Monthly Archives: August 2014

“The sense of sin is perhaps as general as the sense of bodily need, but it is not as frequently felt.” Alfred Plummer (1841-1926)

“God pours out His grace plentifully on humble hearts. His sweet dews and showers slide off the mountains to fall on the low valleys of humble hearts, and make them pleasant and fertile.” (Robert Leighton 1611-1684)

“God loves the guileless soul even when in his ignorance he is actually guilty of rashness in prayer. The Lord can soon cure his ignorance, but for insincerity no cure is known.” (A. W. Tozer..1897-1963)

“You must feel yourselves stripped of all confidence in the flesh, abundantly willing to claim no higher rank than that of ‘the youngest’–no higher name than that of ‘the least of all’.” (Hugh Martin 1822-1885)

“Sanctification implies a bright and brighter prospect of reigning and rejoicing with Christ forever.” (Edward Henry Bickersteth 1825-1906)

“For we ourselves are so feeble, that, if the matter was left in our hands, very few, or rather none, would be saved, but Satan would overcome us all.” Jerome Zanchius (1516-1590)

“While he assists our weakness, he does not intend to encourage our laziness, and therefore we are also ‘to labour’, and strive according to his working, which worketh in us mightily.” (Henry Dove)

“Even the successful are not satisfied. No sooner is the coveted object attained, than the process of disillusion commences.” (Joseph B. Mayor 1828-1916)

“The heart of man, brethren,’ is deceitful above all things,’ and even the Christian knows very little of himself. Affliction lets down a blazing torch for him into the depths of his own nature, and he sees many things which … Continue reading →

“A true and genuine confession will not hide anything; rather it is straightforward, without excuse, offering no palliation of guilt.” (Lehman Strauss 1911-1997)