Monthly Archives: June 2019

“From dead works as well as from acts of sin, we must be purged through the blood of the covenant before our service can be pleasing to God.”  (William Arnot; 1808-1875)

“Death shall stop the bottle of tears, and open the gate of Paradise.  A believer’s dying day is his ascension day to glory.”  (Thomas Watson; 1620-1686)

“God pours out His grace plentifully on humble hearts.  His sweet dews and showers slide off the mountains to fall on the low valleys of humble hearts, and make them pleasant and fertile.”  (Robert Leighton  1611-1684)

“Even in the saints themselves, with all the forces that faith can muster, sin is scarcely kept under, but the flesh will be lusting against the spirit.  And when their affections do not cleave to sin, yet sin will cleave … Continue reading →

“Let no appearing impossibilities make you question God’s accomplishment of any of his gracious words.  Though you cannot see how the thing can be done, ‘tis enough, if God has said that he will do it…Though the valleys be so … Continue reading →

“You will soon know that your bitterest trials and your sorest pains are sure tokens of His love.  The father corrects because he loves.  In anxious care the physician deeply probes the wounds.  Thus Jesus makes earth hard, that you … Continue reading →

“If God’s providence is our inheritance, we need not worry about the price of wheat.”  (Charles H. Spurgeon  1834-1892)

“Love is no burden.  Is it any labor for the bride to love her husband?  Love is delightful.”  (Thomas Watson;  1620-1686)

“If there is in any child of God a desire for Divine conformity for more of the spirit of Christ, more crucifixion and daily dying, this should be his ceaseless prayer–“Lord, increase my faith.”  (Octavius Winslow; 1808-1878)

“That his death was a perfect satisfaction to Divine justice; and that without a single meritorious work of thine own, just as thou art, poor, empty, vile, worthless, unworthy, thou art welcome to the rich provision of sovereign grace and … Continue reading →