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“To enter the place of a doer before you have occupied that of a listener, is to reverse God’s order, and throw everything into confusion.”  Unknown  (1859)

“However believers in Christ deserve condemnation of themselves, as having many things condemnable in them, and however the law may accuse and trouble them, yet they are freed from actual condemnation; for  ‘he that believeth on him is not condemned.’”  … Continue reading →

“God’s time is the best time; mercy is never nearer; Salvation is at hand, deliverance is at the door, when a man’s heart is brought into such a frame as to be freely willing that God should time his mercy … Continue reading →

“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

“Do not say that your crook has been of so long continuance that it will never mend.  Put it in the hand of God, who made it, that He may mend it, and wait on Him.  And if it is … Continue reading →

Believe, and you shall love; believe much, and you shall love much labor for strong and deep persuasions of the glorious things which are spoken of Christ, and this will command love.”  Robert Leighton  (1611-1684)

“And we live beneath our privilege and fail to make the required use of the great expiation which has been wrought, and want in proper appreciation of our Saviour’s work, if we do not rise up from our prostration under … Continue reading →

“Afflictions are the medicine which God uses to carry off our spiritual diseases;  they cure the tympany (grandiose) of pride, the fever of lust, the dropsy of covetousness.”  (Thomas Watson; 1620-1686)

“So this is the art of contentment:  not to seek to add to our circumstances, but to subtract from our desires.”  (Jeremiah Burroughs  1600-16460)

“In a word, trust in God is that high act or exercise of faith whereby the soul, looking upon God and casting itself on his goodness, power, promises, faithfulness, and providence, is lifted up above carnal fears and discouragements; above … Continue reading →