John Flavel Quotes

Think of our physical sustenance. It is truly heaven-sent. The necessities of air, food, and water all come to us as gifts from a loving Heavenly Father.

Exalted Manna, gladness of the best, Heaven in ordinary, man well drest.

Prayer irrigates the fields of life with the waters which are stored up in the reservoirs of promise.

Christ is the meat, the bread, the food of our souls. Nothing is in him of a higher spiritual nourishment than his love, which we should always desire.

[Mahatma] Ghandi said in a world with so many hungry people it just makes sense that God would come as food. God sent the living bread and the living water in a world where there is so much thirst and so much hunger.

There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat.

I have reached out my hand, I have plucked the fruits of the Gospel, I have eaten of them, and they are sweet, yea, above all that is sweet.

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms.

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.

Our Heavenly Father loves you. He has created you to be successful and to have joy.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

The soul is often hungrier than the body and no shop can sell it food.

When I put God first, God takes care of me and energizes me to do what really needs to be done.

The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.

To work with God's happiness bubbling in the soul is to carry a portable paradise within you wherever you go.

Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.

For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.

The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of fruits that come forth from that love.

Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water.

In my morning time with God, I ask Him to fill all my hollow places with His lavish, unfailing love. This frees me from craving the approval of others and requiring them to fill up my “cup.” Then, if someone takes the time to demonstrate his or her love for me, that's the overflow! I am free to appreciate and enjoy it, but I didn't emotionally require it!

Far more indispensable then food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.