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“The more experience a man hath in the ways of God, the more sensible is he of his own readiness to wander insensibly by ignorance and inadvertency from the ways of God.”  (David Dickson  1583-1662)

“The way to victory is not a confident assertion of our own better selves, but faith, and faith necessarily refers us to something beyond ourselves.  The victorious faith of the Christian is trust in God as He is revealed in … Continue reading →

“God is infinitely good; the creatures’ good is limited, but there is nothing to limit the perfection of God, or give it any measure.  He is an ocean of goodness without banks or bottom.  Alas! What is our drop to … Continue reading →

“Effectual fervent prayer therefore is a gift and it always will be a gift—even for the righteous.  What a comfort this is for those who have no power in themselves!”  (Frans Bakker  1919-1965)

“Prayer is chiefly a heart-work.  God hears the heart without the mouth, but never hears the mouth acceptably without the heart.”  (Walter Marshall) 

“If the people of God would diligently keep their hearts, their communion with each other would be unspeakably more inviting and profitable.”  (John Flavel  1628-1691)

“He who looks away from himself, from his vileness, guiltiness, emptiness, and poverty, fully and believingly unto Jesus, shall know what the forgiveness of sin is, and shall experience the love of God shed abroad in his heart.”  (Octavius Winslow  … Continue reading →

“Unbelief is rebellion against God.  Faith, on the other hand, is an act of submission, or the surrender of ourselves to God, contrary to the natural opposition of our minds, in order that He may possess and conduct us, and … Continue reading →

“And as man hath not an eye to see the wonderful works of God spiritually, until it is given; so, much less hath he an eye to see the wonders of the word of God till it be given him … Continue reading →

“Grace is either absolutely free, or it is not at all.”  (Abraham Booth  1734-1806)