Monthly Archives: April 2019

“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 →

“That we should have a place in the affectionate regard and tender love of the great Lord is much.  That we should have forgiveness for all our sins is almost too much for belief.”  Joseph Augustus Seiss  (1823)

“As the heart itself is deceitful, so also in turn are each of its affections; even those that in name and nature are good may swerve aside after they have sprung, and degenerate into selfishness.”  (William Arnot; 1808-1875)

“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)

“For prayer is not a work of the head, or hand, or eyes only but chiefly a work of the heart; therefore called in Scripture, the “pouring out of the soul” (1 Sam. 1:15);  and the “pouring out of the … Continue reading →

“No sooner is confession made than forgiveness is granted.”  James G. Murphy  (1849-1921)

“It was our sins that murdered him.  Sin was the spear that wounded and pierced his very heart.  “He being made sin for us.”  We could not live again except he bore our sins upon his own body and human … Continue reading →

“How different if one is enabled to wait on God’s own time and to look alone to him for help and deliverance!  When at last help comes, after many seasons of prayer  and after much exercise of faith and patience … Continue reading →

“God’s chastening is not to destroy but to reform.  God cannot hurt His children for He is a tender-hearted Father, “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.” (Psalms 103:13) (Thomas Watson; 1620-1686)

“The way to victory is not a confident assertion of our own better selves, but faith and faith necessarily refers us to something beyond ourselves.  The victorious faith of the Christian is trust in God as He is revealed in … Continue reading →