It’s all about Christ!
Whose Burden Am I Carrying?
Your yoke is easy and Your burden is light…this must not be Your burden I’m carrying.
The Enjoyment of God
The enjoyment of [God] is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied…. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends are but shadows, but enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These are but streams, but God is…
Identity Dichotomy
There are three integral questions that every generation asks. There are three vital answers that every person searches for.
Transforming Grace
“In the kingdom of heaven the operating principle is not merit, but grace.” – Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace
Of the Different Motions of Nature and Grace
This grace is a supernatural light, and a certain special gift of God, and the proper mark of the elect, and pledge of everlasting salvation; it raiseth up a man from earthly things to love the things of heaven, and of a carnal maketh him a spiritual man. The more therefore nature is kept down and subdued, so much the greater grace is infused, and daily by new visitations the inward man becomes more reformed according to the image of God
“The Deeps” from The Valley of Vision
LORD JESUS, Give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach; Help me chastely to flee it, and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be thine alone. Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in thee, the ground of my rest, the spring…
The Happiest People in the World
“The happiest people in this world are those who make the Bible the rule of their lives. They read their Bibles often. They believe what the Bible says. They love that Savior, Jesus Christ, of whom the Bible speaks. They try to obey what the Bible commands. None are so happy as these people. They…
The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis
Quotes from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis: “When a man beginneth to grow lukewarm, then he is afraid of a little labor, and willingly receiveth external comfort. But when he once beginneth to overcome himself perfectly, and to walk manfully in the way of God, then he esteemeth those things to be…
The Enemy and Love
There is nothing so contrary to the nature of the devil as love, for he is a spirit who is full of malice. . . . The devil understands many things, but there is nothing that he would make such bungling work at as imitating the true, divine, holy, humble love of a true saint….