The Kayelton Group

“There is a scum of filthiness boiling or bubbling up even when the Devil does not meddle with us.”  (Ralph Venning; 1621-1674)

“When matters are raveled and disordered, he can find out the right end of the thread, and how to disentangle us again; and when we have spoiled a business, he can dispose it for good, and make an advantage of those things which seem to obscure the glory of his name.  (Thomas Manton; 1620-1677)

“With our so-called knowledge and wisdom we only stand in the way of the Lord and ourselves.”  (Frans Bakker; 1919-1965)

“God’s dealings with His children, though they are sharp, yet they are safe, and in order to cure; “that he might do thee good in the latter end.” (Deut. 8:16).  (Thomas Watson; 1620-1686)

“Far from offering us flattery, the cross undermines our self-righteousness, and we can stand before it only with a bowed head and a broken spirit.” – John Scott

“Is not the reason of our finding so little to praise, to be sought in our having no eyes for His daily miracles?”  (Augustus F. Tholuck; 1856)

“Pride is the worst viper that is in the heart. It is the greatest disturber of the soul’s peace and sweet communion with Christ. It is the most difficult sin to root out and the most hidden and secret and deceitful of all lusts.” – Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

THE BELIEVER.  “He has gained such a view of God and of the perfections of His being, that he now believes that the Most High cannot do anything that is out of harmony with His perfections.”  (William Henry Green; 1825-1900)

“It is not by one great sacrifice on our part that the hearts of others are made stout for the journey and strong for the task, but by the constant performance of the petty kindnesses, none of which might be worth recording, but which, in the aggregate, constitute a sublime record.”  William Graham Scroggie  (1877-1958)

“HE HIDETH HIMSELF . . . I cannot see him.”  “To those that hunger for intimacy and continual fellowship with God, this hiding of His face is terrible.  When the Lord is silent, there is a great annoyance of the soul.  When He seems to hide His face and shuts the door on each enterprise, that is strange and baffling.  However, when it appears that He is the initiator and propagator of the dismal dejection, that is heartache that eludes understanding.  This is when the child cries for help and supplies, but there is no answer from God.  The poor soul looks in every direction and studies all condition, pleading with exasperated hopes, only to find, like the Father of hope, they too hid themselves from the staggering saint.  (Job 10: 8-10, & 18-19).”  (The Dark Side of The Hold; No name mentioned)