Quotes by F. B. Meyer
F. B. Meyer (1847–1929) — Prediger · Baptistisch · England
Frederick Brotherton Meyer war ein englischer baptistischer Pastor, Evangelist und Autor an der Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert, der vor allem in London und Leicester wirkte. Er gehörte zu den führenden Stimmen der Keswick-Heiligungsbewegung und verband seine weltweite Predigttätigkeit mit praktischer Sozialreform sowie Fürsorge für Strafentlassene. Bibellesern begegnet er heute vor allem durch seelsorgerliche Andachtstexte und Charakterstudien biblischer Gestalten, die eine persönliche Hingabe und Christuszentrierung betonen.
Era: The 20th Century
Recurring topics: Humility & Pride, Temptation & Struggle, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Prayer & Silence, Faith & Trust, Meaning & Identity, Witness & Mission
Quotes by F. B. Meyer
You will tell the others that I am going home a little sooner than I thought. Then tell them not to talk about the servant but to talk about the Savior.
F. B. Meyer
The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer.
F. B. Meyer
Unbelief puts our circumstances between us and God; faith puts God between us and our circumstances.
F. B. Meyer
Don’t waste your time waiting and longing for large opportunities which may never come. But faithfully handle the little things that are always claiming your attention.
F. B. Meyer
I used to think that God’s gifts were on shelves one above the other; and that the taller we grew in Christian character the easier we could reach them. I now find that God’s gifts are on shelves one beneath the other; and it is not a question of growing taller but of stooping lower; and that we have to go down, always down, to get His best gifts.
F. B. Meyer
As we pour out our bitterness, God pours in his peace.
F. B. Meyer
For every look we take at ourselves or our situation, we should take nine looks at God.
F. B. Meyer
God has set Eternity in our heart, and man’s infinite capacity cannot be filled or satisfied with the things of time and sense.
F. B. Meyer
The secret of communication is not in saying seven things, but in saying one thing seven times.
F. B. Meyer
I have explained that you might expect to be tempted to the end of your life, that the nearer you live to God, the more you will be tempted. The presence of temptation in your life is not a proof of deterioration, but the contrary, for the more you know of God on the one hand the more you will know of Satan’s temptation, on the other hand.
F. B. Meyer
How many of us, who are engaged in the Lord’s holy service, are secretly cherishing some proud aspiration of excelling other men, of making a name for ourselves, of securing money or fame! We will use the pulpit as a pedestal for the adulation of the world, and the cross for a post on which to hang garlands to our own glory. How often do we preach sermons, or make addresses, and attend meetings, with no other thought than to secure the recognition and praise of those to whom we “minister.” All of this must be laid aside. We must have no selfish, prideful ulterior motives to serve Christ.
F. B. Meyer
The church which is not a missionary church will be a missing church when Jesus comes.
F. B. Meyer
Temptation may even be a blessing to a man when it reveals to him his weakness and drives him to the almighty Savior. Do not be surprised, then, dear child of God, if you are tempted at every step of your earthly journey, and almost beyond endurance; but you will not be tempted beyond what you are able to bear, and with every temptation there will be a way of escape.
F. B. Meyer
There is the cistern of Pleasure, engraved with fruits and flowers, wrought at the cost of health and peace; the cistern of Wealth, gilded and inlaid with costly gems; the cistern of Human love, which, however fair and beautiful, can never satisfy the soul that rests in it alone – all these, erected at infinite cost of time and strength, are treacherous and disappointing.
F. B. Meyer
The causes of backsliding are many. We have pretended to be living a more devoted life than was actually the case; we neglected to watch unto prayer; we allowed secret sin to eat out the heart of our piety…or we yielded to temptation…or we yielded to the fear of man, and drifted with the multitude to do evil; or we became prosperous, and trusted only in our wealth; or poor, and succumbed to covetousness and the bitterness of despair.
F. B. Meyer
Sources: gotquestions.org, clcpublications.com, wikipedia.org
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