As you begin new resolutions, remember: Spiritual disciplines are not about making you more precious to God. They’re about making God more precious to you.

"Since the future is uncertain, let the believer set his hope more on the Pilot, being full of hope." Pseudo-Macarius, Homily 31.2

"What use is it to know the truth in words, only to defile the body and perform evil deeds?" Irenaeus, On the Apostolic Preaching Theology without piety is pointless.

“What troubles and vexations do you suppose a man endures if he enters [pastoral ministry] with this ambition for applause? The sea can never be free from waves; no more can his soul be free from cares and sorrow.” -John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood 1.13

"The whole life of a good Christian is a holy desire." Augustine, Homilies on First John, 4.6.484

"Come now, insignificant man, fly for a moment from your affairs, escape for a little while from the tumult of your thoughts... Abandon yourself for a little to God and rest for a little in Him." Anslem of Canterbury, Proslogion, 1.84

Few things have made me long for God and the glories of life with Him in eternity than the final chapter of Augustine's City of God. "We shall see Him forever, love him without satiety, praise him without wearing. This will be the duty, the delight, the activity of all!" Glory!

"Behold, what will be, in the end, without end!" Augustine, City of God, 22:30

"Offer to him your heart, soft & pliable, & retain the shape with which the Fashioner shaped you, having in yourself His Water, lest you turn dry & lose the imprint of His fingers." Iranaeus, Against Heres, 4.39.2 Make yourself, or let God make you? That's always the question.

"What the earth creature needs to learn above all is to relax in the Hands of God, to let God be the creator." Denis Minns, Iranaeus, p64.

No one you meet today, or any day, will be suffering from overencouragement. — Ray Ortlund

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"He who finds any good finds it in Christ who contains all good." -Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses 248

"Those who openly wear sin's uniform may well be considered sin's servants—and they shall not fail to receive sin's wages." -John Owen (Freedom from Sin's Dominion, 34)

"This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer" (Mark 9:29). Encouraging that the stronger demons don't require super-professional exorcists. Rather, prayer is what makes the difference. Whatever you are facing, make prayer your chief strategy and you cannot go wrong.

“Union with Christ is the fountainhead of every grace. Apart from Him we can do nothing; in Him, we possess everything.” -Herman Bavinck

Union with Christ is the fountainhead of every grace. Apart from Him we can do nothing; in Him, we possess everything.