365 Quotations from Welsh Christians

A man's god is that for which he lives, for which he is prepared to give his time, his energy, his money, that which stimulates him and rouses him, excites and enthuses him. Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1899-1981

You cannot make yourself happy, but you can make yourself rejoice, in the sense that you will always rejoice in the Lord. Happiness is something within ourselves, rejoicing is 'in the Lord'. You must say to yourself: 'Whatever happens I am going on'. You do not give in or give way. Dr D M Lloyd-Jones 1899-1981

This is the fundamental thing, the most serious thing of all, that we are always in the opresence of God. Dr D M Lloyd-Jones 1899-1980

God does not stop to consult us. D M Lloyd-Jones 1899-1980

Faith is a refusal to panic. Dr D M Lloyd-Jones 1899-1981

Whenever you put happiness before righteousness, you will be doomed to misery. That is the great message of the Bible from beginning to end. They alone are truly happy who are seeking to be righteous. Dr D M Lloyd-Jones 1899-1981

I am not asking whether you know things about Him but do you know God, are you enjoying God, is God the centre of your life, the soul of your being, the source of your greatest joy? He is meant to be. Dr D M Lloyd-Jones

When a man is speaking to God, he is at his very acme. It is the highest activity of the human soul, and therefore it is at the same time the ultimate test of a man’s true spiritual condition. There is nothing that tells the truth about us as Christian people so much as our prayer life. Everything we do in the Christian life is easier than prayer. Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1899-1981

To have fellowship with men who deny the truth is to deny the truth by implying that the truth does not matter. Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1899-19

You and I, in the last analysis, are what we are when we are alone. I confess that in a sense it is easier for me to preach from a pulpit than it is to sit alone in my study; it is probably easier for more people to enjoy the presence of our Lord in the company of other Christians than when alone. Paul would have us enjoy what he himself was enjoying. He had a love for the Lord that rendered him independent of all that was happening. Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1899-1981

When men forget the next world and concentrate only on this life, this world becomes a kind of living hell. Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1899-1981

The glory of the gospel is this: that you and I not only can do nothing, we are not expected to do anything. He asks nothing of anyone but just this: that you see yourself as you are in the sight of God. Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1899-1981