Monthly Archives: May 2025

“THE LORD JESUS CAME NOT TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, but sinners to repentance.  True repentance, accordingly, forms a part of the religion, not of an innocent person, but of a sinner.  It is produced by the Spirit of Christ in … Continue reading →

“The presence of God with a man is the best blessing he can receive, for it includes everything else.”  Thomas V Moore   (1779-1852)

“Prayer keeps the heart open to God and shut to sin; it assuages the intemperate hearts and swelling of lust.”  Thomas Watson  (1620-1686)

“Open thy mouth wide then, O Christian; stretch out thy desires to the uttermost, grasp heaven and earth in thy boundless wishes, and believe there is enough in God to afford thee full satisfaction.”  (Benjamin Beddome, 1771-1795)

“He is the most thankful man that treasures up the mercies of God in his memory, and can feed his faith with what God has done for him, so as to walk in the strength thereof in present straits.”  (William … Continue reading →

“Sovereignty, dominion and strength are His. Out of these He will pardon your sins and save you; and if all that power of God will bring you to salvation, and keep you to salvation ,then you shall surely be kept.”  … Continue reading →

“Be it ours to be humbly dependent upon God; for whatever station he may choose to keep us in, godliness alone will prove our promotion and true riches.”  Gregory Bateman  (1862)

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

“For the perfection of the faithful is to acknowledge their own weakness, and to pray God not only to amend all their misdoing but also to bear with them of His infinite goodness, and not to call them to account … Continue reading →

“Those in every age have sunk deepest into folly who have relied most on their own understanding.”  Charles Hodge  (1794-1878)