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“A spirit of grace and supplication is an outpouring of the spirit of God that awakens gracious affections and leads the heart to prayer.”  (Thomas V. Moore  1779-1852)

“We scarcely know which most to appreciate, the wisdom and power and glory of Him who stands before God for us, or the gentleness and grace with which He who knows our infirmities and can sympathize and assist us in … Continue reading →

“Hand.”  “With the hand we demand, we promise, we call, dismiss, threaten, entreat, supplicate, deny, refuse, interrogate, admire, reckon, confess, repent; express shame, express doubt; we instruct, command, unite, encourage, swear, testify, accuse, condemn, acquit, insult, despise, defy, disdain, flatter, … Continue reading →

“Christians are often more anxious and perplexed about their success, than with respect to their duty.”  (Robert Haldane;  1712-1854)

“Divine sovereignty, therefore, must not be considered as a blind partiality, or a dictate of mere will without wisdom; but as the exercise of an all-comprehensive understanding, and of a will that is inflexibly right, ordering all the affairs of … Continue reading →

“Pre-eminently He was the Lamb of God, and He was sacrificed for us.  Let us reckon ourselves judged in Him.  The Judgment which has befallen Him has settled the great question of sin.  He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised … Continue reading →

“I was held before conversion, not with an iron chain, but with the obstinacy of mine own will.”  (Augustine; 354-430)

“The righteous get good out of all the evil that befalls them, but the wicked so pervert everything as to get evil out of all the good sent them.”  (William S. Plumer; 1867)

“Errors cannot be adorned, no matter how skillfully one may try.”  (Joseph Caryl;  1602-1673)

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,”  That is, that are emptied of themselves, and look upon themselves as having nothing, deserving nothing, able to do nothing spiritually.”  (Thomas Goodwin; 1600-1679)