“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.”
J.I. Packer:
“The only proof of past conversion is present convertedness.” (Keep in Step with the Spirit)
“If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both; if it does not encourage the commitment of faith, it reinforces the detachment of unbelief; if it fails to promote humility, it inevitably feeds pride.” (A Quest for Godliness, 15.)
John Newton
“Though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say that I am not what I once was, a slave to sin and Satan. And I can heartily join with the apostle and acknowledge that by the grace of God I am what I am.”
John Piper
“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied with Him.”
Jerry Bridges
“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace, nor are your best days ever so good that you are beyond the need of it.” (The Discipline of Grace, 18)
Erasmus
“When I have a little money, I buy books. If I have anything left over, I buy food and clothes!”
Question 1 of the Heidelberg Catechism
Question: What is thy only comfort in life and death?
Answer: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him.