“The strongest arguments, the most melting entreaties, the most alarming denunciations from God and man, enforced with the highest authority, or the most compassionate tears, all will have no effect and all will not effectually reclaim one sinner, nor gain one sincere convert to righteousness without the power of the Holy Spirit!” ~ Samuel [Continue Reading…]
Monthly Archives: November 2018
“He Fell Asleep in Jesus!”
“John Knox, the Scottish Reformer’s dying words, were, ‘Come, Lord Jesus, sweet Jesus! into your hands I commend my spirit.’ Again, he said, ‘I have tasted of the heavenly joys where presently I shall be! Now, for the last time I commit soul, body, and spirit into his hands.’ Uttering a deep sigh, he said, [Continue Reading…]
“Christ Is All to Believers!”
“May I seek all my happiness in Christ and all my supplies from Christ. May I look to Him, lean on Him, and walk with Him all through the journey of life! Then, when my journey ends, may I pass the Jordan under a sense of His love, and enter into the promised land!” ~ James Smith
“Meditate Upon God’s Word!”
“To hear and not to meditate, is unfruitful. We may hear and hear, but it is like putting a thing into a bag with holes! What we read in the Word, we must digest by meditation. Men are barren, dry, and sapless in their prayers, for lack of exercising themselves in holy meditation.” ~ Thomas [Continue Reading…]
“True Religion”
“True religion is a happy and not a melancholy thing. It gives peace that passes understanding, and joy that is unspeakable, and full of glory!” ~ J. A. James
“All Thanks to God Alone!”
“The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor sleep, but eat to God and sleep to God and work to God and talk to God, do all to His glory and praise.” ~ Richard Sibbs
“The Holy Spirit, Our Teacher”
Martin Luther, the Protestant Reformer said, “We know from Moses that the world was not in existence before 6,000 years ago. . . . He calls ‘a spade a spade,’ i.e., he employs the term ‘day’ and ‘evening’ without allegory, just as we customarily do . . . we assert that Moses spoke in the [Continue Reading…]
“Comfort for Your Troubled Heart!”
“A troubled heart is very often the case with the believer, he is seldom long without something to trouble him. But what a mercy it is for the troubled Christian, that his Lord has experienced trouble as well as Himself; so that He can sympathize with him. Jesus once said, ‘Now My soul is deeply troubled!’ He [Continue Reading…]
“Be Thankful in Good Times and in Afflictions!”
“Whoever be the instruments of any good to us, of whatever sort, we must look above them, and eye the hand and counsel of God in it, which is the first spring. And be duly thankful to God for it. And whatever evil of crosses or afflictions befalls us, we must look above the instruments [Continue Reading…]
“Pray About Your Cares!”
“Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved Lord Jesus Christ, it will be a benefit.” ~ Charles Spurgeon