David Brainerd Quotes

It's very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.

Fear God and work hard.

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

We must always walk in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live in an irreprehensible way.

I believe that God wants us to show respect.

Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God.

A shepherd, in whom the spirit of God works, is more highly esteemed before God than the wisest and most potent in self-wit, without the divine dominion.

Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.

You have to have courage to be obedient to God.

There are individuals who have never done anything for Jesus Christ, and I have no doubt there are preachers as well, who have never done anything for the God Almighty.

To do my duty, I must obey God.

The young among us are, as a general thing, allied to the world. But few maintain a special warfare against the internal foe. But few have an earnest, anxious desire to know and do the will of God.

God's desire is that we excel.

I'm living my life for an audience of one. I live my life to please God. And I believe if He's pleased, that people like my mother and my daddy, my grandparents, you know, my husband, my children, they'll be pleased.

It is obvious that God is looking at the heart when sacrifices are given to Him. He takes no delight in those who give up things for Lent and then act like it's such a struggle to perform what they said they wanted to do for Him.

Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments.

I serve God, and my purpose is to please Him, and if God be for you, who can be against you?

Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.