As the sun can be seen only by its own light, so Christ can be known only by His own Spirit.
– Robert Leighton
Christ | The Holy Spirit | Light
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
– Desiderius Erasmus
Revival | Light
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
– Blaise Pascal
Faith | Light
We are indeed the light of the world–but only if our switch is turned on.
– John Hagee
Christians | Light
Virtue-even attempted virtue-brings light; indulgence brings fog.
– C.S. Lewis
Virtue | Light
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
– Helen Keller
Faith | Strength | Light
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
– Dwight L. Moody
Examples | Light
I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
– Jonathan Edwards
Praise | Enemies | Light
To secure one’s freedom the Christian must experience God’s light which is God’s truth.
– Watchman Nee
Truth | Light
Glory in Christ and you can bask in His light forever.
– Woodrow Kroll
Light
The nearer you take anything to the light, the darker its spots will appear; and the nearer you live to God, the more you will see your own utter vileness.
– Robert Murray McCheyne
Light
The fundamental principle of Christianity is to be what God is, and he is light.
– John Hagee
Christianity | Light
To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Resentments cannot be held with the same tenacity when we enter his gracious light.
– Richard J. Foster
Change | Light
Those who determine not to put self to death will never see the will of God fulfilled in their lives. Those who ought to become the light of the world must necessarily burn and become less and less. By denying self, we are able to win others.
– Sadhu Sundar Singh
Light | Self-denial
Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grave, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
– Assorted Authors
Persecution | Light
While we cannot know a person’s heart, we can see his light. Allowing sin to go unconfessed can dim God’s light and hinder the effectiveness of a life’s testimony.
– Paul Chappell
The Heart | Light
We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan’s lurking places have already been found out.
– Jonathan Edwards
Church | Light
Soon we shall be up there with Christ. God did not mean us to be happy without Him; but God would first have us to be witnesses for Him down here, to hold out as much light as we can.
– G.V. Wigram
Witnessing | Light
We are to order our lives by the light of His Law, not by our guesses about His plan.
– J.I. Packer
Holiness | Light
It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine.
– M.R. DeHaan
Light
If God gave light and wisdom, the religion of Jesus was soon learned; but without God, a man might study all his life long, and make no proficiency.
– Adoniram Judson
Light | God
The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
– G.K. Chesterton
Good and Evil | Light
Though the light shines on things unclean, yet it is not thereby defiled.
– Augustine
Truth | Light
Measure not God’s love and favor by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof.
– Richard Sibbes
Light
Never let us be discouraged with ourselves. It is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are the most wicked; on the contrary, we are less so. We see by a brighter light; and let us remember for our consolation, that we never perceive our sins till we begin to cure them.
– Francois Fenelon
Discouragement | Light
Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning; then a light; and at last the sun in his full and excellent brightness.
– Thomas Adams
Grace | Light
If God gave light and wisdom, the religion of Jesus was soon learned; but without God, a man might study all his life long, and make no proficiency.
– Adoniram Judson
Light | God
To the one who delights in the sovereignty of God the clouds not only have a ‘silver lining’ but they are silver all through, the darkness only serving to offset the light!
– A. W. Pink
God | Light
Knowledge is love and light and vision.
– Helen Keller
Knowledge | Vision | Light
As Caesar demands of us the stamp of his likeness, so does God also. And as we render money to the one, so we give our souls to the other, our souls enlightened and sealed with the light of His countenance.
– Assorted Authors
Money | God | Light
Light reveals righteousness, and it also reveals sin.
– Theodore Epp
Light | Righteousness | Sin
A Christian may for many days together see neither sun nor star, neither light in God’s countenance, nor light in his own heart, though even at that time God darts some beams through those clouds upon the soul; the soul again by a spirit of faith sees some light through those thickest clouds, enough to keep it from utter despair, though not to settle it in peace. In this dark condition, if they do as Paul and his company did, cast an anchor even in the dark night of temptation, and pray still for day, God will appear, and all shall clear up, we shall see light without and light within; the day-star will arise in their hearts.
– Richard Sibbes
Light
Yes, it is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall flow in inexhaustible streams, the most abundant and most marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to relieve the thirst of men! Through it , God will spread His Word. A spring of truth shall flow from it: like a new star it shall scatter the darkness of ignorance, and cause a light heretofore unknown to shine amongst men.
– Assorted Authors
Scripture | Light
We do not truly see light, we only see slower things lit by it, so that for us light is on the edge–the last thing we know before things become too swift for us.’
– C.S. Lewis
Truth | Light
Let us not ask of the Lord deceitful riches, nor the good things of this world, nor transitory honors; but let us ask for light.
– Assorted Authors
Finances | Light
Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.
– Phillips Brooks
Grace | Light
If the mind is open the individual will soon perceive the preciousness of a truth which initially appeared rather dull to him but now is illumined by the spirit’s light.
– Watchman Nee
Truth | Light | The Holy Spirit
Sin is a violation of moral light, a refusal to conform to what is known and perceived.
– Assorted Authors
Sin | Light
Consider the life you live-how do other people perceive your faith? While God doesn’t expect you to live in perfection, He desires that you would do all you can to shine forth His light so others will see Him clearly.
– Paul Chappell
Light
When you are reading a book in a dark room, and come to a difficult part, you take it to a window to get more light. So take your Bibles to Christ.
– Robert Murray McCheyne
The Bible | Light
The spirit of prayer is for all times and occasions; it is a lamp that is to be always burning, a light to be ever shining: everything calls for it; everything is to be done in it and governed by it, because it is and means and wills nothing else but the totality of the soul – not doing this or that, but wholly given up to God to be where and what and how He pleases.
– William Law
Prayer | Obedience | Light
If when I am able to discover something which has baffled others, I forget Him who revealeth the deep and secret things, and knoweth what is in the darkness and showeth it to us; if I forget that it was He who granted that ray of light to His most unworthy servant, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
– Amy Carmichael
God | Light
If you have only a little ray of light, show out distinctly that you are for Him.
– G.V. Wigram
Light
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.
– Thomas Fuller
Wisdom | Light | Knowledge
A beam of God’s countenance is enough to fill the heart of a believer to overflowing. It is enough to light up the pale cheek of a dying saint with seraphic brightness, and make the heart of the lone widow sing for joy.
– Robert Murray McCheyne
Light
Christ cannot light a single spark in the heart of an individual, without that little tiny spark being for God. He gives the light, and has ordained that every ray of it is to reflect something for God.
– G.V. Wigram
Light
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
– Francis Bacon
The Holy Spirit | Light
Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
– Hannah More
Religion | Light
The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
– Watchman Nee
Satan | Truth | Light
There are many who stumble in the noon-day, not for want of light, but for want of eyes.
– John Newton
Apathy | Light
Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.
– Philip Yancey
Grace | Light