The terrible, tragic fallacy of the last hundred years has been to think that all man's troubles are due to his environment, and that to change the man you have nothing to do but change his environment. That is a tragic fallacy. It overlooks the fact that it was in Paradise that man fell.
Martyn Lloyd-JonesIf in a Christian pulpit you have no business saying, "I suggest to you" No! "These things I declare to you."
Martyn Lloyd-JonesMan is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God.
Martyn Lloyd-JonesThe Christian is a man who can be certain about the ultimate even when he is most uncertain about the immediate.
Martyn Lloyd-JonesYou pray and make your requests made known unto God, and God will do something.' It is not your prayer that is going to do it, it is not you who is going to do it, but God. 'The peace of God that passeth all understanding'-He, through it all, 'will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus'.
Martyn Lloyd-JonesWe all tend to go to extremes; some rely only on their own preparation and look for nothing more; others, as I say, tend to despise preparation and trust to the unction, the anointing and the inspiration of the Spirit alone. But there must be no "either/or" here; it is always "both/and." These two things must go together.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones