Arthur W. Pink Quotes

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• Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude - an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God.
• An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of sin, was never invented by any of Adam's descendents.
• Prayer is not appointed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed as a confession to Him…
• Prayer is the way and means God has appointed for the communication of the blessings of His goodness to His people.
• Prayer is not intended to change God's purpose, nor is it to move Him to form fresh purposes. God has decreed that certain events shall…
• Real prayer is communion with God, so that there will be common thoughts between His mind and ours. What is needed is for Him to…
• The prevailing idea seems to be, that I come to God and ask Him for something that I want, and that I expect Him to…
• Whom God legally saves, He experimentally saves; whom He justifies, them He also sanctifies. Where the righteousness of Christ is imputed to an individual, a…
• It is only in proportion as the Christian manifests the fruit of a genuine conversion that he is entitled to regard himself and be regarded…
• Chastisement is designed for our good, to promote our highest interests. Look beyond the rod to the All-wise hand that wields it!
• For a Christian to defy adversities is to "despise" chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be a melting of the heart.
• Instead of complaining at his lot, a contented man is thankful that his condition and circumstances are no worse than they are. Instead of greedily…
• God cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse.
• The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than a Saviour from sin. And…
• Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace.
• Those circumstances, which to the dim eye of Jacob's faith wore a hue so somber, were at that very moment developing and perfecting the events…
• From every pulpit in the land it needs to be thundered forth that God still lives, that God still observes, ... still reigns. Faith is…
• It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.
• Nothing in all the vast universe can come to pass otherwise than God has eternally purposed. Here is a foundation of faith. Here is a…
• Contentment... is the soul's enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding.

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