Monthly Archives: September 2014

“The more we can think upon our Lord, and the less upon ourselves, the better. Looking to him, as he is seated upon the right hand of the throne of God, will keep our heads, and especially our hearts steady … Continue reading →

“It is most meet that we should day by day cry to God for deliverance and help; our frailty and our many dangers render this a perpetual necessity.” (Charles H. Spurgeon; 1834-1892)

“A faith worthy of God! It is not of flesh and blood; it is my Father’s work, says Jesus. It is of my Father which is in heaven. ‘Simon Bar-jona, flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but … Continue reading →

“No miracle is great enough to conquer unbelief.  Miracles may make men wonder, but it is only the Spirit of God that can make men believe. (William H. Van Doren 1810-1882)

“Wicked men, however uncontrolled in their wickedness, are always made the instruments in working out the Divine arrangements.” (David Thomas 1813-1882)

“He has prevented us with his goodness, when he saw nothing in us but impatience and unbelief, when we were like Jonas in the belly of hell, his bowels yearned over us, and his power brought us safe to land. … Continue reading →

“In all men by nature there is struggle — the perverse will strive with the conscience, the ‘fleshly lusts’ quelling spiritual aspirations and yearnings, and thus in the fullest sense ‘warring against the soul.” (James Johnstone 1792-1873)

“At the root of the Christian life lies belief in the invisible. The object of the Christian’s faith is unseen reality.” (A. W. Tozer 1897-1963)

“As he brings us into the way, he must conduct us, from first to last, by the constant communication of his wisdom to direct, of his grace to animate, and of his strength to sustain us.” (James Buchanan 1804-1870)

“We fail, not because there is not ample strength in Jesus Christ for us, but because in our folly and sin we are trusting in ourselves to obey the law.” (Edward Henry Bickersteth 1825-1906)