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“The Christian lives by revelation not by the conclusions of reason.”  Herman Hoeksema  (1886-1965)

“Make him your counselor and friend; you cannot please him better than when your heart relies wholly upon him.”  (John Berridge; 1716-1793)

“It is far easier to stir up discontent and fear than to stimulate faith.”  William Garden Blaikie  (1820-1899)

“Oh! For that warm and constant love, which is the mainspring of devoted diligence in the service of God.  Oh! For a larger supply of that “wisdom which is from above,” and which is “without partiality and without hypocrisy!”  (Jam. … Continue reading →

“Nothing is more provoking to God, than our quarreling with our allotment, and indulging the desires of the flesh.  (Matthew Henry 1662-1714)

“Far easier to level hills than subdue the proud will.”  William Howard Van Doren  (1810-1882)

“Faith is the result of serious and impartial inquiry, and of a reverential regard to the authority of God in what he has spoken.”  John Fawcett (1740-1817)

“No sooner are the eyes of a sinner’s understanding opened than he begins to see the exceeding sinfulness of sin in his heart and life.  He sees his innumerable provocations, and discerns that malignity in sin which he never saw … Continue reading →

“There is nothing which God requires of his people, as to be done by them, but he himself helps them in the doing of it.”  (Thomas Horton; 1673)

What is essential is a daily emptying  of self, a crucifying and a killing of the flesh which results in the denial of our own ambitions and being completely submissive to the God of heaven and earth.  This, to say … Continue reading →