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“Men are prone to be deluded by externals, and to suppose that the absence of outward splendor is indicative of the absence of God’s blessing, forgetting that God often chooses the weak things of the earth to confound the mighty, … Continue reading →

“The goodness of God is a spiritual sunbeam to melt the heart into tears. Oh, says the soul has God been so good to me?  Has He reprieved me so long from hell, and shall I grieve His Spirit any … Continue reading →

“The first attempt to render spiritual obedience will quickly convince us of our utter helplessness.  We might as soon create a world, as create in our hearts one pulse of spiritual life.  And yet our inability does not cancel our … Continue reading →

“If we open our mouths to God in prayer, he will fill them more and more with suitable petitions and arguments.  When we attempt to open the mouth, God will open it still wider.”  Benjamin Beddome  (1717-1795)

“It is a comfort to see that God’s power works effectually and irresistibly, the very same power as wrought in Christ to raise Him from the dead.”  Thomas Goodwin  (1600-1679)

“Let no appearing impossibilities make you question God’s accomplishment of any of his gracious words. Though you cannot see how the thing can be done, ‘tis enough, if God has said that he will do it…Though the valleys be so deep … Continue reading →

“When matters are raveled and disordered, God can find out the right end of the thread and how to disentangle us again; and when we have spoiled a business, he can dispose it for good and make an advantage of … Continue reading →

“Is not the reason of our finding so little to praise due to the fact that we have no eyes for his daily miracles?”  (Augustus F. Tholuck; 1856)

“What comfort ought this to afford under every condition!  For the Lord Jesus goes before us through the desert.  He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities.”  Ridley H. Herschell  (1807-1864)

“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)