Monthly Archives: December 2020

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)

Unless gratitude be expressed for mercies already received and thanks be given for granting us the continued favor of petitioning our Father, how can we expect to obtain His ear and receive answers of peace!  (A.W. Pink; 1886-1952)

“I offer the following description:  Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.”  (Jeremiah Burroughs; 1599-1646)

“No person can erase from his memory what has transpired before, but he can keep the past from controlling the present and the future.”  (Robert G. Gromacki  1980)

“The fruits of patience are five:  to entertain all crosses alike, to be cheerful in affliction, to be thankful in affliction, to expect God’s deliverance, and to resign a man’s self totally to the will of God.”  (Thomas Taylor  1758-1835)

“The same word which created heaven and earth, accomplishes all; not we poor and helpless sinners.”  (Martin Luther; 1483-1546)

“There is not one righteous man by nature, neither Jew nor Gentile, all are concluded under sin.  “There is none righteous, no, not one; none that understands and seeks God.”  Rom. 3:10.  (Stephen Charnock  1628-1680)

“It is a diabolical science which fixes our contemplations on the works of nature, and turns them away from God.”  (John Calvin; 1509-1564)

“The true way to have our faith strengthened is not to consider the difficulties in the way of the thing promised, but the character and resources of God, who has made the promise.”  (Charles Hodge  1797-1887)

“No power of man, no bonds, no opposition which any creature is able to make, can hinder the delivery of the man whom God will own:  he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder.”  … Continue reading →