The loveliness of every creature is of a confining and obstructing nature. Our esteem of it diminishes the closer we approach to it, or the longer we enjoy it. Creatures, like pictures, are fairest at a certain distance, but it is not so with Christ; the nearer the soul approaches him, and the longer it […]
Word for the Day
God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. Genesis 45:7
The Way the Truth the Life
Let none say that when we invite them to Christ we would draw them from God… Matthew Henry
Hear Him
When you speak to God by prayer, be willing to hear him speak to you in his word, that there may be communion between you and God. Matthew Henry
Word of the Day
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.” Romans 9:17
Bold Faith
Away then with all perplexing fears and desponding thoughts. Henry Scougal
He Turns Away None Who Come To Him
You will certainly be accepted of the Father if your soul lays hold of Jesus Christ. Johnathan Edwards
Word for the Day
The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. The counsel of the LORD stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Psalm 33:10-11 (WEB)
Courageous Faith
Away then with all perplexing fears and desponding thoughts. To undertake vigorously, and rely confidently on the divine assistance, is more than half the conquest. “Let us arise and be doing, and the Lord will be with us.” Henry Scougal
Word for the Day
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things. He made from one blood every […]