Sermons & Devotionals by Grace Quotes

John MacDuff, "The Rainbow in the Clouds" "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand." John 13:7 Much is baffling and perplexing to us in God's present dealings. "What!" we are often ready to exclaim, "could not the cup have been less bitter; the trial less severe; the ro... Read More

Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image of Christ' must be seen and observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings. --J.C. Ryle... Read More

(Joseph Philpot) "O visit me with your salvation." Psalm 106:4 Salvation only suits the condemned, the lost. A man must be lost; utterly lost; before he can prize God's salvation. And how is he lost? By . . . losing all his religion, losing all his righteousness, losing all his strength, losing all ... Read More

Spurgeon, "Now, and Then") "Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity." 1 Cor. 13:12 When we get to heaven, we shall understand the reasons of many of God's Providential dealings. We shall there discover that... wars that devastated natio... Read More

from Thomas Reade's, "Christian Experience" What a treasure is the Word of God! Here we have.... Light, to dissipate our darkness; Truth, to guide us amid the mazes of error; Consolations, to gladden us in a world of misery. The Bible is.... the Revelation of our Father's love; the Expression of Jeh... Read More

Spurgeon, "David's Holy Wonder at the Lord's Great Goodness" What flowers of mercy have bloomed in our pathway! Let us thank God for the mercies we do not see- the innumerable dangers from which we are preserved; the great needs which are supplied before we know them to be needs; the needs which the... Read More

From Spurgeon's, "WAITING ONLY UPON GOD" You know what Luther said the little bird said to him. He sat upon the spray of the tree, and he sang- "Mortal, cease from toil and sorrow; God provideth for the morrow." And it chirped and picked up its little grain, and sang again. And yet it had no granary... Read More

From Spurgeon's, "Sovereignty and Salvation" If it were within the range of human capacity to conceive a time when God dwelt alone, without his creatures, we should then have one of the grandest and most stupendous ideas of God. There was a season when as yet the sun had never run his race, nor comm... Read More

Spurgeon, "CHOICE PORTIONS" There is an unrivaled picture in the word where the Lord is even represented as SINGING WITH JOY OVER HIS PEOPLE. Who could have conceived of the Eternal One as bursting forth into a song? Yet it is written, "He will rejoice over you with joy, he will rest in his love, he... Read More

(Henry Law, "Forgiveness of Sins" 1875) "He forgives ALL my sins." Psalm 103:3 Satan will often strive to bring our sins to remembrance. They readily appear in frightful mass, in vast accumulation. They swarm in all periods of life. . . in childhood's dawn; in blooming youth; in the prime of manhood... Read More

(J. C. Philpot, "Getting and Losing" 1846) "The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked! Who really knows how bad it is?" Jeremiah 17:9 Without a knowledge of the corruptions and abounding evils of our deceitful and desperately wicked heart . . . unbelief, infidelity, pride, hypocrisy, ... Read More

(William Law, A SERIOUS CALL TO A DEVOUT AND HOLY LIFE) All things are in the hands of God, have Him for their Author, are directed and governed by Him to such ends as are most suitable to His wise providence. Whoever murmurs at the course of the world, murmurs at God who governs the course of the w... Read More

from Spurgeon's sermon, "The Spur" #943. John 9:4 A young convert, after finding peace with God, was heard to say, "I rejoice that I was a lost sinner." Strange matter to be glad about, you will say, for of all things it is most to be deplored; but here was her reason: "Because God's infinite grace,... Read More

from Spurgeon's, "Divine Destruction and Protection" Can your minds fly back to the time when there was no time, to the day when there was no day but the Ancient of Days? Can you speed back to that period when God dwelt alone, when this round world and all the things that are upon it, had not come f... Read More

(from Edwards sermon, "The Final Judgment") The infinitely holy and wise Creator and Governor of the world must necessarily hate wickedness. Yet we see many wicked men flourishing. They live with impunity; things seem to go well with them, and the world smiles upon them. God allows so much injustice... Read More

From Winslow's, "Learning of Jesus" The only authoritative Teacher in the Church of God, the only true Prophet, is the Lord Jesus Christ. Why is it there is so much darkness and crudeness in the books we read, and in the sermons we hear? Why is it that we see so much ignorance and obscurity in setti... Read More

(Octavius Winslow, "CONSIDER JESUS" 1870) "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death." Mark 14:34 In this lay our Lord's greatest suffering: His soul sorrow. Compared with this . . . the lingering, excruciating tortures of the cross, the extended limbs, the quivering nerves, the bleed... Read More

(from Winslow's, "The Glory of Christ in Heaven") Jesus has all the treasures of the everlasting covenant, all the fulness of the Godhead, all the resources of the universe in His keeping, and at His disposal! Look at the starry sky; Jesus strewed it with its jewelry. Look at that enchanting landsca... Read More

(Stephen Charnock) "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty!" Isaiah 6:3 If every attribute of the Deity were a distinct member, holiness would be the soul to animate them. Without holiness . . . His patience would be an indulgence to sin, His mercy a fondness, His wrath a madness, His power a tyranny... Read More

Matthew Henry's comments on the parable of the prodigal son. His father saw him-- there were eyes of mercy; he ran to meet him-- there were legs of mercy; he put his arms round his neck-- there were arms of mercy; he kissed him-- there were kisses of mercy; he said to him-- there were words of mercy... Read More