Quotes about Devotion

It is sweet to be nothing and less than nothing that Christ may be all in all.

Oh for holiness! Oh for more of God in my soul! Oh this pleasing pain! It makes my soul press after God.

I had been heaping up my devotions before God, fasting, praying, &c. pretending, and indeed really thinking sometimes, that I was aiming at the glory of God; whereas I never once truly intended it, but only my own happiness.

Oh, how sweet it is to be spent and worn out for God!

Oh that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.

Alas, that so much of my precious time is spent with so little of God.

I longed to spend and be spent for God.

My soul was this day, at turns, sweetly set on God. I longed to be with Him that I might behold His glory. I felt sweetly disposed to commit all to Him, even my dearest friends, my dearest flock, my absent brother, and all my concerns for time and eternity. Oh, that His kingdom might come in the world; that they might all love and glorify Him, for what He is in Himself; and that the blessed Redeemer might 'see the travail of his soul, and be satisfied! Oh, come, Lord Jesus, come quickly! Amen.

Do you know why I believe in the Lord Jesus and what He says? Because He has proved to me that He has my best interests at heart. What could He do that He did not do? He already gave His life for us (Romans 5:8-10; 8:32)

Fear God and work hard.

God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours.

All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.