You can’t defeat the demons, and other quotes

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“Our worst days are never so bad that we are beyond the reach of God’s grace. Our best days are never so good that we are beyond the need of God’s grace.” -- Jerry Bridges

“You can’t defeat the demons you enjoy playing with.” -- possibly James Goll

“Those who say ‘I don’t need church, I study the Bible myself,’ prove that they don’t study the Bible for themselves.” -- Unknown

“Be yourself, but don’t preach yourself. A good teacher like John the Baptist clears the way, declares the way, and then gets out of the way.” Alistair Begg (in On Being a Pastor, 2013, Moody Publishers, with Derek J. Prime)

“Don’t tell people what you think; tell them what God said.” -- J. D. Palmer, Mt. Olive Baptist Church

“Worry is the interest paid on borrowed trouble.” -- Adrian Rogers

“Addiction starts as an escape but turns into a prison.” -- Unknown

“It’s not what we have in our lives; it’s who we have in our lives.” --Torchy Swinson

“God, who is sovereign not only over the affairs of men and women, is actually sovereign over all of nature.” -- Alistair Begg

“The Christian who drinks from the well of isolation will spit the phlegm of bitterness. We need fellowship.” -- Jason Skipper

“Christians should not seek to defend the faith by first trying to establish its truth through evidential reasoning. Instead, they should assert the Bible’s divine authority and present arguments based on Scripture’s internal witness.” -- Peter Van Kleeck Sr.

“Everything free is paid for by someone who works.” -- Unknown

“When we cannot do what we would in the service of God we must do what we can.” -- Matthew Henry

“God keeps his promises before he makes them; and therefore, I am sure he will keep them after he has made them.” -- Charles Spurgeon