Phillips Brooks Quotes

We must not think that faith itself is the soul's rest; it is only the means of it. We cannot find rest in any work or duty of our own, but we may find it in Christ, whom faith apprehends for justification and salvation.

A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power

I'm a representative of something that's greater than myself. I'm not just representing myself or my country: I'm representing Christ and what He's done through me.

I have my work and my Jesus!

Salvation brings the soul a deep awareness of God's love. Life takes on more meaning, for it now has a purpose.

The first link between my soul and Christ is not my goodness but my badness, not my merit but my misery, not my riches but my need.

May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service.

Heal me, oh Lord, I will be healed. Save me, oh Lord, I will be saved. Bless me, oh Lord, I will be blessed. Free me, oh Lord, I will be free

At the end of the day, we need to stop thinking about what we can make of ourselves and start thinking more about who God is, what he has done and is doing in Christ for us and for our neighbors, and how he can use us and our fellow brothers and sisters to be instruments of his gift-giving.

Only Christ can free us from the prison of legalism, and then only if we are willing to be freed.

The purpose of God isn't to save us from Hell. The purpose of God is to make us like Christ.

I think the people already know what they're doing wrong, and I certainly believe in Hell. But to me, when I see thousands of people before me, it just doesn't come out of me to say, 'You guys are terrible, and you're going to Hell.' I'd rather say that God is a God of mercy. You've got to live an obedient life, but for every mistake you've made, there's mercy there, and I believe we can do better.

To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes the preaching.

Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus.

Don't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be free.

Only the Lord Jesus can redeem the soul that is steeped in guilt and shame. This baggage weighs us down until we accept Jesus' gift-the gift that liberates souls from sin's power.

Go forth! Carry the good tidings to the poor, bind the wounds of the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom to slaves, open the doors of prisons to those within, promulgate the year of the Lord's mercy... Bring into the world the hope of God, which is Christ the Lord Who rose from the dead and lives and reigns forever.

Then fear will grow pale and fade away, and you will be free, through your faith in our strong and living Savior, Jesus Christ.

Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human ambition, or human praise, but for the honour of our Saviour, and the salvation of men.

I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.

I am serving the Lord and helping women save babies.

Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live.

It is never too late to strengthen the foundation of faith. There is always time. With faith in the Savior, you can repent and plead for forgiveness. There is someone you can forgive. There is someone you can thank. There is someone you can serve and lift. You can do it wherever you are and however alone and deserted you may feel.

Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.

The earth was cursed for Adam's sake. Work is our blessing, not our doom. God has a work to do, and so should we.