God Plans it All

 "It is God and not blind fate, not a fickle "fortune " (or misfortune), Who has placed you in the very situation which you now occupy. He is the one who planned from all eternity the very environment which you are now in.....recognize God's shaping hand in your present lot....humble yourself and be content with what God has appointed, and not chafe and murmur at it, for that is nothing but a species of rebellion against the providential will of God.....the very lot you find so hard to bear only provides a suitable opportunity for you to prove the sufficiency of God's grace."

~ Arthur Pink, “The Doctrine of Sanctification"

A little Thing

 A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in that little thing is a great thing.

James Hudson Taylor

Contentment

 Discontent is an ungrateful sin, because we have more mercies than afflictions; And it is an irrational sin, because afflictions work for good.

Thomas Watson

Prayer

 "Every prayer is long enough if it be fervent and proceed from a heart that understands the necessity of the saints.”

Martin Luther

We are not little sinners.

 “If you see yourself as a little sinner, you will see Jesus as a little Savior.”

-Martin Luther

Look to Christ Everyday

"I AM A POOR SINNER STILL. I HAVE TO LOOK TO CHRIST EVERYDAY AS I DID AT THE VERY FIRST."

-Charles Spurgeon

Christ is a Friend

 Christ is,

1. A universal friend 2. An almighty friend 3. An omniscient friend 4. An omnipresent friend 5. An indeficient friend 6. An independent friend 7. An unchangeable friend 8. A watchful friend 9. A tender and compassionate friend 10. A close and faithful friend Thomas Brooks

The Gospel Delivers

 The Law Demands.

The Gospel Delivers.

You should not believe

 “You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the Word.”

-Martin Luther

Charles Spurgeon

 Another class of ministers have preached the precepts and

little else. We want these men as we want the others, they

are all useful, and act as antidotes to each other, but their

ministries are not complete. If you hear preaching about

duty and command, it is very proper, but if it be the one sole

theme the teaching becomes very legal in the long run; and

after a while the true gospel which has the power to make us

keep the precept gets flung into the background, and the

precept is not kept after all. Do, do, do, generally ends in

nothing being done.

Spurgeon

The Man of One Subject

from Charles Haddon Spurgeon's sermon titled "The Man of One Subject", preached on October 31, 1875, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. It is based on 1 Corinthians 2:2 ("For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified").

Afraid of My Own Heart

 “I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals.

I have within me the great pope, Self.”

— Martin Luther —

{We do not have to "live in" fear, as our fears are removed by the promise, power, love, grace of Jesus}

God is Our Friend

“You cannot possibly love and obey God if you secretly think He is your enemy.” ~Walter Marshall

Run to Christ

 Now, when any fears, or darkness, or doubts, or disputes arise in your souls about your spiritual state, oh, then, run to Christ in the promise...and let your souls cleave close to the promise: for this is the way of ways to have ...your assurance raised and confirmed.

- Brooks

Call us Back

You never go away from us, 

yet we have difficulty in returning to You. 

Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. 

Kindle and seize us.

Be our fire and our sweetness. 

Let us love. Let us run.”

 St. Augustine

Line of Attack

 This one line of attack the devil pursues to the utmost against us, undertaking to break down our faith and confidence by the thought that God is angry with us.

- Martin Luther

Hastening Fast

 "We are hastening fast through time. Time is short, and eternity, with all its solemn realities, is before us. What is our life? How uncertain! and yet is it not awfully true that poor wretched man rushes heedlessly on, thoughtless of what awaits him in an endless eternity? We are traveling fast through this wilderness world, and soon shall pass away. Let us, then, feel more like pilgrims and strangers here. Let us not seek our rest where our precious Jesus had no place to lay His head. Let us rejoice more in the prospect of that glorious inheritance prepared for us above, where He is who has loved us unto the death. Oh, for ten thousand worlds would I not have my portion here in this wilderness!"

~ Mary Winslow 1774-1854 (mother of Octavius Winslow)

God's Mercy, Love, Promise

 "Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love, and the future to God's providence."

-Augustine

Main Cause of Fear

 …what after all, is the main cause of this spirit of fear? The answer is ‘self’ — self-love, self-concern, self-protection. Had you realized that the essence of this trouble is that these fearful people are really too absorbed in self — how can I do this, what if I fail? ‘I’ — they are constantly turning in upon themselves, looking at themselves and concerned about themselves.

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Solely Because what Christ Did

 God accepts both a sinner who only believed in Christ five minutes ago, and a saint who has known and loved Him for eighty years, for He does not accept men because of anything they do or feel, but simply and solely because of what Christ did.

-- Charles Spurgeon.

This was a Spanish to English Translation on twitter, so I am not sure the exact wording in English, if the translator used approximations.

Look to Christ

 Whenever sin stings you, and objections trouble you, look to the brazen serpent; confess sin, and trust for pardon; meditate on Christ's righteousness, and the abundance of grace in him (Rom viii, 32).

--Walter Marshall.

The Only Happiness

 I find the only happiness is to lie down as a poor sinner at the feet of the once crucified, but now exalted Lamb of God, who died for our sins and rose again for our justification.

George Whitefield