Category: PASSION Quotes

Thinking and Treasuring God

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John Piper writes in Think about the connection between thinking and treasuring God.  A few worthwhile quotes to consider:

The way we glorify him is by knowing him truly, by treasuring him above all things, and by living in a way that shows he is our supreme treasure….  The main reason God has given us minds is that we might seek out and find all the reasons that exist for treasuring him in all things and above all things.

Thinking is indispensible on the path to passion for God.

Our thinking should be wholly engaged to do all it can to awaken and express the heartfelt fullness of treasuring God above all things.

I love God because I know God.  And I want to know him more because I love him.

Passion Quotes – The Gospel

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Here are some good quotes I’ve collected on the gospel.  The last is my favorite – may these quotes help beat the gospel into our heads!

The gospel frees us to realize that while we matter, we’re not the point.
– Tullian Tchividjian

Other religions are spelled ‘do’… Christianity is spelled ‘done.’
– Bill Piper

The banner under which Christians live reads “It is finished.”
– Tullian Tchividjian

Slight thoughts of sin lead to slight thoughts of grace!  And what can be worse?
– Charles Spurgeon

If God has forgiven you the grisly things you’ve done, you must learn to be at peace with yourself now that you’re at peace with God.
– J. I. Packer

One thief was converted in his last hour that none might despair. But only one was converted that none might presume.
– J. C. Ryle

The truth of the Gospel is the principal article of all Christian doctrine . . . Most necessary is it that we know this article well, teach it to others, and beat it into their heads continually.
– Martin Luther

If Sinners Be Damned

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If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. 
And if they perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees,
imploring them to stay. 
If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions,
and let not one person go there unwarned and unprayed for.

– Charles Spurgeon (as quoted in Christ Alone by Michael E. Wittmer)

Prayer Quotes To Ponder

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True prayer is an approach of the soul by the Spirit of God to the throne of God.
– Charles Spurgeon

Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the heart or soul to God through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Holy Spirit, for such things as God hath promised, or according to the Word, for the good of the church, with submission, in Faith, to the will of God
– John Bunyan

 The Spirit, as an enlightening Spirit, teaches us what to pray for, as a sanctifying Spirit works and excites praying graces, as a comforting Spirit silences our fears, and helps us over all our discouragements.  The Holy Spirit is the spring of all our desires and breathings toward God.
– Matthew Henry

My lack of fervor is no reason to rein in my prayers.  As I pray so weakly, the Holy Spirit strongly pleads for me with groans deeper than I can express to touch the heart of the Father.  And the Father, who sent his Son and his Spirit to be our advocates, loves to listen – and respond.
– Bryan Chapell

The fervor of the Holy Spirit makes my prayers dear to the Father and the power of the Holy Spirit conforms my prayers to his design.  These truths are amazing and comforting.  Because the Spirit works through my prayers to do his will, I do not have to know all the answers or emote just the right feeling for God to use me.  I do not have to say everything right or do everything right to have all things turn out right.  The Spirit takes these burdens from me.  The Holy Spirit uses fallible prayers offered in faith to accomplish God’s perfect will.
– Bryan Chapell

Prayer Quotes To Ponder

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Prayerlessness is my declaration of independence from God.
– Daniel Henderson

A prayerless man is proud and independent, and any church that neglects corporate prayer is sadly no better. Only God’s humble and needy children take the time to pray. Everyone else is just going through the motions and naively trusting in their own strength!
– David Smithers

If we are not praying fervently in our churches, then we are relying on our own strength.
– Les Lofquist

The life, power, and glory of the church is prayer….  Without it, the church is lifeless and powerless.
– E. M. Bounds

Much prayer, much power.  Little prayer, little power.  No prayer, no power.
– Peter Deyneka, Sr.

We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power.  We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery, but few results.
– R.A. Torrey

 Beginning with the power of the Holy Spirit that came upon the followers of Jesus as they prayed with one accord (Acts 2:1) on the day of Pentecost, the most dynamic movements of reformation and revival God has sent to His church have exploded from united prayer.
– Donald Whitney

Prayer Quotes To Ponder

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In our culture of rugged individualism we have come to the conclusion that it is better to pray alone than with others.  Unfortunately, most of us never learn to do either one very well.  Like most disciplines of the Christian faith, we learn best to pray alone when we have been taught in community.
– Daniel Henderson

 Praying together provides an education in prayer for the entire church.
– Joel R. Beeke

 We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians.
– Charles Spurgeon

 If congregational or small group prayer isn’t part of your Christian life, there’s a problem.  Private-only prayer is not New Testament Christianity.  Prayer with others from the body of believers was one of the four marks of the church in Acts 2:42.  Some say they don’t pray with groups because they are too self-conscious when praying aloud with others.  This verse doesn’t say they all prayed aloud, but it does mean that they prayed together.  If you are unwilling to pray with others, you are too independent spiritually.
– Donald Whitney

 A congregation without a prayer meeting is essentially defective in its organization, and so must be limited in its efficiency.
– J. B. Johnston

 Praying regularly with others can be one of the most enriching adventures of your Christian life.  Most of the great movements of God can be traced to a small group of people He called together to begin praying.
– Donald Whitney

Weak as Worms

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 In themselves as weak as worms,
How can poor believers stand,
When temptations, foes, and storms,
Press them close on every hand?

Weak, indeed, they feel they are,
But they know the Throne of Grace;
And the God who answers prayer,
Helps them when they seek His face.

Though the Lord awhile delay,
Succor they at length obtain;
He who taught their hearts to pray,
Will not let them cry in vain.

Wrestling prayer can wonders do;
Bring relief in deepest straits!
Prayer can force a passage through
Iron bars and brazen gates.

For the wonders He has wrought,
Let us now our praises give;
And, by sweet experience taught,
Call upon Him while we live.

– John Newton

Prayer Quotes To Ponder

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The prayer of the feeblest saint on earth who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan.  The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer…no wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think in prayer. 
 – Oswald Chambers

If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.
– John Owen

Our prayer life is an indicator of our spiritual appetite.
– James W. Beeke and Joel R. Beeke

Do you understand that the success of your minister and missionaries is intimately bound up with your prayers?
– Joel R. Beeke

True prayer is the believer’s greatest weapon in the armory of God.  
– James W. Beeke and Joel R. Beeke

Prayer Quotes To Ponder

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If we think we can do life on our own,
we will not take prayer seriously.
– Paul Miller

 Prayer is bringing your helplessness to Jesus.
– Paul Miller

 Learned desperation is at the heart of a praying life.
– Paul Miller

 It is atheism to pray and not to wait in hope.
– Richard Sibbes

 True prayer measures no need too great or too small. 
It neither assumes human probability nor flinches
 in the face of human impossibility.
– James W. Beeke and Joel R. Beeke

 Jesus’ example teaches us that prayer is about relationship.  When he prays, he is not performing a duty; he is getting close to his Father.  Any relationship, if it is going to grow, needs private space, time together without an agenda, where you can get to know each other….  Efficiency, multitasking, and busyness all kill intimacy.
– Paul Miller

 A sign of true love and friendship is when two people treasure time to be alone to talk together.  So it is with the Lord and true believers.  They love to hear each other’s voice.  This involves a double grace – not only that a sinner loves to hear Christ’s voice, but also that Christ loves to hear a sinner’s voice.
– James W. Beeke and Joel R. Beeke

 When a man draws near to God in prayer, he forgets prayer…prayer goes for nothing, but Christ is all.
-I.Ambrose

 True prayer is fellowshipping with God. 
It is a foretaste of heaven’s eternal conversation.
– James W. Beeke and Joel R. Beeke

Our Sins Drove The Nails

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And let us learn from the story of the passion always to hate sin with a great hatred.  Sin was the cause of all our Savior’s sufferings.  Our sins twisted the crown of thorns; our sins drove the nails into his hands and feet; on account of our sins his blood was shed.  Surely the thought of Christ crucified should make us loathe all sin.

– J. C. Ryle