John H. Jowett
The real measure of our wealth is how much we would be worth if we lost all our money.
John H. Jowett
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John H. Jowett
The real measure of our wealth is how much we would be worth if we lost all our money.
John H. Jowett
John Piper, Desiring God, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1996, p. 49.
We praise what we enjoy because the delight is incomplete until it is expressed in praise. If we were not allowed to speak of what we value, and celebrate what we love, and praise what we admire, our joy would not be full. So if God loves us enough to make our joy full, He must not only give us Himself; He must also win from us the praise of our hearts – not because He needs to store up some weakness in Himself or compensate for some deficiency, but because He loves us and seeks the fullness of our joy that can be found only in knowing and praising Him, the most magnificent of all Beings.
John Piper, Desiring God, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1996, p. 49.
Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man, Crossway Books, 1991, p. 13.
We will never get anywhere in life without discipline, be it in the arts, business, athletics, or academics. This is doubly so in spiritual matters. In other areas we may be able to claim some innate advantage. An athlete may be born with a strong body, a musician with perfect pitch, or an artist with an eye for perspective. But none of us can claim an innate spiritual advantage. In reality, we are all equally disadvantaged. None of us naturally seeks after God, none is inherently righteous, none instinctively does good (cf. Romans 3:9-18). Therefore, as children of grace, our spiritual discipline is everything – everything! I repeat…discipline is everything!
Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man, Crossway Books, 1991, p. 13.
Daryl Wingerd
Unless our resolve is the out-flowing of the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, we, like Peter, will fail (Mt. 26:31-34). As Jesus said to his disciples, “without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5)… It is our responsibility to exert the effort and develop the essential disciplines of the Christian life if we are to become more like Christ. But as we resolve to discipline ourselves and to diligently pursue holiness, we need to know that there is a deeper truth underlying and empowering our experience – the powerful reality that God is the one enabling, compelling, and willing all that takes place.
Daryl Wingerd
Nous sommes tous en proie au changement, à l'agitation, au chaos et/ou à la transition. Il est facile de se décourager quand on a l'impression de perdre le contrôle. Lorsque vous ne comprenez pas ce qui se passe ou que vous ne savez pas ce qui vous attend, vous ne devez pas désespérer, vous pouvez choisir de faire confiance à Dieu. Il est là pour vous. Je veux vous rappeler que Dieu est pour vous, qu'il est avec vous et qu'il travaille toutes choses ensemble pour votre bien et pour sa gloire. Il se peut que nous n'en ayons pas l'impression pour le moment, mais un jour nous verrons et saurons sans aucun doute que celui qui a promis est fidèle.
Christine Caine
We are all in the midst of change, turmoil, chaos and/or transition. It is easy to lose heart when you feel like you’ve lost control. When you don’t understand what’s going on or can’t work out what’s ahead, you don’t have to despair, you can choose to trust God. He’s got you. I want to remind you that God is for you, he is with you and working all things together for your good and His Glory. It might not look or feel like it right now, but one day we will see and know without a doubt that he who promised is faithful.
Christine Caine
John MacArthur, The Master's Plan for the Church, Moody, 1991, p. 165.
Each of us has one spiritual gift, a blend of the different gifts the Spirit has put together for each of us. Like a painter who is able to create an infinite number of colors by mixing any combination of the ten or so colors he carries in his palette, so the Spirit of God blends a little of one gift with a little of another to create the perfect combination within you. As a result, you have a unique position in the Body of Christ, with an ability to minister as no one else can.
John MacArthur, The Master’s Plan for the Church, Moody, 1991, p. 165.
Auteur inconnu
Trials are the crucible in which perseverance is forged.
Unknown Author
Gresham Machen
Men love to be encouraged by false hopes; the world is full of quick remedies for sin.
Gresham Machen
Au matin de la résurrection, nous dirons tous: 'C'est bon pour moi que j'ai été affligé.' Nous remercierons Dieu pour chaque tempête.
J.C. Ryle
R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, Tyndale, 1992, xi.
There is a vast difference, however, between childlike faith and childish faith, though the two are often confused. [Childlike faith calls the believer] to remain forever in a state of awe and trust of their heavenly Father, while a childish faith balks at learning the things of God in depth. It refuses the meat of the gospel while clinging to a diet of milk…The call of the New Testament is to maturity.
R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, Tyndale, 1992, xi.
Hugh Martin
Jesus loved the enthusiast, the man who knew what side he was on and threw himself whole-heartedly into the struggle. He liked energetic action, as in the men who climbed the roof and broke a way through for their paralyzed friend, or in Zacchaeus who forgot his dignity and swarmed up a tree. He loved the generous giver. All four Gospels quote His saying, “He who loves life loses it; he who spends keeps.” It sums up His attitude to life. He praised the man who banged on the door till he got an answer; He wanted men to show that kind of determination in the affairs of religion. He praised the widow who badgered the unjust judge into doing justice. He did not like playing for safety or burying one’s talent. It is the peace-makers rather than the peace-keepers whom He blesses. Goodness is a positive active loyalty.
Hugh Martin
Étudiez la sainteté universelle de la vie. Toute votre utilité dépend de cela, car vos sermons ne durent qu'une heure ou deux : votre vie prêche toute la semaine. Si Satan peut seulement faire d'un ministre cupide un amateur de louanges, de plaisirs, de bonne chère, il a ruiné votre ministère. Donnez-vous à la prière, et tirez vos textes, vos pensées, vos paroles, de Dieu.
Robert Murray McCheyne
Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two: your life preaches all week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating, he has ruined your ministry. Give yourself to prayer, and get your texts, your thoughts, your words, from God.
Robert Murray McCheyne
Randy Smith
The Gospel makes us realize that we are far worse than we ever believed, but God’s love is far greater than we ever imagined. In the Gospel we realize the depths of our sin so we might better understand the greatness of God’s forgiveness. We see God’s holy hatred toward sin, but His incredible mercy in Christ toward the sinner. If God is God, he must inherently oppose that which opposes Him. Unless evil is dealt with, there can be no good news. The bad news is inherently part of the good news!
Randy Smith
Jonathan Edwards
Lord, grant that from hence I may learn to withdraw thoughts, affections, desires, and expectations entirely from the world, and may fix them upon the heavenly state, where there is fullness of joy; where reigns heavenly, sweet, calm, and delightful love without alloy; where there are continually the dearest expressions of this love; where there is the enjoyment of this love without ever parting; and where those persons, who appear so lovely in this world, will be inexpressibly more lovely, and full of love to us. How sweetly will those, who thus mutually love, join together in singing the praises of God and the Lamb. How full will it fill us with joy, to think that this enjoyment, these sweet exercises, will never cease or come to an end, but will last to all eternity.
Jonathan Edwards
John MacArthur, The Battle for the Beginning, 2001, p. 208.
Sin in the mind goes to work in the emotions. That incites the will, which yields the act.
John MacArthur, The Battle for the Beginning, 2001, p. 208.
Pardonner est la plus haute et la plus belle forme d'amour. En retour, vous recevrez une paix et un bonheur indicibles.
Robert Muller
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.
Robert Muller
Carl F.H. Henry
The early Christians did not say “look what the world is coming to!” but “look what has come into the world!”
Carl F.H. Henry
Nous entendons souvent souligner les caractéristiques "salvatrices" de Dieu - son amour, sa miséricorde, sa bonté et ainsi de suite - mais la question de sa seigneurie est absente. Cette distorsion est particulièrement évidente dans l'évangélisation. Dans la pratique moderne, l'appel à la repentance est généralement appelé une "invitation", que l'on peut évidemment accepter ou refuser. Il est offert poliment. On entend rarement présenter la demande souveraine de Dieu de se repentir ou sa demande de soumission totale à l'autorité de son roi désigné, Jésus-Christ.
James Montgomery Boice, "Foundations of the Christian Faith-Book I", page 120. 1986 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of the USA.
We often hear the “Savior” characteristics of God stressed – His love, mercy, goodness and so on – but the matter of His lordship is absent. The distortion is particularly clear in evangelism. In modern practice the call to repentance is usually called an “invitation,” which one can obviously accept or refuse. It is offered politely. Seldom do we hear presented God’s sovereign demand to repent or His demand for total submission to the authority of His appointed king, Christ Jesus.
James Montgomery Boice, “Foundations of the Christian Faith-Book I”, page 120. 1986 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of the USA.
John MacArthur, Spiritual Warfare : Who's After Whom ? de Our Sufficiency in Christ, 1991, p. 235.
This is not a complex battle plan: Submit to God and resist the devil [James 4:7]. How? By being firm in the faith, committed to truth, and keeping a clear conscience. What will Satan’s response be? “He will flee from you.” That is the only statement in all the New Testament that tells us how to get rid of Satan. There are no biblical guidelines for exorcism. There is no more elaborate strategy for spiritual warfare. There is nothing in Scripture that tells a believer to speak to demons, cast them out, bind them, tie them up, or do anything like that.
John MacArthur, Spiritual Warfare: Who’s After Whom? from Our Sufficiency in Christ, 1991, p. 235.
Justin Martyr
No one makes us afraid or leads us into captivity as we have set our faith on Jesus. For though we are beheaded, and crucified, and exposed to beasts and chains and fire and all other forms of torture, it is plain that we do not forsake the confession of our faith, but the more things of this kind which happen to us the more are there others who become believers…through the name of Jesus.
Justin Martyr