Quotes about Guidance
Providence is the way God leads the man who will not be led.
— J. Vernon McGee
Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible reading. By reading that book we may learn what to believe, what to be, and what to do; how to live with comfort, and how to die in peace." Happy is that man who possesses a Bible! Happier still is he who reads it! Happiest of all is he who not only reads it, but obeys it, and makes it the rule of his faith and practice!
— JC Ryle
A deep sense of sin, a humble willingness to be saved in God's way, a teachable readiness to give up our own prejudices when a more excellent way is shown, these are the principal things. These things the two disciples possessed, and therefore our Lord "went with them" and guided them into all truth.
— JC Ryle
the parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand and pulling down with the other.
— JC Ryle
Let us urge on every one who exhibits new interest in religion to be content with nothing short of the deep, solid, sanctifying work of the Holy Ghost.
— JC Ryle
Thus hath the Lord said, Stand ye in the ways and see and ask for the old paths, where the good way is and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls (Jeremiah 6:16).
— JC Ryle
Don't fear withholding anything from your child that you think will do him harm, whatever his own wishes may be.
— JC Ryle
We cannot do better than follow His plan.
— JC Ryle
God says expressly, Train up a child in the way he should go, and He never gave a command that He did not give man grace to perform.
— JC Ryle
This is the thought that should be uppermost on your mind in all you do for your children. In every step you take for them — in every plan, scheme, and arrangement that concerns them — do not leave out that mighty question, "How will this affect their souls?
— JC Ryle
but if you do not take the trouble with your children when they are young, they will give you trouble when they are old. Choose which you prefer.
— JC Ryle
The vast majority of children are not trained in the way they should go, for when they reach adulthood, they do not walk with God.
— JC Ryle