Author Archives: thekayeltongroup2

“Pollution is much more readily given and taken than purity.  One drop of filth will defile a vase of water, many drops of water will not purify a vase of filth.  ‘Evil communication will corrupt good manners.”  Thomas V. Moore … Continue reading →

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

“What are these earnest blessings—this abiding confidence, but his own work in us?  And can the Lord “forsake the work of his own hands?”  (Psalms 138:8)  Sooner should heaven and earth pass, than the faithful engagements of the gospel be … Continue reading →

“Here are two things said of the disposition of a man’s mind by nature.  First, it cannot be subject; and second, it is enmity.”  Thomas Goodwin  (1600-1679)

“The Psalmist adds a striking figure to illustrate how easily God can overthrow the machinations of our enemies, comparing them to smoke which vanishes away when blown upon by the wind, or wax which melts before the fire.”  Psalm 68:2  … Continue reading →

“It is Antichrist that is speaking to us, and exhorting us to proud independence.  Self-will is the essence of anti-christian religion.  Self-will is the root of bitterness, that springs up in the churches these days.  And it is not from … Continue reading →

“His perplexities are such as he cannot believe any living soul is exercised with; the fiery darts which are cast into his mind by the Wicked One are such as he thinks no child of God has ever experienced; the … Continue reading →

“The set time.”  “There is a certain set time for God’s great actions.  He lets the powers of darkness have their hour, and God will take his hour.  He hath a set time for the discovery of his mercy, and … Continue reading →

“Ah, the hopes that this awakens!  My wandering, wavering, unstable heart, that of itself cannot keep to one course two days together, is to seek its perseverance from God, and not in its own strength.”  Mary B.M. Duncan (1801-1900)

“It is a covenant of works, and not a covenant of grace, that suspends eternal life on what is the fruit of a man’s own strength.”  Jonathan Edwards  (1703-1758)