201 Quotes by Thomas Brooks

God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what' we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers are acceptable in the beloved [Eph 1.6].

They just played outstanding. They kept us in the game long enough to win. They were put in a tough situation but kept playing.

True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans...

It was great to have those weeks, especially after the injuries to Kendall and (wide receiver) Teddy (Williams). It let us make some adjustments, move people around and make us a better club. I think we put people in the right position.

What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!

After the second score, the defense came over and said, 'Coach, they're not scoring again,' ... And sure enough, they didn't. Our guys did a lot of gang-tackling. You might make one or two miss, but the rest of them are coming. And that's the thing we talked about - pursuit.

It is not the bee's touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out the sweet. It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most, that will prove the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian.

Their offensive line is a good one and they use a stable of backs. Defensively, they attack and you don't know what angle they're coming from. We'll have to stop the run and blitz before they get into the backfield.

When afflictions arrest us, we shall murmur and grumble and struggle until we see that it is God that strikes.