Monthly Archives: April 2011

“The lord shall preserve thee from all evil.’ It is an absolute promise, there are no conditions annexed; it honours God for us simply to believe it, and rest on the Lord for the performance of it.”  Samuel Eyles Pierce … Continue reading →

“Jehovah, and Jehovah alone, the omnipotent and self-existent God, is the Keeper, and Preserver of his people.  The people of God are kept at all times and in all circumstances, by his mighty power unto everlasting salvation; they are preserved … Continue reading →

“That love of God, which is so resplendent in it ,is the thing which most pleases and ravishes, and which inflames our faith, our zeal, and our affection for the service of so good and amiable a Lord.”  John Daille  … Continue reading →

“And though the expression, Keep thy heart, seems to put it upon us as our work, yet it does not imply a sufficiency in us to do it.  We are as able to stop the sun in its course, or … Continue reading →

“God brings about every man’s lot, and all the parts of it.  He sits at the helm of human affairs, and turns them about in whatever way he lists…There is not anything whatever befalls us without his overruling hand.”  Thomas … Continue reading →

“The decrees of God are, His eternal purpose, according to the counsel of His will.  Whereby for His own glory, He hath foreordained whatever comes to pass.”  Loraine Boettner (1901-1990)

“God sometimes hides his face from his own children, and leaves them in the dark concerning their interest in him: and this they lay to heart more than any outward trouble whatsoever.”  Matthew Henry (1632-1714)

“It is a most spiritual idolatry to ‘lean to our own understanding.  True wisdom is a divine ray, and an emenation from God.  Men never obtain it but in the way of a humble trust.”  Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

“All created beings in this respect are but instruments in the hand of the Deity, whose will is sovereign over them.   The Divine Being, as the great Father of spirits, combines within himself all the separate energies of the universe.  … Continue reading →

“That which is material can be divided, added to, or diminished.  Matter is subject to change, but God is the unchangeable One.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1885-1968)