Sermons & Devotionals by Grace Quotes

(J. C. Philpot, "Prevailing Pleas" 1865) "Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts! They have embraced things that lead them into sin." Ezekiel 14:3 An idol is an idol, whether worshiped inwardly in heart, or adorned outwardly by the knee. Therefore, give the people of Israel this... Read More

"O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my every thought when far away. You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment you know where I am. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, ... Read More

(John MacDuff, "The Prophet of Fire" 1877) Let us adore the freeness of God's mercy, and the sovereignty of His grace. God's thoughts are not our thoughts, neither are His ways our ways. Man has generally some reason for conferring his favors; some claim arising from person or pedigree, from charact... Read More

From Spurgeon's sermon, "ELECTION AND HOLINESS" God has CHOSEN to himself a people whom no man can number, out of the children of Adam- out of the fallen and apostate race who sprang from the loins of a rebellious man. Now, this is a wonder of wonders, when we come to consider that the heaven, even ... Read More

from Spurgeon's sermon, "BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY" We should come to hear the Word, like baby birds in the nest-- when the mother-bird comes with the worm, they are all stretching their necks to see which one shall get the food, for they are all hungry and want it. And so should hearers be ready to get ... Read More

(John Angell James, "Christian Progress" 1853) There are many who regard an increasing acquaintance with the text of the Bible, as an evidence of growth in grace. Ask yourselves the solemn question. In proportion as you store your minds with biblical texts and biblical ideas--are you all the while s... Read More

(J. C. Philpot, "Jesus, the Enthroned King") "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns!" Rev. 19:6 The unlimited dominion of King Jesus extends over . . . all things, all events, all circumstances, all people! All are subjected to the sovereign control of the King of kings and Lord of lords! Eve... Read More

by Spurgeon To forego your Bible reading for the perusal even of good books would soon bring a conscious descending of the soul. If you read the 'Babylonian books' of the present day, you will catch their spirit, and it is a foreign one, which will draw you aside from the Lord your God. You may also... Read More

from Horatius Bonar's book, "FOLLOW THE LAMB" Beware of light reading! Shun novels; they are the literary curse of the age. If you are a parent, keep novels out of the way of your children. But whether you are a parent or not, neither read them yourself, nor set an example of novel reading to others... Read More

(from Winslow's, "The Glory of Christ in Heaven") Beloved, God is in history. God in every man's history. God is in your history. He is in every event, and circumstance, and incident of your life. Whatever that history be, God arranged it, shaped it, and tinted it. Is it dark? He penciled it, with i... Read More

by Thomas Brooks-- "Remember that it is not hasty reading, but serious meditation on holy and heavenly truths, that makes them prove sweet and profitable to the soul. It is not the mere touching of the flower by the bee that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time on the flower that draws out the ... Read More

"Reader, remember this: if your biblical knowledge does not now affect your heart, it will at last, with a witness, afflict your heart. If it does not now endear Christ to you, it will at last provoke Christ the more against you. If it does not make all the things of Christ to be very precious in yo... Read More

(Bonar, "Divine Love and Human Rejection of It") "I listen to their conversations, and what do I hear? Is anyone sorry for sin? Does anyone say, 'What a terrible thing I have done'? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse rushing into battle!" Jeremiah 8:6 Man is blind, madly ... Read More

Don Fortner I bow to the Word of God. There are many good creeds, confessions, and catechisms written by men, clearly setting forth the gospel of the grace of God; but I do not pin my faith to the writings of any man, or any group of men, no matter how much I may admire them. The Word of God alone i... Read More

(John MacDuff, "Thoughts for the Quiet Hour", 1895) He who goes about whining all day long about some imaginary drawbacks in the sphere which Providence has assigned him--when all the while he is situated so much better than thousands around--is a suicide of his own happiness! He is also impeaching ... Read More

(John MacDuff, "The Prophet of Fire" 1877) "And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, and soon it spread its broad leaves over Jonah's head, shading him from the sun. This eased some of his discomfort, and Jonah was very grateful for the gourd. But God also prepared a wor... Read More

(Henry Law, "Psalms") "Let us break their chains," they cry, "and free ourselves from this slavery." Psalm 2:3 Self will rejects restraint. Pride will not yield to rule. Conceited reason lifts up defiant head. The gentle scepter of Christ's kingdom; His sweet, His light, His easy, and His loving yok... Read More

(Joseph Philpot, "Daily Words for Zion's Wayfarers") "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil." Jeremiah 13:23 Before the soul can know anything about salvation, it must learn deeply and experimentally the nature of sin, an... Read More

Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition. Jeremiah Burroughs... Read More

(Henry Law, "Deuteronomy" 1858) Ah! wretched worldling, when will you be wise! Come and display your treasure! Your best is but . . . a fading flower; a fleeting shadow; a tottering reed; a failing brook. And how long can your hands retain it? How long? You startle. You tremble. You turn pale. How l... Read More