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“His words are a challenge to faith (‘if thou believes’) and a reminder of Jesus’ unfailing aim—the glory of God.”  (Leon Morris)

“The spirit of prayer must be born from above, and cannot be imitated nor counterfeited by merely human effort.”  (A. B. Simpson  1843-1919)

“It is mercy that takes us out of the womb, feeds us in the days of our pilgrimage, furnishes us with spiritual provisions, closes our eyes in peace, and translates us to a secure resting-place.”  (G. S. Bowes  1869)

“They who hunger and thirst for righteousness shall, under Messiah’s reign, be fed full — completely satisfied.”  (John Broadus)

“The more experience a man has in the ways of God, the more sensible is he of his own readiness to wander insensibly by ignorance and inadvertency from the ways of God.”  (David Dickson  1583-1662)

“The way to victory is not a confident assertion of our own better selves, but faith, and faith necessarily refers us to something beyond ourselves.  The victorious faith of the Christian is trust in God as He is revealed in … Continue reading →

“God is infinitely good; the creatures’ good is limited, but there is nothing to limit the perfection of God, or give it any measure.  He is an ocean of goodness without banks or bottom.  Alas! What is our drop to … Continue reading →

“Effectual fervent prayer, therefore is a gift and it always will be a gift—even for the righteous.  What a comfort this is for those who have no power in themselves!”  (Frans Bakker  1919-1965)

“Prayer is chiefly a heart work. God heard the heart without the mouth, but never heard the mouth acceptably without the heart.”  (Walter Marshall)

“God is not pleased with grief for grief, God is not pleased with sorrow for sorrow.  The purpose of all our sorrow and grief is to embitter our sin to us, to make us prize Jesus Christ, to wean us … Continue reading →