The Kayelton Group

“All prayers that are acceptable with God are the breathings of his own Spirit within us.”  Robert South  (1633-1716)

“Our daily acts of communion with God, our daily praise, and our daily thanksgiving, must be found afresh on the work of Jesus.  “By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually.”  (Hebrews 13: 15)  (A.A. Bonar, 1808-1889)

“Make him your counsellor and friend; you cannot please him better than when your heart relies wholly upon him.”  (John Berridge; 1716-1793)

“The heart is ever prone to divide its confidence between God and the creature.  This will never do.  We must  ‘wait only  upon God.’  ‘He only’ must be our ‘rock,’ our ‘salvation,’ and our ‘defense.’  When we are frequently tempted to look to an arm of flesh first, and when that fails us, we look to God.  This will never do either.”  Charles Mackintosh  (1858)

“No, my brethren; Our Lord has told us that ‘a man’s life consists not in the abundance of the things that he possesses.”  Thomas McCrie, 1772-1835)

“The fruit of the Lord’s putting his own people in straits is to make them and all men see, that he hath ways of deliverance, more than they know of; and that he will save his own when men count their case desperate: for, salvation belongeth to the Lord.”  David Dickson  (1583-1662)

“Fear ye not.  What shall they fear, above whose head the Gospel-standard floats?  Faith reads thereon, ‘If God be for us, who can be against us?’  Rom. 8:31.  But use no fruitless efforts.  The waves are deep.  The foes are strong.  There is no help in self.  ‘Stand still.’  Leave all to God.”  Henry Law  (1797-1844)

“Wicked men will sooner believe the most uncertain and ridiculous things, than own the visible demonstrations of God’s power and providence.”  Matthew Poole  (1624-1679)

“The bolder one becomes in Christ, the more humble one becomes in himself.”  Frans Bakker  (1919-1965)

“Hallowed be Thy Name.  That this petition stands first warns us against self-seeking in prayer.  We are not to begin with our own wants, not even our spiritual wants; not with ourselves at all, but with God.”  Alfred Plummer; 1841-1926)