For our sakes, Jesus was made a curse and scorched in the furnace of His Father’s wrath. Stephen Charnock
Without the Gospel, everything is useless and vain. John Calvin
Faith is the evidence of divine adoption. John Calvin
The heavenly Physician takes care of the well-being of all his patients; he gives some a milder medicine and purifies others with more shocking treatments, but he omits no one; for the whole world, without exception, is ill (Deut 32:15). John Calvin
We are not all equally afflicted with the same disease or all in need of the same severe cure. This is the reason why we see different persons disciplined with different crosses. John Calvin
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal. John Calvin When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit. John Calvin
Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel over the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
John Calvin
In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You. Augustine The first part of a good job is the will, the second is a vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, a robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act. John Calvin
NOTE TO SELF: DON'T GIVE UP! YOU'RE TOO CLOSE TO RECEIVING WHAT YOU’VE BEEN PRAYING AND WORKING SO HARD FOR! STOP HELPING PEOPLE FOR YEARS WHO HAVEN'T HELPED THEMSELVES FOR A DAY. PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY IS JUST THAT... PERSONAL! STOP GIVING AWAY WHAT YOU NEED TO KEEP FOR YOURSELF! GOD ALWAYS PRUNES WHAT HE INTENDS TO GROW! IT'S HURTFUL NOW, BUT IT WILL BE FRUITFUL LATER! THE SAME ONES WHO OVERLOOKED YOU THEN, ARE LOOKING FOR YOU NOW! #BeDiscerning THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THE NECESSARY ENDINGS AND NEW BEGINNINGS! "REMEMBER TO BE THE HELP FOR SOMEONE THAT YOU WISH OTHERS HAD BEEN FOR YOU." MAYBE IF YOU KNEW HOW MUCH THEY LOST YOU WOULDN'T BE TOO JEALOUS TO CELEBRATE THEIR WIN! SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE THE 'NO' TO WHAT YOU WANT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE 'YES' TO WHAT YOU NEED! NEVER ALLOW THE NEW YOU TO GO BACK TO YOUR OLD WAYS! TOXIC HABITS, PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS, AND NEGATIVE ENERGY ALWAYS TRY TO COME BACK WHEN YOU'RE DOING BETTER. STAY FOCUSED!
The feverish urge of modern evangelism is not how to promote the glory of the triune Jehovah, but how to multiply conversions. —AW Pink, Present-Day Evangelism God permits some to wrestle more with sin because through them He wishes to magnify His grace in a special manner. —Wilhelmus à Brakel, The Christian’s Reasonable Service, 2:340
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