Michael Horton Quotes

And as a Christian, I got something the world didn't give me, the world can't take away, so I find joy that can never be reduced to anything.

There is a restlessness within us that cannot be satisfied until we rest fully in God.

Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation?

The heart of man is restless until he finds rest in Thee.

No created powers can mar our Lord Jesus' music, nor spill our song of joy. Let us then be glad and rejoice in the salvation of our Lord

In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul.

Religion will prove to the believer a comforter and a sure guide to the fountain of true happiness.

In college, I joined a team Bible study. God's Word brought me peace and a desire for a relationship with Him.

I think people need to realize they're not alone, and that there's hope, and it's running to Jesus.

The only reason why I'm a Christian is because I'm a gift of the Father to the Son, not because of anything I've ever done.

There are many serious and knotty issues that I must face each day, but the Pope Francis reminds me by his example and his words that Christ has already redeemed creation and we are saved, even when that might not be so obvious because of the world's many problems and our own grievous sinfulness.

I do not seek redemption from the consequences of my sin. I seek to be redeemed from sin itself. Until I have attained that end, I shall be content to be restless.

As a Christian, I got something the world didn't give me, the world can't take away, so I find joy that can never be reduced to anything. So I come into classroom on fire. I'm on fire for learning. I'm on fire for education, a paideia in the deepest sense of paideia, trying to get young people to shift from the superficial to the substantial, the shift from the bling-bling to letting freedom reign in their minds and hearts and souls.

Sometimes we are saddened by the weight of our sins. May we not be discouraged. Christ has come to lift this burden and give us peace.

Ambition is a meteor-gleam; Fame a restless airy dream; Pleasures, insects on the wing Round Peace, th' tend rest flow'r of spring.

Everybody needs to realize that it doesn't matter how old you are or how young you are, you still can be a Christian and live for God. It's not easy but that's why we have God's word and He forgives us when we do something we shouldn't be doing. You know, God sent His son to die for us and He paid that sacrifice so you can go to Heaven.

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort me and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

There is only One Being who can satisfy the last aching abyss of the human heart, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.

Man wants two contradictory things together: he wants peace and he is ambitious. It is impossible. If you are ambitious, then your mind is bound to remain restless. If you want peace, then the first requirement is to drop all ambition. Unless you drop ambition you cannot be at ease, at peace, you cannot be relaxed.

Knowing that we are fulfilling God's purpose is the only thing that gives rest to the restless human heart.

Right now if this preacher died he would go to heaven. Not because I spent years in the jungles and the Andes Mountains of Peru. Not because of piety, devotion or bible study. Not because of denominational affiliation, baptism, or participation in the Lord’s supper. If I died right now, I would go to heaven because two thousand years ago the Son of God shed His blood for this wretched man. And that is my hope.

And I smiled to think God's greatness flowed around our incompleteness; Round our restlessness, His rest.

You can receive Christ into your heart, and he can bring joy, and a thrill, and glory such as you have never known - if you will give your life to him.

The atonement of Jesus Christ is the only remedy and rest for my soul.