Monthly Archives: June 2011

“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him.”    “It implies a willingness that he should choose for us, a conviction that the ordering of all that concerns us is safer in his hands than in our own.”  (James D. … Continue reading →

“It would be in us an impious and unexcusable uncharitableness to suspect the end of any work which he hath begun.”  (Robert Baylie  (1643)

“If you can get your heart to be more burdened with your sin, you will be less burdened with your afflictions.”  (Jeremiah Burroughs; 1600-1646)

“Although times might change, and the purposes of God might seem to be forgotten, yet God abides the same.  What He has promised will in His own time most certainly find fulfillment.”  (Edward J. Young; 1907-1968)

“The meaning of the phrase, ‘he gave himself for our sins,’ is, ‘he voluntarily by his sufferings and death made atonement for our sins’—‘he offered himself a sacrifice for our sins.”  (John Brown; 1722-1787)

“Have mercy upon me; I plead not my merit, but thy free mercy.”  (Matthew Poole  1624-1679)

“The night of their adversity will be turned into the light of prosperity; and as surely as they can believe when it is night that it shall be day, so surely may they be persuaded when crosses are upon them, … Continue reading →

 “The amount of sin makes ‘no difference.’  Out of Christ, he who calls himself the least of sinners must perish; in Christ, the very vilest is made ‘the righteousness of God.”  Brownlow North  (1741-1820)

“Christ’s Priesthood is complete in itself, He is able to save completely.  Nothing is left undone that is required for a deliverance that meets every want.”  George Milligan (1860-1934)

“When we have clear indications of the Divine mind as to any course of action, we are to advance to it promptly and without fear, even though the means at our disposal appear utterly inadequate to the object sought to … Continue reading →