As different as grief is from joy, as torment from rest, as terror from peace, so different is the state of sinners from that of saints in the world to come.
— John Bunyan (1628 – 1688)
“Mr. John Bunyan’s Dying Saying,” in Complete Works
Daily Christian quotes to direct, inspire, encourage, and help ordinary Christians in the rough and tumble of their daily lives!
As different as grief is from joy, as torment from rest, as terror from peace, so different is the state of sinners from that of saints in the world to come.
— John Bunyan (1628 – 1688)
“Mr. John Bunyan’s Dying Saying,” in Complete Works
There is nothing meritorious in our prayers… Whenever God hears them, it is in exercise of His free goodness.
— John Calvin
Pray not only against the power of sin but for the power of holiness. A wicked man may pray against his sins not out of any inward enmity to them or love to holiness but because they are troublesome guests to his conscience. His zeal is false that seems hot against sin but is cold to holiness. A city is rebellious that keeps its rightful prince out, though it receives not his enemy in.
— William Gurnall
“Christian in Complete Armor”
Take heed of quenching the Spirit. Let your ears be open to hear what He says to the churches (Revelation 2:29). Deliver up yourselves wholly to the Spirit’s conduct and guidance: be led by Him from what ways and in what ways He pleases, or else He will be grieved and withdraw; and if He does so, alas, your helper will be gone and your infirmities will hinder your perseverance in prayer.
— Nathaniel Vincent
“Spirit of Prayer”
Let us learn, then, to know that this is a mark of such as are in love with Christ. They think less of themselves than they can do of any other. Pride is not a mark of the children of God.
— Samuel Rutherford
“The Forlorn Son” in Quaint Sermons