Category: PASSION Quotes

Gospel Quotes To Ponder

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Remember what the gospel says about us:
we are more sinful and flawed than we ever dared believe
but we are also more loved and welcomed than we ever dared hope.
– Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Dennis E. Johnson

So when the devil throws your sins in your face
and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this:
“I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it?
For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf.
His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where he is there I shall be also!”
– Martin Luther

I am a great sinner, but Christ is a great Savior.
– John Newton

Taking Hold of God

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Here are a few helpful quotes on prayer from the book Taking Hold of God edited by Joel R. Beeke and Brian G. Najapfour:

You can do more than pray, after you have prayed,
but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.
– John Bunyan

How can we live to God outside the prayer closet
when we so seldom meet him in the closet?
– Joel R. Beeke

Pray often, for prayer is
a shield to the soul,
a sacrifice to God,
and a scourge for Satan.
– John Bunyan

Prayer Quotes To Ponder

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Cold prayers are a sacrifice without fire.
– J.C. Ryle

When you pray, rather let your heart be without words
than your words without heart.
– John Bunyan

If your knowledge of doctrine does not make you a great man of prayer,
you had better examine yourself again.
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones

 Prayer will make a man cease from sin,
or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
– John Bunyan

 

 

Quotes To Ponder

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Here are some more challenging quotes on sin:

Sin has cast this world into trouble.
You see the smoke and dirt of this trouble
spread throughout the pages of Scripture.
– Paul Tripp

Eve lays all the blame upon the serpent. 
Sin is a brat which nobody is willing to own,
a sign that it is a scandalous thing.
– Matthew Henry

It becomes us to speak of sin with the utmost dread and detestation
as an abominable thing; it certainly is so, for it is that which God hates,
and we are sure that his judgment is according to truth. 
Call it grievous, call it odious, that we may by all means possible
put ourselves and others out of love with it.
– Matthew Henry

We’ll never deal with temptation
unless we deal with it immediately,
unless we deal with it realistically,
unless we deal with it ruthlessly.
– Alistair Begg

Those that make light of sin, make light of Christ.
– Matthew Henry

Idolatry and Anxiety

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When we find ourselves feeling anxious, that feeling tells us that something we treasure is being threatened….  [It is] a signpost telling us that something is amiss with our hearts.  We are not loving the Lord as we should – which is to say, we have lost sight of his supreme loveliness and forgotten that in his presence only is fullness of joy (Ps. 16:11).  We have other gods….  Our Savior, the one who loves and welcomes us, tells us where our treasure should be: with his kingdom and his righteousness (Matt. 6:33).  If our treasure is in living our lives for him and in leaving our success and security to his providential care, and if our treasure is his righteousness, not ours, then we will be able to appreciate all the good things he bestows without succumbing to worry.  On the other hand, when we find ourselves plagued by anxieties, we have to conclude that his kingdom and his righteousness are not the chief delight of our heart.

– Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Dennis E. Johnson
Counsel from the Cross, p136-137

Quotes To Ponder

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A few quotes related to the Scriptures:

Let the man who would hear God speak read Holy Scripture.
– Martin Luther

Reading the Bible is not an obligation to be endured
but a dialogue to be savored and enjoyed.
– T.J. Addington

Bible memorization has the effect of making
our gaze on Jesus steadier and clearer.
– John Piper

Idolatry and Addictions

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Here are some helpful quotes from Edward Welch on the connection between idolatry and addictions:

The true nature of all addictions is that we have chosen to go outside the boundaries of the kingdom of God and look for blessings in the land of idols. (47)

Addictions are ultimately a disorder of worship.  Will we worship ourselves and our own desires or will we worship the true God? (xvi)

Life is about God.  It is about worshipping him, trusting him, knowing him, and loving him.  The deepest problem for addicts is that they are not worshipping, trusting, knowing, or loving the true God. (102)

If the root problem of addictions is false worship, the answer is knowing the Lord, the One who deserves our worship. (141)

Quotes To Ponder

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On sin:

He that hath slight thoughts of sin never had great thoughts of God.
— John Owen

No man ever fell into error through being too watchful.
— Charles Spurgeon

The best things which we do have somewhat in them to be pardoned.
– J. C. Ryle

In heaven the chief thing that we look for, next to the presence of Christ,
is complete separation from all sin.
– J. C. Ryle