We must have Christ in our hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
That is faith, cleaving to Christ, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Trust Christ! and a great benediction of tranquil repose comes down upon the calm mind and the tranquil heart. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
A picture without sky has no glory. This present, unless we see gleaming beyond it the eternal calm of the heavens, above… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Christ's voice sounds now for each of us in loving invitation; and dead in sin and hardness of heart though we be,… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
In such a world as this, with such hearts as ours, weakness is wickedness in the long run. Whoever lets himself be… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Love Christ, and then the eternity in the heart will not be a great aching void, but will be filled with the… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Let us learn how the love of Christ, received into the heart, triumphs gradually but surely over all sin, transforms character, turning… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
We must have the glory sink into us before it can be reflected from us. In deep inward beholding we must have… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The sum of the whole matter is this: He who is one in will and heart with God is a Christian. He… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Oh, remember that as certain as the historical fact, He died on Calvary; so certain is the prophetic fact, He shall reign,… — 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
As in mysterious and transcendent union the Divine takes into itself the human in the person of Jesus, and eternity is blended… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of… — 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… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
As the flowers follow the sun, and silently hold up their petals to be tinted and enlarged by its shining, so must… — 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
