January Quotes
January 1
My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world. —Billy Graham
January 2
Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God. —Alexander MacLaren
January 3
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. —C. S. Lewis
January 4
We are not responsible to God for the soul that are saved, but we are responsible for the Gospel that is preached, and for the way in which we preach it. —Charles Spurgeon
January 5
God delights to increase the faith of His children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience, to be willing to take them from God's hands as a means. Trials, obstacles, difficulties and sometimes defeats, are the very food of faith. —George Muller
January 6
There's some task which the God of all the universe, the great Creator, your redeemer in Jesus Christ has for you to do, and which will remain undone and incomplete until by faith and obedience you step into the will of God. —Alan Redpath
January 7
One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer. —William Carey
January 8
Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition. —Vance Havner
January 9
The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it’s going to be a lot better and a lot bigger. —Elisabeth Elliot
January 10
Love is larger than the walls which shut it in. —Corrie Ten Boom
January 11
Heaven is full of answers for which nobody ever bothered to ask. —Billy Graham
January 12
If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes. —Alexander MacLaren
January 13
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. —C. S. Lewis
January 14
You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled. —Charles Spurgeon
January 15
The Christian should never worry about tomorrow or give sparingly because of a possible future need. Only the present moment is ours to serve the Lord, and tomorrow may never come... Life is worth as much as it is spent for the Lord's service. —George Muller
January 16
If you look up into His face and say, 'Yes, Lord, whatever it costs,' at that moment He'll flood your life with His presence and power. —Alan Redpath
January 17
We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for. —William Carey
January 18
The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not. —Vance Havner
January 19
By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere. —Elisabeth Elliot
January 20
Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him... Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me your forgiveness... And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on his. When he tells us to love our enemies, he gives along with the command, the love itself. —Corrie Ten Boom
January 21
God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there. —Billy Graham
January 22
Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present. —Alexander MacLaren
January 23
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair. —C. S. Lewis
January 24
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. —Charles Spurgeon
January 25
The word of God is our only standard, and the Holy Spirit our only teacher. —George Muller
January 26
Our Lord Jesus Christ, a little before his departure, commissioned his apostles to Go, and teach all nations; or, as another evangelist expresses it, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. This commission was as extensive as possible, and laid them under obligation to disperse themselves into every country of the habitable globe, and preach to all the inhabitants, without exception, or limitation. They accordingly went forth in obedience to the command, and the power of God evidently wrought with them. —William Carey
January 27
People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear of God before its eyes mocks at sin. We are so fond of being called tolerant and broadminded that we wink at sin when we ought to weep. —Vance Havner
January 28
Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith. —Elisabeth Elliot
January 29
If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy. —Corrie Ten Boom
January 30
The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven. —Billy Graham
January 31
He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs. —Alexander MacLaren