Quotes for Encouragement

Christ

“Christians are owned by Christ.” ~Unknown

Christian

“Your Christian life is every day to be a proof that God works impossibilities.” ~Unknown

Church

The Church is always one generation short of extinction, if our generation fails to guard the truth and entrust it to our children, then that will be the end!” ~Warren Weirsbe

Difficulty

If you fear God in an appropriate way of humble reverence and awe, you won’t have to be afraid of man. ~Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

Faith

“Saving faith makes you obedient to Jesus Christ.” ~Unknown

“All that see the Lord Jesus with an eye of faith will worship Him.” ~Unknown

“Faith is only interested in Divine commands.” ~John Owen

Father (Heavenly)

“Your heavenly Father is so eager to care for you, that while you are timidly asking for a nibble of peace and joy, He is longing for you to open your mouth so He can fill it. The more often you ask, the better and the more you ask for, the more He welcomes you.” ~William Gurnall

Fear

You have two options when faced with opposition: Fear of God or Fear of Man

Daily Duty: Be thou in the Fear of the Lord. ~Proverbs 23:17

Forgiveness

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. ~ C. S. Lewis

God

“Nourish your heart on high thoughts of God.” ~Brother Lawrence

Knowing God is abundant life.” ~Anne Gurley

Gospel

“There is only one Gospel and it is good news.” ~Anne Gurley

Grace

“God allows us to feel the weight of our shortcomings so that we might behold the abundance of His grace.” ~ Unknown

All grace grows as love to the Word of God grows” ~Unknown

“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” ~The Bible

“God’s favor is neither the work of your own hands nor the price of your own worth.” ~William Gurnall

Gratitude

Guilt + Grace = Gratitude

Happiness

The search for women’s happiness is an endless journey.” ~Susan Hunt

Heaven

“Only God gives eternal life.” ~Unknown

Hope

“Happy is he whose hope is in the Lord his God.” ~Unknown

“Hope in God does not disappoint.” ~The Bible

Humility

“Humility is when I recognize and admit I cannot accomplish the task.” ~Unknown

Jesus

“Jesus always wants us to depend on Him.” ~Unknown

“You can face any situation when Jesus is on the throne of your heart.” ~Unknown

“A Christian has faith in, reliance on, adherence to, and trust in Jesus Christ~” ~Unknown

“The way to God was laid in a manger.” ~Anne Gurley

Joy

“The joy of the Lord should be wheels to our obedience.” ~Matthew Henry

“The grace of joy is contagious.” ~Unknown

“Spiritual joy never disappoints.” ~Unknown

“God does not call us to ease, but to faithful joy.” ~Unknown

Kindness

“Think highly of the riches of the kindness of God to you.” ~Unknown

Kingdom of God

“The Kingdom of God is a Kingdom of Mercy” ~Unknown

“Make your priority God and His righteousness today.” ~Anne Gurley

Life

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” ~Jim Elliot

“The best self-preservation is to commit ourselves to God’s keeping.” ~Matthew Henry

“Unbelief results in an empty and useless life.”  ~Anne W. Gurley

“There is always enough time to do the will of God.” ~ Elisabeth Elliot

Love

“Cease endlessly striving for what you would like to do and learn to love what must be done.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

Mercy

“Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse.” ~Matthew Henry

Mind

“To know God and our duty is learning sufficiently high for us.” ~Matthew Henry

A renewed mind is saturated and controlled by the Word of God. ~Unknown

Obedience

Fellowship with God leads straight to obedience and good works. ~A. W. Tozer

Peace

“In acceptance lieth peace.” ~Elisabeth Elliot

Prayer

“Be aware of God every time you think, act, or talk.” ~John MacArthur

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. ~ Oswald Chambers

Anything is a blessing which makes us pray. ~ Charles Spurgeon

“Prayer is the meeting of words – my words of need and God’s Word of Promised Provision.” ~Anne Gurley

“We have to pray with our eyes on God, no on the difficulties.” ~Oswald Chambers

Redemption

“No matter how long I live, I will never exhaust the wonders of my redemption.” ~Susan Hunt

Righteousness

“The righteous call upon the name of the Lord who hears and answers.” ~Unknown

Service

“Every one in the church whom God approves, will be devoted to his Master’s service, and thus fitted for his use.” ~Matthew Henry

Sin

Good behavior does not veil a sin-filled heart from God.” Priscilla Shirer

“Implore a divine pardon from sin today.” ~Unknown

“No sin is powerful enough to overwhelm God’s strength.” ~William Gurnall

“Every person should see to it that he is fully cleansed from all sin, and entirely surrendered to the whole will of God and filled with the Holy Spirit.” ~A. W. Tozer

“Sin is a failure to hear and to do the Word of God.” ~Anne Gurley

Spirit of God

“The Spirit guides us in our pursuit of truth through the Word of God.” ~John MacArthur

Strength

“Knowing your whole strength lies wholly in God and not in yourself, remain humble – even when God is blessing you most.” ~William Gurnall

Temptation

“Resolution shuts and bolts the door against temptation.” ~Matthew Henry

Time

“You are waiting your time if you are doing anything that is not by God’s design.” ~William Gurnall

Will of God

“There is always enough time to do the will of God.” ~Elisabeth Elliot

Wisdom

“Wisdom produces meekness. Meekness increases wisdom.” ~Unknown

Word of God

“The Spirit guides us in our pursuit of truth through the Word of God.” ~John MacArthur

“The Word of God is absolute truth. Order your life by it.” ~Unknown

“The Word of God is always most precious to the man who lives on it most.” ~Unknown

“The Bible is a manual to get through life.” ~Unknown

“The sum of all God’s Word is truth.” ~Unknown

Worship

Worship follows belief. ~Unknown

Complacency leads to inaction, but worship moves us into action.” ~ Unknown

“Worship is like corrective lenses for our souls, bringing God clearer into view.” ~ Unknown

“Worship and worry cannot occupy the same space.” ~ Unknown

“All that see the Lord Jesus with an eye of faith will worship Him.” ~Unknown