Samuel Rutherford Quotes

We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid and assistance we may live unto God in that holy obedience which he requires at our hands.

Have you felt, as I have, the impression to help someone only to find that what you were inspired to give was exactly what someone needed at that very moment? That is a wonderful assurance that God knows all of our needs and counts on us to fill the needs of others around us.

The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own.

You have need to pray to God, not only to help you in your troubles--but to help you in your blessings

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

Now when I came to go up to operations, I went down to this patient's room and got down on my knees at the foot of the bed and earnestly asked the Lord to help us and to help me.

God always strives together with those who strive.

Sometimes, it is enough for us to hold out a hand to receive help. It is not we who help; God helps, granting His power to the powerless word.

It is through our prayers, through our acts of faith that God works in partnership with us.

None shall be saved by Christ but those only who work out their own salvation while God is working in them by His truth and His Holy Spirit. We cannot do without God; and God will not do without us.

Being sensible that I am unable to do any thing without God's help, I do humbly entreat Him, by His grace, to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to His will, for Christ's sake.

God's used me to help turn their life around or give them hope, you know? It's very rewarding

God saves, not God empathizes, cares, listens, helps, assists, or applauds.

God aids the valiant...both to you and to me He will give the help needed.

You know how to pray, don’t you? Just put your hands together and hope.

The President responded very impressively, saying that he was deeply sensible of his need of Divine assistance. He had sometime thought that perhaps he might be an instrument in God's hands of accomplishing a great work and he certainly was not unwilling to be. Perhaps, however, God's way of accomplishing the end which the memorialists have in view may be different from theirs.

If you believe in the Lord, He will do half the work - but the last half. He helps those who help themselves.

The preacher's work is to throw sinners down into utter helplessness that they may be compelled to look up to Him Who alone can help them.

Never doubt God's desire or ability to help you.

I sang those old gospel songs for my mother, and she said, is that you? And I said, yes, ma'am. And she came over and put her arms around me and said, God's got his hands on you.

The first thing was to get down to Addie Richardson's henhouse, and that was a goodish way, four or five miles. She found herself wondering if the Lord was going to send her an eagle to fly her those four miles, or send Elijah in his fiery chariot to give her a lift. Blasphemy," she told herself complacently. "The Lord provides strength, not taxicabs.

Become willing to see the hand of God and accept it as a friend's offer to help you with what you are doing.

Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it's different, but because it's the same.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.