Monthly Archives: January 2021

“For his sake, not for our own, are we chosen in him; not in ourselves are we received by God, being accepted in the Beloved; therefore, in him are we blessed; he is our blessing.”  Unknown  (1859)

“Christ does not only declare that God will give us needed grace, but He Himself undertakes to see it gets done.”  Jonathan Edwards  (1703-1758)

“Nothing is more provoking to God than our quarrelling with our allotment and indulging in the desires of the flesh.  Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

“All prayers that are acceptable with God are the breathings of his own Spirit within us.”  Robert South  (1633-1716)

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

“Make him your counsellor and friend; you cannot please him better than when your hearts rely wholly upon him.”  (John Berridge; 1716-1793)

“The heart is ever prone to divide its confidence between God and the creature.  This will never do.  We must  ‘wait only  upon God.’  ‘He only must be our rock, our salvation and our defense.’  When we are frequently tempted … Continue reading →

“No, my brethren; our Lord has told us that ‘a man’s life consists not in the abundance of the things that he possesses.’”  Thomas McCrie; 1773-1835

“The fruit of the Lord’s putting his own in straits is to make them and all men see that he has ways of deliverance, more than they know of, and that he will save his own when men count their … Continue reading →

“Fear ye not.  What shall they fear above whose head the Gospel standard floats?  Faith reads thereon, ‘If God be for us, who can be against us?’  Rom. 8:31.  But use no fruitless efforts.  The waves are deep.  The foes … Continue reading →