
“I account this body nothing but a close prison to my soul; and the earth a larger prison to my body. I may not break prison till I be loosed by death; but I will leave it, not unwillingly,when I am loosed.”
– Joseph Hall

“I account this body nothing but a close prison to my soul; and the earth a larger prison to my body. I may not break prison till I be loosed by death; but I will leave it, not unwillingly,when I am loosed.”
– Joseph Hall
Familiarize the thoughts of the evil day to thy soul; handle this serpent often, walk daily in the serious meditations of it, do not run from them because they are unpleasing to flesh, that is the way to increase the terror of it. Do with your souls, when shy of, and scared with the thoughts of affliction or death, as you use to do with your beast that is given to boggle and start as you ride on him; when he flies back and starts at a thing, you do not yield to his fear and go back, that will make him worse another time, but you ride him up close to that which he is afraid of, and in time you break him of that quality. The evil day is not such a fearful thing to thee that art a Christian, as thou shouldst start for it. Bring up thy heart close to it, show thy soul what Christ hath done to take the sting out of it….
– William Gurnall
The truly spiritual man is indeed something of an oddity. He lives not for himself but to promote the interests of Another. He seeks to persuade people to give all to his Lord and asks no portion or share for himself. He delights not to be honored but to see his Saviour glorified in the eyes of men. His joy is to see his Lord promoted and himself neglected. He finds few who care to talk about that which is the supreme object of his interest, so he is often silent and preoccupied in the midst of noisy religious shoptalk. For this he earns the reputation of being dull and overserious, so he is avoided and the gulf between him and society widens. He searches for friends upon whose garments he can detect the smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia out of the ivory palaces, and finding few or none he, like Mary of old, keeps these things in his heart.
– A. W. Tozer
Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God.
– Andrew Murray
“A friend loves at all times…”
– Proverbs 17:17
“A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
– Proverbs 18:24
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.”
– Proverbs 27:6
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”
– Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
– John 15:13
Christian Hymns playlist ( most with lyrics ):
Onward Christian Soldiers – Christian Hymns Lyrics Choir / William Booth Film – Salvation Army
Christian Hymns / Choir / Lyrics in Description: The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want ( Psalms 23 )
Eternal Father, Strong to Save – Christian Navy Hymn with lyrics
Nearer My God to Thee ( lyrics in description ) – Christian Hymns (Titanic a capella)
J.S. Bach / O Sacred Head, Now Wounded – Christian Hymns with Lyrics ( Choir )
Christian Hymns with Lyrics: Poor Sinner, Dejected With Fear ( Harmony Vocals )
Be Still My Soul ( Christian Hymns with Lyrics )
Christian Hymns with Lyrics – Come Ye Disconsolate
Christian Hymns with Lyrics – Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord
Christian Hymns with Lyrics – The Thought of God
Christian Hymns with Lyrics: Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast
Christian Hymns with Lyrics – When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Amazing Grace – Christian Hymns with Lyrics ( John Newton )
Christian Hymns with Lyrics – Saviour, Again to Thy Dear Name
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Before the Throne of God Above – Christian Hymns ( Lyrics in Description )
Lord I’m Coming Home – Christian Hymns
King of my Life, I Crown Thee Now – Christian Hymns with lyrics
Thine is the Glory – Christian Hymns (with lyrics)
I Know that My Redeemer Lives – Christian Hymns (with lyrics)
Holy, Holy, Holy – Christian Hymns with Lyrics
Praise To The Lord The Almighty ~ Hymns
Go to Dark Gethsemane – Christian Hymns (with lyrics)
It is Well with My Soul ( Christian Hymns with Lyrics in Description / Choir )
Christian Hymns with Lyrics – What Wondrous Love is This
Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus!
Abide With Me – Christian Hymns
J.S. Bach / O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
My Faith Looks up to Thee
Co-Crucifixion – Oswald Chambers
Look Ye Saints – Christian Hymns ( choir with lyrics )
Resist The Devil – A.B. Simpson / Christian hymns : Breathe on me, breath of God
J. F. Strombeck – Grace Teaches / Love Compels
Christian Hymns – O the deep, deep love of Jesus / The Source of Abundant Joy – Oswald Chambers
It’s Not an Easy Road (with lyrics)
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Be Thou my Vision
Christian Hymns with lyrics – Our God, Our Help in Ages Past / Psalm 90 – Isaac Watts
Day of Resurrection ( St. John of Damascus )
Rejoice, the Lord is King
Praise To The Lord, The Almighty
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God – Martin Luther (lyrics in description)
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God – Martin Luther …
Christian Hymns with Lyrics a Capella Choir: Unto Him (Jude 1:24-25)
Silent Night – Christmas Hymns / a Capella Harmony Vocal ( lyrics in description )
Christian Hymns ( Lyrics in Description ) – Sun of My Soul, Thou Saviour Dear
Beautiful Christian Hymns – All Glory, Laud And Honor ( Lyrics in Description, Choir )
Supernatural light
(Joseph Philpot, “The Heir of Heaven Walking in
Darkness, and the Heir of Hell Walking in Light”)
“For God, who commanded the light to shine out
of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the
light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Cor. 4:6
Until, then, this supernatural light of God
enters into the soul, a man has no saving
knowledge of Jehovah. He may . . .
say his prayers,
read his Bible,
attend preaching,
observe ordinances,
bestow all his goods to feed the poor,
or give his body to be burned;
but he is as ignorant of God as
the cattle that graze in the fields!
He may call himself a Christian, and be
thought such by others, talk much about
Jesus Christ, hold a sound creed, maintain
a consistent profession, pray at a prayer
meeting with fluency and apparent feeling,
stand up in a pulpit and contend earnestly
for the doctrines of grace, excel hundreds
of God’s children in zeal, knowledge and
conversation.
And yet, if this ray of supernatural light has
never shone into his soul, he is only twofold
more the child of hell than those who make
no profession!

The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor sleep, but eat to God and sleep to God and work to God and talk to God, do all to His glory and praise.
– Richard Sibbes