Monthly Archives: October 2025

“It will be a great comfort to us if trouble when it comes, finds the wheels of prayer a-going, for then may we come with the more boldness to the throne of grace.”  (Matthew Henry)

“God will not only hear our cry, but also hears us before we cry and will help us.”  T. Playfere)

“The more ready the Scripture is with us, the greater advantage in our conflicts and temptations.”  (Thomas Manton; 1620-1677)

“Prayer is not a work of the head, or hand, or eyes only, but chiefly a work of the heart; therefore called in Scripture, the “pouring out of the soul” (1 Sam. 1:15);  and the “pouring out of the heart.”  … Continue reading →

“In this life our joy is mixed with sorrow like a prick under the rose.”  (William Colvill;  1655)

“We are not our own, we are bought with a price, the inestimable price of the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.”  (M. R. De Haan)

“Let us ease our heaviest loads of sufferings, and sweeten our bitterest cups of sorrows with the continual meditation and constant expectation of the fullness of joy in the presence of God, and of the pleasure at his right hand … Continue reading →

“Oh!  what a “fullness of joy” will it be to hear more than twelve legions of angels, accompanied with a number of happy saints which no man is able to number, all at once sing together, “Hallelujah, holy, holy, holy, … Continue reading →

“A believer throws the whole weight of all his affairs and concernments whether temporal, spiritual, and eternal, upon the promises of God, like a man resolved to stand or fall with them.”  (Timothy Cruso, 1656-1697)

“The pillow is the best counselor; and there is much truth in the saying especially if we have first committed ourselves in prayer to God, and taken a prayerful spirit with us to our bed.”  (Barton Bouchier, 1794-1865)