Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.Collection: God
For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image.Collection: God
Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death.Collection: Death
No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.Collection: Religion
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.Collection: Motivational
Nothing is more generally known than our duties which belong to Christianity; and yet, how amazing is it, nothing is less practiced?Collection: Amazing
We are immortal until our work on earth is done.Collection: Work
Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least.Collection: Sad
Although believers by nature, are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.Collection: Amazing
O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you.Collection: Trust
It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.
But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus.
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?
It is very remarkable, that in the book of life, we find some almost of all kinds of occupations, who notwithstanding served God in their respective generations, and shone as so many lights in the world.
As for the extraordinary operations of the Holy Ghost, such as working of miracles, or speaking with divers kinds of tongues, they are long since ceased.
For in Jesus Christ there is neither male nor female, bond nor free; even you may be the children of God, if you believe in Jesus.
This discourse, and the present frame of my mind, lead me rather to speak to those, who by feeling Satan's fiery darts, know assuredly that there is a devil.
Thus was the King and the Lord of glory judged by man's judgment, when manifest in flesh: far be it from any of his ministers to expect better treatment.
O that unbelievers would learn of faithful Abraham, and believe whatever is revealed from God, though they cannot fully comprehend it! Abraham knew God commanded him to offer up his son, and therefore believed, notwithstanding carnal reasoning might suggest may objections.
If your souls were not immortal, and you in danger of losing them, I would not thus speak unto you; but the love of your souls constrains me to speak: methinks this would constrain me to speak unto you forever.
Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.
You see, my brethren, my heart is full; I could almost say it is too big to speak, and yet too big to be silent, without dropping a word to you.
The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall.
When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose he means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child.
We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own heartsCollection: Heart
If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.Collection: Christian
Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.Collection: Humble
Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him.Collection: Study
John Wesley tells of a dream he had. In the dream, he was ushered to the gates of Hell. There he asked, "Are there any Presbyterians here?" "Yes!", came the answer. Then he asked, "Are there any Baptists? Any Episcopalians? Any Methodists?" The answer was Yes! each time. Much distressed, Wesley was then ushered to the gates of Heaven. There he asked the same question, and the answer was No! "No?" To this, Wesley asked, "Who then is inside?" The answer came back, "There are only Christians here."Collection: Christian
True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness for conversion hide behind their own good works. This is the reason that self-righteous people are so angry with gospel preachers, because the gospel does not spare those who will not submit to the righteousness of Jesus Christ!Collection: Jesus
What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!Collection: Spiritual
The true believer can no more live without prayer, than without food day by day.Collection: Prayer
If we once get above our Bibles and cease making the written Word of God our sole rule both as to faith and practice, we shall soon lie open to all manner of delusion and be in great danger of making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience.Collection: Lying
God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.Collection: Spiritual
Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.Collection: Christian
All our afflictions, all our temptations are to make heaven more desirable, and earth more loathsome.Collection: Heaven
I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at meCollection: Cat
I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line and word. This proved meat indeed and drink indeed to my soul. I daily received fresh life, light and power from above.Collection: Bible
Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.Collection: Men
Come poor, lost, undone sinner, come just as you are to Christ.Collection: Christ
True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His Law, and in His people.Collection: Law
Other men may preach the gospel better than I, but no man can preach a better gospel.Collection: Men
I would rather wear out than rust out.Collection: War
Believers keep up and maintain their walk with God by secret prayer. The spirit of grace is always accompanied with the spirit of supplication. It is the very breath of the new creature, the fan of the divine life, whereby the spark of holy fire, kindled in the soul by God, is not only kept in, but raised into a flame.Collection: Spiritual