Faith Quotes

"On Sunday heaven’s gates stand open"

- George Herbert

"As we keep or break the Sabbath day, we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises."

- Abraham Lincoln

"The spiritual rest, which God particularly intends in this Commandment, is this: that we not only cease from our labor and trade, but much more, that we let God alone work in us and that we do nothing of our own with all our powers."

- Martin Luther

"A believer longs after God, to come into his presence, to feel his love, to feel near to him in secret, to feel in the crowd that he is nearer than all the creatures. Ah! dear brethren, have you ever tasted this blessedness? There is greater rest and solace to be found in the presence of God for one hour than in an eternity of the presence of man."

- Robert Murray McCheyne

"Where there is no Christian Sabbath, there is no Christian morality; and without this, free institutions cannot long be sustained."

- John McLean

"Without a Sabbath, no worship; without worship, no religion; and without religion, no permanent freedom."

- Charles Forbes Montalembert

"Show me a nation that has given up the Sabbath, and I will show you a nation that has got the seed of decay."

- Dwight L. Moody

"I believe that the Sabbath question today is a vital one for the whole country. It is the burning question of the present time. If you give up the Sabbath the church goes; if you give up the church the home goes; and if the home goes the nation goes. That is the direction in which we are traveling."

- Dwight L. Moody

"There is a restlessness and fretfulness in these day which stand like two granite walls against Godliness. Contentment is almost necessary to Godliness, and Godliness is absolutely necessary to contentment. A very restless man will never be a very Godly man, and a very Godly man will never be a very restless man."

- D.L. Moody

"God always and eternally intended the Sabbath to be a lifestyle—an attitude, a perspective, an orientation for the living that enables us to govern our lives and steer clear of bondage."

- Priscilla Shirer

"He that remembers not to keep the Christian Sabbath at the beginning of the week, will be in danger of forgetting, before the end of the week, that he is a Christian."

- Sir Edward Turner

"The longer I live, the more highly do I estimate the importance of a proper observance of the Christian Sabbath, and the more grateful do I feel towards those who take pains to impress a sense of this importance on the community."

- Daniel Webster

"Sunday is nature’s law as well as God’s. No individual or nation habitually disregarding it has failed to fall upon disaster and grief."

- Daniel Webster

"Our Sabbaths must be our satisfaction; not our burden, but our blessing."

- John Wells

"They that have delight in the Sabbath of God, shall find delight in the God of the Sabbath."

- John Wells

"O what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path of the Israelites through the sea! There is nothing in which I would advise you to be more strictly conscientious than in keeping the Sabbath day holy. I can truly declare that to me the Sabbath has been invaluable."

- Samuel Wilberforce

"He that would prepare for heaven, must honour the Sabbath upon earth."

- David Wilson

"The Sabbath is the link between the paradise which has passed away and the paradise which is yet to come."

- Andrew Wylie

"I believe that the universe has a way of guiding us forward through our lives with the help of spirits and angels."

- SZA

"Of all time Sabbath-time is the most precious and valuable; it being the time God has allotted and set apart for himself, and upon the improvement whereof the glory of God and salvation of our souls depend in a most peculiar manner; it being the day of special access to God, and of free commerce and correspondence between heaven and earth. It is heaven’s weekly market day, or God’s deal-day to the poor and needy; the day of access to God’s presence-chamber."

- John Willison

"But on the seventh day God stops not only to bless but to “hallow” or set apart the sabbath. The holiness of God is revealed not just in what he does but how he rests."

- Andy Crouch

"If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road - abuse, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, trouble of some kind. Take it. Why not? To that you were called."

- Elisabeth Elliot

"I am not a theologian or a scholar, but I am very aware of the fact that pain is necessary to all of us. In my own life, I think I can honestly say that out of the deepest pain has come the strongest conviction of the presence of God and the love of God."

- Elisabeth Elliot

"My heartiest wishes to the most awesome uncle in the universe! May the blessings of the Lord forever keep you happy."

"Cheers to my sweet brother! AT 75, You are a father figure to me. I pray to the Lord to bless you with a life full of joy, peace, and good health. Happy birthday to you!"

"Congratulations on your 75th today. I pray to the Lord to give you enough strength to blow out all the candles of your tiny cake."

"Dear friend, as you celebrate your diamond jubilee today, I pray that your life overflows with good health and peace."

"I'm writing to wish you a hearty 75th birthday, my friend! I pray to God for more happiness, peace, and joy than this universe can contain."

"Trust that the Universe is bringing you an April full of miracles and magic."

"Here's hoping your April brings blessings from the Universe."