Monthly Archives: February 2014

“Sincerity of heart gives a man boldness even in the presence of God, notwithstanding many failings.  The Lord doth ‘charge his angels with folly,’ how much more man that dwells in a house of clay?”  (William Strong; died 1654)

“He could not remove one single twinge of pain without, in due season, bearing the sin that caused the pain.”  (F. C. Jennings  1847-1948)

“The best of men are but the children of dust, and grand-children of nothing.  And yet for the Lord to do ‘great things’ for us this yet greatens those ‘great things.”  (Matthew Harris  1826-1890)

“It is not for the enemies’ sake that God doth preserve or deliver his people; nor for their sakes, their prayers, tears, faith, obedience, holiness, that he does great things for them, bestows great mercies upon them; but it is … Continue reading →

“God is incomprehensible even by angels, and it is by Himself alone that He can be fully and perfectly comprehended; the finite never can comprehend the infinite.”  (Robert Haldane  1772-1854)

“How shall a man triumph if he never have victory? and how shall he have the victory if he never fights?  God leads His people into the field that they may fight.  But in all this fight, God stands by, … Continue reading →

“Embrace every event as good and prosperous, though it may for the present, carry an aspect of the reverse.”  (Seneca; 4 BC – 65 AD)

“Thou hast showed thy people hard things.  Psalm 16: 3.  God will be sure to plough his own ground, whatsoever becometh of the waste; and to weed his own garden though the rest of the world should be let alone … Continue reading →

“Because a Christian sometimes stops short of the Cross in his spiritual conflicts, he fails to defeat the enemy and remains unfruitful and unhappy, until by some special intervention of the great Restorer, he is again brought in spirit to … Continue reading →

“We  also believe that we are not in our sins.  No wrath for sin is upon us now.  No death for sin awaits us at last.  Ours now is a life in Christ, free from the doom of guilt.  Our … Continue reading →