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“Lay your dead hearts at Christ’s feet and plead in this manner:  Lord, my heart is exceedingly dull and distracted; I feel not these enlarging, melting influences which thy saints have felt.”  (Oliver Heywood; 1630-1702)

“Liveliness of soul is the Spirit’s gift, and it will show itself in abounding praises.”  (Henry Law;  1797-1884)

“The whole life of the true penitent is a continual warfare.  During this warfare he must fight many battles.  Sometimes he gains the victory and sometimes he loses.  If he loses he must renew the fight: if he gains, he … Continue reading →

“PATIENCE is a constant, thankful, and joyful enduring with perseverance to the end of man’s life. All the trials that are grievous, however great, however long, however hopeless the coming out of them may appear; mortifying and compressing the inordinacy … Continue reading →

“A gracious soul is insatiable; the more it has received, the more it desires to receive.”  (Robert Walker;  1716-1783)

“Love to God is the very fuel of acceptable obedience.  Withdraw the fuel, and the flame expires.”  (Jerome Zanchius; 1516-1590)

“Man by his sin has lost his power to obey the will of God in a right manner. Yet God has not lost his authority to command.”  (John Gill;   1697-1771)

“The cause as to why our oppressors prevail against us is because we trust too much in our own wits, and lean too much upon our own inventions; opposing subtlety to subtlety, one evil device to another, matching and maintaining policy … Continue reading →

“Unless Christ approaches the sinner, the sinner will not come to Christ.”  (William H. Van Doren;  1810-1882)

“How blessed to let go of our cause and give it into the hands of God who knows everything much better than we do.”  (Frans Bakker; 1919-1965)