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.
F.B. MEYERThe 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.
F.B. MEYERHe is the richest man in the esteem of the world who has gotten the most. He is the richest man in the esteem of Heaven who has given the most.
F.B. MEYERGod 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.
F.B. MEYERConsecration is not the act of our feelings but of our WILL.
F.B. MEYERBy 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.
F.B. MEYERIf you are not willing to be used by God, ask God to make you willing to be willing.
F.B. MEYERTo 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.
F.B. MEYERChrist’s work needs no repetition. It is final because it is perfect.
F.B. MEYERJoy is peace dancing and peace is joy at rest.
F.B. MEYERThere is no sin so profound, no despondency so low, no misery so abject, but the love of Christ is deeper.
F.B. MEYERGod is down in front. He is in the tomorrows. It is tomorrow that fills men with dread. God is there already. All the tomorrows of our life have to pass Him before they can get to us.
F.B. MEYERThe flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.
F.B. MEYERThe greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, buy unoffered prayer.
F.B. MEYERI 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. MEYERGo on day by day fulfilling the task of the day, and leaving the results with God.
F.B. MEYERGod incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that, realizes that he is in the midst, that takes heed to the assurance of his loving presence, will be quiet in the midst of alarm.
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