Only he who can say, "The Lord is the strength of my life" can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?" — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The vision of the Divine presence ever takes the form which our circumstances most require. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Only he who can say, 'The Lord is the strength of my life' can go on to say, 'Of whom shall I… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Our work, abiding, shall bring to us the endless glory with which God at last overpays the toils, even as now He… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
God is His own motive. His love is not drawn out by our loveableness, but wells up, like an artesian spring, from… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts which… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
If you would have clear and irrefragable for a perpetual joy, a glory and a defense, the unwavering confidence, "I am Thy… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
God keeps giving Himself as long as we bring that into which He can pour Himself. And when we stop bringing, He stops giving. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
As we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Ah, my brother, it is a far harder thing, and it is afar higher proof of a thorough-going, persistent, Christian principle woven into the… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot round which… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Do not let the loud utterances of your own wills anticipate, nor drown, the still, small voice in which God speaks. Bridle impatience till… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The cup which my Saviour giveth me, can it be anything but a cup of salvation? — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures' will. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
If you want to live in this world, doing the duty of life, knowing the blessings of it, doing your work heartily, and yet… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
