Tom Beetham

“this other man within us, has got to be handled. Do not listen to him; turn on him; speak to him; condemn him; upbraid him; exhort him; encourage him; remind him of what you know, instead of listening placidly to him and allowing him to drag you down and depress you.”
― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures

“Talk to yourself, and though the devil will suggest that because you do not feel, you are not a Christian, say: ‘No, I do not feel anything, but whether I feel or not, I believe the Scriptures. I believe God’s Word is true and I will stay my soul on it, I will believe in it come what may’.”
― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures

“The main art in the matter of spiritual living is to know how to handle yourself. You have to take yourself in hand, you have to address yourself, preach to yourself, question yourself.”
― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures

“My sister having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations