The Kayelton Group

“My brethren, the love of God brought in by faith will help a man bear up under any condition.”  Thomas Goodwin  (1600-1679)

“Why does God save some, and not all?  Because such is ‘the good pleasure of His will.’  He has infinitely wise reasons for this, though we understand them not.”  Horatius Bonar (1808-1890)

“The set time.”  “There is a certain set time for God’s great actions.  He lets the powers of darkness have their hour, and God will take his hour.  He hath a set time for the discovery of his mercy, and he will not stay a jot beyond it.”   Stephen Charnock (1628-1680)

“Ah, the hopes that this awakens!  My wandering, wavering, unstable heart, that of itself cannot keep to one course two days together, is to seek its perseverance from God, and not in its own strength.”  Mary B.M. Duncan (1801-1900)

“Grace is that which God implants in the heart against great opposition of enemies, great opposition from the corruption of the heart, and from Satan and the world.”  Jonathan Edwards  (1703-1758)

“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 the regeneration and sanctification of a sinner, and is absolutely essential to the character of a true Christian.”  John Colquhoun  (1748-1827)

“The presence of God with a man is the best blessing he can receive, for it includes everything else.”  Thomas V Moore   (1779-1852)

“Prayer keeps the heart open to God and shut to sin; it assuages the intemperate hearts and swelling of lust.”  Thomas Watson  (1620-1686)

“Open thy mouth wide then, O Christian; stretch out thy desires to the uttermost, grasp heaven and earth in thy boundless wishes, and believe there is enough in God to afford thee full satisfaction.”  (Benjamin Beddome, 1771-1795)

“He is the most thankful man that treasures up the mercies of God in his memory, and can feed his faith with what God has done for him, so as to walk in the strength thereof in present straits.”  (William Gurnall, 1617-1679)