The Kayelton Group

He draws us, and we come.  He makes us thirsty, and we drink.  He changes our heart and our mind, and our will by His Spirit and Word, and we find Him more precious than all the riches of the world, and consider all things but dung for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord.”  (Herman Hoeksema; 1886-1965)

 “All the blessings which a person receives here and will receive hereafter are gifts of grace from God, not founded upon man’s merits.”  (Norval Geldenhuys, 1918-1964)

“God’s word is an abundant source of pleasure to his people.”  (William S. Plumer; 1802-1880)

”As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath He, by the eternal and most free purpose of His will, foreordained all the means thereunto.”  (Loraine Boettner; 1901-1990)

“All the holy breathings and desires of the soul, all the longings for God and for conformity to His will and image, all that is lovely and like Jesus in the saint, are the result of this gracious act of the eternal Spirit.”  (Octavius Winslow; 1808-1878)

“When the Lord lifts upon us the light of his countenance,and turns his face towards us listening to our cry, then are eyes again enlightened, and we have no difficulty in obtaining counsel.”  (Martin Luther, 1483-1546)

“Amidst the storms and tempests of the world, there is a perfect calm in the breasts of those who not only do the will of God, but ‘love’ to do it.”  (George Horne; 1730-1792)

“O that I might live in the constant sense of thy nearness to me!  How often, far too often, alas, do I seem quite to forget it!  Art thou near?  (James Harrington; 1785-1849)

“This is the first ground of comfort—a meditation of the righteousness of God’s nature; he alters not with times, he changes not with persons, he is always and unto all, one and the same righteous and holy God.”  (William Cowper; 1731-1800)

“ALL who believe in Christ Jesus are so closely related to him as to be treated by God as if they were one with him. When he looks at them, he sees nothing, as it were, but Christ.”  (John Brown; 1784-1858)