 A divided heart loses both worlds. Author: A.B. Simpson |
| If a sinner comes into your assembly or you otherwise come into contact with him, remember that he is a human being for whom Christ died. He stands at the foot of the cross, just as you stand at the foot of the cross. Author: J. Vernon McGee |
| Some people go too church and shout "amen" louder than everyone else, thinking it proves how spiritual they are. In reality, it only proves they have a loud mouth and the disposition of an exhibitionist. They make themselves the center of attention instead of Jesus. Author: John Hagee |
| While our abandonment blesses or spares us, we shall find many to advise it; but let it bring us into trouble, and the most spiritually-minded will exclaim against it. Author: Madame Guyon |
| Nothing is sadder than profession without possession. Author: Harry Ironside |
| Many are ashamed to be seen as God made them; few are ashamed to be seen what the devil hath made them. Many are troubled at small defects in the outward man; few are troubled at the greatest deformities of the inward man; many buy artificial beauty to supply the natural; few spiritual, to supply the defects of the supernatural beauty of the soul. Author: Abraham Wright |
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| While I disparage the exercise of "building one's self-esteem" I indulge in it every time I imagine myself free from the defects I perceive in someone else. Author: Elisabeth Elliot
Source: Secure in the Everlasting Arms, Revell, 2002 |
| Many blush to confess their faults, who never blush to commit them. Author: William Secker
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| It is a sad thing to be Christians at a supper, heathens in our shops, and devils in our closets. Author: Stephen Charnock
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| Without the heart it is not worship; it is a stage play; an acting a part without being that person really a hypocrite. We may truly be said to worship God-though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity. Author: Stephen Charnock |
| If men's religion prevails not to conquer and cure the wickedness of their hearts, it shall not always serve for a cloak. The day is coming when hypocrites will be stripped of their fig-leaves. Author: Matthew Henry |
| It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church. Author: Matthew Henry |
