January 17, 2010

“Divine influence is one of the most precious blessings God can bestow; and He never bestows it on sinners but on account of the expiatory sufferings of Jesus Christ.” (John Brown 1784-1858)

January 16, 2010

"To plough the soil is as much a natural action as to eat or drink; yet as all such actions are performed by wicked men for merely selfish purposes, without any regard to God and the general good, they become sinful in the sight of God; and hence we read that ‘the ploughing of the wicked is sin.” Andrew Fuller (1754-1815)

January 15, 2010

“In former days he had brought sympathy to cheer others, but now when he looks for blessings for himself there is nothing but misery and unrest (25-27). He is dried up, helpless, fit only to keep company with the beasts of the desert (28-29); his skin is shriveled up and his bones consumed by a raging fire within (30). What wonder then that all the music of his life has become a mournful dirge (31)? " (Edgar C.S. Gibson; 1848-1924)

January 14, 2010

“There can be no evil from the hand of the Lord. Evil is good when it comes from Him. He no longer puts the benefits received from God in one scale and the afflictions in the other. But afflictions are now put into the same scale with the benefits—for they, too, are benefits when God sends them.” (William Henry Green; 1825-1900)

January 13, 2010

“In the sufferings and death of the Lamb of God, he sees what infinite wrath, what tremendous punishment he as a sinner deserves.” (John Colquhoun; 1748-1827)

January 12, 2010

“One error requires another to maintain it, this second must have a third or fourth to lean on. One false step leads to twenty, or perhaps to a hundred more. Who knows where all this is to end.” (Horatius Bonar 1808-1889)

January 11, 2010

“Even when Divine grace has awakened the desire to return homewards, the habit of wandering from God, and the long-cherished pollutions of sin, seem to form an almost invincible barrier to progress.” (Charles Bridges , 1794-1869)