“There cannot be a secret Christian. Grace is like ointment hid in the hand; it betrayeth itself. If you truly feel the sweetness of the cross of Christ, you will be constrained to confess Christ before men.” IfsMenFeelsHandsChristianChristSecretGraceCrossesSweetnessGrace Christian Author:Robert Murray M'Cheyne
“Grace in women has more effect than beauty. We sometimes see a certain fine self-possession, an habitual voluptuousness of character, which reposes on its own sensations and derives pleasure from all around it, that is more irresistible than any other attraction. There is an air of languid enjoyment in such persons, "in their eyes, in their arms, and their hands, and their face," which robs us of ourselves, and draws us by a secret sympathy towards them.” PersonsSelfSometimesCharacterHandsEyeFacesCertainPleasureSecretGraceAirEffectsArmsFineDrawsPossessionAttractionEnjoymentSensationsIrresistibleReposeHabitual Book:Sketches and Essays: And Winterslow (essays Written There). Source: Sketches and Essays: And Winterslow (essays Written There).
“God hath his mysteries of grace, Ways that we cannot tell, He hides them deep, like the secret sleep Of him he loved so well.” WayWellsGodSleepSecretGraceMystery Author:Cecil Frances Alexander
“A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret of securing all that the Father meant the chastisement to bring us.” MayLittlesChristianFatherChristSecretGraceBlessingBelieverSecureAfflictionAbidingChastisement Author:Andy Murray
“Many Christians backslide...They are unable to stand against the temptations of the world, or of their old nature. They strive to do their best to fight against sin, and to serve God, but they have no strength. They have never really grasped the secret: The Lord Jesus will every day from heaven continue His work in me. But on one condition-the soul must give Him time each day to impart His love and his grace. Time alone with the Lord Jesus each day is the indispensable condition of growth and power.” WorldGivingSoulChristianFightingJesusHeavenGrowthPrayerSinSecretLordGraceConditionsStriveTemptationEach DayServing GodIndispensableHis LoveMe AloneImpartAlone Time Author:Andy Murray
“A very young girl, myself, and my 70-year-old mother all look quite different wearing some of the same clothes from my shop. The whole secret is to know how to do it and some people never will, just like some can't make light pastry: they are lacking in some sort of grace.” PeopleKnowsYearsLooksDifferentWholeLightYoungMotherGirlSecretKnow HowGraceClothesShopsLackingPastries Author:Sonia Rykiel
“We cannot find God without God. We cannot reach God without God. We cannot satisfy God without God - which is another way of saying that all our seeking will fall short unless God starts and finishes the search. The decisive part of our seeking is not our human ascent to God, but His descent to us. Without God's descent there is no human ascent. The secret of the quest lies not in our brilliance but in His grace.” WayHumansLyingFallSecretGraceSeekingQuestsAnother WayBrillianceDescentWithout GodAscent Author:Os Guinness
“The secret of grace is that it can be all right at the center even when it is all wrong on the edges.” SecretGraceEdges Book:How Can It Be All Right When Everything Is All Wrong? Source: How Can It Be All Right When Everything Is All Wrong?