Monthly Archives: December 2016

‘We may seek God even when we have sinned.  If sin could blockade the mercy seat it would be all over with us, but the mercy is that there are gifts even for the rebellious  and an advocate for men … Continue reading →

That love of God, which is so resplendent in it is the thing which most pleases and ravishes, and which inflames our faith, our zeal, and our affection for the service of so good and amiable a Lord.”  John Daille  … Continue reading →

“A conviction of duty and the influence of fear may sometimes urge forward the soul, but love alone can prompt to a loving and holy obedience; and all obedience that springs from an inferior motive is not the obedience that … Continue reading →

“Surely these afflictions are but the Lord’s pruning-knives, by which he will bleed my sins, and prune my heart, and make it more fertile and fruitful; they are but the Lord’s portion, by which he will clear me and rid … Continue reading →

“The heart is the treasury, the hand and tongue but the shops; what is in these comes from that; the hand and tongue always begin where the heart ends.  The heart contrives, and the members execute.”  John Flavel (1628-1691)

“We have no righteousness of our own to plead, and therefore must plead God’s righteousness, the word of promise, which he has freely given us, and caused us to hope in.”  Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

“The spirit of men is what the Father and former of spirits makes them, nor can we stand with any strength or resolution, further than God is pleased to uphold us.”  Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

“When we see our insufficiency and God’s all—sufficiency, then the Lord undertakes for us, to direct us and guide us:  Prov. 3:5-6, ‘Acknowledge the Lord in all thy ways, and he shall direct they paths.’”   Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

“The person of Christ will be the wonder of wonders through all eternity.”  James Madison Pendleton  (1811-1891)

“The finite mind will never be able to fully know the Infinite God.  God is the most overwhelming of all truths.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1885-1968)