Yea, who is it who almost at any time reading the Scripture, with a due reverence of God, and subjection of conscience unto him, has not some particular matter of prayer or praise effectually suggested unto him? John Owen
"There's never a season when men and women do not face the temptation to turn away from the living God and turn to myths and genealogies." —Alistair Begg
"Jesus told us to be alert, to be zealous, to be watching, and to be waiting in 'the last days,' but He didn’t tell us to become crystal-ball gazers." —Alistair Begg
"God is a missionary God. He came down on earth that He might send us out into all the world to preach the Gospel." —Alistair Begg
"Let earth and heaven combine, Angels and men agree, To praise, in songs divine, The incarnate Deity; Our God contracted to a span, Incomprehensibly made man." —
Charles Wesley, "They Shall Call His Name Immanuel"
Unconditional forgiveness is much preferred to lingering probation. Forgive and forget! —
Even small temper bombs can cause a lot of damage when they explode on a regular basis. —
Let Christ be in your thoughts the first in the morning, and the last at night." -Isaac Ambrose.
To think light of sin is to think light of Christ and His blood. —
Ralph Erskine (1685-1752), Works 3:213
"God preordained, for His own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation." -John Calvin.
"Preachers aren’t up there to display style or skill, but to communicate God’s word to the people of God." - Peter Leithart
“Indeed, sinner, I need not speak to you of the love of God, if you have no conviction of sin, or apprehension of the wrath of God as your due; to speak of his grace and love to you, will be lost labor.” —Ralph Erskine (1685-1752), Works 3:217
"You can never err in being tender to the downcast." - Charles Spurgeon
“When Christ died, he died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.” - C.S. Lewis
"In some cases, God knoweth how many, a secret sin, unconfessed to the Father, has festered into misery." - Charles Spurgeon Before I call you to believe the love of God manifested in the gospel, I would call you to believe the wrath of God manifested in the law. —Ralph Erskine, Works 3:218
Worry drains you. It sucks the blood out of you. It incapacitates you to function like you know you should function. We got the pain of the past we worry about, the problems of the present, and the unexpected of the future. And it just keeps on coming. Tony Evans
"As we have heard of some that their hair turned grey in a single night through grief, so doubtless many souls have aged into sorrow in a single trying hour." - Charles Spurgeon
God's forbearance and long-suffering goodness to me is utterly astonishing. -
William Wilberforce
“When God helps us, it will always be in righteousness, wisdom, and love—according to HIS perfect will. That ‘help’ may not be what we perceived to be best, but it always is the best…His help comes at the perfect time, in the perfect way, for His perfect purpose.” —Nanci Alcorn
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