Monthly Archives: March 2023

“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him.” It implies a willingness that the Lord should choose for us, a conviction that the ordering of all that concerns us is safer in His hands than in our own.”  (James D. … Continue reading →

“Every time I truly mourn over my sins, feel my poverty of spirit, hunger and thirst after righteousness, I have an indubitable evidence that I am among the ‘blessed.”  (Arthur W. Pink  1886-1952)

“When we bear the burden of our own affairs ourselves, and are chastised with anxiety, are in want of success, are in battle with envying the ungodly who prosper better than we do, the best remedy is first to do … Continue reading →

“Learn to set spiritual riches over against temporal poverty.  Balance all your present troubles with your spiritual privileges.”  (John Flavel, 1628-1691)

“Although times might change and the purposes of God might seem to be forgotten, yet God abides the same.  What He has promised will in His own time most certainly find fulfillment.”  (Edward J. Young; 1907-1968)

“The night of our adversity will be turned into the light of prosperity; and as surely as we can believe when it is night that it shall be day, so surely may we be persuaded when crosses are upon us … Continue reading →

“As the fire under the pot makes the scum rise up, appear on top, and run over; so the crook in the lot raises up from the bottom, and brings out such corruption as otherwise one could hardly imagine to … Continue reading →

“Afflictions to the godly are medicinal…Afflictions are as needful as ordinances (1 Peter 1:6).  No vessel can be made of gold without fire; so it is impossible that we should be made vessels of honor, unless we are melted and refined … Continue reading →

“The world is infinitely deceived in thinking that contentment lies in having more than we already have.”  (Jeremiah Burroughs  1600-1646)

“Surely, there is far more danger of making too much of man and too little of God, than there is of making too much of God and too little of man.” Arthur W. Pink   (1886-1952)