September Quotes

September 1

If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in the world? To this the famous preacher replied, With so much soap, why are there so many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives. — Billy Graham

September 2

Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him. — George Whitefield

September 3

People who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: 1. they are facing only one direction, 2. they can never turn back, and 3. they no longer have plans of their own. — A. W. Tozer

September 4

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. — G. K. Chesterton

September 5

Jesus did not come into the world to make bad men good. He came into the world to make dead men live! — Leonard Ravenhill

September 6

There will be no peace in any soul until it is willing to obey the voice of God. — D. L. Moody

September 7

The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate. — Vance Havner

September 8

We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life. — C. S. Lewis

September 9

If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy. Corrie Ten Boom

September 10

Avoid a sugared gospel as you would shun sugar of lead. Seek the gospel which rips up and tears and cuts and wounds and hacks and even kills, for that is the gospel that makes alive again. And when you have found it, give good heed to it. Let it enter into your inmost being. As the rain soaks into the ground, so pray the Lord to let his gospel soak into your soul. — Charles Spurgeon

September 11

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will. — Jonathon Edwards

September 12

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan. — John Bunyan

September 13

Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. — Oswald Chambers

September 14

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ. — Billy Graham

September 15

True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness for conversion hide behind their own good works. This is the reason that self-righteous people are so angry with gospel preachers, because the gospel does not spare those who will not submit to the righteousness of Jesus Christ! — George Whitefield

September 16

The driver on the highway is safe not when He reads the signs, but when He obeys them. — A. W. Tozer

September 17

Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles. — G. K. Chesterton

September 18

God has to work in a man before He can work through a man. — Leonard Ravenhill

September 19

Whatever you love more than God is your idol. — D. L. Moody

September 20

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. — C. S. Lewis

September 21

The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most. — Corrie Ten Boom

September 22

The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed. — Charles Spurgeon

September 23

God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of any, or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the ocean. — Jonathon Edwards

September 24

The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else. — John Bunyan

September 25

The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue. — Oswald Chambers

September 26

We can be certain that God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that he ordains. The will of God will never take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us. — Billy Graham

September 27

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal. — George Whitefield

September 28

Sometimes when we get overwhelmed we forget how big God is. — A. W. Tozer

September 29

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else. — G. K. Chesterton

September 30

Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for? — Leonard Ravenhill

Marj Lancaster