Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
Before every great opportunity God gave me a great trial.
God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
When God's righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God's action of declaring righteous the unrighteous sinner who has faith in Jesus Christ. The righteousness by which a person is justified (declared righteous) is not his own but that of another, Christ.
Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind.
Not only the adoration of images is idolatry, but also trust in one's own righteousness, works and merits, and putting confidence in riches and power. As the latter is the commonest, so it also is the most noxious.
The God whom we worship is not a weak and incompetent God. He is able to beat back gigantic waves of opposition and to bring low prodigious mountains of evil. The ringing testimony of the Christian faith is that God is able.
It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.
In a word, the Holy Scripture is the highest and best of books, abounding in comfort under all afflictions and trials. It teaches us to see, to feel, to grasp, and to comprehend faith, hope, and charity, far otherwise than mere human reason can; and while evil oppresses us, it teaches how these virtues throw light upon the darkness, and how, after this poor, miserable existence of ours on earth, there is another and an eternal life.
If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.
If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer.
When God creates faith in a man, that is as great a work as if He created heaven and earth all over again.
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Each betrayal begins with trust.
God is not hostile to sinners, but only to unbelievers.
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times.
I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen.
And I myself, in Rome, heard it said openly in the streets, "If there is a hell, then Rome is built on it.
The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
Religion is not 'doctrinal knowledge,' but wisdom born of personal experience.
By faith we began, by hope we continue, and by revelation we shall obtain the whole.
The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation
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