Affliction is God’s forge wherein He softens the iron heart.
— Thomas Case (1598 – 1682)
Correction, Instruction
Daily Christian quotes to direct, inspire, encourage, and help ordinary Christians in the rough and tumble of their daily lives!
Affliction is God’s forge wherein He softens the iron heart.
— Thomas Case (1598 – 1682)
Correction, Instruction
Say to thine heart, How is it with me? Does my soul prosper? Are my ways such as please the Lord? What is my expectation and my hope? What is the aim and business of my life? Is it that Christ may be magnified by me and that I may be made partaker of His holiness and show forth His virtues in my generation?
— Richard Alleine (1611 – 1681)
Companion for Prayer
Just as the telescope and microscope show us that there is order and design in all the works of God’s hand, from the greatest planet down to the least insect, so does the Bible teach us that there is wisdom, order and design in all the events of our daily life. There is no such thing as “chance”, “luck”, or “accident” in the Christian journey through this world. All is arranged and appointed by God: and all things are “working together” for the believer’s good.
— J. C. Ryle (1816 – 1900)
What a wonderful thing it is to be sure of one’s faith! How wonderful to be a member of the evangelical church, which preaches the free grace of God through Christ as the hope of sinners! If we were to rely on our works, what would become of us?
— George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Take heed of secret sins. They will undo thee if loved and maintained: one moth may spoil the garment; one leak drown the ship; a penknife stab and kill a man as well as a sword; so one sin may damn the soul; nay, there is more danger of a secret sin causing the miscarrying of the soul than open profaneness, because not so obvious to the reproofs of the world; therefore take heed that secret sinnings eat not out good beginnings.
— Jeremiah Burroughs (1599 – 1646)