Monthly Archives: November 2021

“The seed of the word is scattered in vain unless the Lord render it fruitful by his blessing.”  (John Calvin; 1509-1564)

“If love of their country will make men suffer, much more should love to Christ.”  (Thomas Watson  1620-1686)

“By thy providence put life into my affairs, by thy grace put life into my affections; cure me of my spiritual deadness, and make me lively in my devotion.  (Matthew Henry; 1662-1714)

“God rules the world; he is continually working, yet blind men perceive him not.”  (Alexander Carson  1776-1844)

“The moral heart of the sinner is so fat with pride, selfishness, carnality, and worldliness, that it is almost ‘past feeling.’”  (David Thomas  1813-1894)

“His words are a challenge to faith (‘if thou believes’) and a reminder of Jesus’ unfailing aim—the glory of God.”  (Leon Morris)

“The spirit of prayer must be born from above, and cannot be imitated nor counterfeited by merely human effort.”  (A. B. Simpson  1843-1919)

“It is mercy that takes us out of the womb, feeds us in the days of our pilgrimage, furnishes us with spiritual provisions, closes our eyes in peace, and translates us to a secure resting-place.”  (G. S. Bowes  1869)

“They who hunger and thirst for righteousness shall, under Messiah’s reign, be fed full — completely satisfied.”  (John Broadus)

“The more experience a man has in the ways of God, the more sensible is he of his own readiness to wander insensibly by ignorance and inadvertency from the ways of God.”  (David Dickson  1583-1662)