Quotes from godly folks

[Cee Maria]

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength."

- Corrie Ten Boom, 'Clippings From My Notebook'.

[Ani Tefillah]

15 minutes ago, Cee Maria said:

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength."

- Corrie Ten Boom, 'Clippings From My Notebook'.

So true! 😊 I have this quote on my tablet. 

[B-B]

15 hours ago, Cee Maria said:

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength."

- Corrie Ten Boom, 'Clippings From My Notebook'.

Thanks for sharing 😊

[B-B]

"Suppose that by revenge you might destroy one enemy; yet, by exercising the Christian's temper you might conquer three‌–‌your own lust, Satan's temptation, and your enemy's heart".

~ John Flavel

[B-B]

If you walk in the fear of God, and follow in the footsteps of a persecuted and despised Jesus, the world will hate and despise you as it hated and despised him, as he himself declares, “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” God himself has put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent (Gen. 3:15); and nothing will secure you from the manifestation of this enmity if you are on Christ’s side. Neither rank, nor property, nor learning, nor education, nor amiability, nor the profusest deeds of liberality, nor the greatest uprightness of conduct, will stave off the scorn of men, if you are a sincere follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, and carry out in practice what you hold in principle.

If you are not conformed to Jesus here in his suffering image, you will most certainly not be conformed to Jesus hereafter in his glorified likeness. But if by living for and unto Jesus and his cross, your name be cast out as evil, wear it as your distinguishing badge, as adorning the breast of a Christian warrior. If men misrepresent your motives or actions, and seek to hunt you down with every calumny that the basest malignity can invent, do not heed it as long as you are innocent. They cannot find you a better or more honourable crown, if indeed your godly life provoke the cruel lie. It is a crown that your Master bore before you when they crowned his head with thorns. If you feel as I have felt, you will at times count yourself even unworthy to suffer persecution for his name’s sake.

J.C. Philpot

[Ani Tefillah]

6 hours ago, B-B said:

If you walk in the fear of God, and follow in the footsteps of a persecuted and despised Jesus, the world will hate and despise you as it hated and despised him, as he himself declares, “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” God himself has put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent (Gen. 3:15); and nothing will secure you from the manifestation of this enmity if you are on Christ’s side. Neither rank, nor property, nor learning, nor education, nor amiability, nor the profusest deeds of liberality, nor the greatest uprightness of conduct, will stave off the scorn of men, if you are a sincere follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, and carry out in practice what you hold in principle.

If you are not conformed to Jesus here in his suffering image, you will most certainly not be conformed to Jesus hereafter in his glorified likeness. But if by living for and unto Jesus and his cross, your name be cast out as evil, wear it as your distinguishing badge, as adorning the breast of a Christian warrior. If men misrepresent your motives or actions, and seek to hunt you down with every calumny that the basest malignity can invent, do not heed it as long as you are innocent. They cannot find you a better or more honourable crown, if indeed your godly life provoke the cruel lie. It is a crown that your Master bore before you when they crowned his head with thorns. If you feel as I have felt, you will at times count yourself even unworthy to suffer persecution for his name’s sake.

J.C. Philpot

So true! 

[Hopefully]

“On the night of Jesus’ arrest, Peter was willing to kill for Christ but not to die for him.

LESSON: There is a type of counterfeit faithfulness  that is willing to kill for Christ, but not willing to die for him.”

Author unknown 

[B-B]

15 hours ago, Hopefully said:

“On the night of Jesus’ arrest, Peter was willing to kill for Christ but not to die for him.

LESSON: There is a type of counterfeit faithfulness  that is willing to kill for Christ, but not willing to die for him.”

Author unknown 

Thanks for sharing 😊

[B-B]

"To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world".

~ John Flavel

 

[B-B]

"Affliction is a pill, which, being wrapt up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed; but discontent chews the pill, and so embitters the soul".

~ John Flavel