April Quotes

Today I'm blogging for my online Bible study group. You can head over to our blog and check it out HERE. :) God bless.

God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.

-E. Elliot

Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend. 

-Charles H. Spurgeon

Thou hast created us for Thyself, 

and our heart is not quiet until it rests in thee. 

-Augustine of Hippo

He who calls us must also equip, 

and extraordinary commissions require extraordinary endowments, 

which the Lord alone can impart.

-A.W. Pink

The great Lover of his children gives indefinitely, 

though he will not take from man his suffering 

until strength is perfected in weakness.

-George McDonald

Remember that thought is speech before God.

-Charles Spurgeon

Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of; in nothing on which you might not pray for the blessing of God; in nothing which you could not review with a quiet conscience on your dying bed; in nothing which you might not safely and properly be found doing if death should surprise you in the act. 

-Richard Baxter

It was an easy thing to hold with Christ while the Prince and the world held with Him; but now the world hateth Him, it is the true trial who be His. Wherefore, in the name and in the virtue, strength, and power of His holy Spirit, prepare yourselves in any case to adversity and constancy. Let us not run away when it is most time to fight. 

-John Hooper

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. 

-George Mueller

All of life is a calling, a vocation from the Lord. 

-Brian Borgman

We find comfort among those who agree with us—growth among those who don’t. 

-Frank A. Clark

You can’t stay mad at someone who makes you laugh. 

(That last one doesn't really have anything to do with Scriptural principles, but it's true, you know. ;)