Quotes
February 2022
If the Bible is going to be the basis and foundation of your faith, then you better have faith in the Bible. – Michael Haigh
No exercise of grace can ever interfere with the onward movement of the wheels of government . . . . Grace pardons; yes, freely, fully, and eternally pardons; but what is sown must be reaped. – C. H. Macintosh (1820 – 1896)
Many religionists treat the Bible as a debate and not as truth. – Michael Haigh
The ‘deeper life’ is deeper only because the average Christian life is tragically shallow. – A. W. Tozer (1897 – 1963)
Re: the celestial throne: “This highly exalted throne is not one of granite but of grace, not a throne of marble but of mercy, not a throne of stone but of sympathy.” – Charles J. Rolls (1856 – unknown)
The Lord cannot fully bless a man until He has first conquered him. – A. W. Tozer (1897 – 1963)
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. – Proverb source unknown
Instead of using the storm as an occasion for trusting Him, we make it an occasion for doubting Him. – C. H. Macintosh (1820 – 1896)
The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today. – A. W. Tozer (1897 – 1963)
The wonderful Counsellor becomes the watchful Caretaker, the marvelous Sovereign becomes the merciful Shepherd, the glorious Master becomes the gracious Minister and the omnipotent Superior becomes the obedient Servant. – Charles J. Rolls (1856 – unknown)
Be hard on yourself and easy on others. Carry your own cross but never lay one on the back of another. A. W. Tozer (1897 – 1963)
Man writes his history with the absence of sin. God writes man’s history because of his sin. – Michael Haigh
It is one thing for people to flock to Christ because of the benefits which He bestows, and it is quite another to cleave to Him in the face of the world’s scorn and contempt. – C. H. Macintosh (1820 – 1896)
All are not cooks that walk with long knives. – Proverb source unknown
One of the most deplorable things in the Christian profession today is that it provides so much that gives social and worldly elements a place, and people are even taught that it is right to mix with the world, and help on its schemes, so that the world may be improved. But instead of the world being improved the people of God are corrupted by alliance with it. – C. A. Coates (1862 – 1945)
All lay loads on a willing horse! – Proverb source unknown
Faith creates a bond between the invisible and the tangible. – Michael Haigh
The fulness of God ever waits on an empty vessel. The great difficulty is to get the vessel empty. – C. H. Macintosh (1820 – 1896)
The Law of Sin and Death is permanent for the children of Adam; therefore, we have the Law of Faith which is permanent for the children of belief who become the children of God. – Michael Haigh