More quotes:)

“The man who talks about his experience as a Christian, who never does anything for Christ, is, I am afraid, only an idle dreamer.”—1894, C H Spurgeon

“Let the purpose of God, for which you ought to adore Him every day, be plenteously fulfilled in you, and let it be seen that He
has chosen you to know Christ that you may make Him known to others!—1887- C H Spurgeon

Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive, wakeful reading. ~ JC Ryle

“If Christ has healed you, obey Him! Obey Him at once, obey Him exactly, obey Him in everything, be it little, or be it great! If
some say it is nonessential, remember that what is not essential to salvation may be essential to obedience! Do it if Jesus commanded it. Do it whether it appears to you to be essential or not!... if He puts it to you, ‘He that believes and is baptized shall be saved,’ believe and be baptized. Be obedient unto Him who deserves to be obeyed.”—1895, C H Spurgeon

“Children need to learn the doctrine of the Cross that they may find immediate salvation. I thank God that in our Sunday school
we believe in the salvation of children as children! How very many has it been my joy to see of boys and girls who have come
forward to confess their faith in Christ! And I again wish to say that the best converts, the clearest converts, the most intelligent
converts we have ever had have been the young ones! And, instead of there being any deficiency in their knowledge of the Word
of God and the Doctrines of Grace, we have usually found them to have a very delightful acquaintance with the great cardinal
Truths of Christ. Many of these dear children have been able to speak of the things of God with great pleasure of heart and force
of understanding. Go on, dear teachers, and believe that God will save your children! Be not content to sow principles in their
minds which may possibly develop in later years, but be working for immediate conversion! Expect fruit in your children while
they are children! Pray for them that they may not run into the world and fall into the evils of outward sin—and then come back
with broken bones to the Good Shepherd. But that they may, by God’s rich Grace, be kept from the paths of the Wicked One and
grow up in the fold of Christ—first as lambs of His flock—and then as sheep of His hand.” —1887, C H Spurgeon

Through Perseverance the Snail Reached the Ark. C H Spurgeon

I guess I've given you enough quotes to take some while to digest, but I'll be back before so long with some more!!

Some more great quotes! (+ I keep finding more!!)

“Think not of the sinner, or of the greatness of his sin, but think of the greatness of the Saviour!”—1895 - Spurgeon

 “Beloved, you must know the bitterness of sin before you can know the blessedness of forgiveness! And you must have such a sight of sin as shall break your heart before you can understand the blessedness of the Divine covering, that sacred cover which hides sin effectually, blots it out, and even makes it cease to be. ‘Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.’”—1892 - Spurgeon 

 “‘My meditation of Him shall be sweet.’ ‘Of Him’—that is, of the Well-Beloved of the Father, of the Well-Beloved of the Church, of the Well-Beloved of my own soul—of Him who loved me, in whose blood I have washed my robes and made them white. It is meditation ‘of Him’ that is sweet—not merely of doctrine about Him, but of Him, of Himself—‘my meditation of Him.’ Not merely of His offices, and His work, and all that concerns Him, but of His own dear Self! There lies the sweetness and the closer we come to His blessed Person, the more truly have we approached the very center of bliss!”—1895 - Spurgeon 

 “If you believe, [in God], your belief will kill your sinning, or else your sinning will kill your believing! The greatest argument against the Bible is an unholy life—and when a man will give that up, he will convict himself.”—1893- Spurgeon 

 The Lord Jesus, in whom the Gospel bids us believe, is, without doubt, almighty God–equal to the Father in all things, and able to save to the uttermost all those that come unto God by Him. But that same Jesus is no less certainly perfect man–able to sympathize with man in all his bodily sufferings, and acquainted by experience with all that man’s body has to endure. Power and sympathy are marvelously combined in Him who died for us on the cross. Because He is God, we may rest the weight of our souls upon Him with unhesitating confidence. He is mighty to save. Because He is man, we may speak to Him with freedom, about the many trials to which flesh is heir. He knows the heart of a man. Here is rest for the weary! Here is good news! Our Redeemer is man as well as God, and God as well as man. ~ J.C. Ryle

 Believers, if you would have an increase of happiness in Christ’s service, labor every year to grow in grace. Beware of standing still. The holiest men are always the happiest. Let your aim be every year to be more holy–to know more, to feel more, to see more of the fullness of Christ. Do not rest on old grace: do not be content with the degree of Christianity which you have attained. Search the Scriptures more earnestly; pray more fervently; hate sin more; mortify self-will more; become more humble the nearer you draw to your end; seek more direct personal communion with the Lord Jesus; strive to be more like Enoch– daily walking with God; keep your conscience clear of little sins; grieve not the Spirit; avoid arguments and disputes about the lesser matters of religion: lay more firm hold upon those great truths, without which no man can be saved. Remember and practice these things, and you will be more happy. ~ J.C. Ryle

Some great quotes everyone should read! More will follow!

"Compare yourself only with Jesus." - A.W. Tozer

"There is no place to hide except in the blood of the Lamb." - A.W. Tozer

"True repentance shows itself in a thorough breaking off from sin. The life of a repentant person is altered. The course of their daily conduct is entirely changed. A new King reigns within their heart. They put off the old man. What God commands they now desire to practice; and what God forbids they now desire to avoid. They strive in all ways to keep clear of sin, to fight with sin, to war with sin, to get the victory over sin. They cease to do evil. They learn to do well. They break off sharply from bad ways and bad companions. They labor, however feebly, to live a new life. When a person does this, you have the fourth step in true repentance."
~ J.C. Ryle

The Character and Intention of the Devil
12 Jul
"There is a devil! We have a mighty invisible enemy always near us–one who never slumbers and never sleeps–one who is about our path and about our bed, and spies out all our ways, and will never leave us until we die. He is a murderer! His great aim and object is, to ruin us forever and kill our souls. To destroy, to rob us of eternal life, to bring us down to the second death in hell, are the things for which he is unceasingly working. He is ever going about, seeking whom he may devour. He is a liar! He is continually trying to deceive us by false representations, just as he deceived Eve at the beginning. He is always telling us that good is evil and evil good–truth is falsehood and falsehood truth–the broad way good and the narrow way bad. Millions are led captive by his deceit, and follow him, both rich and poor, both high and low, both learned and unlearned. Lies are his chosen weapons. By lies he slays many."
~ J.C. Ryle

"I bear my testimony that there is no joy to be found in all this world like that of sweet communion with Christ." - C.H. Spurgeon

“Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!”—1895 -C.H. Spurgeon

Enjoy and be challenged!!

Blessings and Challenges from God's Word

I was reading yesterday and today Colossians through 2 Thessalonians and 3 verses particularly jumped out at me. Colossians 2:6+7 says, "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving." And 2 Thessalonians 3:3 says, "But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one." It seemed to link in with Psalm 34 and 37, about how faithful God is. I have been really blessed and encouraged with all these. It has been speaking into some of the work situations when sometimes things happen that seem very strange and awkward. It's so good to know that He is in control and will guard us from the evil one.
I was also reminded that if we don't love the Truth (of God's Word), we will believe the lie (and the father of lies!) So, how important it is that we dig deep into the treasures in the Bible and that we are rooted and built up and established by Him.
I also wanted to share J C Ryle's devotion for today.
"Bringing forth fruits worthy of repentance is a truth which should always occupy a prominent place in our Christianity. It can never be impressed on our minds too strongly, that religious talking and profession are utterly worthless, without religious doing and practice. It is vain to say with our lips that we repent, if we do not at the same time repent in our lives. It is more than vain. It will gradually sear our consciences, and harden our hearts. To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance."
~ J.C. Ryle

I do hope you are also blessed and challenged and encouraged.