“My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, 

but in what Christ is, in what He has done, 

and in what He is doing for me.” 

—Charles Spurgeon

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.” 

—Charles Spurgeon

“Many think they repent when it is not the offense

but the penalty that troubles them.” —Thomas Watson

“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over” (Psalm 23:5).

“And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens” (Proverbs 27:27).

“Oh, become nothing in deep reality, and, as a worker, study only one thing—to become poorer and lower and more helpless, that Christ may work all in you.” —Andrew Murray

“The Providence of God is like Hebrew words—

it can be read only backwards.”

—John Flavel

“If you want to hear God speak,

read your Bible.

If you want to hear God speak audibly,

read your Bible out loud.”

—Justin Peters

“Give me the love that leads the way,

The faith that nothing can dismay,

The hope no disappointments tire,

The passion that will burn like fire;

Let me not sink to be a clod:

Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God.”

—Amy Carmichael

“It is only into the thirst of an empty soul that the streams of living waters flow. Ever thirsting is the secret of never thirsting.” —Andrew Murray

“All self-effort is but sinking sand.

Christ alone is the Rock of our salvation.”

—H.A. Ironside