Quotes from F.B. Meyer

How many of us, who are engaged in the Lord's holy service, are secretly cherishing some proud purpose of excelling other men, of making a name, of securing money and applause.

Watch the morning watch. Do not see the face of man until you have seen the face of God. Before you enter on the day with its temptations, look up into His face and hide His Word in your heart.

Joy is peace dancing and peace is joy at rest.

Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God, but faith puts God between us and our circumstances.

God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that, realizes that he is in the midst, that takes heed to the assurance of his loving presence, will be quiet in the midst of alarm.

We never get so near God as when we plead for others.

The certainty of our salvation rests on the character of God.

Go on day by day fulfilling the task of the day, and leaving the results with God.

What a comfort it is to feel that amid the chaos and anarchy which sweep the surface, God is holding fast the foundations on which we build.

The one thing that hinders God is our unbelief.

God does not fill with His Holy Spirit those who believe in the fullness of the Spirit, or those who desire Him, but those who obey Him.

Purity of heart means the control of the imagination and the rigorous care of the affections.

The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, buy unoffered prayer.

Prayer is an exchange. We leave our burdens, worries and sin in the hands of God. We come away with oil of joy and the garment of praise.

As we pour out our bitterness, God pours in his peace.

We must be still before God.

Habits of prayer need careful cultivation.

God has a purpose in every life, and when the soul is completely yielded and acquiescent, He will certainly realize it. Blessed is he who has never thwarted the working of the divine ideal.

There is nothing the Church of today needs so much as Spiritual Power; and there is nothing which we can have so easily, if only we are prepared to pay the price.

The quiet life is by no means the greatest life. Some characters can only reach the highest standard of spirituality by the disturbings or displacings in the order of God's providence.

If I had my ministry over again, I would devote far more time to the ministry of comfort and encouragement.

The love of God toward you is like the Amazon River flowing down to water a single daisy.

There is no sin so profound, no despondency so low, no misery so abject, but the love of Christ is deeper.

God is love; to do his will is to scatter love in handfuls of blessing on a weary world.