Monthly Archives: October 2024

“David’s plea, ‘For I am thy servant,’ is no boast of his service but a magnifying of God’s electing grace.”  Andrew Robert Fausset  (1821-1910)

“When we are under such afflictions as threaten to ruin us, ‘tis fitting to tell the Lord he made us.’” Joseph Cary (1602-1673)

“The Lord is always listening and waiting for his children’s cry — far more prepared to answer than we are to ask.” James Vaughan

“There are no circumstances in this life where God cannot assist us.”  Albert Barnes (1798-1870)

“Regard no more either flesh or earth; your bliss is not here.  Jesus Christ has placed it on high at the right hand of the Father in the palace of his holiness.  Let this excellent hope sweeten all the evil … Continue reading →

“A knowledge of himself is the first step in the return of every soul to God.”  Octavius Winslow  (1808-1878)

“God is a free agent to work by what hand he pleases; and sometimes he takes pleasure to do great things by weak means, that ‘no flesh may glory in his presence.’”  Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

“The heart is the treasury, the hand and tongue but the shops; what is in these, comes from that; the hand and tongue always begin where the heart ends.  The heart contrives, and the members execute.” John Flavel (1628-1691)

“As to the crook in your lot, God has made it and it must continue while He will have it so.  Should you ply your utmost force to even it or make it straight, your attempt will be vain . … Continue reading →

“In the infinite wisdom of the Lord of all the earth, each event falls with exact precision into its proper place in this unfolding of His eternal plan; nothing, however small or however strange occurs without His ordering, or without … Continue reading →