I used to think that God’s gifts were on shelves one above the other and that the taller we grew in Christian character, the more easily we should reach them.
F.B. MEYERHabits of prayer need careful cultivation.
More F.B. Meyer Quotes
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Christ’s work needs no repetition. It is final because it is perfect.
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Jesus Christ has bought us with His blood, but, alas, He has not had His money’s worth! He paid for ALL, and He has had but a fragment of our energy, time and earnings.
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To be strong, to steer straight onward, to dare to praise God, to sit alone and keep silence because He has laid it upon us, to put our mouths in the dust, if so be there may be hope — here is fortitude indeed.
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Though justification costs us nothing but the sacrifice of our pride, it has cost Christ His blood.
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The quiet life is by no means the greatest life. Some characters can only reach the highest standard of spirituality by the disturbings or displacings in the order of God’s providence.
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Joy is peace dancing and peace is joy at rest.
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Consecration is not the act of our feelings but of our WILL.
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Go on day by day fulfilling the task of the day, and leaving the results with God.
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God does not fill with His Holy Spirit those who believe in the fullness of the Spirit, or those who desire Him, but those who obey Him.
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Iff you are tempted at every step of your earthly journey, and almost beyond endurance; but you will not be tempted beyond what you are able to bear, and with every temptation there will be a way of escape.
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The love of God toward you is like the Amazon River flowing down to water a single daisy.
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By an act of consecration, let us ask Him to forgive the robbery of the past, and let us profess our desire to be henceforth utterly and only for Him- His slaves, owning no master other than Himself.
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The flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.
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The man who prays grows, and the muscles of the soul swell from this whipcord to iron bands.
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If you are not willing to be used by God, ask God to make you willing to be willing.
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