Monthly Archives: September 2024

“Nearness to God is the foundation of a creature’s happiness.”  Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

“There is neither grace nor peace for man except through Christ.”  Joseph Augustus Seiss  (1823-1904)

“God is much displeased, even with his own children, when his power is questioned by them. Let it be our great care to have our faith confirmed in the belief of God’s almighty power and pray much that God would … Continue reading →

“There may be a time when God will not be found, but no time wherein he must not be trusted…Times of trouble are proper times for trust, be the trouble either spiritual or temporal.”  Thomas Lye  (1621-1684)

“The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk in God’s ways, however trying to … Continue reading →

“His choice is not determined by the merit of man’s works, but by His own free and undeserved mercy. It is proven by His words to Moses and to Pharaoh that “on whom he will, he hath mercy, and whom … Continue reading →

“When a man has laid forth his desires and poured out his heart before God, he should quiet himself, and cast himself with his burden upon the Lord; for here the poor commits himself to God.” David Dickson  (1583-1662)

“The heart hungering and thirsting for righteousness does not rest satisfied with the stalk and husks, but is anxious for the luscious kernel of these fruits of eternal life.”  George Burrowes  (1811-1844)

“Let your outward actions be not something put on, but something produced — “fruits;” and fruits springing from inward repentance.”  David Thomas  (1813-1894)

“All blessings from God are fruits of sovereign grace.”  William H. Van Doren  (1810-1882)