“There is rest in this world nowhere except in Christ, the manifested love of God. Trust in excellence, and the better you become, the keener is the feeling of deficiency. Wrap up all in doubt, and there is a stern voice that will thunder at last out of the wilderness upon your dream.” WorldFeelingsDreamLastsVoiceChristDoubtThis WorldExcellenceGod LoveYour DreamsWildernessTrust In GodThunderWrapsDeficiency Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be no doubt about whether we love our neighbor or not. Be sure that, in proportion as you advance in fraternal charity, you are increasing your love of God, for His Majesty bears so tender an affection for us that I cannot doubt He will repay our love for others by augmenting, and in a thousand different ways, that which we bear for Him.” ThinkingKnowsWayMayDifferentReasonStrongDoubtBearsThousandCharityAffectionNeighborGod LoveDifferent WaysNo DoubtProportionOur LoveMajestyFraternal Author:Teresa of Avila
“Nothing like one honest look, one honest thought of Christ upon His cross. That tells us how much He has been through, how much He endured, how much He conquered, how much God loved us, who spared not His only begotten Son, but freely gave Him for us. Dare we doubt such a God? Dare we murmur against such a God?” LooksHas BeensChristDoubtHonestSonCrossesDareGod Love Book:The Good News of God: Sermons Source: The Good News of God: Sermons
“Resolved, to examine carefully, and constantly, what that one thing in me is, which causes me in the least to doubt the love of God; and to direct all my forces against it.” ForceCausesDoubtOne ThingDirectGod Love Book:The Works of Jonathan Edwards Source: The Works of Jonathan Edwards