Reformed Quotes

"The presence of faith gives no guarantee of the absence of spiritual depression; however, the dark night of the soul always gives way to the brightness of the noonday light of the presence of God."

"The church is not perfect, but woe to the man who finds pleasure in pointing out her
imperfections. Christ loved his church, and let us do the same. I have no doubt that
the Lord can see more fault in his church than I can; and I have equal confidence that
he sees no fault at all. Because he covers her faults with his own love—that love
which covers a multitude of sins; and he removes all her defilement with that
precious blood which washes away all the transgressions of his people."

“A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable and full of glory, is a humble broken-hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit, and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behaviour.”

"Nothing is too great and nothing is too small to commit into the hands of the Lord."

“The critical question for our generation—and for every generation—
is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the
friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and
all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties
you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no
human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with
heaven, if Christ were not there? ”

“A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom; and that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for, and that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him.”

"An escape from suffering would be an escape from the power to sympathise, and that
were to be deprecated beyond all things."