Quotes About Strength

A weak hand with a sincere heart is able to turn the key in prayer.

Such is the weak constitution of grace, that it can neither well bear smiles or frowns from God without a snare; as one said of our English nation,[2] it cannot well bear liberty nor bondage in the height. So neither can the soul.

The manifestations of God's love are to fit us for our work. It is one thing to rejoice in the light of our comfort, and another to go forth in the power of the Spirit com forting us—as giants refreshed with this wine—to run our race of duty and obedience with more strength and alacrity.

Satan with all his wits and wiles, shall never vanquish a soul armed with true grace; nay, he that hath this armour of God on shall vanquish him. Look

the Christian who seems to be so overmatched, is yet so unconquerable, II Cor. 12:9; James 5:11.

So, Christian, thou shouldst feast thyself with the joy of thy mercy, but save the remembrance of it as hope-seed, to strengthen thee to wait on God for another mercy and further help in a needful time.

The Christian must trust in a with draw ing God, Isa. 50:10. Let him that walks in darkness, and sees no light, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

A soul castled with these walls is impregnable.

Of this psalm Luther would say, in times of great confusion in the church, 'Let us sing the six and fortieth psalm, in spite of the devil and all his instruments.

this spiritual war of the Christian lies chiefly on the defence, and therefore requires arms most of this kind to wage it.

O Christian, give not place to Satan, no, not an inch, in his first motions. He that is a beggar and a modest one with out doors, will command the house if let in. Yield at first, and thou givest away thy strength to resist him in the rest; when the hem is worn, the whole garment will ravel out, if it be not mended by timely repentance.

Therefore, I beseech you, look to your armour. David would not fight in armour he had not tried, though it was a king's.

The Christian's armour will rust except it be furbished and scoured with the oil of prayer.

A friend for adversity is as proper as fire is for a winter's day.

It hath been the constant practice of the saints in all their dangers and straits, whether from enemies within or without, from sin, devils, or men, to betake themselves tot he throne of grace, and draw a line of prayer about them; accounting this the only safe posture to stand in for their defence.

Every soul clad with this armour of God shall stand and persevere; or thus, true grace can never be vanquished.

When the spirit is low through unbelief, every threatening from man makes sad impression. Let thy faith take but a deep draught of the promises, and thy courage will rise.

Therefore labour to be sound rather than brave Christians.

Never can we truly recover our courage, till we recover our holiness—'If

Fides pinguescit operibus—'faith fattens or becomes strong on works,' Luther.

Wills aren't really strong or weak; it is the characters that they express and serve that are.

Power is pleasure; and pleasure sweetens pain.

To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

Persons without education certainly do not want [lack] either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within their observation; but they have no power of abstraction--they see their objects always near, never in the horizon.