CHRIST saves His people, not IN their sins, but FROM their sins. Without holiness, no man shall see the LORD. —Charles Spurgeon

"Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil." `~ I THESSALONIANS 5:21-22 (NKJV)

Whatever I cannot do for GOD's glory must be avoided. —Arthur W. Pink

"And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before." ~ JOB 42:10 (NKJV)

I have benefited by my praying for others; for by making an errand to GOD for them, I have gotten something for myself. —Samuel Rutherford

"Be very careful, then, how you live —not as unwise but as wise," ~ EPHESIANS 5:15 (NIV)

GOD can do more In one moment than you can do in a lifetime. – Joyce Meyer

"So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only GOD, who makes things grow." ~ 1 CORINTHIANS 3:7 (NIV)

The right manner of growth is to grow less in one's own eyes. —Thomas Watson

"The poor and needy seek water, but there is none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear them; I, the GOD of Israel, will not forsake them." ~ ISAIAH 41:17 (NKJV)

When our needs are permitted to grow to an extremity, and all visible hopes fail, then to have relief given wonderfully enhances the price of such a mercy. —John Flavel

"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory," ~ 2 CORINTHIANS 4:17 (NKJV)

GOD takes away the world, that the heart may cleave more to Him in sincerity. —Thomas Watson

"Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one." ~ COLOSSIANS 4:6 (NKJV)

Be benevolent, kind, cheerful, bland, courteous—but serious. Be solemn, thoughtful, deeply impressed with the presence of GOD and with eternal things—but pleasant affable and benignant. Think not a smile sinful; but think not levity and jesting harmless. —Albert Barnes

A human life is a story told by GOD. - Hans Christian Andersen

"Therefore, since CHRIST suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin." ~ 1 PETER 4:1 (NKJV)

In true conversion the soul is changed to be of the same mind with CHRIST. - Richard Sibbes

"The LORD is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works." ~ PSALM 145:17 (NKJV)

Therefore let no man think himself the better because he is free from troubles. It is because GOD sees him not fit to bear greater. —Richard Sibbes

"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses." ~ 1 TIMOTHY 6:12 (NKJV)

Oh let us continually keep faith in exercise, till it be entirely swallowed up in the boundless ocean of beatific vision. —George Whitefield

"In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling." ~ EXODUS 15:13 (NIV)

All the fruits of the Spirit which we are to lay weight upon as evidential of grace, are summed up in charity, or Christian love; because this is the sum of all grace. - Jonathan Edwards

"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth." ~ PSALM 127:3-4 (NKJV)

"The quality of a child's relationship with his or her father seems to be the most important influence in deciding how that person will react to the world." - John Nicholson

"For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." ~ ROMANS 8:6 (NKJV)

Stop trying to have a perfect record with everyone and start celebrating who you are. ~Joyce Meyer

"Now GODliness with contentment is great gain." ~ 1 TIMOTHY 6:6 (NKJV)

GOD, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you. - Augustine

"So teach us to number our days,That we may gain a heart of wisdom." ~ PSALM 90:12 (NKJV)

A GODly man preferreth grace before goods, and wisdom before the world. —Richard Bernard

"Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the LORD:" ~ HEBREWS 12:14 (NKJV)

It is no small advantage to the holy life to "begin the day with GOD." —Thomas Case

"Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;" ~ 2 PETER 3:14 (NKJV)

However diligent we may be in our callings yet the ability and the blessing can only come from GOD. - Richard Sibbes

"Praise awaits you, O GOD, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled." ~ PSALM 65:1 (NIV)

Real prayer is communion with GOD, so that there will be common thoughts between His mind and ours. - Arthur W. Pink

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer." ~ PSALM 19:14 (NKJV)

It is not the bee's touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out the sweet. It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most, that will prove the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian. —Thomas Brooks

"Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life." ~ JEREMIAH 45:5 (NKJV)

Look around in the world, and you may see some in every place who are objects of pity, bereaved by sad accidents of all the comforts of life, while in the meantime Providence has tenderly preserved you. —John Flavel

So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting," ~ MARK 9:29 (NKJV)

Prayer is not appointed for the furnishing of GOD with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed as a confession to Him of our sense of the need. - Arthur W. Pink

"As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of GOD." ~ 1 PETER 4:10 (NKJV)

Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant. —Thomas Brooks