Monthly Archives: August 2019

“Our daily acts of communion with God, our daily praise, and our daily thanksgiving must be found afresh on the work of Jesus.  ‘By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually.’”  (Hebrews 13:15)  (A.A. Bonar, … Continue reading →

“In the work of Christ we are passive; in the work of the Holy Spirit we are made active.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1885-1968)

“The bolder one becomes in Christ, the more humble one becomes in himself.”  Frans Bakker  (1919-1965)

“He who elevates himself is constantly engaged in wrecking his own life.  But he who is sincerely humble finds richness of life and happiness.”  Norval Geldenhuys (1918-1964)

“It is a comfort to see that God’s power works effectually and irresistibly, the very same power as wrought in Christ to raise Him from the dead.”  Thomas Goodwin  (1600-1679)

“What comfort ought this to afford under every condition!  For the Lord Jesus goes before us through the desert.  He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities.”  Ridley H. Herschell  (1807-1864)

“Lord, thou art my righteousness, and I am thy sin: thou hast taken from me what was mine, and given me what was thine.”  “Oh, sweet exchange!  Oh, unsearchable device!  Oh, benefits beyond all expectation!”  (Alexander A. Bonar; 1810-1892)

“Faithful waiting that looks only to God is like the willow tree, ‘often shaken and whipped in the wind, but firm at the root.’”   (Unknown)

“Believer, stay your soul on the rock of the promises.  They are as immovable as He who speaks them.  At the set moment, you shall march in triumph to your Canaan.”  (Henry Law; (1797-1884)

“Our devotion to a tradition is wholesome only when we recognize in that tradition, not the authority of the fathers, but the authority of God’s Word.”  (John Murray; 1898-1975)