Beloved, be familiar with the Word of God.
Stock your memory with the ancient records
of His great goodness.
Drink in the whole narrative of the evangelists,
and despise not Moses and the prophets.
Soak in the Psalms, the Song of Solomon,
and other such books until you come to know
the well-recorded goodness of the Lord.
Have His words and deeds of goodness
arranged and ready at hand.
Let them be at your finger tips, as it were,
because they are in your heart’s core.
Then you will be sure abundantly to utter
the memory of His goodness, for
“out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh” (Matthew 12:34)
~C.H. Spurgeon
What a strong and wonderful quote!
Oh, what comfort doth the Word of God afford unto our thirsting souls ~
I really enjoyed reading this today. What a comfort I felt!
Beautiful, simply beautiful, thank you.
How important it is to stockpile those precious treasures! It is a powerful thing to be convinced of the goodness of God!
It is a comfort to have an intimate knowledge of the Scripture! How wonderful it is to have a verse come to mind at just the moment it is needed.
How short our days on this earth are – we only have each day as God gives it to us – how much we need to lay aside the trivial and fill our minds with the truly valuable! Thanks for sharing this wonderful quote. ~Colleen~
I love these words. I have written down verses that are especially encouraging to me and posted them on my kitchen cabinets. I write them on index cards and pretty them up with scrapbook stickers and the like. Then whenever I go to get something (often) I see the precious words of my Heavenly Father. What a little action, but it has made a big difference in my day-to-day. Thanks for sharing this quote!
Yes!!, Oh yes! This is what we need! I praise God for you my friend in CT. blessings and love in SC