Quotes about Devotion

19th March, 1872.—Birthday. My Jesus, my king, my life, my all; I again dedicate my whole self to Thee. Accept me, and grant, Gracious Father, that ere this year is gone I may finish my task. In Jesus' name I ask it. Amen, so let it be.

9th August, 1872.—I do most devoutly thank the Lord for His goodness in bringing my men near to this. Three came to-day, and how thankful I am I cannot express. It is well—the men who went with Mr. Stanley came again to me. "Bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name." Amen.

God will give you anything as long as you understand that he is the primary and not the secondary.

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.

I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

Let me forget the world and be swallowed up in the desire to glorify God.

The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

Allow God to continually soften your heart so that it beats for what his heart beats for - people.

Oh! one hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.

Instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.

For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it.