Monthly Archives: April 2017

“Never measure the power of God by that shallow conceit of thine.”  Thomas Hooker  (1586-1647)

“The furnace of afflictions shows upright, real faith to be such indeed, remaining still the same even in the fire, the same that it was, undiminished, as good gold loses none of its quantity in the fire.”  Robert Leighton  (1611-1684)

“Bring my soul out of trouble.”  “I can bring it in, but thou only can bring it out.”  John Trapp

“Cause me to hear thy strengthening and encouraging voice.  If the voice of thy grace be not lifted up in my spirit, reanimating my feeble faith, I feel that there is but a step between me and despair.”  Jean Baptiste … Continue reading →

“We are often brought to a stand, hedged up and hemmed in by providence of God so that there seems no way out.”  George Barrell Cheever  (1807)

“Is it not the enemy of all mankind who hath singled me out as it were to a duel?  And can  I resist him myself alone, whom the whole army of mankind cannot.”  Sir Richard Baker (1568 -1645)

“It is in love that his face is turned away; yet to a real child of God, this hiding of his Father’s face is terrible, and he will never be at ease until once more he hath his Father’s smile.”  … Continue reading →

“This deliverance is absolutely necessary for a participation in the inheritance of saints, unto which none is received who is not a child of light, and has not renounced the servitude of error and sin.” John Daille  (1594-1670)

“It would much support thy heart under adversity to consider that God by such humbling providences may be accomplishing that for which you have long prayed and waited.”  John Flavel (1628-1691)

“The believing soul is convinced of its own weakness and helplessness, and inability to resist its enemies, its insufficiency to keep itself, and so commits itself to Christ, that He would be its keeper.”  Jonathan Edwards  (1703-1758)