Humility is a loadstone that draws both the heart of God and man to it In Isa. 57:15, ‘Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of […]
God is the highest good of the reasonable creature; and the enjoyment of him is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, […]
As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is the congregation or meeting place of all the waters in the world, so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. —John Flavel The Whole Works of the Reverend John Flavel, […]
Do you desire God? Stir up and enlarge your desires Let those narrow hearts open their mouths wide. Say with the psalmist, “This one thing I desire; nothing but God, nothing but grace. Take corn and wine who will, take the gold and the silver who […]
All things are so wisely ordered, that God shall be glorified in them. It is the noblest disposition of a Christian to prefer the advancement of God’s glory before all the comforts of this life, and life itself. Our blessed Savior in the forethoughts of His […]