Monthly Archives: May 2023

“Your portrait and mine are being painted, and God by wondrous strokes and influences is working us up to his own ideal.  Over and above what you are doing for yourself, God is working to make you like him.”  (Henry … Continue reading →

“It will be a great comfort to us if trouble, when it comes, finds the wheels of prayer a-going, for then may we come with the more boldness to the throne of grace.”  (Matthew Henry, 1662-1714)

“God will not only hear our cry, but also hear us before we cry, and will help us.”  T. Playfere)

“The more ready the Scripture is with us, the greater advantage in our conflicts and temptations.”  (Thomas Manton; 1620-1677)

“In this life our joy is mixed with sorrow like a prick under the rose.”  (William Colvill;  1655)

“Let us ease our heaviest loads of sufferings, and sweeten our bitterest cups of sorrows with the continual meditation and constant expectation of the fullness of joy in the presence of God, and of the pleasure at his right hand … Continue reading →

“Oh!  what a “fullness of joy” will it be to hear more than twelve legions of angels, accompanied with a number of happy saints which no man is able to number, all at once sing together, “Hallelujah, holy, holy, holy, … Continue reading →

“I know that there shall be a performance of those things which have been told me from the Lord, and therefore I will incessantly look for it.”  (Timothy Cruso; 1656-1697)

“The pillow is the best counselor; and there is much truth in the saying, especially if we have first committed ourselves in prayer to God, and taken a prayerful spirit with us to our bed.”  (Barton Bouchier, 1794-1865)

“Take notice not only of the mercies of God, but of God in the mercies.  Mercies are never so savory as when they savor of a Savior.”  (Ralph Venning;  1620-1673)