Monthly Archives: January 2013

“The way to victory is not a confident assertion of our own better selves, but faith, and faith necessarily refers us to something beyond ourselves.  The victorious faith of the Christian is trust in God as He is revealed in … Continue reading →

“Holy Scripture is not a book for the slothful; it is not a book which can be interpreted without, and apart from, and by the deniers of that Holy Spirit by whom it came.”  (Richard Chenvix French; 1807)

“Worldly riches are gotten with labour, kept with care, lost with grief.  They are false friends, farthest from us when we have most need of comfort; as all worldlings shall find to be true in the hour of death.”  (William … Continue reading →

“God is infinitely good; the creatures’ good is limited, but there is nothing to limit the perfection of God, or give it any measure.  He is an ocean of goodness without banks or bottom.  Alas! What is our drop to … Continue reading →

“Effectual fervent prayer, therefore is a gift and it always will be a gift—even for the righteous.  What a comfort this is for those who have no power in themselves!”  (Frans Bakker; 1919-1965)

“God never intended that any one should wrestle with evil without the power of the Spirit.”  (Norval Geldenhuys; 1918-1964)

“All the sweet promises and declarations of God’s infinite mercy rise before us, and make it a vast request.”  (Mary B. M. Duncan; 1835-1865)

“Prayer is chiefly a heart-work.  God heareth the heart without the mouth, but never heareth the mouth acceptably without the heart.”  (Walter Marshall; 1628-1680)

“God is not pleased with grief for grief, God is not pleased with sorrow for sorrow.  The purpose of all our sorrow and grief is, to embitter our sin to us, to make us prize Jesus Christ, to wean us … Continue reading →

“Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.  He that hungereth, let him hunger more; and he that desireth, let him still more abundantly desire; for all that he can desire he shall fully … Continue reading →