Monthly Archives: June 2011

“And because God is thus infinite His plan must extend to every detail of the world’s existence.  If we could see the world in all its relations, past, present, and future, we would see that it is following a predetermined … Continue reading →

“It is a common temptation, when trouble lasts long, to think it will last always; despondency then turns into despair, and those that have long been without joy, begin, at last, to be without hope.”  Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

“For Christ in his death and resurrection representeth me.”  John Bunyan (1628-1688)

“Grace to pray, and the fixing of the heart in prayer on the Lord, is his gift, no less than the answer of the prayer: and where the Lord giveth the one grace, he will also give the other: thou … Continue reading →

“There is a proneness in us to deify the graces of the Spirit.”  Octavius Winslow  (1808-1878)

“When they are perceived by the eye of faith, and duly considered, we have a just view of afflicting incidents, fitted to quell the turbulent motions of corrupt affections under dismal outward appearances.”  Thomas Boston (1677-1732)

“The truth is just this, That God’s will is the law of the universe, – that His glory is the object and end both in creation and in redemption—His everlasting purpose the mighty and all-perfect mould in which all things … Continue reading →

“The children of Egypt rush in presumptuously, without command.  O my soul, follow God fully, and stagger not.  But never move without the light of guidance from on high.  Henry Law  (1797-1844)

“In soul matters, a man will need to have all his wits about him, or he will soon deceive his own heart.”  Charles H. Spurgeon  (1834-1892)

“(Rom. 11:34-35). “The force of this is that it is impossible to bring the Almighty under obligation to the creature.  God gains nothing from us.  “If thou be righteous, what givest thou him?  Or what receiveth He of thine Hand?”  … Continue reading →