John Flavel Quotes

God will make right all that is wrong, He will take away the lingering effect of sin and what's not right in our lives. He knows how painful life in this world can be.

I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing when they'll get that. And her feet are slashed up from the dry, hard earth... Even when I'm uncomfortable, sometimes in pain, or just cold... I think, 'Thank God for what I've got.'

No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.

Christians can trust God to redeem even the greatest of tragedies and the most desperate of situations.

O you who have borne even heavier things, to these too, God will grant an end!

I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy's door.

Sometimes we don't appreciate Prayer until we have to go through something!

Look at us all - we are all of us lost and in all of our different ways of pretending, we all fool ourselves into the very same hell. Look at the cross - we are all of us loved and one God meets us all at the point of our common need and brings to all of us - all who will let Him - salvation.

Shane? Thank God, somebody sane. Well, sane-ish.

I do not want to die of this disease. So I say to God: "It is seriously time for a miracle."

Much of what happens in our world is evil and bad, but God specializes in bringing good out of it.

Jesus will press his thumb against the cheek of humanity and wipe away all tears.

I swear that I'm dying slowly but it's happening, and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere... just take me there.

What can we give a child when there is nothing left?

It's when you don't need something that you tend to lose it.

The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail.

Prayer is vastly superior to worry. With worry, we are helpless; with prayer, we are interceding. When I hear sad news, I try to say a prayer for the victims. When I am troubled, I will say a prayer that asks for relief for myself and for all those who suffer as I do. When I am concerned about my relatives or friends I say a short prayer to myself - "May they be happy and free of suffering."

Tell me truly, I implore-- Is there-- is there balm in Gilead?--tell me--tell me, I implore!

To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting

I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.

Like mercy from heaven's gate, there's a freedom in your arms that carries me through. I need you.

The mercy of Jesus is not just sentiment: indeed it is a force that gives life, that raises man up!

That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.

I will deny I ever said this, of course, but the gods need heroes. They always have. Otherwise we would not keep you annoying little brats around." I feel so wanted. Thanks.

Many people in the throes of suffering, disappointment, and despair, feel utterly stuck in their circumstances. They see no hope beyond their day-to-day drudgery of disability routines; but when hurting families place themselves under the shower of God's mercy, suddenly the clouds part. They realize there's hope, life, and even joy beyond their suffering.