Jerrold Lewis

“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, Keeping the Heart

“gospel, and a cheap ministry, and a cheap membership, and a cheap communion of saints, etc. But when his obedience comes to be chargeable, when his obedience to divine commands may cost him his health, his strength, his liberty, his riches, his estate, his friends, his credit, his name, etc., then he retires, then he cries out, It is a hard saying, who can bear it? John 6:60. This is a hard commandment, who can obey it?”
― Thomas Brooks, The Works of Thomas Brooks

“Grace turns pennies into gold, pebbles into pearls, sickness into health, weakness into strength, and needs into abundance.”
― Anonymous

“Every twinkling of light is light; every drop of water is water; every spark of fire is fire; every drop of honey is honey. So every drop of grace is grace;”
― Thomas Brooks, The Unsearchable Riches of Christ