“God’s providences, like his precepts, are to beat us off the world. Why does he send war and epidemics? . . . Surely dying times are to make men die to the world.”
Thomas Watson
Things Above
“A godly man . . . sets his affections on things above. He sends his heart to heaven before he gets there; he looks upon the world as but a beautiful prison and he cannot be much in love with his fetters, though they are made of gold.”
Thomas Watson
Least Bit
“When Christians complain at their condition, they forget that they are servants and must live on the allowance of their heavenly Master. You who have the least bit from God will die in his debt.”
Thomas Watson
Point of Prudence
“The soul being so precious, and salvation so glorious, it is the highest point of prudence to make preparations for another world.”
Thomas Watson
Ultimate Motivation
“The ultimate motivation in God’s heart for saving lost souls was so that they might become, throughout all eternity, trophies on display for all to see the magnificence and the surpassing riches of God’s grace in kindness in Christ.”
Sam Storms
Fundamental Identity
“God created you to be a lover of God, to enjoy him, to delight in him, to be enthralled and entranced with him, to be excited and exhilarated with the revelation of himself in Jesus. In other words, God created you for the first and greatest commandment, to be a lover of God. This, above all else, is your fundamental identity.”
Sam Storms
His Beauty
“God is most glorified in you . . . when you are most pleased and satisfied and at rest in the plenitude of his beauty that can be seen in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Sam Storms