him doubly, not only for his sake, but for your own, that you may be cured of prejudice and saved from all unkind feeling."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

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EVERY ONE OF OUR CHILDREN

"Every one of our children will be brought into the ark, if we pray and work earnestly for them."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO MISTREAT YOU

"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."

- Luke 6:27-28

FOR THIS CHILD I PRAYED

"For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition that I made to him."

- 1 Samuel 1:27

AND PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."

- James 5:16

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU

"If you take care of yourself and walk with integrity, you may be confident that God will deal with those who sin against you. Above all, don't give birth to sin yourself; rather, pray for those who persecute you. God will one day turn your persecution into praise."

- Warren Wiersbe (1929-2019) American Christian Clergyman

ISAAC PRAYED FOR HIS WIFE

"And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived."

- Genesis 25:21

PRAYER IS A GREATER WORK

"Prayer does not enable us to do a greater work for God. Prayer is a greater work for God."

- Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) Scottish Minister, Theologian and Economist

PRAYERS ON BEHALF OF ALL MEN

"First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men."

- 1 Timothy 2:1

PRAY FOR THOSE KEPT IN PRISON

"So, Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God."

- Acts 12:5

MAKING SUPPLICATION FOR ALL SAINTS

"Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints."

- Ephesians 6:18

OF DAILY REFLECTION AND PRAYER

"Make it an object of constant study, and of daily reflection and prayer, to learn how to deal with sinners so as to promote their conversion."

– Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) American Presbyterian Minister

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING

"Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

THE LORD WILL ANSWER MY PRAYER

"All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears. My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies. Go away, all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping. The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer."

- Psalm 6:6-9

BUT UPON CHRIST'S INTERCESSION

"God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what' we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers are acceptable in the beloved [Eph 1.6]."

- Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) Puritan Preacher and Writer

GOD CANNOT DENY A PRAYING SOUL

"Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686) Puritan Preacher

3. The Power of Prayer

A MIGHTY PRAYER IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD

"A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably."

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

THE WONDER THAT I MADE SO LITTLE USE OF THE POWER OF PRAYER

"Next to the wonder of seeing my Savior will be, I think, the wonder that I made so little use of the power of prayer."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

THE DEVIL TREMBLES WHEN WE PRAY

“The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayer-less studies, prayer-less work, Prayer-less religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.”

– Samuel Chadwick (1786-1757) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

BENEFICIAL TO THE MAN WHO INTERCEDES

"Prayer for others is very beneficial to the man himself who prays; it purifies the heart, strengthens faith and hope in God, and arouses love for God and our neighbor."

- John of Kronstadt (1829–1909) Russian Orthodox Archpriest

YOU MAY AS SOON FIND

"You may as soon find a living man who does not breathe, as a living Christian who does not pray."

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer

OUR PRAYERS LIVE BEFORE GOD

"God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. The lips that uttered them may be closed to death, the heart that felt them may have ceased to beat, but the prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them, and prayers outlive the lives of those who uttered them; they outlive a generation, outlive an age, outlive a world."

- E.M. Bounds (1835-1913) American Minister, Author, and Attorney

WHEN THE DEVIL SEES A MAN OR WOMAN PRAYING

"When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, he trembles as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist. Educator, Writer

POWER THAT PULLS DOWN STRONGHOLDS

"But have we Holy Spirit power - power that restricts the devil's power, pulls down strongholds and obtains promises? Daring delinquents will be damned if they are not delivered from the devil's dominion. What has hell to fear other than a God-anointed, prayer-powered church?"

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Evangelist

PRAYER TURNS ORDINARY MORTALS INTO MEN OF POWER

"There is no power like that of prevailing prayer, of Abraham pleading for Sodom, Jacob wrestling in the stillness of the night, Moses standing in the breach, Hannah intoxicated with sorrow, David heartbroken with remorse and grief, Jesus in sweat of blood. Add to this list from the records of the church your personal observation and experience, and always there is the cost of passion unto

blood. Such prayer prevails. It turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

TO KEEP CHRISTIANS FROM PRAYING

“The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayer-less religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

REMEMBER THAT PRAYER TRANSCENDS ALL OTHER FORCES

"It has often been said that prayer is the greatest force in the universe. This is no exaggeration. It will bear constant repetition. In this atomic age when forces are being released that stagger the though and imagination of man, it is well to remember that prayer transcends all other forces."

- F. J. Huegel (1889-1971) WW1 Chaplain and Missionary to Mexico

PRAYER FETCHED THAT ANGEL

"The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

THE PRAYER OF THE FEEBLEST SAINT

"The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan. The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer; no spiritualistic seance can succeed in the presence of a humble praying saint. No wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think in prayer."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

PRAYER IS REPEATING THE VICTOR'S NAME

"Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat."

- Samuel D. Gordon (1859-1936) Evangelical Lay Minister

LAY DOWN THE TRACK WHICH GOD'S POWER CAN COME

"Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

WE ARE TOO BUSY TO PRAY

"We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist. Educator, Writer

THE MORNING PRAYER DETERMINES THE DAY

"The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 – 9 April 1945) German Lutheran Pastor, Theologian, Anti-Nazi Dissident

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IF YOU BELIEVE

"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

- Matthew 21:22

OUR PRAYING IS TOO SMALL

"Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited."

- A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) Canadian Preacher, Theologian

BY FAITH AND PRAYER

"Bear up the hands that hang down, by faith and prayer; support the tottering knees. Have you any days of fasting and prayer? Storm the throne of grace and persevere therein, and mercy will come down."

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

THE POWER OF PREVAILING PRAYER

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) English Preacher

BUT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF INTERCEDES

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans."

- Romans 8:26

PRAYER IS BORN IN MEDITATION

"Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening ears."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist. Educator, Writer

THAT HE WOULD ROOT OUR HEARTS

"Let us pray God that he would root out of our hearts everything of our own planting and set out there, with his own hand, the tree of life bearing all manner of fruits."

- Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) French Catholic Archbishop

WORDS OF CHRIST ABIDE IN US

"If we then let the words of Christ abide in us, they will stir us up in prayer."

- R. A. Torrey

ABIDE IN PRAYER

"If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my soul, and keep my heart and all its ways so that I will not be entangled." When this is true in our lives, a passing temptation will not overcome us. We will remain free while others lie in bondage."

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

AND WITNESS IT'S POWER

"We give ourselves to prayer. We preach a Gospel that saves to the uttermost, and witness to its power. We do not argue about worldliness; we witness. We do not discuss philosophy; we preach the Gospel. We do not speculate about the destiny of sinners; we pluck them as brands from the burning. We ask no man's patronage. We beg no man's money. We fear no man's frown. Let no man join us who is afraid, and we want none but those who are saved, sanctified and aflame with the fire of the Holy Ghost.”

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

4. The Holy Spirit in Prayer

THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED

"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."

- James 5:16

THE HOLY SPIRIT AS THE SPIRIT OF POWER HELPETH OUR INFIRMITY

"The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Power helpeth our infirmity in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Life ends our deadness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Wisdom delivers us from ignorance in this holy art of prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Fire delivers us from coldness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Might comes to our aid in our weakness as we pray."

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Evangelist

PEACE THAT PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING

"Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist. Educator, Writer

WE MUST PRAY FOR GRACE TO ENDURE

"What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live with them until such time as God delivers us from them. We must pray for grace to endure them without murmuring. Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or endure them unwillingly."

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

AS YOU MUST DO WHEN YOU ARE DYING

"When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying."

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

INTENSITY IS A LAW OF PRAYER

"Intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

GOD INTENDS GREAT MERCY

"When God intends great mercy for His people, the first thing He does is set them a-praying."

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer

WE ARE TO PRAY FOR WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROMISED

"To believe that He will preserve us is, indeed, a means of preservation. God will certainly preserve us, and make a way of escape for us out of the temptation, should we fall. We are to pray for what God has already promised. Our requests are to be regulated by His promises and commands. Faith embraces the promises and so finds relief."

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

DELIVERENCE THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS

"For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ."

- Philippians 1:19

PRAY OFTEN, FOR PRAYER IS A SHIELD

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

THE BEST AND SWEATEST FLOWERS IN PARADISE

"The best and sweetest flowers in paradise, God gives to his people when they are on their knees in the closet. Prayer, if not the very gate of heaven, is the key to let us into its holiness and joys."

- Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) Puritan Preacher and Write

A COMMON TEMPTATION OF SATAN
"It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer."
- George Mueller 1805-1898) English evangelist and helper of Orphans
THE REALIZED PRESENCE OF GOD "Prayer in secret is life finding expression in the realized Presence of God our Father."
- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister r

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On Holy Spirit in Prayer...

THE BURDENS OF THE SPIRIT

"The burdens of the spirit differ from the weights on the spirit. A burden of the spirit, on the other hand, is given by God to His child for the purpose of calling him to work, to pray, or to preach. It is a burden with purpose, with reason, and for spiritual profit."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

THE PLACE TO MEET THE HOLY GHOST

"Oh! yes, (the prayer meeting) is the place to meet with the Holy Ghost, and this is the way to get His mighty power. If we would have Him, we must meet in greater numbers; we must pray with greater fervency, we must watch with greater earnestness, and believe with firmer steadfastness. The prayer meeting...is the appointed place for the reception of power."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

WHEN YOU SAY A PRAYER

"When you say a prayer, He (The Holy Spirit) is in every word of it, and like a Holy Fire, penetrates each word."

- John of Kronsta (1829-1909) Russian Orthodox Minister

PRAYER IS NOT LOGICAL

"Prayer is not logical; it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit."

- Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Scottish Baptist Teacher

THE INTENT OF OUR SPIRIT

"Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit; and our wandering thoughts in prayer are but the neglects of meditation and recessions from that duty; according as we neglect meditation, so are our prayers imperfect, - meditation being the soul of prayer and the intention of our spirit."

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

THE SPIRIT'S POWER

"Since the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit's power might be manifested? We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too little to the source of power."

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China

ASSISTANCE OF THE SPIRIT

"Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised."

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

UNLESS I HAD THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER

"Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing."

- Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) American Presbyterian Minister

4. The Holy Spirit in Prayer

THE BURDENS OF THE SPIRIT

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

WHAT CAN BE MORE EXCELLENT THAN PRAYER

"What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!"

- St. Augustine (354-430) Theologian and Philosopher

WHEN WE HAVE NO SPIRIT TO PRAY

- George Mueller 1805-1898) English Evangelist and helper of Orphans

PRAY THAT WE HAVE HIS SPIRIT

"Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary

PRAYER MOVES HIM THAT MOVES THE UNIVERSE

"O believing brethren! What an instrument is this which God hath put into your hands! Prayer moves Him that moves the universe."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

WHEN WE PRAY FOR THE SPIRIT'S HELP

"When we pray for the Spirit's help ... we will simply fall down at the Lord's feet in our weakness. There we will find the victory and power that comes from His love."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

UNLESS THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS WITH US

"Unless the Spirit of God is with us, we cannot expect that our prayers will be answered."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT

"Do not strive in your own strength; cast yourself at the feet of the Lord Jesus, and wait upon Him in the sure confidence that He is with you, and works in you. Strive in prayer; let faith fill your heart-so will you be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

WITH ALL PRAYER AND PETITION

"With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints."

- Ephesians 6:18

THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER IS THE FRUIT

"The spirit of prayer is the fruit and token of the Spirit of adoption."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

THE SIGN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN US

"A great many people do not pray because they do not feel any sense of need. The sign that the Holy Spirit is in us is that we realize that we are empty, not that we are full. We have a sense of absolute need. We come across people who try us, circumstances that are difficult, conditions that are perplexing, and all these things awaken a dumb sense of need, which is a sign that the Holy Spirit is there. If we are ever free from the sense of need, it is not because the Holy Spirit has satisfied us, but because we have been satisfied with as much as we have. ‘A man's reach should exceed his grasp.’ A sense of need is one of the greatest benedictions because it keeps our life rightly related to Jesus Christ."

- Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Scottish Evangelist

HERE THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT

"Oh, the blessedness of a life in the holiest! Here the Father is seen and His love tasted. Here His holiness is revealed and the soul made partaker of it. Here the sacrifice of love and worship and adoration, the incense of prayer and supplication, is offered in power. Here the outpouring of the Spirit is known as an ever-streaming, overflowing river from under the throne of God and the Lamb. Here the soul, in God’s presence, grows into more complete oneness in Christ, and more entire conformity to His likeness. Here, in union with Christ, in His unceasing intercession, we are emboldened to take our place as intercessors who can have power with God and prevail. Here the soul mounts up as on eagles’ wings, strength is renewed, and blessing and power and love are imparted with which God’s priests can go out to bless a dying world. Here each day we may experience the fresh anointing by which we can go out to be bearers, witnesses and channels of God’s salvation to men, and living instruments of our blessed King’s triumph…. Let this be our life!

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary

NO ROOM FOR THE SPIRIT OF GOD

"If we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and self-seeking and pleasure and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God, and I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him when he is full already with something else."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

HOLY SPIRIT IS READY TO ENCOURAGE

"Prayer has mighty power to move mountains because the Holy Spirit is ready both to encourage our praying and to remove the mountains hindering us."

- Wesley L. Duewel (1916-2016) Missionary to India

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On Prayer...

THE BURDENS OF THE SPIRIT

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

THE PLACE TO MEET THE HOLY GHOST

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

WHEN YOU SAY A PRAYER

"When you say a prayer, He (The Holy Spirit) is in every word of it, and like a Holy Fire, penetrates each word."

- John of Kronsta (1829-1909) Russian Orthodox Minister

PRAYER IS NOT LOGICAL

"Prayer is not logical; it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit."

- Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Scottish Baptist Teacher

THE INTENT OF OUR SPIRIT

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

THE SPIRIT'S POWER

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China

ASSISTANCE OF THE SPIRIT

"Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised."

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

UNLESS I HAD THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER

"Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing."

- Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) American Presbyterian Minister

A COMMON TEMPTATION OF SATAN

- George Mueller 1805-1898) English evangelist and helper of Orphans

THE REALIZED PRESENCE OF GOD

"Prayer in secret is life finding expression in the realized Presence of God our Father."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

5. Praying for the Sick

THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED

"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."

- James 5:16

THE HOLY SPIRIT AS THE SPIRIT OF POWER HELPETH OUR INFIRMITY

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Evangelist

PEACE THAT PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING

"Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist. Educator, Writer

WE MUST PRAY FOR GRACE TO ENDURE

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

AS YOU MUST DO WHEN YOU ARE DYING

"When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying."

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

INTENSITY IS A LAW OF PRAYER

"Intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

GOD INTENDS GREAT MERCY

"When God intends great mercy for His people, the first thing He does is set them a-praying."

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer

WE ARE TO PRAY FOR WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROMISED

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

DELIVERENCE THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS

"For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ."

- Philippians 1:19

PRAY OFTEN, FOR PRAYER IS A SHIELD

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

THE BEST AND SWEATEST FLOWERS IN PARADISE

- Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) Puritan Preacher and Writer

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On Praying for the Sick...

IS ANYONE SICK AMONG YOU?

“Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.”

- James 5:14

WHENEVER YOU STAND PRAYING

"And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

- Mark 11:25

YOUR PRAYER CAN STAY HIS HANDS

"When a tear is wept by you, think not your Father does not behold; for, "Like as a father pities his children so the Lord pities them that fear Him." Your sigh is able to move the heart of Jehovah; your whisper can incline His ear unto you; your prayer can stay His hands; your faith can move His arm. Oh! think not that God sits on high in an eternal slumber, taking no account of you."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) English Particular Baptist Preacher

THE PRAYER OF THE DESTITUTE

"He has responded to the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer."

- Psalms 102:17

OF ALL THINGS

"Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer."

- William Wilberforce (1759-1833) British Politician and Philanthropist

PRAY FOR MIRACLES

"Expect resistance but pray for miracles!"

- Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Holocaust Survivor, Christian Writer

BELIEVING, YOU WILL RECEIVE

"And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

- Mark 11:24

THE PRAYER THAT PREVAILS

"The prayer that prevails is not the work of lips and fingertips. It is the cry of a broken heart and the travail of a stricken soul."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

6. unanswered prayer

DELAYED PRAYER

"None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience. It is a great matter when in extreme need to take hold on prayer. I know whenever I have prayed earnestly that I have been amply heard, and have obtained more than I prayed for. God indeed sometimes delayed, but at last He came."

- Martin Luther 1483-1546) German Theologian

IF WE THINK OUR PRAYERS ARE UNANSWERED

When we pray "in the Name of Jesus" the answers are in accordance with His nature, and if we think our prayers are unanswered it is because we are not interpreting the answer along this line."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

THE PRAYER OF FAITH

"The prayer of faith is a prayer willing to believe and prevail for God's answer in a situation that is utterly impossible. Regardless of the difficulty of the situation, you require no external confirmation but believe God in spite of appearance. Your eyes are on God, not on the situation."

- Wesley Duewel (1916-2016) Missions Pastor and Writer

I CONTINUED FASTING AND PRAYING

"As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven."

- Nehemiah 1:4

LEAVE IT WITH THE LORD AND REMEMBER

"What is needed for happy effectual service is simply to put your work into the Lord's hand, and leave it there. Do not take it to Him in prayer, saying, "Lord, guide me, Lord, give me wisdom, Lord, arrange for me," and then arise from your knees, and take the burden all back, and try to guide and arrange for yourself. Leave it with the Lord, and remember that what you trust to Him you must not worry over nor feel anxious about. Trust and worry cannot go together."

- Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) American Evangelist and Reformer

NOT WILLING TO FORGIVE SOMEONE

"I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

PRAYER IS GOD'S ANSWER TO POVERTY

"Prayer is God's answer to our poverty, not a power we exercise to obtain an answer."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

WHEN A CHRISTIAN A STOPS PRAYING

"When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy."

- Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Holocaust Survivor, Christian Writer

GOD DOES NOT EXIST TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS

"God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

PRAYER IS COMING TO GOD TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE FULFILLMENT

"Prayer is not a means for us to persuade a reluctant God to do something which is against His better judgment. Prayer, rather is coming to God for the fulfillment of His will, coming to a God who delights to answer prayer."

- John F. Walvoord (1910-2002) Christian Theologian, Pastor

THEY DO NOT WAIT LONG ENOUGH

"I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words, and then jump up and forget it and expect God to answer them. Such praying always reminds me of the small boy ringing his neighbor's door-bell, and then running away as fast as he can go."

- E. M. Bounds (1835-1913) American Minister, Author, and Attorney

IN SILENT OR VOCAL PRAYER

"Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer."

- George Whitefield (1714-1770) Church of England Evangelist

BE ALERT AND SOBER MIND SO THAT YOU MAY PRAY

"The end of all things is near. Therefore, be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray."

- 1 Peter 4:7

INTENSITY IS A LAW OF PRAYER

"Intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

GOD'S TIMING TO DELIVER US

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

GOD DOESNT ANSWER PRAYER...

“God doesn’t answer prayer, He answers DESPERATE prayer.”

- Leonard Ravenhill (Christian Evangelist, Preacher 1907-1994

THY ANSWERS MAKE ME WHAT I AM

"My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think Thy answers make me what I am."

- George MacDonald (1824-1905 Scottish Christian Minister, Author

WE CANNOT EXPECT TO HAVE OUR PRAYERS ANSWERED

"On the ground of our own goodness we cannot expect to have our prayers answered. But Jesus is worthy, and for His sake we may have our prayers answered. There is nothing too choice, too costly, or too great for God to give Him. He is worthy. He is the spotless, holy Child, who under all circumstances acted according to the mind of God. And if we trust in Him, if we hide in Him, if we put Him forward and ourselves in the background, depend on Him and plead His name, we may expect to have our prayers answered."

- George Muller (1805-1898), Christian evangelist and Established Orphanages in Bristol, England

THE ANSWERS ARE ALWAYS COMING

"I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming. Thousands and tens of thousands of times have my prayers been answered. When once I am persuaded that a thing is right and for the glory of God, I go on praying for it until the answer comes. George Mueller never gives up!"

- George Mueller 1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

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On Prayer...

WAITING LONG ENOUGH ON GOD

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

BE IN CONSTANT PRAYER

"Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer."

- Romans 12:12

IN ANSWER TO PRAYER

"God does nothing but in answer to prayer."

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

SEEKING HIM BY PRAYER

"Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes."

- Daniel 9:3

IN ANSWER TO PRAYER

"In general, He guides and directs His people, affording them, in answer to prayer, the light of His Holy Spirit, which enables them to understand and to love the Scriptures."

- John Newton (1724-1807) Slave Trader Turned Preacher

MY PRAYER IS NOT THAT YOU

"My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one."

- John 17:15

IF YOU BELIEVE IN PRAYER

"If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have. God will not hear you unless you believe He will hear you; but if you believe He will, He will be as good as your faith."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Preacher and Author

REJOICE ALWAYS, PRAY CONTINUALLY

"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

THE GREATEST ANSWER TO PRAYER

"The greatest answer to prayer is that I am brought into a perfect understanding with God, and that alters my view of actual things."

- Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Scottish Baptists Evangelist

STRIVE IN PRAYER

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

IN THE FIRST WAKING MOMENT

"Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God."

- Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Scottish Baptist Evangelist

THE SECRET OF PRAYING

"The secret of praying is praying in secret."

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Evangelist

THE BOW OF CHRIST'S INTERCESSION

"Prayer as it comes from the saint is weak and languid; but when the arrow of a saint's prayer is put into the bow of Christ's intercession it pierces the throne of grace."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

TIME SPENT IN PRAYER

"Time spent in prayer is never wasted."

- Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) French Catholic Archbishop

7. How Jesus Prayed for Us

IF I COULD HEAR CHRIST PRAYING FOR ME

"If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

MY PRAYER IS NOT THAT YOU TAKE THEM OUR OF THE WORLD

"My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one."

- John 17:15

HE WENT AWAY TO PRAY AND RENEW HIS STRENGTH

"While others still slept, He went away to pray and to renew His strength in communion with His Father. He had need of this, otherwise He would not have been ready for the new day. The holy work of delivering souls demands constant renewal through fellowship with God."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

IS THE SON OF GOD PRAYING FOR ME?

"Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

WHATEVER YOU ASK IN PRAYER

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."

- Mark 11:24

JESUS ADDRESSED GOD AS HIS FATHER WHEN PRAYING

"In almost every prayer that Jesus utters in the New Testament, He addresses God as Father… This represents a radical departure from Jewish custom and tradition. Though Jewish people were given a lengthy number of appropriate titles for God in personal prayer, significantly absent from the approved list was the title “Father”… The serious reaction against Jesus by His contemporaries indicated that they heard in His addressing God as Father a blasphemous utterance by which Jesus was presuming, by this term of address, a certain equality that He enjoyed with the Father."

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian

IF YOU HAVE FAITH AND DO NOT DOUBT

"And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

- Matthew 21:21-22

CHRIST TAUGHT US TO PRAY "OUR FATHER"

"As Christian people we must learn to appropriate by faith the fact that God is our Father. Christ taught us to pray “Our Father.” This eternal everlasting God has become our Father and the moment we realize that everything tends to change. He is our Father and He is always caring for us, He loves us with an everlasting love, He so loved us that He sent His only begotten Son into the world and to the Cross to die for our sins. That is our relationship to God and the moment we realize it, it transforms everything."

- Martyn-Lloyd Jones (1899-1981) Welsh Protestant Minister

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On Prayer...

AND AS HE PRAYED

"And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering."

- Luke 9:29

LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME

And He went a little farther, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”

- Matthew 26:39

THE LORD'S PRAYER

"This, then, is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

- Matthew 6:9-13

AS HE WAS PLAYING ALONE

"Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

- Luke 9:18

BEFORE DAYBREAK THE NEXT MORNING

"Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray."

- Mark 1:35

WHEVER OUR LORD SPOKE OF PRAYER

"The inattentive, slovenly way we drift into the presence of God is an indication that we are not bothering to think about Him. Whenever our Lord spoke of prayer, He said, "Ask." It is impossible to ask if you do not concentrate."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

1. WHAT IS SALVATION?

GOD OFFERS SALVATION TO ALL PEOPLE

"For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age."

- Titus 2:11-12

SALVATION IS FROM OUR SIDE A CHOICE

"Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our "accepting" and "willing" are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God."

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

SALVATION READY TO BE REVEALED AT THE LAST TIME

"Who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."

- 1 Peter 1:5

SALVATION TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."

- Romans 1:16

TO WHOM GOD WOULD MAKE KNOWN HIS SALVATION

"The one is addressed generally to all intelligent creatures, and is therefore accessible to all men; the other is addressed to a special class of sinners, to whom God would make known His salvation. The one has in view to meet and supply the natural need of creatures for knowledge of their God; the other to rescue broken and deformed sinners from their sin and its consequences."

- B. B. Warfield (1851–1921) Professor of Theology Princeton Seminary

WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING

"Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."

- Philippians 2:12

SALVATION IS ALL OF GRACE

"From the Word of God I gather that damnation is all of man, from top to bottom, and salvation is all of grace, from first to last. He that perishes chooses to perish; but he that is saved is saved because God has chosen to save him."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THERE IS SALVATION IN NO ONE ELSE

"And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

- Acts 4:12

HIS GLORY IS GREAT THROUGH YOUR SALVATION

"His glory is great through Your salvation, splendor and majesty You place upon Him."

- Psalm 21:5

KNOWLEDGE OF THE WAY OF SALVATION

"If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

PERFECT AND COMPLETE SALVATION OF GOD

"To be freed from sin is not a difficult task when viewed in the light of the finished, perfect and complete salvation of God. A believer must proceed to learn the more advanced and perhaps more formidable and deeper lesson of abhorring his life."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

YOU ARE MY GOD AND MY SALVATION

"Make me know Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You I wait all the day."

- Psalm 25:4-5

NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME, THE DAY OF SALVATION

"And now let me address all of you, high and low, rich and poor, one with another, to accept of mercy and grace while it is offered to you; Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation; and will you not accept it, now it is offered unto you?"

- George Whitefield (1714-1770) Church of England Evangelist

MY HEART REJOICES IN YOUR SALVATION

“How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will You hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall. But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for He has been good to me.”

- Psalm 13:1-6

OUR GOD IS THE GOD FROM WHOM COMETH SALVATION

“Our God is the God from whom cometh salvation. God is the Lord by whom we escape death! Into Thy hands I commit my spirit; God of truth, Thou hast redeemed me!”

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theology Professor Initiated the Protestant Reformation

GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION

“Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”

- 2 Corinthians 7:9-10

WITH LONG LIFE LET HIM SEE MY SALVATION

“With a long life I will satisfy him and let him see My salvation.”

- Psalm 91:16

FOR NOW SALVATION IS NEARER THAN WE BELIEVED

"Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed."

- Romans 13:11

MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE TO THE ROCK OF MY SALVATION

"Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods."

- Psalm 95:1-6

THE SOLE ANCHOR OF YOUR SALVATION

"Our assurance, our glory, and the sole anchor of our salvation are that Christ the Son of God is ours, and we in turn are in him sons of God and heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, called to the hope of eternal blessedness by God's grace, not by our worth."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Protestant Reformer

THE THIEF HAD NAILS THROUGH BOTH HANDS

"The thief had nails through both hands, so that he could not work; and a nail through each foot, so that he could not run errands for the Lord; he could not lift a hand or a foot toward his salvation, and yet Christ offered him the gift of God; and he took it. Christ threw him a passport, and took him into Paradise."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD OF OUR SALVATION

And it will be said in that day, Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

- Isaiah 25:9

REFUSAL TO TAKE THE CUP OF SALVATION

"Surely scripture is right when it makes the sin of sins that unbelief, which is at bottom nothing else than a refusal to take the cup of salvation. Surely no sharper grief can be inflicted upon the Spirit of God than when we leave His gifts neglected and unappropriated."

- Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) English Non-Conformist Minister

THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION

"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"

- Psalm 27:1

YOUR FAITHFULNESS AND YOUR SALVATION

"I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation."

- Psalm 40:10

FIT TO BRING THEM INTO THEIR SALVATION

"What we do see is Jesus, who was given a position “a little lower than the angels”; and because he suffered death for us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.” Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone. God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation."

- Hebrews 2:9-10

A LOUD VOICE IN HEAVEN, SAYING, "NOW IS COME SALVATION"

I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night."

- Revelation 12:10

SALVATION IS A DEFINITE PROCESS

"Salvation is a definite process. If a man refuse to submit himself to that process, clearly he cannot have the benefits of it. "As many as received Him to them gave He power to become the sons of God." He does not avail himself of this power. It may be mere carelessness or apathy. Nevertheless the neglect is fatal. He cannot escape because he will not."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

TO OBTAIN SALVATION BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.:

- 1 Thessalonians 5:9

THE ENEMY OF OUR SALVATION

"The enemy of our salvation especially strives to draw our heart and mind away from God when we are about to serve Him, and endeavours to adulterously attach our heart to something irrelevant. Be always, every moment, with God, especially when you pray to Him. If you are inconstant, you will fall away from life, and will cast yourself into sorrow and straitness."

- John of Kronstadt (1829–1909) Russian Orthodox Archpriest

THAT THEY ALSO MAY OBTAIN SALVATION

"Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory."

- 2 Timothy 2:10

WHEN WE FIRST TRUST IN CHRIST FOR SALVATION

"There are two 'courts' we must deal with: the court of God in Heaven and the court of conscience in our souls. When we first trust in Christ for salvation, God's court is forever satisfied. Never again will a charge of guilt be brought against us in Heaven. Our consciences, however, are continually pronouncing us guilty. That is the function of conscience. Therefore, we must by faith bring the verdict of conscience into line with the verdict of Heaven. We do this by agreeing with our conscience about our guilt, but then reminding it that our guilt has already been borne by Christ."

- Jerry Bridges (1929–2016) Evangelical Christian Author

IN SALVATION WE ARE NOT ONLY SAVED FROM SIN

"In salvation we are not only saved from sin and damnation; we are saved unto holiness. The goal of redemption is holiness."

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian

IT IS FOR YOUR COMFORT AND SALVATION

"If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer."

- 2 Corinthians 1:6

FOR YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE GOD OF YOUR SALVATION

"For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and sow the vine-branch of a stranger."

- Isaiah 17:10

THE LONGSUFFERING OF OUR LORD IS SALVATION

"And consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked."

- 2 Peter 3:15-17

TO BRING SALVATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE WAITING FOR HIM

"So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him."

- Hebrews 9:28

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On Salvation...

NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION

"For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation."

- 2 Corinthians 6:2

SALVATION IS OPEN TO ALL

"Since no man is excluded from calling upon God the gate of salvation is open to all. There is nothing else to hinder us from entering, but our own unbelief."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION

"In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise."

- Ephesians 1:13

THE GOD OF MY SALVATION

"O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

- Psalm 88:1

SALVATION COMES THROUGH A CROSS

"Salvation comes through a cross and a crucified Christ."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

HE OFFERS SALVATION

"I take it that the highest proof of Christ's power is not that He offers salvation, not that He bids you take it if you will, but that when you reject it, when you hate it, when you despise it, He has a power whereby he can change your mind, make you think differently from your former thoughts, and turn you from the error of your ways."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THIS WILL INSURE SALVATION

"Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you."

- 1 Timothy 4:16

AS TO THIS SALVATION

"As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful searches and inquiries, seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow."

- 1 Peter 1:10-11

TO ETERNAL SALVATION

"God preordained, for His own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.”

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

MY SALVATION FOR BE FOREVER

“Lift up your eyes to the sky, then look to the earth beneath; For the sky will vanish like smoke, And the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not wane."

- Isaiah 51:6

SALVATION IS FROM THE LORD

"But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the Lord.”

- Jonah 2:9

SALVATION THROUGH SANTIFICATION

"For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness. But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth."

- 2 Thessalonians 2:11-13

THE NATURE OF CHRIST'S SALVATION

"The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Savior from Hell rather than a Savior from sin. And that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality and worldliness."

- A. W. Pink (1886-1952) English Bible Teacher

WHO SHALL BE HEIRS OF SALVATION

"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"

- Hebrews 1:4

CONFIDENT HOPE OF SALVATION

“We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.”

- Romans 5:3-5

BEGINS HIS JOURNEY SALVATION

"If thou wouldst be justified, acknowledge thine injustice. He that confesses his sin, begins his journey toward salvation. He that is sorry for it, mends his pace. He that forsakes it, is at his journey's end."

- Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Christian Poet Author, Book of Emblems

TAKE UP THE HELMET OF SALVATION

“In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”

- Ephesians 6:16-18

SALVATION WITHOUT REGRET

"For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death."

- 2 Corinthians 7:10

THE GRAND CHARTER OF SALVATION

"God has condescended to become an author, and yet people will not read his writings. There are very few that ever gave this Book of God, the grand charter of salvation, one fair reading through."

- George Whitefield (1714-1770) Church of England Evangelist

SEEN THE SALVATION OF THE LORD

"He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God."

- Psalm 98:3

MAKE A PURCHASE OF SALVATION

"See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.

- Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) Scottish Presbyterian Pastor, Theologian

THE HOPE OF SALVATION

"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:2-9

FROM HIM COMES MY SALVATION

"For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation."

- Psalm 62:1

TO BE ASSURED OF YOUR SALVATION

"To be assured of our salvation is no arrogant stoutness. It is faith. It is devotion. It is not presumption. It is God's promise."

- Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Bishop, Theologian and Philosopher

THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION

"In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit."

- Ephesians 1:13

MY SALVATION TO ALL GENERATIONS

"For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool, but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”

- Isaiah 51:8

THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS

“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”

- 1 Peter 1:8-9

2. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?

SIRS, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED

“Sirs, what must I do to be saved? So they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

- Acts 16:30-31

BY WHICH A MAN MUST BE SAVED

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

- Acts 2:38

FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”

- Ephesians 2:8-9

EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED

“For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

- Romans 10:13

WE PREACH A GOSPEL THAT SAVES

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH, YOU WILL BE SAVED

“Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

- Romans 10:9

HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS

"But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: the virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

- Matthew 1:20-23

THAT THE WORLD MIGHT BE SAVED THROUGH HIM

"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him."

- John 3:17

THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

- John 3:16

WHOEVER HEARS MY WORD AND BELIEVES HIM WHO SENT ME

"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life."

- John 5:24

IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH

"That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."

- Romans 10:9-10

THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

- Romans 6:23

THE GOSPEL IS THE POWER OF SALVATION

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."

- Romans 1:16

FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast."

- Ephesians 2:8-9

THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT IN CHRIST JESUS

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”

- Romans 3:23-24

SEALED WITH THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

"In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory."

Ephesians 1:13–14

TO SAVE THOSE WHO ARE EAGERLY WAITING FOR HIM

“So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”

- Hebrews 9:28

IN HIM, WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD

“In Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.”

- Ephesians 1:7

JESUS SAID TO HIM, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE"

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

- John 14:6

On Being Saved in this Life...

THAT WE MAY BE SAVED

"Restore us, Lord God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved."

- Psalm 80:19

WHEREBY MEN MUST BE SAVED

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

- Acts 4:12

HE SAVED MY SOUL

"For I have seen God face to face and He saved my soul."

- Genesis 32:31

THAT THEY MAY BE SAVED

"Just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved."

- 1 Corinthians 10:33

TO SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

- Luke 19:10

WHAT CAN SAVE YOU?

“When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what can save you, sinking sinner? This alone - I have a high priest in heaven, and he can support in the hour of affliction. This alone can give you peace - I have a high priest in heaven. When you are dying - when friends can do you no good - when sins rise up like spectres around your bed - what can give you peace? This - "I have a high priest in heaven"

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

- 2 Corinthians 5:17

HE WHO FOLLOWS ME

"Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

- John 8:12

SAVE ME FROM DECEITFUL TONGUES

"Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues."

- Psalm 120:2

IF ANY MAN HEARS MY VOICE

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he with me."

- Revelation 3:20

BUT TO ALL THAT RECEIVED HIM

"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God."

- John 1:12–13

HE SAVED US

"For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.”

1 Thessalonians 5:9–10

DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE

Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."

Matthew 6:9-13

UNLESS A MAN IS BORN AGAIN

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

- John 3:3–6

2. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?

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3. WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?

IF BIBLE CHRISTIANITY IS TO SURVIVE THE PRESENT WORLD UPHEAVAL

"If Bible Christianity is to survive the present world upheaval, we shall need to have a fresh revelation of the greatness and the beauty of Jesus.... He alone can raise our cold hearts to rapture and restore again the art of true worship."

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

THE CLAIM OF CHRISTIANITY

"Perfect correspondence, according to Mr. Herbert Spencer, would be perfect life. To abolish Death, therefore, all that would be necessary would be to abolish Imperfection. But it is the claim of Christianity that it can abolish death. And it is significant to notice that it does so meeting this very demand of science--it abolishes imperfection."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

THE FOUNDATION STONES OF CHRISTIANITY

"The resurrection of Christ is one of the foundation stones of Christianity. It was the seal of the great work that He came on earth to do. It was the crowning proof that the ransom He paid for sinners was accepted, the atonement for sin accomplished, the head of him who had the power of death bruised, and the victory won."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

AS THE VEIL IS LIFTED BY CHRISTIANITY

"The work begun by Nature is finished by the Supernatural--as we are wont to call the higher natural. And as the veil is lifted by Christianity it strikes men dumb with wonder. For the goal of Evolution is Jesus Christ."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

THERE IS A WORLDLY KIND OF CHRISTIANITY

"There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough - a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice - which costs nothing, and is worth nothing."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

CHRISTIANITY REMOVES THE ATTRACTION OF THE EARTH

"Christianity removes the attraction of the earth; and this is one way in which it diminishes men's burden. It makes them citizens of another world."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1987) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist, Writer

THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF CHRISTIANITY

"The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain (with God) and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

HOW WELL A PERSON UNDERSTANDS CHRISTIANITY

"If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all. For everything that Christ taught, everything that makes the New Testament new and better than the Old, everything that is distinctively Christian, is summed up in the knowledge of the Fatherhood of God the Father."

J. I. Packer (1926-2020) English Evangelical Theologian

THE WHOLE HISTORICAL CHRISTIANITY

"On what does the Christian argument for Immortality really rest? It stands upon the pedestal on which the theologian rests the whole of historical Christianity--the Resurrection of Jesus Christ."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

HOW WELL A PERSON UNDERSTANDS CHRISTIANITY

J. I. Packer (1926-2020) English Evangelical Theologian

CHRISTIANITY HELPS US FACE THE MUSIC

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune."

- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Episcopal Clergyman

HALFHEARTED CHRISTIANITY WILL ONLY DISHONOR GOD

"If you are Christians, be consistent. Be Christians out and out; Christians every hour, in every part. Beware of halfhearted discipleship, of compromise with evil, of conformity to the world, of trying to serve two masters – to walk in two ways, the narrow and the broad, at once. It will not do. Halfhearted Christianity will only dishonor God, while it makes you miserable.”

- Horatius Bonar (1808- 1889) Scottish Minister and Hymn Writer

AS THE VEIL IS LIFTED BY CHRISTIANITY

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

UNWILLING TO FACE THE STORMS A SOFT AND SHELTERED CHRISTIANITY

"A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity."

- Vance Havner (1901-1986) American Country Preacher

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On Christianity...

WE'LL HAVE SUCCESSFUL CHRISTIANITY

"I don't care where it is, what part of the world it's in, if we have a praise church we'll have successful Christianity."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

CHRISTIANITY HAS STAYED STABLE

"Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck."

- J. I. Packer (1926-2020) Canadian Evangelical Theologian

CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT CHRIST

"I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost; Christianity without Christ; forgiveness without repentance; salvation without regeneration; politics without God; and heaven without hell."

- William Booth (1829-1912) Founder, Salvation Army

BE ASSURED THAT CHRISTIANITY

"Be assured that Christianity is something more than forms and creeds and ceremonies: there is life, and power, and reality, in our holy faith."

- George Mueller 1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

CHRISTIANITY TEACHETH ME THAT

"Christianity teacheth me that what I charitably give alive, I carry with me dead; and experience teacheth me that what I leave behind, I lose. I will carry that treasure with me by giving it, which the worldling loseth by keeping it; so, while his corpse shall carry nothing but a winding cloth to his grave, I shall be richer under the earth than I was above it."

- Joseph Hall (1574–1656) English Bishop, Satirist and Moralist

THE BEDROCK OF CHRISTIANITY

"Every now and again, Our Lord lets us see what we would be like if it were not for Himself; it is a justification of what He said - "Without Me you can do nothing." That is why the bedrock of Christianity is personal, passionate devotion to the Lord Jesus."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

CHRISTIANITY, AS CHRIST TAUGHT

"Christianity, as Christ taught, is the truest philosophy of life ever spoken. But let us be quite sure when we speak of Christianity, that we mean Christ's Christianity."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT DISCIPLESHIP

“Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.”

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1900-1945) German Christian Executed by Nazis

CHRISTIANITY IS...

“Christianity is, above all other religions ever known, a religion of sacrifice. It is a religion founded on the greatest of all sacrifices, the sacrifice of the Incarnation, culminating in the sacrifice on Calvary.”

- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 1815–1881) English Anglican Priest and Ecclesiastical Historian

THE GOSPEL DOES NOT DEFENDING

"The Gospel does not need defending. If Jesus Christ is not alive and cannot fight His own battles, then Christianity is in a bad state. But He is alive and we have only to preach His gospel in all its simplicity, and the power that goes with it will be evidence of its divinity."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher and Author

4. Who is a Christian?

CHRISTIANS DO NOT PRACTICALLY REMEMBER

"Christians do not practically remember that while we are saved by grace, altogether by grace, so that in the matter of salvation works are altogether excluded; yet that so far as the rewards of grace are concerned, in the world to come, there is an intimate connection between the life of the Christian here and the enjoyment and the glory in the day of Christ's appearing."

- George Mueller 1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

CHRISTIANS ARE LIKE FLOWERS

*Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other's roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other."

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

THE GREATEST SECRET OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

“The great secret of the Christian life is to begin experiencing God as He desires me to experience Him. God’s greatest delight is to bring me into His presence.”

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

THE HAPPIEST OF ALL CHRISTIANS

"I believe that the happiest of all Christians and the truest of Christians are those who never dare to doubt God, but take His Word simply as it stands, and believe it, and ask no questions, just feeling assured that if God has said it, it will be so."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher and Author

FAITH UPHOLDS A CHRISTIAN UNDER ALL TRIALS

"Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord; that chastisements are a token of His love; that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings, are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work for his everlasting good; and that grace and strength shall be afforded him, according to his need."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

A CHRISTIAN SHOULD NEVER WORRY

"The Christian should never worry about tomorrow or give sparingly because of a possible future need. Only the present moment is ours to serve the Lord, and tomorrow may never come... Life is worth as much as it is spent for the Lord's service."

- George Mueller 1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

TEST OF THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER

"The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world."

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar

TO HAVE BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR YEARS

"It is a shame for a person to have been a Christian for years but not to have advanced beyond the knowledge of his salvation."

- Theodore Epp (1907-1985) American Clergyman and Radio Evangelist

WHEN CHRISTIANS FIND THEMSELVES EXPOSED TO TEMPTATION

“When Christians find themselves exposed to temptation they should pray to God to uphold them, and when they are tempted they should not be discouraged. It is not a sin to be tempted; the sin is to fall into temptation.”

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

IF GOD IS SPENDING WORK ON A CHRISTIAN

“If God is spending work upon a Christian, let him be still and know that it is God. And if he wants work, he will find it there–in the being still.”

– Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

IF YOU DISLIKE ANY BROTHER CHRISTIAN

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

IF YOU READ HISTORY YOU WILL FIND

"If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next."

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN HERE

- George Mueller 1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

THE DUTY OF EVERY CHRISTIAN

"It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor."

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian

I THINK CHRISTIANS SO OFTEN FAIL TO GET ANSWERS TO THEIR PRAYERS

- E.M. Bounds (1835-1913) American Minister, Author, and Attorney

THESE THINGS SHOW THAT CHRISTIANS HAVE GOT FAR FROM GOD

“When there are dissensions, and jealousies, and evil speakings among professors of religion, then there is great need of a revival. These things show that Christians have got far from God, and it is time to think earnestly of a revival.”

– Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) (1792-1875) American Presbyterian Minister

IT GIVES STABILITY TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

"Hope is called the anchor of the soul (Hebrews 6:19), because it gives stability to the Christian life. But hope is not simply a 'wish' (I wish that such-and-such would take place); rather, it is that which latches on to the certainty of the promises of the future that God has made."

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian

MOST CHRISTIANS ARE BEING CRUCIFIED

"Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries."

- Warren Wiersbe (1929-2019) American Christian Clergyman

THE FACT THAT I AM A WOMAN

"The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.”

- Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) Chistian Author and Missionary

IF SATAN CAME TO CHRIST, HE WILL ALSO COME TO CHRISTIANS

"We must not count temptation a strange thing. "The disciple is not greater than his master, nor the servant than his lord." If Satan came to Christ, he will also come to Christians."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

SOME CHRISTIANS TRY TO GO TO HEAVEN ALONE

"Some Christians try to go to heaven alone, in solitude. But believers are not compared to bears or lions or other animals that wander alone. Those who belong to Christ are sheep in this respect, that they love to get together. Sheep go in flocks, and so do God's people."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

TOO MANY CHRISTIANS BECOME BITTER

"Too many Christians become bitter and angry in the conflict. If we descend into hatefulness, we have already lost the battle. We must cooperate with God in turning what was meant for evil into a greater good within us. This is why we bless those who would curse us: It is not only for their sakes but to preserve our own soul from its natural response toward hatred"

- Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) French Catholic Archbishop

THERE IS A WORLDLY KIND OF CHRISTIANITY

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

IT DOES NOT REQUIRE GREAT LEARNING

"It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God."

- Albert Barnes (1798–1870) American Theologian, Clergyman, Abolitionist

MEDITATION IS THE TOUCHSTONE OF THE CHRISTIAN

"Meditation doth discriminate and characterize a man; by this he may take a measure of his heart, whether it be good or bad; let me allude to that; "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." (Proverbs 23:7). As the meditation is, such is the man. Meditation is the touchstone of a Christian; it shows what metal he is made of. It is a spiritual index; the index shows what is in the book, so meditation shows what is in the heart."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686) Puritan Preacher

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS VERY MUCH LIKE

"The Christian life is very much like climbing a hill of ice. You cannot slide up. You have to cut every step with an ice axe. Only with incessant labor in cutting and chipping can you make any progress. If you want to know how to backslide, leave off going forward. Cease going upward and you will go downward of necessity. You can never stand still."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

"Spend the time you have spent in sighing for fruits in fulfilling the conditions of their growth. The fruits will come, must come... About every other method of living the Christian life there is an uncertainty. About every other method of acquiring the Christian experiences there is a "perhaps." But in so far as this method is the way of nature, it cannot fail."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

THE TEST OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER

"The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world."

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar

IN THE CHRISTIAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH THIS LIFE

"Nothing whatever, whether great or small, can happen to a believer, without God's ordering and permission. There is no such thing as "chance," "luck" or "accident" in the Christian's journey through this world. All is arranged and appointed by God. And all things are "working together" for the believer's good."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

WHEN A CHRISTIAN SHUNS FELLOWSHIP

"When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy."

- Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983) Holocaust Survivor Christian Writer

TO PRESENT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

"Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms... Confusion here is fatal."

- J. I. Packer (1926-2020) English Theologian, Cleric

EVERY CHRISTIAN HAS A CHOICE

"Every Christian has a choice between being humble or being humbled."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

NO MAN EVER REPENTED OF BEING A CHRISTIAN

"There is one single fact which we may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity, namely, that no man ever repented of being a Christian on his death-bed."

- Hannah More (1745-1833) English Religious Writer

BOLDNESS ENABLES CHRISTIANS TO FORSAKE ALL

"There is a false boldness for Christ that only comes from pride. A man may rashly expose himself to the world's dislike and even deliberately provoke its displeasure, and yet do so out of pride. . . .True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifferent to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake all rather than Christ, and to prefer to offend all rather than to offend Him."

- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) American Revivalist

THE CHRISTIAN IS NOT OBEDIENT UNLESS

"The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world."

– A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) Canadian Preacher, Theologian

CHRISTIANS ARE IN TROUBLE ABOUT TOMORROW

"I find that many Christians are in trouble about the future; they think they will not have grace enough to die by. It is much more important that we should have grace enough to live by. It seems to me that death is of very little importance in the meantime. When the dying hour comes, there will be dying grace; but you do not require dying grace to live by."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

THE FOUNDATION OF TRUE HOLINESS

"The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted."

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

THE ONE CONCERN OF THE DEVIL IS TO KEEP CHRISTIANS FROM PRAYING

"The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayer-less religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

BEND BENEATH THE WEIGHT OF BURDEN

"Christians, who have given themselves into the care and keeping of the Lord Jesus, still continue to bend beneath the weight of their burden, and often go weary and heavy-laden throughout the whole length of their journey."

- Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) American Evangelist and Reformer

DO THEY PRESS FORWARD?

"The most vital question to ask about all who claim to be Christian is this: Have they a soul thirst for God? Do they long for this? Is there something about them that tells you that they are always waiting for His next manifestation of Himself? Is their life centred on Him? Can they say with Paul that they forget everything in the past? Do they press forward more and more that they might know Him and that the knowledge might increase, until eventually beyond death and the grave they may bask eternally in the sunshine of His face? That I might know him!"

- Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1891) British War Hero, Minister

I NEVER SAW A USESFUL CHRISTIAN

“I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible.”

— D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

TO LIVE AS A CHRISTIAN MAN

"A man may be outwardly successful all his life long, and die hollow and worthless as a puff-ball; and he may be externally defeated all his life long, and die in the royalty of a kingdom established within him. A man’s true estate of power and riches, is to be in himself; not in his dwelling, or position, or external relations, but in his own essential character. That is the realm in which he is to live, if he is to live as a Christian man."

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar

YOUR LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN

“Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.”

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) German Christian Executed by Nazis

IF HE IS TO LIVE AS A CHRISTIAN MAN

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar

WHEN A CHRISTIAN SHUNS FELLOWSHIP WITH OTEHR CHRISTIANS

"When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy."

- Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Holocaust Survivor, Christian Writer

ONE OF THE HARDEST STRUGGLE OF THE CHRISTAIN LIFE

"It is, perhaps, one of the hardest struggles of the Christian life to learn this sentence - Not unto us, not unto us, but unto Thy name be glory."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

GOD MEANS EVERY CHRISTIAN TO BE EFFECTIVE

"God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to."

- A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) Canadian Preacher, Theologian

THE LEAST MATTER THAT A CHRISTIAN HAS TO BE ANXIOUS ABOUT

"Never fear dying, beloved. Dying is the last, but the least matter that a Christian has to be anxious about. Fear living - that is a hard battle to fight, a stern discipline to endure, a rough voyage to undergo."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THE WHOLE LIFE OF CHRISTIANS

"The whole life of Christians ought to be an exercise of piety, since they are called to sanctification. It is the office of the law to remind them of their duty and thereby to excite them to the pursuit of holiness and integrity. But when their consciences are solicitous how God may be propitiated, what answer they shall make, and on what they shall rest their confidence, if called to his tribunal, there must then be no consideration of the requisitions of the law, but Christ alone must be proposed for righteousness, who exceeds all the perfection of the law."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

THE CHRISTIAN DOES NOT THINK

"The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us."

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

RIPEST FRUITS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

"No one can get Joy by merely asking for it. It is one of the ripest fruits of the Christian life, and, like all fruits, must be grown."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Biologist, Evangelist and Writer

THE CHRISTIAN STUDENT

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Christian Pastor, Author

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS STAMPED ALL THROUGH WITH IMPOSSIBILTY

"The Christian life is stamped all through with impossibility. Human nature cannot come anywhere near what Jesus Christ demands, and any rational being facing his demands honestly, says, it can’t be done, apart from a miracle.”

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

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On Christians...

DEATH TO THE CHRISTIAN

"Death to the Christian is the funeral of all his sorrows and evils, and the resurrection, of all his joys."

- James H. Aughey (1828-1911) Imprisoned American Minister

A TRUE CHRISTIAN

“A true Christian lives and labors on earth not for himself but for his neighbor. Therefore, the whole spirit of his life impels him to do even that which he needs not do, but which is profitable and necessary for his neighbor.”

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian

WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?

"What is a Christian? The richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father."

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China

NOW THAT I'M A CHRISTIAN

"Now that I am a Christian, I do not have moods in which the whole thing looks very improbable: but when I was an atheist, I had moods in which Christianity looked terribly probable."

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

FRUITS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

"No one can get Joy by merely asking for it. It is one of the ripest fruits of the Christian life, and, like all fruits, must be grown."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

YOU MAY AS SOON FIND

"You may as soon find a living man who does not breathe, as a living Christian who does not pray."

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer

VITAL BREATH OF A CHRISTIAN

"Prayer is the vital breath of the Christian; not the thing that makes him alive, but the evidence that he is alive."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

JOY IS A CHRISTIAN WORD

"Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its springs deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. He had joy, singing its music within, even under the shadow of the cross."

- Samuel D. Gordon (1859-1936) Evangelical Lay Minister

ALL CHRISTIAN POWER

"All Christian power springs from communion with God and from the indwelling of divine grace."

- James H. Aughey (1828-1911) Imprisoned American Minister

THE CHRISTIAN ON HIS KNEES

"The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

MOST CHRISTIANS ARE BEING

"Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries."

- Warren Wiersbe (1929-2019) American Christian Clergyman

EVERY CHRISTIAN

"Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter."

– Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS

"The Christian witness through the centuries has been that "God so loved the world ... "; it remains for us to see that love in the light of God's infinitude. His love is measureless. It is more: it is boundless. It has no bounds because it is not a thing but a facet of the essential nature of God. His love is something He is, and because He is infinite that love can enfold the whole created world in itself and have room for ten thousand times ten thousand worlds beside."

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

"The Christian life is the only life that will ever be completed. Apart from Christ the life of man is a broken pillar, the race of men an unfinished pyramid. One by one in sight of Eternity all human Ideals fall short, one by one before the open grave all human hopes dissolve."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

THE WEIGHT OF THEIR BURDEN

- Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) American Evangelist and Reformer

A SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN

"A spiritual Christian should welcome any burden which the Lord brings his way."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Christain Minister

DEATH TO THE CHRISTIAN

"Death to the Christian is the funeral of all his sorrows and evils, and the resurrection, of all his joys."

- James H. Aughey (1828-1911) Imprisoned American Minister

GOD IS OUR FATHER

- Martyn-Lloyd Jones (1899-1981) Welsh Protestant Minister

A DEPRESSED CHRISTIAN

"A depressed Christian is a contradiction in terms, and he is a very poor recommendation for the gospel. Nothing is more important, therefore, than that we should be delivered from a condition which gives other people, looking at us, the impression that to be a Christian means to be unhappy, to be sad, to be morbid, and that the Christian is one who "scorns delights and lives laborious days."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686) Puritan Preacher

THEY ARE NOT CHRISTIANS

"There are many hearing me who now know well that they are not Christians because they do not love to give. To give largely and liberally, not grudging at all, requires a new heart."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

"In our natural life our ambitions are our own. In the Christian life we have no aim of our own, and God’s aim looks like missing the mark because we are too shortsighted to see what he is aiming at."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

CHRISTIAN PATIENCE

"In regard of God, patience is a submission to His sovereignty. To endure a trial, simply because we cannot avoid or resist it, is not Christian patience. But to humbly submit because it is the will of God to inflict the trial, to be silent because the sovereignty of God orders it - is true godly patience."

- Stephen Charnock (1628-1680) Puritan Clergyman

ANOINTING OF CHRISTIANS

"Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God."

- 2 Corinthians 1:21-22

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AS PRAYER

"To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer."

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Religious Reformer

COURAGE OF CHRISTIAN SORROW

"Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow."

- Alexandre Vinet (1797-1847) Swiss Minster and Theologian

A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT PATIENCE

"A Christian without patience is like a soldier without arms."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686) Puritan Preacher

DISCIPLINE FOR THE CHRISTIAN

"Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us for sacrifice. We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves."

- Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) Christian Missionary and Writer

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

"The Christian life is to live all of your life in the presence of God."

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian

CHRISTIAN WORK AS A PUPRPOSE

"We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human life, to live a life "hidden with Christ in God" in our everyday human conditions."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

MOST CHRISTIANS

"Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries."

- Warren Wiersbe (1929-2019) American Christian Clergyman

FAITH UPHOLDS A CHRISTIAN

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

IT IS NOT TO MAKE MONEY

'Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give."

- David Livingstone (1813-1873) British Physician and Missionary

CHRISTIANS ESTIMATE DIFFICULTIES

"Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them."

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China

BEING A CHRISTIAN

"Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ."

- Billy Graham (1918-2018) American Evangelist

THE CHRISTIAN KNOWS

"The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,' Jesus said, 'he will find his true self.'

- Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) Christian Writer and Missionary

TO BE A CHRISTIAN MEANS

"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

HE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE

"The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

METAL THAT FORGES A CHRISTIAN

“Bible study is the metal that forges a Christian.”

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

FORGIVENESS AND THE CHRISTIAN

"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

99 WILL READ THE CHRISTIAN

“Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian.”

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

5. WHAT WILL ETERNITY BE LIKE?

SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life."

- 1 John 5:12-13

DILIGENTLY LABOR IN EXPLAINING THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

"I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth."

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest and Theology Professor

LIFE IS THE CRADLE OF ETERNITY

"Life is the cradle of eternity. As the man is to the animal in the slowness of his evolution, so is the spiritual man to the natural man. Foundations which have to bear the weight of an eternal life must be surely laid. Character is to wear forever; who will wonder or grudge that it cannot be developed in a day?"

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

VIBRATE THROUGHOUT ETERNITY

“Every day we step on chords that vibrate throughout eternity.”

– Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) (1792-1875) American Presbyterian Minister

GOD HAS MADE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN ITS TIME

"Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end."

- Ecclesiastes 3:11

THE ONE WHO IS HIGH AND LIFTED UP, WHO INHABITS ETERNITY

"For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite."

- Isaiah 57:15

ETERNITY TO THE GODLY IS A DAY THAT HAS NO SUNSET

"Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

HE ALSO SET ETERNTY IN THEIR HEARTS

"He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end."

- John 12:25

THIS SHORT TIME ETERNITY DEPENDS

"God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends."

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

YOU WERE PLACED HERE TO TRAIN FOR ETERNITY

"You were placed here to train for eternity. Your body was only intended to be a house for your immortal spirit. It is flying in the face of God's purposes to do as many do - to make the soul a servant to the body, and not the body a servant to the soul."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

DEATH COMES AND BLOWS THEM INTO ETERNITY

A gentleman wishing to convey, together with a gentle reproof, a useful lesson to his gardener who had neglected to prop a valuable fruit-tree, until it was damaged by a high wind, observed, "You see, gardener, the danger of putting off from day to day the doing of any necessary work; yet in this way foolish men defer their repentance from one day to another, until in some unexpected moment the wind of death comes, and blows them in Eternity.

- The Treasury of Anecdotes Moral and Religious, William P. Nimmo C.1840

WE HAVE JUSTICE IN ETERNITY

"Mercy is like the rainbow, which God hath set in the clouds; it never shines after it is night. If we refuse mercy here, we shall have justice in eternity."

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

OUR DESIRES IN LIGHT OF ETERNITY

"In the light of eternity we shall see that what we desired would have been fatal to us, and that what we would have avoided was essential to our well-being."

- Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) French Catholic Archbishop

EVEN OUR TRIALS SHOULD BE VIEWED INLIGHT OF ETERNITY

"We are so easily entangled in earthly affairs and so easily consumed with the desire for those things that do not last. We will not live on this earth forever, so even our trials should be viewed in the light of eternity."

- Theodore Epp (1907-1985) American Clergyman and Radio Evangelist

AS WE SHALL LOVE HIM IN ETERNITY

"The best means of resisting the devil is, to destroy whatever of the world remains in us, in order to raise for God, upon its ruins, a building all of love. Then shall we begin, in this fleeting life, to love God as we shall love him in eternity."

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

FAITH IS A CERTAIN IMAGE OF ETERNITY

"Faith is a certain image of eternity. All things are present to it - things past, and things to come; it converses with angels, and antedates the hymns of glory. Every man that hath this grace is as certain there are glories for him, if he perseveres in duty, as if he had heard and sung the thanksgiving song for the blessed sentence of doomsday."

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

JESUS CHRIST IS THE SOLUTION FOR ETERNITY

"Jesus Christ is not a problem; He is the solution to every problem for life, for death, and for eternity.

- Harry Ironside (1876-1951) American Bible Teacher

GRACE WHICH WAS GRANTED IS IN JESUS CHRIST FROM ALL ETERNITY

"Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,"

- 2 Timothy 1:9

DISCOURSE ON THE ETERNITY OF GOD

"When we enjoy God, we enjoy Him in His eternity without any flux… Time is fluid, but eternity is stable; and after many ages, the joys will be as savory and satisfying as if they had been but that moment first tasted by our hungry appetites. When the glory of the Lord shall rise upon you, it shall be so far from ever setting, that after millions of years are expired, as numerous as the sands on the seashore, the sun, in the light of whose countenance you shall live, shall be as bright as at the first appearance; He will be so far from ceasing to flow, that He will flow as strong, as full, as at the first communication of Himself in glory to the creature. God is always vigorous and flourishing; a pure act of life, sparkling new and fresh rays of life and light to the creature, flourishing with a perpetual spring, and contenting the most capacious desire; forming your interest, pleasure, and satisfaction; with an infinite variety, without any change or succession; He will have variety to increase delights, and eternity to perpetuate them; this will be the fruit of the enjoyment of an infinite and eternal God."

- Stephen Charnock (1628-1680) English Puritan Clergyman

100 YEARS FROM NOW

"It will not make any difference friend

a hundred years from now,

if you live in a stately mansion or a floating river scow;

If the close you wear are tailor made,

or put together somehow,

if you eat big steaks, or beans and cakes

a hundred years from now,

It won't matter your bank account,

or what make of car you drive,

for the grave will claim all your riches and fame,

and the things for which you strive,

There's a deadline we all must meat,

and no one will show up late,

it won't matter all the places you've been,

each one will keep that date,

We will only have in eternity

what we give away on earth,

when we go to the grave

we can only save the things of eternal worth,

What matters friend the earthly gain

for which some men will bow,

for your destiny will be sealed you see,

a hundred years from now."

- Unknown

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On Eternity...

TIME IN VIEW OF ETERNITY

"Time is given us to use in view of eternity."

- Harry Ironside (1876-1951) American Bible Teacher

POSSESSION OF HIM TO ALL ETERNITY

"Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!"

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

STAMP ETERNITY ON MY EYEBALLS

"Lord, Stamp Eternity on my Eyeballs!"

- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) Theologian, Philosopher and Missionary

THE CHORDS OF ETERNITY

"Every day we step on chords that vibrate throughout eternity"

- Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) American Presbyterian Minister

PROMISES OF GOD

"I believe the promises of God enough to venture an eternity on them."

- Isaac Watts (1674-1728) English Congregational Minister

FROM THE DAYS OF ETERNITY

“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.”

- Micah 5:2

I AM GOING INTO ETERNITY

“I am going into eternity; and it is sweet to me to think of; the endlessness of it makes it sweet. But oh! What shall I say of the future of the wicked! The thought is too dreadful!”

- David Brainerd 1718-1747 Missionary American Indians

IN COMPARISON WITH ETERNITY

"My business is, with all my might to serve my own generation; in doing so I shall best serve the next generation, should the Lord Jesus tarry... The longer I live, the more I am enabled to realize that I have but one life to live on earth, and that this one life is but a brief life, for sowing, in comparison with eternity, for reaping."

- George Mueller 1805-1898) English evangelist and helper of Orphans

THROUGH THE LONG FUTURE ETERNITY

"Influence never dies; every act, emotion, look and word makes influence tell for good or evil, happiness or woe, through the long future of eternity."

- Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Christian Theologian

WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

"So that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life."

- John 3:15

THIS LIFE DETERMINES ETERNITY

"The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity."

- William Barclay (1907-1978) Church of Scotland Minister, Author

ETERNITY TO THE WICKED

"Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

WHEN WE THINK OF ETERNITY

"And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God?"

- William Wilberforce (1759-1833) British Politician and Philanthropist

AND DROP INTO ETERNITY

"Strength of my failing flesh and heart; Oh, could I catch a smile from thee, and drop into eternity!

- Charles Wesley (1707–1788) English Minister and Hymnwriter

THE BRINK OF ETERNITY

"I love to live on the brink of eternity."

- David Brainard (1718-1747) American Missionary to Native Indians

GOD IS ENOUGH FOR ETERNITY

"Nothing can separate you from God's love, absolutely nothing. God is enough for time, God is enough for eternity. God is enough!"

- Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) American Evangelist and Reformer

HE SHALL SING ALL ETERNITY

"The best moment of a Christian's life is his last one, because it is the one that is nearest heaven. And then it is that he begins to strike the keynote of the song which he shall sing to all eternity."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

AND ON THE DAY OF ETERNITY

"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen."

- 2 Peter 3:18

PRICE TO GAIN ETERNITY

"I judge all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity."

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

6. IS THERE REALLY A HELL?

ALL WHO GO TO HELL PAY THEIR OWN WAY

“Those who go to Heaven ride on a pass and enter into blessings that they never earned, but all who go to hell pay their own way.”

- John R. Rice (1895-1980) Baptist Evangelist, Pastor

IF HELL IS TO BE FILLED

If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.”

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

HOW WILL YOU ESCAPE THE SENTENCE OF HELL?

"You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?"

- Matthew 23:33

ENDEAVOR TO FRIGHT PERSOND AWAY FROM HELL

"Some talk of it as an unreasonable thing to fright persons to heaven, but I think it is a reasonable thing to endeavor to fright persons away from hell. They stand upon its brink, and are just ready to fall into it, and are senseless of their danger. Is it not a reasonable thing to fright a person out of a house of fire? Or is it not the duty of a parent to warn their child running toward the edge of a cliff?"

- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) American Revivalist

IT WILL BE TOO LATE THEN TO CHOOSE SIDES

"When the author walks on the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right - something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time, it will be God without disguise. It will be too late then to choose your side."

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), Irish Writer, Theologian

RESCUE MISSION WITHIN A YARD OF HELL

"Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell; I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell."

– C. T. Studd (1860-1931) English Missionary

YOU FOOL! WILL BE LIABLE TO THE HELL OF FIRE

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire."

- Matthew 5:21-22

AT LEAST LET THEM LEAP TO HELL OVER OUR BODIES

"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher and Author

THESE WILL GO AWAY INTO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

- Matthew 25:46

DON'T SAY THAT A LOVING GOD IS GOING TO SEND YOU TO HELL

"Don't say that a loving God is going to send you to hell - He's not. The thing that's going to send you to hell is that you're a sinner and you don't want to admit it."

- J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) American Bible Teacher and Radio Minister

GO STAND BY THE GATES OF HELL

'Not called!' did you say? 'Not heard the call,' I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible and hear him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father's house and bid their brothers and sisters, and servants and masters not to come there. And then look Christ in the face, whose mercy you have professed to obey, and tell him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish his mercy to the world."

- William Booth (1829-1912) Founder, Salvation Army

IF I NEVER SPOKE OF HELL

"If I never spoke of hell, I should think I had kept back something that was profitable, and should look on myself as an accomplice of the devil."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

DRUNKENESSS IS THE DEVIL'S BACK DOOR TO HELL

"Drunkenness is the devil's back door to hell and everything that is hellish. For he that once gives away his brains to drink is ready to be caught by Satan for anything."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

HAS AUTHORITY TO CAST INTO HELL

"But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!"

- Luke 12:5

THE WARNING FROM THE RICH MAN IN HELL

"For I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment."

- Luke 16:28

BUT A TORCH TO LIGHT MEN TO HELL

"Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

FREE WILL CARRY MANY A SOUL TO HELL

"Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

AND YOU UNPIN EVERYTHING IN SCRIPTURE

"Disbelieve hell, and you unscrew, unsettle, and unpin everything in Scripture."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE

"And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."

- Rev 20:14

THESE WILL PAY THE PENALTY OF ETERNAL DESCRUCTION

"These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power."

DO NOT FEAR THOSE THAT KILL THE BODY

"Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."

- Matthew 10:28

THE MOST LIKELY MAN TO GO TO HELL

"The most likely man to go to hell is the man who has nothing to do on earth. Idle people tempt the devil to tempt them."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

DANCE UPON THE BRINK OF HELL

"Satan can make men dance upon the brink of hell as though they were on the verge of heaven."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher and Author

THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN IN HELL

"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented and beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, they have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, Father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

And he said unto him, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."

- Luke 16:19-31

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On Hell in the Bible...

THE WHOLE EXTENT OF HELL

"The whole extent of hell, the present suffering, the bitter recollection of the past, the hopeless prospect of the future, will never be thoroughly known except by those who go there."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

TO BE CAST INTO HELL FIRE

"And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire."

- Matthew 18:9

SHAKE THE GATES OF HELL

"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth."

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

I CANNOT PREACH ON HELL

"I cannot preach on hell unless I preach with tears."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

THE SAFEST ROAD TO HELL

"The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts."

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), Irish Writer, Theologian

SINKING INTO HELL UNCONCERNED

"When sinners are careless and stupid, and sinking into hell unconcerned, it is time the church should bestir themselves. It is as much the duty of the church to awake, as it is for the firemen to awake when a fire breaks out in the night in a great city."

- Charles Finney (1792-1875), American Preacher and Lawyer

THAN GO DOWN TO HELL

"I would rather go into the kingdom of heaven through the poor house than go down to hell in a golden chariot."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

NOT EVEN THE POWERS OF HELL

"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."

- Romans 8:38-39

TO KNOW WHERE HELL IS

"Let us not so much labor to know where hell is - as how to escape it."

- John Chrysostom (347-407) Archbishop, Early Church Father

DANCE UPON THE BRINK OF HELL

"Satan can make men dance upon the brink of hell as though they were on the verge of heaven."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THE VERY GATES OF HELL

"I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth."

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest and Theology Professor

NOT ONLY HEAVEN, BUT HELL

"If thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell."

- Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Christian Theologian

THE KEYS TO HELL AND OF DEATH

"I am He that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen, and have the keys of hell and of death."

- Revelation 1:18

HELL AND GOOD INTENTION

"Hell is paved with good intentions."

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian

IN DANGER OF FIRE OF HELL

"But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell."

- Matthew 5:22

HELL HATH NO EXITS

"Hell hath no exits!"

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Evangelist

BUT CAST THEM INTO HELL

“God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, held for judgment.”

- 2 Peter 2:4

THE DOORS OF HELL ARE LOCKED

“I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the inside.”

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

HOW TO BE SAVED FROM HELL

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

- John 3:16

How Can I Be Saved?

You’ve probably seen John 3:16 posted somewhere on a sign, written on a freeway overpass, at a concert, at a sporting event, or even read to you as a little child. This verse is a simple one. There are 20 monosyllables (single words) in the verse. The Gospel is meant to be simple for everyone!

Be sure of your Salvation. Right now, and pray this simple prayer with a sincere heart...

“Lord, forgive me for my sins. I confess that I am a sinner. Come into my heart and make me the person you created me to be. I receive your gift of pardon through Jesus dying for me on the cross to save me. – Amen”

It was once determined in a court of law that a pardon is only a pardon when it is accepted. There is a true story about a man that refused his pardon. A judge ruled that a pardon is only a pardon when it is accepted. When you prayed that prayer and accepted God’s pardon for your sins, you became a new creation in Christ.

The Bible teaches that you are saved by faith through Jesus. Grow in the Grace that was just given to you, seek God in His word (The Bible) and go out tell somebody!