Soul care and counselling; comforting the troubled; giving and receiving spiritual advice; the cure of souls.
- Political Comfort John Newton
There is one political maxim which comforts me: ‘The Lord reigns.’
- The Real Soul-Mate J.R.R. Tolkien
When the glamour wears off, or merely works a bit thin, [husbands] think they have made a mistake, and that the real soul-mate is still to find. The real soul-mate too …
- Peace Passing Understanding John Newton
There is a peace passing understanding, of which the politicians cannot deprive us.
- Serving Your Country John Newton
People do their country more service by pleading for it in prayer than by finding fault with things they have no power to alter.
- What are all your beloveds to this Beloved? John Owen
You that are yet in the flower of your days, full of health and strength, and, with all the vigor of your spirits, do pursue some one thing, some another, consider, I …
- C. S. Lewis on Friendship C. S. Lewis
Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I …
- True Wisdom John Newton
I would ask you to pray for us, if I were sure you prayed for yourself; but whether you will thank me for it or not I must tell you that I pray for you often. Oh! how …
- Sanctification of Sleep Donald A. Carson
Our physical existence is tied up to our spiritual well-being, to our mental outlook, to our relationships with others, including our relationship with God. Sometimes the …
- Job’s Friends Joel Beeke
The best thing Job’s friends did was sit with him, weep with him, mourn with him, and keep silence with him for seven days.
- The World Will End Tony Reinke
The world will end. So kill sin. Pray with a clear head. Forgive quickly. Love eagerly. Open your home. Engage your gifts. (1 Pet. 4:7–11)
- Walk Worthily Paul the Apostle
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, …
- One Thing is Necessary Mark the Evangelist
But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not …
- Be Self Controlled Paul the Apostle
Urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
- Comfort on a Dying Bed Thomas Brooks
Certainly happiness lies not in those things that cannot comfort a man upon a dying bed. Is it honors, riches, or friends that can comfort thee when thou comest to die? …
- Nature and the Soul Charles Spurgeon
He who forgets the humming of the bees among the heather, the cooing of the wood-pigeons in the forest, the song of birds in the woods, the rippling of rills among the …
- God's Bidding Augustine of Hippo
God bids us to do what we cannot, that we may know what we ought to seek from Him.