How blessed to know that when the world hates us, God loves us!
Prayer is not intended to change God’s purpose, nor is it to move Him to form fresh purposes. God has decreed that certain events shall come to pass through the means He has appointed for their accomplishment.
Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God. Prayer is a confession of creature weakness, yes, of helplessness. Prayer is the acknowledgment of our need and the spreading of it before God.
Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of glory which is awaiting us.
Just as the sinner’s despair of any hope from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer’s growth in grace.
Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God’s mercies.
An honest heart loves the Truth.
Nothing is too great and nothing is too small to commit into the hands of the Lord.
Prayer is the way and means God has appointed for the communication of the blessings of His goodness to His people.
A ‘god’ who’s will is resisted, designs frustrated, and purpose checkmated, possesses no title to Deity.
Faithful people have always been in a marked minority.
Taking up my cross means a life voluntarily surrendered to God.
An honest heart seeks to please God in all things and offend Him in none.
Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God’s majesty.
Where sin had brought men, love brought the Saviour.
Whatever I cannot do for God’s glory must be avoided.
For a Christian to defy adversities is to “despise” chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be a melting of the heart.
Most Christians expect little from God, ask little, and therefore receive little and are content with little.
A consciousness of our powerlessness should cast us upon Him who has all power. Here then is where a vision and view of God’s sovereignty helps, for it reveals His sufficiency and shows us our insufficiency.
After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness.