When we want to speak to God, we pray. And when we want Him to speak to us, we search the scriptures.
And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well.
Scripture does not say that God is 'love, love, love' or that He is 'wrath, wrath, wrath,' but that He is 'holy, holy, holy. '
We often sometimes forget that- prior to the invention of removable pipe- there really were no English Bibles. We have treasures, we have Bibles in every size and shape and color. But there's a failure to recognize what's contained inside the cover of the Bible. We grow apathetic, and I think that the issue is reacting to the Word of God. Not just carrying, but get back into the Word of God and then get the Word of God into us. It's all about mining the scripture, memorizing the scripture, and meditating with our scripture.
Every word of Holy Scripture was a love letter from God directed very personally to us and he asked us whether we loved Jesus.
We discover the will of God by a sensitive application of Scripture to our own lives.
All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof.
A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.
Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures.
Scriptures are Letters from Home. Can you imagine getting a letter from home and not even bothering to open it?
I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.
It is a basic tenet throughout the Scriptures that God rewards diligence, faithfulness, endurance, and steadfastness.
The scriptures, for example, discredit an ancient philosophy that has come back into vogue in our day-the philosophy of Korihor that there are no absolute moral standards, that "every man prospers according to his genius, and that every man conquers according to his strength; and whatsoever a man does is no crime" and "that when a man is dead, that is the end thereof".
God is consistent with his nature and declared purposes in Scripture, but he is not limited to our finite understanding of him or the ways we think he should work.
So, you want to be like Christ? Me too. But that kind of godliness won't just happen by hanging around a church or thinking lofty thoughts three or four times a day or learning a few verses of Scripture. It will take more - much more. Disciplining ourselves will require the same kind of focused thinking and living that our Master modeled during His brief life on earth.
No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
Truth is neither in the scripture nor in the words of prophets. It is in your heart, feel it, discover it and expand with it.
He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.