Quotes from John Henry Jowett
God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.
- John Henry Jowett
Anyone can build a house: we need the Lord for the creation of a home.
- John Henry Jowett
...Prayer is not always petition, sometimes it is just communion. It is the exquisite ministry of friendship.
- John Henry Jowett
All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice.
- John Henry Jowett
It is possible to evade a multitude of sorrows by the cultivation of an insignificant life.
- John Henry Jowett
It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won...In prayer we bring our spiritual enemies into the Presence of God and we fight them there.
- John Henry Jowett
Let us sing even when we do not feel like it, for in this way we give wings to heavy feet and turn weariness into strength.
- John Henry Jowett
Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.
- John Henry Jowett
Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.
- John Henry Jowett
Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.
- John Henry Jowett
May my life be like a great hospitable tree, and may weary wanderers find in me a rest.
- John Henry Jowett
If we do not catch men, we are in great danger of losing even the desire to catch them. Our purposed activity is in peril of becoming a dream.
- John Henry Jowett