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The loss of spiritual enjoyment . . . shall be the symptom that betrays the true condition of the soul.  The judgment shall lose none of its light, but the heart much of its fervor; the truths of revelation, especially … Continue reading →

“UNITE MY HEART—suffer it no longer to scatter itself upon a multiplicity of objects, to be drawn hither and thither by a thousand different aims, but turn all its powers, all its affections in one direction, collect them in one … Continue reading →

“Now if I cover the person, I cover scabs and sores, and ulcers, and all blemishes.  Hence God, by putting this righteousness upon us, is said to hide and cover our sins.  Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and … Continue reading →

“THE LORD JESUS CAME NOT TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, but sinners to repentance.  True repentance, accordingly, forms a part of the religion, not of an innocent person, but of a sinner.  It is produced by the Spirit of Christ in … Continue reading →

“The bridegroom brings his dowry.  And does not Christ enrich with gifts?  Angels may marvel, dazzled by the Church’s wealth.  He holds back nothing from her.  All His attributes are her grand inheritance.  His wisdom is hers to guide.  His … Continue reading →

For to deny a man’s self, is to know he hath no power in himself to do any spiritual duty.  (Thomas Hooker; 1586-1647)

“In a word, the end of Christ’s redeeming His people is, that they might be freed from all evil, from every enemy, and all that is hurtful; sin, Satan, the world, law, and hell, and death; and that they might … Continue reading →

“Nothing is so tranquillising and so stabilizing as the assurance that the Lord Himself is on the Throne of the universe, “working all things after the counsel of His own will  Arthur W. Pink  (1886-1952)

“Whatever our knowledge of the word of God, certain it is that our hearts will never burn within us, till Jesus himself open to us the Scriptures.  None other can expound to us in all this Song the things concerning … Continue reading →

“Although God should tarry for us a hundred thousand years, if we could continue so long in the world, yet it is certain that we should never come unto Him, nor do anything else than increase the mischief continually to … Continue reading →