Monthly Archives: November 2023

“There alone have we in the cross of Christ, the Ruler and the criminal, the Father and the prodigal, the Holy One and the sinner, righteously reconciled.  This is our standing in the gospel.”  (Robert Candlish  1806-1873)

“Jesus presents aid in each trial, power for each duty, shelter in each storm.”  (Henry Law   1797-1884)

“God pours out His grace plentifully on humble hearts.  His sweet dews and showers slide off the mountains to fall on the low valleys of humble hearts, and make them pleasant and fertile.”  (Robert Leighton  1611-1684)

“You must feel yourselves stripped of all confidence in the flesh, abundantly willing to claim no higher rank than that of ‘the youngest’–no higher name than that of ‘the least of all.”  (Hugh Martin  1869)

“Sanctification implies a bright and brighter prospect of reigning and rejoicing with Christ forever.”  (Edward Henry Bickersteth  1825-1906)

“While he assists our weakness, he does not intend to encourage our laziness, and therefore we are also  ‘to labor, and strive according to his working, which worketh in us mightily.”  (Henry Dove)

“The heart of man, is deceitful above all things and even the Christian knows very little of himself.  Affliction lets down a blazing torch for him into the depths of his own nature, and he sees many things which he … Continue reading →

“A true and genuine confession will not hide anything; rather it is straightforward, without excuse, offering no palliation of guilt.”  (Lehman Strauss  1911-1997)

“If the living God is not the resource of the soul in every trial and on every occasion, worldly policy and human expedients and plans will take His place; and then the child of God, instead of winning victories of … Continue reading →

“When He was upon earth, He cured those that were vexed by Satan.  Are you tempted and vexed by Satan?  Christ is as gracious in heaven as He was on earth.”  (William Bridge  1600-1671)