Sweet Quotes That Help Me Grow Closer To King Jesus 12…

If I am to love like Jesus loved,
my ravenous craving for a trouble-free life
must die.

John Piper

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The Bible is an earthy, realistic, grounded book.
The Bible is a heavenly, Spiritual, eternal book.
Neither reality nullifies the other.

Jared C. Wilson

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Buddha’s dying words were, “Strive without ceasing.”
Jesus’ were, “It is finished.”

Give me Jesus.

Scott Sauls

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True gospel-humility
means I stop connecting every experience, every conversation,
with myself.

In fact, I stop thinking about myself.

Tim Keller

 

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True authenticity
is not accepting my own self-expression
but accepting the self-expression of God through Jesus Christ.

Trevin Wax

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Faith is like an empty, open hand
stretched out towards God,
with nothing to offer
and everything to receive.

John Calvin

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“When we were still weak… Christ died for the ungodly.
“When we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5)

Savoring these words.

Nancy Wolgemuth

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The greatest challenge facing the church in the West
is not persecution from the world,
but seduction by the world.

Andy Bannister

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True rest
does not come from the absence of storms,
but from the presence of Jesus in the storm.

Joni Earacksen Tada

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Husbands lead best
when they serve the most.

Your leadership
isn’t to puff up yourself,
but to build up your family.

DesiringGod.org

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What has the world done for you,
that you love it so much?

Robert Murray McCheyne

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Pray over every word and verse…
do this…
and the word of God will be meat indeed,
and drink indeed
unto your souls.

George Whitefield

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The lack of joy in your life
is due to your lack of mission.

Tim Keller

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Whenever you are about to do anything
in a great hurry,
pause and pray.

Charles Spurgeon

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“Our preaching is not the reason the Word works.
The Word is the reason our preaching works.”

H.B. Charles Jr.

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Adam launched a ‘meet you at the top’ philosophy of life.
Jesus Christ says to the world,
‘I’ll meet you at the bottom.’

Michael Horton

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Our blessed Lord,
though he was the eternal God,
yet as man,
he made the scriptures his constant rule and guide.

George Whitefield

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Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer,
and prayer driveth away trouble and perplexity.

Philip Melancthon, 1497–1560

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The proof
that God’s Word feeds our souls
will be heard
in the words that come from our mouths.

Sinclair Ferguson

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Legalism is doing something to earn your salvation.
Discipline is doing something because it’s a good in and of itself.

Tim Keller

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“It is a mistake to think that
moving fast
is the same as
actually going somewhere.”

Steve Goodier

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When your spouse sins against you,
don’t take their actions too personal.
Remember, you’re not the most offended person in the room.

Hans Molegraaf

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“You can’t live on amusement.
It is the froth on water—
an inch deep and then the mud.”

George MacDonald

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A man learns to preach
by learning to acquire confidence,
not in himself,
but in his cause,
and in him in whose name he speaks.

John Newton

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May Jesus never have to say this to us:
“Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures,
and you don’t know the power of God.” Mark 12:24

Mark Mittelberg

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“Those who know your name
put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord,
have not forsaken
those who seek you.” (Psalm 9:10)

Know, trust, seek Him.

Nancy Wolgemuth

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You don’t let flies on your food
so don’t let negative thoughts on your day.
They’ll lay eggs of depression.
Shoo them off with God’s Word!

Tony Nolan

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“It is in absolute and loving surrender
to the will of the Lord
that the secret of true rest and peace
is found.”

Susannah Spurgeon

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Teaching is poor work
when love is gone,
it is like a smith working without fire,
or a builder without mortar.

Charles Spurgeon