August 16, 2023

“To walk worthy of the Lord is to feel the solemn bond of redeeming blood, to enshrine the image of Him who shed it, to breathe His spirit and act in harmony with His example.”  (John Eadie  1810-1872)

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August 15, 2023

“The seed of the word is scattered in vain, unless the Lord render it fruitful by his blessing.”  (John Calvin; 1509-1564)

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August 14, 2023

“By thy providence put life into my affairs, by thy grace put life into my affections; cure me of my spiritual deadness, and make me lively in my devotion.  (Matthew Henry; 1662-1714)

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August 13, 2023

“Had the believer nothing but his own deserts to support his plea at the throne of grace, he could never rise into this high confidence.  He goes upon the foundation of the divine goodness, manifested through the anointed One, and he goes surely.”  (John Stephen)

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August 12, 2023

“The Spirit puts nothing new into the Bible; HE only so enlightens and strengthens our faculties that we can discern and admire what is there already.”  (Henry Melvill  1798-1871)

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August 11, 2023

“The spirit of prayer must be born from above, and cannot be imitated nor counterfeited by merely human effort.”  (A. B. Simpson  1843-1919)

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August 10, 2023

“It is mercy that takes us out of the womb, feeds us in the days of our pilgrimage, furnishes us with spiritual provisions, closes our eyes in peace, and translates us to a secure resting-place.”  (G. S. Bowes  1869)

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August 9, 2023

“The more experience a man hath in the ways of God, the more sensible is he of his own readiness to wander insensibly by ignorance and inadvertency from the ways of God.”  (David Dickson  1583-1662)

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August 8, 2023

“The way to victory is not a confident assertion of our own better selves, but faith, and faith necessarily refers us to something beyond ourselves.  The victorious faith of the Christian is trust in God as He is revealed in Jesus Christ His Son.”  (C. H. Dodd)

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August 7, 2023

“God is infinitely good; the creatures’ good is limited, but there is nothing to limit the perfection of God, or give it any measure.  He is an ocean of goodness without banks or bottom.  Alas! What is our drop to this ocean!”  (Thomas Manton  1620-1677)

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