Strong quotes from godly men that are well worth your consideration:
Jonathan Edwards on the Christian life:
God has appointed this whole life to be all as a race or a battle; the state of rest, wherein we shall be so out of danger as to have no need of watching and fighting, is reserved for another world.
John Piper on the sovereignty of God in your life:
When Christ died he purchased for you the Yes to all God’s promises (2 Cor. 1:20), and that includes the promise to use his sovereign power to govern all the inexplicable, maddening detours and delays of your life for wise and loving purposes. He is doing a thousand things for you and for his glory in your disappointed plans.
Basil Manly, Jr. on the primacy of Scripture in the pastor’s work:
If we are to be mighty in God’s work, we must be mighty in God’s word.
St. Augustine on the sovereignty of God in salvation:
For God promises what He Himself performs: He does not Himself promise, and another perform; which would no longer be a promising, but prophesying. Hence, it is “not because of works but because of his call,” (Rom. 9:11) lest the result should be their own, not God’s; lest the reward should be ascribed not to His grace, but to their due; and so grace should be no longer grace…
Jonathan Edwards on prayer:
…Christian prayer to God for a blessing, is but an expression of faith in God for that blessing; prayer is only the voice of faith.
John Piper on prayer:
Prayer is a wartime walkie-talkie, not a domestic intercom. It exists for advancing the mission, not for calling the butler to turn up the thermostat or to bring another pillow.
Deitrich Bonhoeffer on the Bible:
I believe that the Bible alone is the answer to all our questions. One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself.
George Muller on relying on God and his sovereign provisions:
Our funds are deposited in a bank which cannot be broken.
