“God’s mercy will crown us at last!  Mercy will accompany us to the dark valley, and through it.  Mercy will conduct us to the Jordan, and over it.  Mercy will lead us up into the holy city that has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Mercy will place a crown of pure gold, or of sparkling glory, [Continue Reading…]

“A strong confirmation of growing in grace is evident when you can bear injuries and provocations with meekness, and when you can from the heart desire the temporal and eternal welfare of your bitterest enemies. It is also a strong evidence of growing in grace when you have an entire and confident reliance on the promises and [Continue Reading…]

“That poor man who is striving against sin, mourning over corruption, and loathing himself before God. That poor woman, who sighs because she sins, pants for perfect holiness, and clings to the cross of Jesus. Do you see that poor soul on his knees, confessing his transgressions, pleading for pardon, and seeking grace to sanctify his nature he [Continue Reading…]

“Jesus is now busied in Heaven in His people’s behalf! He can find no abode in all His wide dominions, befitting as a permanent dwelling for His ransomed ones.” “He says, ‘I will make a new heavens and a new earth. I will found a special kingdom. I will rear eternal mansions expressly for those [Continue Reading…]

“The evidence of genuine piety is to be found in real humility, reliance on Christ, hungering and thirsting after righteousness, sincere sorrow for sin, and a continual effort to regulate our thoughts,                                                  [Continue Reading…]

“Christian, rejoice in your union with Jesus! The changes of time cannot touch it! The storms of life cannot injure it! The sword of persecution cannot sever it! The damps of death cannot affect it! The malice of hell cannot move it! It is a union which will last forever! It follows, therefore, that if a partaker of it, you will be rich forever, safe forever,      dignified forever, and blessed forever!”      [Continue Reading…]

“Prayer is pouring out the soul unto God and placing before Him our troubles. It is ‘casting all our cares upon Him who cares for us,’ and our burdens upon Him in whom we have ‘righteousness and strength.’ Prayer is opening the heart, the mind, and the mouth to Him who has said, ‘Call upon Me in the day of [Continue Reading…]

“Behold Jesus, and do not doubt His love,  nor question His veracity, nor fear your foes, nor dread your heavenly Father’s wrath!  Behold Jesus, as the proof of God’s love to you,  the confirmation of all the promises made to you  and the pledge of all the blessings set before you.” ~ James Smith

“How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose and was now glad to reject . . . At last my mind was free from the gnawing anxieties of ambition and gain, from wallowing in filth and scratching the itching sore [Continue Reading…]

“Blessed Lord Jesus! I will read and study and dig into the Scriptures, to find and learn more of You! You, Immanuel, are the fragrance of this divine box of precious ointment. You are the beauteous gem sparkling in this divine cabinet. You are the Tree of life planted in the center of this divine garden.  You are the Ocean whose stream quickens and nourishes all [Continue Reading…]