 Only the poor in spirit can be humble. How often the experience, growth, and progress of a Christian become such precious matters to him that he loses his lowliness. Author: Watchman Nee |
| Just as the sinner's despair of any hope from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer's growth in grace. Author: A.W. Pink |
| Becoming like Christ is a long, slow process of growth. Author: Rick Warren |
| There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain. Author: Rick Warren |
| You don't know how much you've grown--until trouble comes back for an encore. Author: T.D. Jakes |
| Growth in grace is growth downward. It is the forming of a lower estimate of ourselves. It is a deepening realization of our nothingness. It is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's mercies. Author: A.W. Pink |
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| The Christian who has stopped repenting has stopped growing. Author: A.W. Pink |
| The tendency of Christian ideas is to mental growth. The mind must expand that takes them in with cordial sympathy. The conversion of Saul of Tarsus wrought in him an intellectual as well as a moral revolution. Author: Austin Phelps |
| When the New Testament speaks about the fullness of grace which we find in Christ, it does not mean only forgiveness, pardon and justification. Christ has done much more for us. He died for us, but he also lived for us. Now he has sent his own Spirit to us so that we might draw on his strength. He grew in grace, and when we draw on his power we shall likewise grow in grace. Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson |
| Without faith we are not fit to desire mercy, without humility we are not fit to receive it, without affection we are not fit to value it, without sincerity we are not fit to improve it. Times of extremity contribute to the growth and exercise of these qualifications. Author: Stephen Charnock |
| There is nothing more important to learn about Christian growth than this: Growing in grace means becoming like Christ. Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson |
| If I invited you to take a walk, you'd think I was crazy if I became angry after the first few steps because we hadn't yet arrived at our destination. We can understand ordinary things like this, yet we have a difficult time understanding that God expects it to take some time for us to grow spiritually. Author: Joyce Meyer |
