Monthly Archives: December 2025

“The loss of self is a happy loss; God’s Spirit breaks down our pride and self-esteem in order to build us up in Christ.”  (Frans Bakker  1919-1965)

“Our life is subject to many changes, and God by his word has provided for us also many instructions and remedies.  Every cross has its own remedy, and every state of life its own instructions.”  (William Cowper; 1731-1800)

 “Those that make God’s promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea.”  (Matthew Henry; 1662-1714)

“A simple-hearted man with pure piety and no weapon but the word of God, may often be better armed than if he had all the arguments of the schools at his command.”  (Albert Barnes; 1798-1870)

 “If Jesus Christ would have said to us, ‘I love you well, you are dear to me, but I cannot suffer, I cannot lay down my life for you,’ we would have questioned His love very much; and should not … Continue reading →

 “We are too ready to doubt God’s favor if we meet with unprosperous accidents, or if we are not speedily delivered from afflictions; as if outward prosperity were a sign of God’s favor, and adversity a sure sign of His … Continue reading →

“Satan’s grand argument to keep a soul from prayer is—‘Go not with that cold and insensible frame; go not with that hard and sinful heart; stay until you are more fit to approach God.”  (Octavius Winslow; 1808-1878)

“God can make the greatest enemies of his people the means of advancing their interests.  Whom then ought the Christian to fear, but God?  (Alexander Carson; 1776-1844)

“He never oversleeps the hour of deliverance; He appears at the right moment.”  (William H. Van Doren  1810-1882)

“Certainly God’s bounty is too large for our thoughts.”  (Thomas Manton; 1620-1677)