The spirit of the gospel is in absolute disagreement with the spirit of the world. F.B. Meyer More Quotes by F.B. Meyer More Quotes From F.B. Meyer This is the blessed life-not anxious to see far in front, nor eager to choose the path, but quietly following behind the Shepherd, one step at a time. The Shepherd was always out in front of the sheep. He was down in front. Any attack upon them had to take him into account. Now God is down in front. He is in the tomorrows. It is tomorrow that fills men with dread. God is there already. All the tomorrows of our life have to pass Him before they can get to us. F.B. Meyer blessed sheep men Watch the morning watch. Do not see the face of man until you have seen the face of God. Before you enter on the day with its temptations, look up into His face and hide His Word in your heart. F.B. Meyer heart morning men Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God, but faith puts God between us and our circumstances. F.B. Meyer unbelief circumstances The love of God toward you is like the Amazon River flowing down to water a single daisy. F.B. Meyer amazon rivers water The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, buy unoffered prayer. F.B. Meyer tragedy prayer life-is God is down in front. He is in the tomorrows. It is tomorrow that fills men with dread. God is there already. All the tomorrows of our life have to pass Him before they can get to us. F.B. Meyer dread tomorrow men There is nothing the Church of today needs so much as Spiritual Power; and there is nothing which we can have so easily, if only we are prepared to pay the price. F.B. Meyer pay-the-price church spiritual When we want to know God's will, there are three things which always concur: the inward impulse, the Word of God and the trend of circumstances. Never act until these three things agree. F.B. Meyer inward three god Jesus Christ has bought us with His blood, but, alas, He has not had His money's worth! He paid for ALL, and He has had but a fragment of our energy, time and earnings. By an act of consecration, let us ask Him to forgive the robbery of the past, and let us profess our desire to be henceforth utterly and only for Him- His slaves, owning no master other than Himself. F.B. Meyer blood past jesus I used to think that God's gifts were on shelves one above the other and that the taller we grew in Christian character, the more easily we should reach them. I find now that God's gifts are on shelves one beneath the other and that is not a question of growing taller, but of stooping lower and that we have to go down, always down to get His best ones. F.B. Meyer christian character thinking There is nothing, indeed, which God will not do for a man who dares to step out upon what seems to be the mist; though as he puts his foot down he finds a rock beneath him. F.B. Meyer encouraging encouragement feet Ah, afflicted one, your disabilities were meant to unite with God's enablings, your weakness to mate His power. God's grace is at hand -sufficent-- and at its best when human weakness is most profound. Appropriate it and learn that those who wait on God are stronger in their weakness than the sons of men in their stoutest health and vigor. F.B. Meyer men hands son Fall on your knees and grow there. There is no burden of the spirit but is lighter by kneeling under it. Prayer means not always talking to Him, but waiting before Him till the dust settles and the stream runs clear. F.B. Meyer prayer running fall Temptation may even be a blessing to a man when it reveals to him his weakness and drives him to the almighty Savior. Do not be surprised, then, dear child of God, if you are tempted at every step of your earthly journey, and almost beyond endurance; but you will not be tempted beyond what you are able to bear, and with every temptation there will be a way of escape. F.B. Meyer journey blessing children If you're not willing to give up everything for Christ, are you willing to be made willing? F.B. Meyer giving-up made christ God is love; to do his will is to scatter love in handfuls of blessing on a weary world. F.B. Meyer god-is-love blessing world Go on day by day fulfilling the task of the day, and leaving the results with God. F.B. Meyer leaving tasks goes-on Do not look down, brooding over your weakness! Do not look back upon your past, strewn with failure! Look up to the living Christ! F.B. Meyer weakness over-you past I believe that if there is one thing which pierces the Master's heart with unutterable grief, it is not the world's iniquity, but the Church's indifferences. F.B. Meyer grief inspiration believe Though justification costs us nothing but the sacrifice of our pride, it has cost Christ His blood. F.B. Meyer sacrifice pride blood
