PERSEVERANCE They should have smitten five or six times – 2 Kings 13:19 Patient continuance in well doing – Romans 2:7 Working thereinto with all perseverance – Ephesians 6:18 Perseverance is the sister of patience, the daughter of consistency, the mother of peace, the mistress of concord. – Thomas Adams Waiting is a permanent continuance … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 10 March
SYMPATHY And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings – Ezekiel 10:8 I sat where they sat – Ezekiel 3:15 I have you in my heart – Philippians 1:7 It is good manners to be the unbidden guest at the house of mourning. – George Swinnock Sympathy is … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 07 March
SIN SPARED AND DEFENDED The people took of the spoil… which should have been utterly destroyed – 1 Samuel 15:21 I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering – 2 Samuel 13:12 (R.V.) A sin is two sins when it is defended. – Henry Smith Only to refrain evil is to be evil still. … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 06 March
GOD’S PROTECTION AND RESTRAINT OF US …Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. [The rod to protect from wild beasts and the staff to protect from wandering] – Psalm 23:4 There is a twofold hedge that God makes about his people; there is the hedge of protection, to keep evil from them; and the … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 05 March
Psalms 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anoitest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Some people never find satisfaction in the things they do have, but spend their entire lives wishing for things they don’t have. They are never happy with where their lives are … More
Cal Ripken Junior became an extraordinary baseball player by doing an ordinary thing: he showed up for work. He did it again and again and again, a record 2,632 consecutive times… Continued at Source: God’s Ordinary Means of Grace are All You Need
HEAVEN AND SIN There shall in no wise enter into any thing that defileth – Revelation 21:27 In heaven they may feel the want of evil, but never the evil of want. – Edward Willan He that keeps earth by wrong cannot expect heaven by right. – William Gurnall They who are not made … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 03 March
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to … More A Prayer for Friends Struggling in the Ministry
THE DEVIL’S CAPTIVES Taken captive by [the devil] at his will – 2 Timothy 32:26 The sinner’s heart is the devil’s mansion house. – Thomas Watson Where Satan hath dwelt long he will hardly be removed. – George Swinnock Those that want legs to go in goodness, can find wings to fly in wickedness. Thomas … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 28 February
CHASTENING AND SONSHIP If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons – Hebrew 12:7 Chastisement, whereof all are partakers – Hebrews 12:8 The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat. – john Bunyan Affliction is a badge of adoption. – Thomas Watson A Christian’s life can … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 27 February
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