Martin Luther
Prayer is not performance but climbing up to the heart of God.
Martin Luther
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Martin Luther
Prayer is not performance but climbing up to the heart of God.
Martin Luther
Richard Capel
Delays be dangerous, our hearts will cool, and our affections will fall down… Satan hath little hope to prevail unless he can persuade us to omit our duties when the clock strikes, and therefore his skill is to urge us to put off till another time as fitter or better. Do it anon, next hour, next day, next week (saith he); and why not next year ?
Richard Capel
Archibald Alexander
All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass – “Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.”
Archibald Alexander
La mort n'est pas laïque ni neutre ; la mort est inexorablement théologique et terrible. La mort est une explosion de trompette des cieux pour fuir Sodome et courir vers Jésus-Christ alors qu'il en est encore temps. La mort est un avertissement ; la mort est une invocation ; la mort est un appel à prendre Dieu au sérieux, et à nous jeter sur sa miséricorde.
Owen Strachan
Phillip Keller, A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, 1970, p. 59.
Material success is no measure of spiritual health. Nor is apparent affluence any criterion of real godliness. And it is well for us that the Shepherd of our souls sees through this exterior and takes steps to set things right.
Phillip Keller, A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, 1970, p. 59.
John MacArthur, Titus, Moody, 1996, p. 128.
The preacher must put himself out of the way and let God’s Word speak through him unhindered. No matter what his training, experience, or personal abilities, he has spiritual authority only to the extent that what he says conforms to God’s Word. But as with Jesus’ own teaching, when a minister of God does faithfully proclaim that Word, those who reject his teaching reject God’s truth and are as much accountable for their rejection as if the Lord had spoken the truth with His own lips. It is in that way, and only in that way, that a pastor is able to speak with spiritual authority. It is also in that way that he is commanded to speak with spiritual authority.
John MacArthur, Titus, Moody, 1996, p. 128.
John Angell James, Christian Progress, 1853.
Why is it that so many professing Christians make no spiritual progress, and indeed make no efforts to grow in grace? Why? Because they care nothing about it! To take up a “mere profession” is all they desire; but to proceed from one degree of piety to another; to grow in grace – is no part of their desire… Is it possible to be a Christian and yet destitute of this desire to grow in grace? No, it is not! I tell you, it is not! If you have no concern to grow in grace – there is no grace in you! You are a piece of dead wood – and not a living branch! You are a spiritual corpse – and not a living man! In this state there can be no growth – for dead things never grow!
John Angell James, Christian Progress, 1853.
Randy Smith
Regardless the depth of one’s pain, God promises His grace is always sufficient to meet the need to continue a Christian life of joy, peace, hope, service, contentment, faith and worship despite the circumstances being unchanged.
Randy Smith
Le diable est sans répit. À peine avons-nous résisté à une tentation que ses démons nous poursuivent avec une autre. Il est persistant. Si nous montrons le moindre signe d'affaiblissement, il continuera à nous presser jusqu'à ce que nous péchions. Il est rusé et nous entraîne progressivement sur la voie de la destruction. Il commence par une petite tentation. Lorsqu'elle réussit, il nous présente une tentation légèrement plus grande, nous entraînant lentement de plus en plus profondément dans le péché. Il est subtil, si subtil que nous nous retrouvons parfois à pécher avant même d'avoir conscience d'être tentés. Satan est également créatif. Il nous offre une gamme complète de transgressions parmi lesquelles choisir : l'avidité, la luxure, la haine, le désespoir et la colère.
Philip Graham Ryken, Lead Us Not Into Temptation, tiré de When You Pray, 2000, page 146-147.
The devil is relentless. No sooner have we resisted one temptation than his demons come after us with another. He is persistent. If we show the slightest sign of weakening, he will keep pressing us until we sin. He is crafty, gradually leading us down the road of destruction. He starts with a small temptation. When it succeeds, he presents us with a slightly greater temptation, slowly drawing us deeper and deeper into sin. He is subtle, so subtle that sometimes we find ourselves sinning before we are even aware of being tempted. Satan is also creative. He offers us a complete line of transgressions to choose from: greed, lust, hatred, despair, and anger.
Philip Graham Ryken, Lead Us Not Into Temptation from When You Pray, 2000, page 146-147.
La mort à soi-même ne doit pas être confondue avec la mort du moi. Jésus ne tolère pas la haine de soi. Au contraire, Jésus élève notre valeur au-delà de ce que nous pourrions prétendre ou mesurer ! Mais le renoncement à soi et le rejet de soi sont deux choses différentes. Un exemple de rejet de soi serait : "Je suis dégoûtant et sans valeur". Un exemple de mort à soi-même serait : "Je veux profondément me défendre avec mes mots, mais je reconnais que je n'ai plus à suivre cet instinct." C'est laisser partir une vie inférieure afin de laisser émerger votre nouvelle vie en Christ.
Chris Cruz
Death to self isn't to be confused with the death of self. Jesus does not condone self-hatred. If anything, Jesus elevates our worth beyond what we could ever claim or measure! But self-denial and self rejection are two different things. An example of self-rejection would be, "I'm disgusting and worthless." An example of death to self would be, I deeply want to fight back with my words but I recognize that I don't have to follow that instinct anymore." It's letting go of a lesser life in order to let your new life in Christ to emerge.
Chris Cruz
Auteur inconnu, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 7.
The posture in which we pray is immaterial. God will listen whether we kneel, or stand, or sit, or walk, or work.
Unknown Author, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 7.
Charles H. Spurgeon
You will find indwelling sin frequently retarding you the most, when you are most earnest. When you desire to be most alive to God – you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor, chapitre 3, section 1.
Experience has fully proved that works of charity do most powerfully remove prejudice, and open the heart to words of piety. If men see that you are addicted to do good, they will the more easily believe that you are good, and that it is good which you persuade them to. When they see that you love them, and seek their good, they will the more easily trust you. And when they see that you seek not the things of the world, they will the less suspect your intentions, and the more easily be drawn by you to seek that which you seek.
Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor, Chapter 3, Section 1.
Sam Storms
Satan’s “fiery darts” do not easily penetrate a mind captivated by the beauty of Christ. When our hearts beat with perpetual fascination and our thoughts are filled with the beauty and splendor and adequacy of God, little room is left for the devil to gain a foothold (see Philippians 4:8).
Sam Storms
Jim Elliff
Forgiveness of others in the believer is so standard, so much a part of what it means to be a Christian, that no true believer is without it. If you are not a forgiver, you are not forgiven. To not be forgiven is to be damned to spend eternity in hell.
Jim Elliff
Quel que soit votre crime, le Seigneur dit : "Revenez en arrière, enfants d'hommes, car J'aurai Pitié de vous."
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Wesley
The person who bears and suffers evils with meekness and silence, is the sum of a Christian man.
Charles Wesley
Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor, chapitre 3, section 1.
When your minds are in a holy, heavenly frame, your people are likely to partake of the fruits of it. Your prayers, and praises, and doctrine will be sweet and heavenly to them. They will likely feel when you have been much with God: that which is most on your hearts, is like to be most in their ears.
Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor, Chapter 3, Section 1.
Ray Stedman
The flesh is the old life, the natural life inherited from Adam, with its apparent resources of personality, of ancestry, of commitment, of dedication, and so forth. You can do all kinds of religious things in the flesh. The flesh can preach a sermon. The flesh can sing in the choir. The flesh can act as an usher. The flesh can lead people to Christ. Did you know that? The flesh can go out and be very zealous in its witnessing and amass a terribly impressive list of people won to Christ, scalps to hang on a belt. The flesh can do these things but it is absolutely nauseating in the eyes of God. It is merely religious activity. There is nothing wrong with what is being done, but what is terribly wrong is the power being relied upon to do it.
Ray Stedman