The Kayelton Group

“Confession is to the soul as the whetstone is to the knife, that sharpens it and puts an edge on it;  so does confession of sin.  Confessing our evils to God does sharpen and put an edge on our supplications;  that man will pray but faintly that only confesses sin but slightly. “  (Christopher Love  1618-1651)

“There is no guile in the spirit of him who sees the truth of himself in the light of the truth of God.  For the truth of God shows him at once that in Christ he is perfectly righteous before God, and in himself he is the chief of sinners.”  (J. W. Reeve  1860)

“Never has man been able to earn salvation or to make himself acceptable to God by doing good works.”  (Loraine Boettner  1901-1990)

“The faithfulness of God is so rich that even our weakness and fits of unbelief cannot alter the eternal counsels of God (2 Timothy 2:13)”  (Author Not Mentioned; 1946)

“The life of a Christian is filled up with interchanges of sickness and health, weakness and strength, want and wealth, disgrace and honor, crosses, and comforts, miseries and mercies, joys and sorrows, mirth and mourning; all honey would harm us, all wormwood would undo us; a composition of both is the best way in the world to keep our souls in a healthy constitution.”  (Thomas Brooks  1608-1680)

“Those are best prepared for spiritual blessings that are most sensible of their worth and their own unworthiness to receive.”  (Matthew Henry; 1662-1714)

“God first calls us ‘my people,’ before any of us call him, ‘my God,” Hosea 2: 23.  (Stephen Charnock  1628-1680)

“Let all the rebel crew of adversaries, Satan, the world, and your own evil hearts, associate themselves, and take counsel together, it all comes to nought.”  (Elisha Coles  1608-1688)

“One of the Christian’s greatest consolations, amidst all his conflicts, is the firm assurance which he feels that all his affairs are conducted by the Providence of God, and that nothing can happen to him but by Divine permission.”  (John Daille  1594-1670)

“Our faith may be slender as a spider’s thread; but if it be real, we are in our measure blessed.  The more we trust, the more fully shall we know this blessedness.”  (Charles H. Spurgeon  1834-1892)