The Kayelton Group

“O for a better heart! O for a heart to love God more; to hate sin more; to walk more evenly with God. Lord! Deny not to me such a heart, whatever thou deny me: give me a heart to fear thee, to love and delight in thee, if I beg bread in desolate places.” John Flavel (1628-1691)

“History in all its details, even the most minute, is but the unfolding of the eternal purposes of God. His decrees are not successively formed as the the emergency arises, but are all parts of one all-comprehending plan, and we should never think of Him suddenly evolving a plan or doing something which He had not thought of before.” Loraine Boettner (1901-1990)

“When we consider our own meanness and vileness, our darkness and deadness, and the manifold defects in our prayers, we have cause to suspect that our prayers will be received with disdain in heaven; but we are here assured of the contrary, for we have an Advocate with the Father, and are under grace, not under the law.” Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

“God will be acknowledged, that is, consulted with in all our undertakings and conflicts or else we shall miscarry.”  Thomas Manton  (1620-1677)

“Imperfection cleaves to the best of men, and even in the strongest points of character, weakness sometimes exhibits itself.”  James Madison Pendleton  (1811-1891)

“Infinity, when applied to God, means that He is unbounded, unlimited, unsearchable, immeasurable, incomparable, and incomprehensible.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1855-1968)

‘We may seek God even when we have sinned.  If sin could blockade the mercy seat it would be all over with us, but the mercy is that there are gifts even for the rebellious  and an advocate for men who sin.  ‘And delivered me from all my fears.’  God makes a perfect work of it.  He clears away both our fears and their causes, all of them without exception.'”Charles H. Spurgeon  (1834-1898)

That love of God, which is so resplendent in it is the thing which most pleases and ravishes, and which inflames our faith, our zeal, and our affection for the service of so good and amiable a Lord.”  John Daille  (1594-1670)

“A conviction of duty and the influence of fear may sometimes urge forward the soul, but love alone can prompt to a loving and holy obedience; and all obedience that springs from an inferior motive is not the obedience that the gospel of Jesus inculcates.”  Octavius Winslow  (1808-1878)

“Surely these afflictions are but the Lord’s pruning-knives, by which he will bleed my sins, and prune my heart, and make it more fertile and fruitful; they are but the Lord’s portion, by which he will clear me and rid me of those spiritual diseases and maladies which are most deadly and dangerous to my soul.” Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)