Weekly Quotes – 2022

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December 2022

“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”
— Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) – an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States

Related Post: 9 Truths About the Bible

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December 2022

“There is no example so worthy of our imitation as is Messiah’s example.”
— John Gill (1697 – 1771) – a British Baptist pastor, Biblical scholar, theologian, and author
Related Post: Messiah is Our Example

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December 2022

“If you had to make a choice, you ought to wish rather to suffer for Messiah, than to enjoy many consolations, because then you would be more like Messiah, and more like all His saints.”
— Thomas, à Kempis (1380 – 1471) – German Catholic priest of the late medieval period and author of ‘The Imitation of Christ’
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December 2022

“When you pray, you are talking to God; when you read the Word [the Bible], He is talking to you.”
— Aimee Semple McPherson (1890 – 1944) – a Canadian-American Pentecostal evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s, also known as Sister Aimee, famous for founding the Foursquare Church
Related Post: Messiah: The Word Made Flesh

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December 2022

“Man was made in the image of God, and nothing will satisfy man but God, in whose image he was made.”
— Charles H. Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) – British Baptist preacher and author, known as the “Prince of Preachers”
Related Post: God Has Put Eternity Into Our Heart

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November 2022

“God will deal with you in mercy but in severity, because all divine love is a sword and ‘divides asunder soul and spirit, joint and marrow’ and deals with the inward desires of the heart (see Hebrews 4:12).”
— Smith Wigglesworth (1859 – 1947) – British Christian evangelist of the early history of Pentecostalism

Related Post: His Word – Like A Sword

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November 2022

“Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”
— Daniel 12:10
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November 2022

“It seems better to me, to get the Book of books [the Bible] for food for our soul, for the strengthening of our faith, and for the building up of our character in God, so that all the time we are being changed and made meet (fit) to walk with God.”
— Smith Wigglesworth (1859 – 1947) – British Christian evangelist of the early history of Pentecostalism
Related Post: Building the Walls of Our Character

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November 2022

“Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain.”
— John Wesley (1703 – 1791) British, theologian, author, and founder of Methodism
Related Post: 3 Keys to Receiving God’s Guidance

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October 2022

“We do not have to create a conscience for ourselves. We are born with one, and no matter how much we may ignore it, we cannot silence its insistent demand that we do good, and that we avoid evil.”
— Thomas Merton (1915 – 1968) – American Catholic author and Trappist monk
Related Post: The Way of the Wicked: A Warning

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October 2022

“We should never divorce the written Word from the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Spirit from the written Word. It is not God’s plan that the Word should ever work apart from the Spirit, or the Spirit apart from the Word. God’s Word and God’s Spirit will always work together in perfect unity and harmony.”
— Derek Prince (1915 – 2003) – British Christian international Bible teacher, theologian, pastor, and author
Related Post: The Word – or The Spirit?

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October 2022

“I can know about God, but I cannot know God unless I am ready to be obedient.”
— A. W. Tozer (1897 – 1963) – American Christian pastor, preacher, and author
Related Post: The Essence of Obedience

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October 2022

“Prayer is the most formidable weapon, the thing that makes all else we do efficient.”
— E. M. Bounds (1835 – 1913) – an American clergy, attorney, and author
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October 2022

“Real true faith is man’s weakness leaning on God’s strength.”
— Dwight L. Moody (1837 – 1899) – American Christian preacher, evangelist, publisher, and founder of the Moody Bible Institute
Related Post: When We Are Weak

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September 2022

“If the Lord has ordained to save you, surely He will not refuse to instruct you in His ways.”
— Charles H. Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) – British Baptist preacher and author, known as the “Prince of Preachers”
Related Post: The Way of the LORD

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September 2022

“Our love should be reserved for God, and not thrown away upon the world. If our love of the world prevails then our love for God dwindles and decays. (1John 2:15-17)”
— Matthew Henry (1662 – 1714) – Welsh Christian minister, author, and Bible commentator

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September 2022

“God loves ‘earnest, pleading’ prayer so much, that He will not give us much blessing without it.”
— Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) – American missionary to Burma
Related Post: Continue Steadfastly In Prayer

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September 2022

“The saints who are greatest before God are those who consider themselves the least. (Luke 9:46-48).”
— Thomas, à Kempis (1380 – 1471) – German Catholic priest of the late medieval period and author of The Imitation of Christ
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August 2022

“Better is little with the fear of Yahuwah [the LORD] than great treasure and trouble therewith.”
— Proverbs 15:16
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August 2022

“In order for us to be a living sacrifice, we must wholly transform ourselves by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:1-2).”
— Bradford D. Scott (1953 – 2020) – American Messianic teacher, teaching the Old and New Testaments through the language and culture of the people who penned them, and founder of Wildbranch Ministry
Related Post: Walking In Newness of Life

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August 2022

“How beautiful is God’s love for us! He has infinite intelligence and perfect knowledge of what is truly best for all.”
— Charles Finney (1792 – 1875) – American Christian minister, evangelist, revivalist, and author
Related Post: Messiah: The Brightness of God’s Glory

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August 2022

“True love in a parent expresses itself in discipline and in setting boundaries. There is security in set boundaries.”
— Derek Prince (1915 – 2003) – British Christian international Bible teacher, theologian, pastor, and author
Related Post: Do Not Cross the Boundary

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July 2022

“A humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul.”
— Thomas, à Kempis (1380 – 1471) – German Catholic priest of the late medieval period and author of ‘The Imitation of Christ’
Related Post: Looking to The Unseen Realm of God’s Kingdom

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July 2022

“Nowhere in the Scriptures, nor in Christian biography, was anyone ever filled with the Spirit, who did not know that he had been. Nowhere was anyone filled with the Spirit, who did not know when. And no one was ever filled gradually.”
— A. W. Tozer (1897 – 1963) – American Christian pastor, preacher, and author
Related Post: Have You Received the Holy Spirit Since You Believed?

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July 2022

“Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.”
— Augustine (354 – 430) an early Roman Christian theologian, philosopher, and writer of the Christian classic: Confessions
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July 2022

“No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him.”
— Dwight L. Moody (1837 – 1899) – American Christian preacher, evangelist, publisher, and founder of the Moody Bible Institute
Related Post: Seeking God With All Our Heart

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June 2022

“To what will you look for help if you will not look to that which is stronger than yourself?”
— C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963) – British novelist, poet, essayist, lecturer, Christian apologist, and author of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’
Related Post: Needing His Strength

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June 2022

“It is impossible to love God without loving the cross; and a heart that savors the cross, finds the bitterest things to be sweet.”
— Madame Guyon (1648 – 1717) a devout French Catholic author, who was imprisoned for her beliefs regarding prayer, spirituality, and piety
Related Post: The Way of the Cross

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June 2022

“‘The fear of the LORD’, expressed in obedience to God’s Word, is the key to true wisdom and true understanding (Psalms 111:10)!”
— Derek Prince (1915 – 2003) – British Christian international Bible teacher, theologian, pastor, and author
Related Post: The Wisdom of the Fear of the LORD

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June 2022

“Come, My people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.”
— Isaiah 26:20
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May 2022

“A man must fight long and bravely against himself before he learns to master himself fully and to direct all his affections toward God.”
— Thomas, à Kempis (1380 – 1471) – German Catholic priest of the late medieval period and author of ‘The Imitation of Christ’
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May 2022

“Chastisement is intended for instruction, and instruction should go along with chastisement. … The best of God’s children need chastisement. They have their faults and follies, which need to be corrected.”
— Matthew Henry (1662 – 1714) – Welsh Christian minister, author, and Bible commentator
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May 2022

“God does everything by prayer, and nothing without it (Philippians 4:6).”
— John Wesley (1703 – 1791) British, theologian, author, and founder of Methodism
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May 2022

“Only the full treasure of the commandments of God can lead me securely through my life. I can be certain that there is no life situation for which God’s Word will not speak the necessary direction.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 – 1945) – a German pastor, theologian, author, and spy, who was imprisoned and executed by the Nazi regime
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April 2022

“The sum and substance of the preparation needed for coming into Eternity is that you believe what the Bible tells you, and do what the Bible bids you.”
— Thomas Chalmers (1780 – 1847) – a Scottish minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of the Church of Scotland
Related Post: Heaven – A Prepared Place For A Prepared People

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April 2022

“In silence and quietness, the devout soul advances in virtue and learns the hidden truths of Scripture.”
— Thomas, à Kempis (1380 – 1471) – German Catholic priest of the late medieval period and author of The Imitation of Christ
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April 2022

“God’s lovingkindness is better than life. Life is dear, but God’s love is dearer.”
— Charles H. Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) – British Baptist preacher and author, known as the “Prince of Preachers”

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April 2022

“Let us wait patiently for the Lord, and leave to His own wisdom the time and manner wherein He will appear and intervene for us.”
— .John Wesley (1703 – 1791) British, theologian, author, and founder of Methodism

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April 2022

“I would not give a penny for your love of truth if it is not accompanied with a hearty hatred of error.”
— Charles H. Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) – British Baptist preacher and author, known as the “Prince of Preachers”
Related Post: A Way That Seems Right: Avoiding the Deceit of Falsehoods

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March 2022

“As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that, measured by His effect on history, Jesus is the most influential life that ever lived on this planet!”
— Kenneth S. Latourette (1884 – 1968) – an American Christian missionary, educator, author, and historian of China, Japan, and world Christianity
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March 2022

“Oh, the dullness and hardness of heart of a man who looks only to the present, instead of preparing for that which is to come!”
— Thomas à Kempis (1380 – 1471) – German Catholic priest of the late medieval period and author of “The Imitation of Christ”
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March 2022

“And Yahushua [Jesus] said, … And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.”
— the Gospel of Mark 13:26
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March 2022

“It is a great rarity to find a good man, a truly wise and gracious man. Only those few find the strait gate and the narrow way, and are saved. They are as one to a thousand.”
— John Gill (1697 – 1771) – a British Baptist pastor, Biblical scholar, theologian, and author
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February 2022

“Messiah – ‘He is worthy for me just to live for Him!'”
— Watchman Nee (1903 – 1972) – Chinese Christian teacher, church leader, and author
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February 2022

“The Scriptures will never really benefit us until we are willing to let them change us.”
— Dwight L. Moody (1837 – 1899) – American Christian preacher, evangelist, publisher, and founder of the Moody Bible Institute
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February 2022

“Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God’s holiness and sovereignty; not until we acknowledge our own littleness, distrust our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can we then have divine wisdom become ours.”
— James I. Packer (1926 – 2020) – a Canadian Christian theologian, evangelical, and author
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February 2022

“Sin is a basic human dilemma that affects the spiritual life of every human being. Every day, you and I are confronted with the fact that we have sinned. What’s more, each of us struggles with the perplexing question: ‘How can I be sure that God will forgive me?’”
— Derek Prince (1915 – 2003) – British Christian international Bible teacher, theologian, pastor, and author
Related Post: What Is Sin?

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January 2022

“An individual who grows in grace is more and more motivated by principle, and less and less by emotion or feelings. I do not mean that such a person has less feeling, but that he acts less under the influence of feelings or emotion. He does things, less because he feels so, but more because it is right! “
— Charles Finney (1792 – 1875) – American Christian minister, evangelist, revivalist, and author
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January 2022

“An easy-going, non-self-denying life will never be one of power.”
— J. Hudson Taylor (1832 – 1905) – British Christian missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission
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January 2022

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January 2022

“God’s light rescues the sinner from death, and bestows upon him life and enduring happiness. God’s light brings the sinner out of darkness, into God’s marvellous light. (see 1Peter 2:9-10)”
— Sundar Singh (1889 – 1929) – born in India, a Christian missionary to the people of India
Related Post: God’s Light

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January 2022

“When I was born-again, I was born into another world. I found myself in the Kingdom of God, and the Creator became my Father…. I changed altogether. None of my old friends could understand what had happened. I had left the world and its folly, and had been born into that Kingdom where there is only the love of God – the most attractive life on the face of the earth!”
— Rees Howells (1879 – 1950) – a Welsh Christain intercessor, preacher, missionary in Africa, and who founded The Bible College of Wales
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