Monthly Archives: April 2018

“All wonderful!  Wonderful that the Spirit should strive with man; wonderful that God should bear with his backslidings; wonderful that God should love him not withstanding his pollutions; wonderful that God should persist in saving him in spite, as it … Continue reading →

“Every parent’s prayer to God should be that of Manoah, ‘O my Lord, teach us what we shall do to the child?”  Judges 13  (Andrew Robert Fausset  1821-1910)

“It is the Gospel of God, inasmuch as God is its author, its interpreter, its subject:  its author, as He has purposed it in His eternal decrees; its interpreter, as He Himself hath declared it to men; its subject, because … Continue reading →

“There may be indeed a time when God will not be found, but no time wherein he must not be trusted.”  Thomas Lye  (1621-1684)

“O Lord, who delightest  in mercy,  I beseech thee thy sharp corrections; and do not proceed to inflict upon me the severest marks of thy displeasure.”  ( Psa. 6:1; Patrick)

“We all know how endlessly ‘resolutions’ are formed by earnest Christians—honest resolutions to be ‘better’ Christians, to ‘quit’ this or that sin or bad habit:  and what failure and despair is the result of relying on our own wills!”  (William … Continue reading →

“An unctuous word dropped by the Holy Ghost upon the heart is like “cold water to a thirsty soul;” and whilst it exalts and endears a precious Christ, in his person, work, and offices, it is the most deadly artillery … Continue reading →

“Every day experience teaches us that the Christian life is a daily warfare, and the captain of the enemy’s forces is me.”  (Author unknown)

“Our ways may be hidden from ourselves, but they are not hidden from the knowledge of the One with whom we have to do.”  (Edward J. Young  1907-1968)

“Nothing that a man does in this life is without consequences.  Every effect has a cause, and every cause produces an effect.  So many of our troubles arise from the fact that we forget that causes lead to effects, and … Continue reading →