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“Love causes believers to take all things that God sends them favorably and in good part.”  (John Albert Bengel  1687-1752)

We have his free promise, who never failed, who has promised more than possibly we could ask or think, who has done more for us than ever he promised, who is good and bountiful to the wicked and ungodly; who … Continue reading →

“My soul is greatly agitated. Rendered vexed in Ps. 6:3.  There are no troubles like soul troubles.  Sin will mar anything.  It will make any soul wretched.”  (Joseph  Addison Alexander, 1860)

“Taking counsel in the soul will drive us in every direction and cause us to surmise things that are so alien to the truth of God that once enlightened, we will shutter at such wild extremes.  Yet, is not this … Continue reading →

“In respect to any mere natural difficulty, God’s almighty power is more than sufficient to overcome it. There are certain things which may be said to be impossible with God himself—not from any defect of power on his part but … Continue reading →

“True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed. The divine excellence of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage as when under the greatest trials.”  (Jonathan Edwards; 1703-1758)

“Those for whom Christ died do not have the virtues in and of themselves to function as a holy, consecrated child of God.  But, the grace that has saved them is the same grace that will preserve them.”  (No name … Continue reading →

“The intenseness of the affliction renders it trying to our fortitude; but it is by the continuance of it that patience is put to the test.  It is not under the sharpest, but the longest trials, that we are most … Continue reading →

“Because the hope of the godly is grounded upon God’s promises, therefore it shall not be disappointed, but God’s mercy shall be on them, according as they hope in him.”  (David Dickson  1583-1662)

“The sacrificial death of God’s Christ was necessary.  There was no other manner by which to reconcile the elect unto God.”  (Author Unknown)