Janet Erskine Stuart Quotes

The message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is that we can and must expect to become better as long as we live.

I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to me and say, 'I'm a Christian.' I always think, 'Already? You've already got it?' I'm working at it. And at my age, I'll still be working at it at 96.

No man can become a saint in his sleep.

I just want to grow spiritually with the Lord. I'm keeping strong at it, just trying to make my walk with faith a little better.

What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Through the gospel of Jesus Christ, I am motivated to be a better person.

And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you're trying to get better every day. You're trying to improve.

I'm not perfect. I'm never going to be. And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you're trying to get better every day. You're trying to improve.

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.

It is by giving our whole hearts to the Master and keeping His commandments that we come to know Him. In time, through the power of the Atonement, our hearts are changed, and we can become like Him.

The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good.

I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.

The state considers that its purpose is to enlighten, to develop, to enlarge, to strengthen, to spiritualize, and to sanctify the soul of the people.

As we regularly spend time reading God's Word and talking to Him in prayer, we put ourselves in position for Him to do things in our lives we could never do on our own.

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

There is absolutely no power in our human effort to live holy. It is only by His grace. And the result of receiving grace is we get better at living like Christ, which is something we all want, right?

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn't think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

Why must we love the Lord? Because as we do so, we become refined, pure, and holy.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.