Monthly Archives: March 2019

“There can be no peace for the mind or joy of heart if we fail to recognize that our lot—our circumstances, our condition—is fully ordered by a sovereign and gracious God.”  (Arthur W. Pink  1886-1952)

“He has blessed 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 →

“The end of the struggle—confession, forgiveness and peace.  God covers sin, but man must not cover his sin before God.”  J.J. Stewart Perowne (1823-1904)

“As the rising sun scatters the darkness of night, so when God returns to his people, in smiling mercy, he scatters the dark forebodings of unbelief, and liberates their souls from the bondage of sin.”  (William S. Plumer  1802-1880)

“All the beauty, comfort, and joy in our lives come from God; and this as bounties, as free gifts to us, the undeserving.”  (Robert Johnstone  1871)

“It is one of the great weaknesses of modern unbelief that with all its pretensions to philosophy, it is constantly accepting effects without an adequate cause.”  William Garden Blaikie  (1820-1899)

“Great is the weakness of our faith, as appears by our fears, doubts, distrusts, so that we need to be assured more and more.  We need say with tears as he doth in the gospel: ‘Lord, I believe; help thou … Continue reading →

“But so long as we are occupied with any other object than God Himself, there will be neither rest for the heart nor peace for the mind.”  Arthur W. Pink  (1886-1952)

“Unbelief is rebellion against God.  Faith, on the other hand, is an act of submission or the surrender of ourselves to God, contrary to the natural opposition of our minds, in order that He may possess and conduct us and … Continue reading →

“Our expectation must rest upon the power and promise of God, and these alone, or we shall be disappointed.  Andrew Fuller  (1754-1815)