Monthly Archives: April 2019

“He who sincerely seeks and entreats forgiveness of sins, longs to be able to sin no more.  So he prays, conscious of his own weakness, that God may guide his life away from circumstances in which he is exposed to … Continue reading →

“How sad that a child of God is troubled by blind mistrust more frequently than he enjoys exercising faith in the unseen.”  (Frans Bakker; 1919-1965)

“Every duty will be done better by a man if he has the love and grace of Jesus Christ in his heart.”  (William Graham Scroggie; 1877-1958)

“He who looks away from himself, from his vileness, guiltiness, emptiness, and poverty, fully and believingly unto Jesus, shall know what the forgiveness of sin is, and shall experience the love of God shed abroad in his heart.”  (Octavius Winslow  … Continue reading →

“From the first to the last it has been, and still will be, God alone who is the object on which the soul rests for its salvation, its peace, its joy.  And whether as ‘the Almighty God,’ as ‘Jehovah,’ or … Continue reading →

“Though we rejoice in his mercy, and in our own recovery out of the snares of Satan, yet in the midst of our joy the remembrance of former guiltiness and danger do humble our hearts with much sorrow and some … Continue reading →

“God cannot lie and there is no reason to suspect him of change or failure of ability to keep his word.  Yet, so false is the heart of man that man doubts his Maker.”  (Charles H. Spurgeon; 1834-1892)

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

“Settle it in your heart that there is need of all the humbling circumstances you are put in.  This is truth, God brings no needless trials on us; afflicts none but as their need requires.”  (Thomas Boston;  1677-1732)

“The man who puts his trust in Christ puts his trust not simply in the Man of Galilee but in God the Father.  (Leon Morris)