Sept. 3, 2011
Salvation...not an Accessory
Salvation is a helmet, not a nightcap.
~Vance Havner
Sept 3, 2011
Point Blank Counsel (via Modesty: The Forgotten Virtue)
"Keep your hands off. Keep your clothes on. And stay out of bed. Can you understand that?" ~ Elisabeth Elliot … Read MoreSept 4, 2011
Loving Christ...P
1. If we love a person, we like to think about him.
We do not need to be reminded of him. We do not forget his name or his appearance or his character or his opinions or his tastes or his position or his occupation. He comes up before our mind’s eye many a time in the day. Though perhaps far distant, he is often present in our thoughts. Well, it is just so between the true Christian and Christ! Christ “dwells in his heart,” and is thought of more or less every day (Eph. 3:17). The true Christian does not need to be reminded that he has a crucified Master. He often thinks of Him. He never forgets that He has a day, a cause and a people, and that of His people he is one. Affection is the real secret of a good memory in religion. No worldly man can think much about Christ, unless Christ is pressed upon his notice, because he has no affection for Him. The true Christian has thoughts about Christ every day that he lives, for this one simple reason that he loves Him.
2. If we love a person, we like to hear about him. We find a pleasure in listening to those who speak of him. We feel an interest in any report which others make of him. We are all attention when others talk about him, and describe his ways, his sayings, his doings and his plans. Some may hear him mentioned with utter indifference, but our own hearts bound within us at the very sound of his name. Well, it is just so between the true Christian and Christ. The true Christian delights to hear something about his Master. He likes those sermons best which are full of Christ. He enjoys that society most in which people talk of the things which are Christ’s. I have read of an old Welsh believer, who used to walk several miles every Sunday to hear an English clergyman preach, though she did not understand a word of English. She was asked why she did so. She replied, that this clergyman named the name of Christ so often in his sermons, that it did her good. She loved even the name of her Savior.
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Sept. 4, 2011
Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.
~Isaac Watts
Sept. 6, 2011
The test of your character is what it takes to stop you.
~Bob Jones, Sr.
Sept. 9, 2011
God never fails those who trust Him.
Sept. 15, 2011
Would You Have More Faith?
The miner who is fully persuaded that the rope which draws him up from the pit will not break, is drawn up without anxiety and alarm. The believer who is thoroughly acquainted with the fullness of Jesus Christ—is the believer who travels from grace to glory with the greatest comfort and peace. Then let your daily prayers always contain these words, "Lord, increase my faith."
~ J.C. Ryle
Old Paths, “Faith”, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth (http://www.banneroftruth.org/
Sept. 17th, 2011
Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.~J. C. Ryle
Sept. 20, 2011
Don’t Grow
Men and women who hear the Gospel regularly, I often fear much for you. I fear lest you become so familiar with the sounds of its doctrines, that you gradually become dead to its power. I fear lest your religion should sink down into a little vague talk about your own weakness and corruption, and a few sentimental expressions about Christ, while real practical fighting on Christ's side is altogether neglected. Oh, beware of this state of mind! "Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only." No victory—no crown! Fight and overcome!
~ J.C. Ryle
Tract: The Great Battle (http://gracegems.org/23/Ryle_
Oct. 5, 2011
He suffered not as God, but He suffered who was God. ... John Owen
Tract: The Great Battle (http://gracegems.org/23/Ryle_
Oct. 5, 2011
He suffered not as God, but He suffered who was God. ... John Owen
