It must be the settled purpose and intention of your heart, to will nothing, design nothing, do nothing, but so far as you have reason to believe that it is the will of God that you should so desire, design, and do.– William Law
Your worst days are never so bad
that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace.
And your best days are never so good
that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.
– Jerry Bridges in The Discipline of Grace
The gladness of the nations through faith in Christ for the glory of God – that is the great aim of missions.
– John Piper
The name of Jesus is a never-failing passport for our prayers.– J. C. Ryle
Christ has taken our nature into heaven to represent us, and has left us on earth with his nature to represent him.– John Newton
Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever.
– John Piper
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.– J. C. Ryle
Do your diligence therefore to meet together more frequently for thanksgiving to God and for His glory. For when ye meet together frequently, the powers of Satan are cast down; and his mischief cometh to naught in the concord of your faith. – Ignatius to the Ephesians
Just as we must learn to obey God one choice at a time,
we must also learn to trust God one circumstance at a time.
– Jerry Bridges in Trusting God
The only worthiness we have for entrance into God’s Kingdom is in Christ.
The only worthiness we have with which to come before God is in Christ.
And the only worthiness we have to qualify us for ministry is in Christ.
If we are to progress in any aspect of the Christian life,
we must look outside ourselves and only to Christ.
– Jerry Bridges in Transforming Grace
Brian J. Mikul 