Though, we die, our prayers do not die with us. They outlive us, and those we leave behind us in the world may reap the benefit of them when we are turned to dust.
— John Flavel (1627-1691)
Golden Gems
Greater Things Are Expected of You!
Greater things are expected from [believers] than from other men. See that you turn not all this grace into wantonness. Think not because Christ hath done so much for you, you may sit still, much less indulge yourselves in sin, because Christ offered up such an excellent sacrifice for the expiation of it. No, though Christ came to be a curse, He did not come to be a cloak for your sins.
— John Flavel (1627-1691)
Fountain of Life
Death Made Easier
Did Christ meet death with such a heavy heart? Let the hearts of Christians be the lighter for this when they come to die. The bitterness of death was all squeezed into Christ’s cup. He was made to drink up the very dregs of it, that so our death might be the sweeter to us. Alas! There is nothing now in death that is frightful or troublesome beside the pain of dissolution, that natural evil of it.
— John Flavel (1627-1691)
Fountain of Life
Heart and Head
What is a knowing head without a fruitful heart?
— John Flavel (1627-1691)
God’s Faithfulness
As God did not at first choose you because you were high, so He will not forsake you because you are low.
— John Flavel
