Monthly Archives: January 2012

 “Some are of a more sweet disposition, and are drawn by mercy.  Others are more rugged and knotty pieces; these God deals with in a more forcible way.  Some things are kept in sugar, some in brine.  God does not … Continue reading →

 “The world we live in is a world of fools.  The far greater part of mankind act a part entirely irrational.  So great is their infatuation, that they prefer time to eternity, momentary enjoyments to those that shall never have … Continue reading →

What is essential is a daily emptying of self, a crucifying, and a killing of the flesh, which results in the denial of our own ambitions and being completely submissive to the God of heaven and earth.  This, to say the … Continue reading →

“Learn how deep-seated and how stubborn is that principle in human nature which seeks the starting point of salvation in self rather than in God, in doing rather than in receiving, in work rather than in grace.”  (Thomas Dehany Bernard  … Continue reading →

“God is equally loving and gracious when He sends affliction and when He sends prosperous abundance.”  (William Henry Green, 1825-1900)

“Indeed no man or devil is as bad to us as our evil self is to us.”  (Ralph Venning 1621-1674)

“Free me from the evil man that is myself.”  (Augustin; 345-430)

“The best Christians are most suspicious of themselves.”  (Thomas Hooker  1586-1647)

“God himself works in his people that faith and obedience which are called the conditions of salvation.”  (Eph. 2:8; Phil. 2: 13; 2 Tim. 2:25)  (James Petigru Boyce 1827-1888)

When the specific purpose of God is to divorce one from self, God usually leaves one by oneself.  (Anonymous)