Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us. Jonathan Edwards Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others, but seek it for the benefit of your souls. Jonathan Edwards Remember that pride is the worst viper that is in the heart Jonathan Edwards
How many adorn their temples and decorate their priests, but refuse to obey the word of the Lord? -C.H. Spurgeon -
I was not created to live “my truth”. I was created to live the Truth.
"We require an anchor to hold us so that we may abide in peace, and find rest unto our souls." - Charles Spurgeon
“Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won’t last forever. We must take it or leave it.” - C.S. Lewis
To argue that man is the sole determiner of his own destiny,...is to strip God of the attribute of omnipotence. -A.W. Pink -
it is not how a person starts their Christian walk, but how they finish.
You can blame circumstances, but backsliding always begins in the heart.
~A.W. Tozer~
John Calvin wrote, “Let us, therefore, remember that David is like a mirror, in which God sets before us the continual course of His grace.”
The old covenant of law was written upon "tablets of stone." The new covenant of grace is written upon "tablets…of the heart." This is another vital contrast between the old and new covenants. This difference again decides whether we draw upon man's sufficiency or upon God's.
we honor God when we honor the positions he created.
"The Lord Jesus loves his people so much, that every day he is still washing their soiled feet."
— Charles Spurgeon
It is when your soul has been blasted bare, when you feel raw and undone, that you can be bonded to the Savior. And then you not only meet suffering on God’s terms, but you meet joy on God’s terms. You cry out to God and He gets your heart pumping for heaven. He injects his peace, power, and perspective into your spiritual being. He imparts a new way of looking at your hardships. He puts a song in your heart. Nanci Alcorn
Praise be to our loving Father for his grace and kindness toward His repentant children! Though we stand the sin-stained sons of fallen Adam. Though we wallow in the soul-corrupting death-reek by which we were even conceived. Though we bear our lives forth in the habits of wickedness to which our base natures are so accustomed, still does the Lord remain ever faithful to forgive those who ask it of Him! Still, does the Master of all look kindly upon His children, ever resurrecting their hearts to new life? Still, does the Father of all glory count us, who is worthless of our own measure, to be worthy of the sacrifice of the very Son of heaven? Praise Him again! Praise be to the King of all creation, most merciful and true!
Sin and consistency do not make marriage impossible, difficult but not impossible.
Every good marriage takes work, it takes work to die to self...
God's word is the believer's anchor.
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
There's no need to be terrified of the future if you're trusting in the Savior.
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