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“What if you have been led into deep discoveries of your fallen nature, your unworthiness, vileness, insufficiency, declensions, and backsliding from God.  We ask – whose work is this? Whose, but that same blessed, loving Spirit whom thus you are wounding, … Continue reading →

“We learn that prayer is an exercise far beyond our natural power, and demands the exercise of graces which can only be imparted by the Spirit of God; and this reflection, again, should direct us to look to the Spirit … Continue reading →

“The same hand which first rescued us from ruin, reclaims us from all our subsequent aberrations. Chastisement itself is blended with tenderness.” (J. Thornton 1826)

“The law piercing through all mere external morality, penetrating the inmost recesses of the heart, revealing the evil that is ever there, either dormant of active; and convincing us of our deep, deep need of the Lord Jesus, who alone … Continue reading →

“Brethren, there is much lacking to us all; and what we receive, how speedily do we lack again!” Rudolf Stier (1800-1862)

“If God is not omnipotent He is not God at all.” (Lehman Strauss 1911-1997)

“Nearness unto God here on earth yields its sweetest blessedness when it is cultivated in the face of sin and the world as an oasis in the wilderness of life.” (Abraham Kuyper 1837-1920)

“Open thou mine eyes; enlighten my mind by the light of thy Holy Spirit, and dispel all ignorance and error.” (Matthew Poole 1624-1679)

“So the dying Christian, when he gets on the last summit of life and stretches his vision to catch a glimpse of the heavenly city, may cry out of its glories and incite those who are behind to press forward … Continue reading →

“There is a false joy springing from a confidence in ourselves and in our circumstances, which shows that we aim at the friendship of the world, and which necessarily separates us from God (James 4:16). This false joy must be … Continue reading →