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“God is the most glorious object that our minds could ever fasten upon, the most alluring. Thoughts of Him should therefore swallow up all other thoughts, as they are not worthy to be seen the same day with Him. But … Continue reading →

“There is in true love, a complacency and delight in God; a conformity to his will; a loving what he loves.” Robert Leighton (1611-1684)

“Yet such is the infatuation of sin, that man in his boasted wisdom will not do, what the bird will do by her native instinct. She shuns the net spread in her sight; man rushes into it.” Charles Bridges (1794-1869)

“The peace of God never precedes the grace of God; there must be the expression of grace on His part before there can be the experience of peace on our part.” William Graham Scroggie (1877-1958)

“Very often the soul cannot rise, she has lost her wings, and is heavy and earth-bound; more like a burrowing mole than a soaring eagle.” Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)

“Those who come to him he needs them not to receive from them, but to give unto them; he needs not their fullness, but their emptiness, that his fullness may overflow to the supply thereof.” George Hutcheson

“Blessed is the man whom eternal Truth teacheth, not by obscure figures and transient sounds, but by direct and full communication. The perceptions of our senses are narrow and dull, and our reason on those perceptions frequently misleads us. He … Continue reading →

“Thus in the saints their very impatience of delay does itself prove their confidence of future salvation and deliverance.” Wolfgang Musculus (1497-1563)

“One way to get comfort is to plead the promise of God in prayer, show him his handwriting; God is tender of his word.” Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

“I would recommend it to those desirous of having the impediments which hinder them from applying by faith to Christ, removed; and by divine help, would learn the happy way of going first to the promises of Christ, and then … Continue reading →