Strength for the Weary Quotes

“If you have taken the bread and the cup He offers, but have simply held it in your hands, you need to eat the bread and drink from the cup. It is not enough simply to study it.”
― Derek W.H. Thomas, Strength for the Weary

“The Lord sends fire, but He does not abandon His covenant people or wipe them out. Instead, He intends to renew and restore and revive His people.”
― Derek W.H. Thomas, Strength for the Weary

“God knows the end and the beginning. And when we find ourselves in the fog of despair, He knows the way out. He knows how this story will end because He has planned it and controls it.”
― Derek W.H. Thomas, Strength for the Weary

“Will Sunday worship produce Monday mercy and Friday fairness? That is the issue before us in this section of Isaiah. Piety devoid of consequent acts of mercy is empty and meaningless. And God says plainly: Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high. (Isa. 58:4)”
― Derek W.H. Thomas, Strength for the Weary

“Getting what our hearts dream of could be our greatest undoing. Why? Because our hearts dream of less than they should. We were made to glorify God, but our hearts dream of self-glory.”
― Derek W.H. Thomas, Strength for the Weary