Quotes

Today's Puritan Audio Devotional:
"Shall we then flaunt proudly in Your sight?"
A choice prayer by Henry Law
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The secret of development of Christian character

(Arthur Pink, "The Sovereignty of God")

The loss of all confidence in ones self, is the first essential in the believer's growth in grace! The Christian, conscious of his own frailty, will turn unto the Lord for strength. "That is why, for Christ's

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The Paradox of Grace

“This is the paradox of grace. He who insists he is right will be pronounced wrong, while he who admits he is wrong will be declared right. The righteousness of God is only given to those who stand in the sinners place.”
- Stanley Voke, Personal Revival (Waynesboro, Ga.: OM Literature, nd), 24.


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Today's Puritan Audio Devotional:
"My Rock!"
James Meikle, very uplifting!
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He does as He pleases!

(Arthur Pink, "The Sovereignty of God")

"For the Lord Almighty has purposed--and who can thwart Him? His hand is stretched out--and who can turn it back?" Isaiah 14:27

To say that God is sovereign, is to declare that He is the Almighty, the Possessor of all power in heaven and earth--so

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Today's Puritan Audio Devotional:
"So blind, so deaf, so dumb, so lame, so dead"
by Thomas Brooks, insightful!
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This was his final verdict!

(Charles Spurgeon)

"Behold, all is vanity!" Ecclesiastes 1:14

Nothing can fully satisfy a person--but the Lord's love and the Lord's own self. Christians have tried other pursuits--but they have been driven out of such fatal refuges.

Solomon, the wisest

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Joy and Peace in Believing


By John Newton

1. Sometimes a light surprises
The Christian while he sings;
It is the Lord who rises
With healing in his wings:
When comforts are declining,
He grants the soul again
A season of clear shining,
To cheer it after rain.

2. In holy contemplation,
We sweetly then pursue
The theme of God's salvation, ...