“If you are renewed by grace, and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out of his company.” —C.H. Spurgeon

“In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; 

shallows where the lamb may wade, 

and deeps where the elephant may swim.” 

—John Owen

“The Christian life is never static. One must either grow in grace, or there will be backsliding and deterioration.” —H.A. Ironside

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body 

be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it” 

(1 Thessalonians 5:23-24).

“It is a good sign that our troubles are sanctified to us when they turn our hearts against sin, and not against God.” —John Flavel

“Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you could do had you been left to your own option.” —John Flavel

“We need winds and tempests to exercise our faith, 

to tear off the rotten bough of self-dependence, 

and to root us more firmly in Christ. 

The day of evil reveals to us the value of our glorious hope.” 

—Charles Spurgeon

“They that know God will be humble.

They that know themselves cannot be proud.”

—John Flavel

“Pray without ceasing”

(1 Thessalonians 5:17).