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

All of us need Grace

 All of us need grace, the saint as well as the sinner. The most conscientious, dutiful, hardworking Christian needs God’s grace as much as the most dissolute, hard-living sinner. All of us need the same grace. The sinner doesn’t need more grace than the saint, nor does the immature and undisciplined believer need more than the godly, zealous missionary. We all need the same amount because the “currency” of our good works is debased and worthless before God.

-- Jerry Bridges

God's Grace

 God’s grace cuts both ways: It can neither be earned by your merit nor forfeited by your demerit.

-- Jerry Bridges.

You are free.

 “Either sin is lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God - and if it is resting on Christ, you are free."

-Martin Luther

After Ten Thousand Sins

 “After ten thousand sins he loves you as infinitely as ever.”

— Charles Spurgeon