Monthly Archives: November 2021

“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 →

“God is infinitely good; the creatures’ good is limited, but there is nothing to limit the perfection of God, or give it any measure.  He is an ocean of goodness without banks or bottom.  Alas! What is our drop to … Continue reading →

“Effectual fervent prayer, therefore is a gift and it always will be a gift—even for the righteous.  What a comfort this is for those who have no power in themselves!”  (Frans Bakker  1919-1965)

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

“God is not pleased with grief for grief, God is not pleased with sorrow for sorrow.  The purpose of all our sorrow and grief is to embitter our sin to us, to make us prize Jesus Christ, to wean us … Continue reading →

“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)

“They are unworthy to be exalted who cannot bear to be humbled.”  (George Lawson  1749-1820)

“A man, whose heart is not watered with the dew of God’s grace continually, may for a time make a fair show of godliness, but in the end he will fall away.”  (William Cowper  1731-1800)

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