Our gifts are very pleasant to Him. He loves to see us lay our time, our talents, our substance on the altar not for the value of what we give, but for the sake of...

Think little of yourselves, but do not think too little of your calling.

Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.

Revival begins by Christians getting right first and then spills over into the world.

If a man were to sow a field, he could not excuse his neglect by saying that it would be useless to sow unless God caused the seed to grow. He would not be justified...

Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery speeches.

The law of God was more vindicated by the death of Christ than it would have been had all transgressors been sent to Hell. For the Son of God to suffer for sin was a...

There is no physician like Him, none can save as He can; we love Him, and He loves us, and therefore we put ourselves into His hands, accept whatever he prescribes, and do whatever He...

We shall, as we ripen in grace, have greater sweetness towards our fellow Christians. Bitter-spirited Christians may know a great deal, but they are immature. Those who are quick to censure may be very acute...

Never was living beauty so enchanting as a dying Saviour.

We have all things and abound; not because I have a good store of money in the bank, not because I have skill and wit with which to win my bread, but because the Lord...

A man might as well hope to fight a swarm of flies with a sword as to master his own thoughts when they are set on by the devil.

We do not need them. They would hinder rather than help our praise. Sing unto him. This is the sweetest and best music. No instrument like the human voice. What a degradation to supplant the...

Ought we not to look upon our own history as being at least as full of God, as full of His goodness and of His truth, as much a proof of His faithfulness and veracity,...

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎The mind of God is greater than all the minds of men, so let all men leave the gospel just as God has delivered it unto us.

Prayer bends the omnipotence of heaven to your desire. Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.

When thou art at thy worst and lowest, yet ‘underneath’ thee ‘are everlasting arms’. Sin may drag thee ever so low, but Christ’s great atonement is still under all.

We owe all to Jesus crucified. What is your life, my brethren, but the cross? Whence comes the bread of your soul but from the cross? What is your joy but the cross? What is...

We are never so free as when we own our sacred serfdom…

It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ in whom faith trusts…It is not the measure of faith, but the sincerity...

When you speak of heaven, let your face light up… When you speak of hell well then, your everyday face will do.

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.

To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.

Learn to say no. It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.

There should be as much difference between the worldling and the Christian, as between hell and heaven, between destruction and eternal life.

O prejudice, prejudice, prejudice, how many hast thou destroyed! Men who might have been wise have remained fools because they thought they were wise. Many judge what the gospel ought to be, but do not...

When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within.

As artists give themselves to their models, and poets to their classical pursuits, so must we addict ourselves to prayer.

The bridge of grace will bear your weight, brother. Thousands of big sinners have gone across that bridge, yea, tens of thousands have gone over it. Some have been the chief of sinners and some...

Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.

If you yield yourself up to His divine working, the Lord will alter your nature; He will subdue the old nature, and breathe new life into you. Put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ,...

No dependence can be placed upon our natural qualities, or our spiritual attainments; but God abideth faithful. He is faithful in His love; He knows no variableness, neither shadow of turning. He is faithful to...

The nearer a man lives to God, the more intensely has he to mourn over his own evil heart.” -Charles Spurgeon

He is all my salvation and all my desire,” that man is not only in danger of beinglost, but he is already condemned; because, in fact, he believes not on the Son of God! He...

When your will is God’s will, you will have your will.

Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies his true place in relation to God. When he serves...

A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.

All ministries, therefore, must be subjected to this test—if they do not glorify Christ, they are not of the Holy Spirit.

If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation. Like the old knights in war time, we must sleep...

The wide awake man seizes opportunities or makes them, and thus those who are widest awake usually come to the front.

Groans that words cannot express are often prayers that God cannot refuse.

The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace.

Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it...

Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for discussing metaphysical subtleties.

Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hangs upon the cross! This is the greatest sight you will ever see. Son of God and Son of Man, there...

There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it.

Although upon doctrines of grace our views differ from those avowed by Arminian Methodists, we have usually found that on the great evangelical truths we are in full agreement, and we have been comforted by...

There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word...

Socrates used to say, “Philosophers can be happy without music;” and Christians can be happier than philosophers when all outward causes of rejoicing are withdrawn.