“It was a choice saying of Augustine, ‘Every saint is God’s temple; and he who carries his temple about him, may go to prayer when he pleases.” (Thomas Brooks) So then, let us remember these words of the Apostle Paul, “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be [Continue Reading…]

“He will be our guide even unto death!” (Psalm 48:14) “What a precious assurance is this! He has led us through all our past difficulties and trials; He leads us by the hand at present, and He will never give up His charge, for He will be our guide even unto death. He will choose our way; lead us in the [Continue Reading…]

Pray “For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” (1 Tim. 2:2) “It is easy to criticize and find fault with the conduct of our civil rulers, and write furious articles against them in newspapers, or make violent speeches about [Continue Reading…]

“Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” (Heb. 7:25) So then, “God’s hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon our sanctification, but upon Christ’s intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what we [Continue Reading…]

“God could have over-ruled every difficulty in your way, had He seen it to be best for you. He who has begun a good work in you, is able to carry it on in defiance of all seeming hindrances, and make all things (even those which have the most unfavorable appearances) work together for your [Continue Reading…]

Our Lord Jesus said, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” (John 13:35) Christian charity was clearly evidenced by the Geneva Reformers when Theodore Beza was ill with the plague. It was then, that John Calvin wrote to William Farel saying of Theodore Beza, [Continue Reading…]

The LORD’s message for us today is to “Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.” (Deuteronomy 12:28) The Reformer John [Continue Reading…]

“Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst. He promises honor, and pays with disgrace. He promises pleasure, and pays with pain. He promises profit, and pays with loss. He promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as He promises, all His payments are made in pure gold.” (Thomas Brooks) Our Lord [Continue Reading…]

“No man is so regenerate, but that he continually has need of the means which Christ Jesus has appointed to be used in His Church.” ~ John Knox (1524-1572, the founder of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland)

“This new man is after the image of God ‘in righteousness and true holiness.’ (Eph. 4:24) This new man is the ‘second man, the Lord from Heaven.’ Romans 13:14 says, ‘Put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the old man.’ And further, to put on Christ is to put on [Continue Reading…]