Christian Writers and Preachers

I will press forward. Let him that is athirst come. Whoever will, let him take of the water of life *freely*. Even so Lord Jesus. Amen.

—William Wilberforce

I have been praying to God through Christ and I will humbly trust to his promises, Ho! Every one that thirsteth.

—William Wilberforce

How wonderful that a private man should have such an influence on the temporal and eternal happiness of millions; literally, millions on millions yet unborn! O God, make me more earnest for Thy glory; and may I act more from real love and gratitude to my redeeming Lord.

—William Wilberforce

In whatever class or order of society Christianity prevails, she sets herself to rectify the particular faults, or, if we would speak more distinctly, to counteract the particular mode of selfishness, to which that class is liable.

—William Wilberforce

O let me press forward with renewed vigour, laying aside every weight, etc. and growing in heavenly mindedness and love and joy and every Christian grace.

—William Wilberforce

Above all, may the love of Christ constrain me to live no longer to myself, but to him who died and rose again.

—William Wilberforce

These men would barter comfort for greatness. In their vain reveries they forget that a nation consists of individuals, and that true national prosperity is no other than the multiplication of particular happiness.

—William Wilberforce

O may God through Christ and by the Spirit enable me now to live in faith and by love.

—William Wilberforce

O that I might feel more, and act more, and be more useful. O God bless me through Christ.

—William Wilberforce

I humbly despair of self and fly to thee O Christ.

—William Wilberforce

There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him. – C.S. Lewis

“I do not know how it is that we have been kept together in love, helped to abound in labour, and enabled to be firm in the faith, unless it be that special grace has watched over us.”

– Charles Spurgeon

Fundamentalism has on its own part fallen into error, the error of textualism, which is simply orthodoxy without the Holy Spirit. Everywhere among conservatives we find persons who are Bible-taught but not Spirit-taught.

—AW Tozer

The man who is willing to settle for barren life will never experience the joy of the Holy Spirit or the deep satisfaction of fruitful living

—AW Tozer

His mercy & grace are infinite & His patient understanding is beyond measure, but He will not aid men in their selfish striving after personal gain. He will not help men to attain ends which, when attained, usurp the place He by every right should hold in their affection.

—Tozer

I believe that a mighty resurgence of the Spirit’s power among us will open again wells of hymnody long forgotten. For song can never bring the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit does invariably bring song.

—AW Tozer

The Holy Spirit whispers faithfully, reminding us of the Christ of God … walking in flesh, God Almighty come to live among us & to save

—AW Tozer

It is time for us to seek again the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Man’s lordship has cost us too much.

—AW Tozer

We must believe that God is love & that, being love, He cannot harm us but must ever do us good. Then we must throw ourselves before Him & pray with boldness for whatever we know our good & His glory require, and the cost is no object!

—AW Tozer

Of this we may be certain: We cannot continue to ignore God’s will as expressed in the Scriptures & expect to secure the aid of God’s Spirit.

—AW Tozer

The Spirit always flashes the beauty of Christ upon the wondering heart, and the awed spirit receives it with a minimum of interference.

—AW Tozer

I rarely know where I am going in my life’s journey but … I look back & see that God has been leading my every step & I did not even know it.

—AW Tozer

The Church lives in a hostile world. The power of the Holy Spirit is, therefore, not optional but necessary. Without it the children of God simply cannot live the life of heaven on earth.

—AW Tozer

The wise Christian will watch for opportunities to do good, to speak the life-bringing word to sinners, to pray the rescuing prayer of intercession.

—AW Tozer

If our work prevents us, as it normally does, from having prayer meetings during the day, let us make up for it in some way and see to it that we pray as much as we should.

—AW Tozer

We should examine our prayers every now and again to discover how much sincerity & spontaneity they possess. We should insist on keeping them simple, candid, fresh & original.

—AW Tozer

He who has been smitten with the love of God & the wonder of the cross can never again be tolerant in things that touch his soul & the souls of his fellow men. He will live beside, be patient with, minister to, pray for & love anyone, but never will he compromise the truth

—Tozer

A great shadow lies upon every man & every woman—the fact that our Lord was bruised & wounded & crucified for the entire human race. This is the basic human responsibility that men are trying to push off & evade.

—AW Tozer

To restore the beauty of God’s world, God sent the Redeemer to put all things back to its creative purpose.

—AW Tozer

We dare not conclude that because we learn about the Spirit we for that reason actually know Him. Knowing Him comes only by a personal encounter with the Holy Spirit Himself.

—AW Tozer