Monthly Archives: July 2023

“The heart ought to be fixed and established by a due consideration of God’s greatness when we speak of him.”  (Lancelot Andrews)

“The first attempt to render spiritual obedience will quickly convince us of our utter helplessness.  We might as soon create a world as create in our hearts one pulse of spiritual life.  And yet our inability does not cancel our … Continue reading →

“Never doubt, though thy iniquities be ever so great, there is a sea of mercy in God.”  (Richard Stock)

“Man always has easier ways, faster ways, and in his own assessment, better ways of doing what is considered correct.  Man, however, from the time of Adam has been found to be exceedingly faulty in all his ways.  The opposite … Continue reading →

“As election is the effect of God’s sovereignty, our pardon the fruit of his mercy our knowledge a stream from his wisdom, our strength an impression of his power; so our purity is a beam from his holiness.”  (Stephen Charnock; … Continue reading →

“This we must hold for a certain and sound conclusion, that everything in the world hath and shall so come to pass as God hath purposed and decreed it, in that time, place, manner, and end, and by that means … Continue reading →

“Devout, and simple tears which cannot speak, speak aloud in the ears of God.”  (John Donne; 1572-1631)

“The Spirit can make the feeble mighty, the trembling brave, and the weary cheerful.  “He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength’ (Isa. 40:29).  (Arthur W. Pink;  1886-1952)

“As long as we continue to trust in our own abilities and activities, we shall avail nothing.”  (D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones;  1899-1981)

“God knows everything perfectly, and he knows everything perfectly at once.  This to a human understanding, would breed confusion; but there can be no confusion in the Divine understanding, because confusion arises from imperfection.”  (Henry Kirke White;  1785-1806)