Monthly Archives: May 2020

“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 →

“Prayer is chiefly a heart work.  God hears the heart without the mouth, but never hears the mouth acceptably without the heart.”  (Walter Marshall)

“Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.  He that hungerS, let him hunger more; and he that desires, let him still more abundantly desire; for all that he can desire he shall fully … Continue reading →

“If the people of God would diligently keep their hearts, their communion with each other would be unspeakably more inviting and profitable.”  (John Flavel  1628-1691)

“From the lowest depths the language of faith is heard ascending to God most high who performeth all things for the believer.”  (John Stephen)

“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 →

“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 us and make us … Continue reading →

“Grace is either absolutely free, or it is not at all.”  (Abraham Booth  1734-1806)

“Shall the Lord Jesus Christ enjoin us to forgive our brother, if he sins against us seventy times seven, and will not the Lord Christ forgive much more, if a poor soul turns unto Him and says, Lord, I repent … Continue reading →

“How vain are the wishes and hopes of minds unenlightened by divine revelation.”  (George Lawson; 1749-1820)