I believe that if there is one thing which pierces the Master’s heart with unutterable grief, it is not the world’s iniquity, but the Church’s indifferences.
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.
More F.B. Meyer Quotes
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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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The man who prays grows, and the muscles of the soul swell from this whipcord to iron bands.
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There is no burden of the spirit but is lighter by kneeling under it.
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The spirit of the gospel is in absolute disagreement with the spirit of the world.
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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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There is nothing the Church of today needs so much as Spiritual Power; and there is nothing which we can have so easily, if only we are prepared to pay the price.
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If you’re not willing to give up everything for Christ, are you willing to be made willing?
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Christ’s work needs no repetition. It is final because it is perfect.
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God 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.
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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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Do not look down, brooding over your weakness! Do not look back upon your past, strewn with failure! Look up to the living Christ!
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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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The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, buy unoffered prayer.
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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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