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

“The heart is ever prone to divide its confidence between God and the creature.  This will never do.  We must  ‘wait only  upon God.’  ‘He only’ must be our ‘rock,’ our ‘salvation,’ and our ‘defense.’  When we are frequently tempted … Continue reading →

“No, my brethren; Our Lord has told us that ‘a man’s life consists not in the abundance of the things that he possesses.”  Thomas McCrie, 1772-1835)

“The fruit of the Lord’s putting his own people in straits is to make them and all men see, that he hath ways of deliverance, more than they know of; and that he will save his own when men count … Continue reading →

“Fear ye not.  What shall they fear, above whose head the Gospel-standard floats?  Faith reads thereon, ‘If God be for us, who can be against us?’  Rom. 8:31.  But use no fruitless efforts.  The waves are deep.  The foes are … Continue reading →

“Wicked men will sooner believe the most uncertain and ridiculous things, than own the visible demonstrations of God’s power and providence.”  Matthew Poole  (1624-1679)

“The bolder one becomes in Christ, the more humble one becomes in himself.”  Frans Bakker  (1919-1965)

“Hallowed be Thy Name.  That this petition stands first warns us against self-seeking in prayer.  We are not to begin with our own wants, not even our spiritual wants; not with ourselves at all, but with God.”  Alfred Plummer; 1841-1926)

“The existence of God is the greatest of mysteries.  Neither man nor angel can comprehend it.  There must be heights and depths in the Infinite that can never be measured by the finite.”  James Madison Pendleton  (1811-1891)

“It is not ours to resolve all difficulties in our understanding of God’s ways with men.”  John Murray  (1898-1975)