John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

One of the wonderful things about the love and grace of God is that His arms of compassion are enough to take in the whole world. - John R. Rice

It is silly to say that unfulfilled prophecies cannot be understood. That is what they are given for, to be understood. - John R. Rice

Of course, there are depths to the prophecies and to all Scripture that human beings have not yet fathomed. When I read John 3:16, I cannot know all about how much God loved me! But thank God, I can clearly understand that He did love me and that He gave Christ to die for me, and that by believing on Him I have everlasting life. Unfulfilled prophecies, then, are to be read, studied, and taught like other parts of the Bible. - John R. Rice

Dear, troubled sinner, if your sins are as black as the pit of Hell, as wide as the ocean, as high as the Himalaya mountains, and your life as dreary a waste as the Sahara Desert, God has grace to save (Rom. 5:20). His love never fails.
Oh, today, I beg you, claim the unwasting fullness of the exceedingly able God! - John R. Rice

God multiplies your work for Him (II Kings 17:8-16; Luke 21:1-4).
I walked down the aisle in a big revival service, laid my hand on the shoulder of a strange man and asked, "Are you a Christian?" He shook his head. "Then you ought to be ashamed of yourself," I said, and walked on.Two years later, he met me as a happy Christian and told how one sentence broke his heart and led him to Christ. - John R. Rice

When we talk to God we are in the certain place of blessing when we can call to God's remembrance His own Word (Ps. 119:49; Gen. 32:9-12). He who asks God anything on the basis of His own promise is on sure ground, for God Himself cannot deny His Word. - John R. Rice

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you

This is one of the grandest, most inclusive biblical promises concerning prayer. Note: (1.) Prayer is asking, though thanksgiving (See Colossians 4:2) or confession (Daniel 9:4) may accompany prayer. Basically, the Scriptures pertaining to prayer promise the answers to requests. (2.) "Ask" is present tense in the Greek; it indicates continued asking. Verse 8 also indicates that only those who continue to pray meet the requirement. (3.) All the other elements of proper prayer, such as faith, or asking in Jesus' name are here summed up as prevailing, insistent prayer. (Cf. Luke 18:1-9; 11:8, Isaiah 40:27-29.) (4.) As the model prayer is addressed to "Our Father," so here God is represented as more caring and more able to meet human needs than is any earthly father. - John R. Rice