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[McWilliams]

"Christian! the only thing that makes you differ from the vilest being that pollutes the earth, or from the darkest fiend that gnaws his chains in hell, is the free grace of God!" - Octavious Winslow

 

[McWilliams]

"I am not permitted to let my love be so merciful as to tolerate and endure false doctrine. When faith and doctrine are concerned and endangered, neither love nor patience are in order....when these are concerned, neither toleration nor mercy are in order, but only anger, dispute, and destruction - to be sure, only with the Word of God as our weapon." - Martin Luther

 

[seekingpurity047]

“Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.”

- Augustine

 

[seekingpurity047]

“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.”

- Augustine

 

[Imblessed]

“Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.”

- Augustine

I like that, I'm going to put it in my sig!

 

[McWilliams]

"It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation."
JOHN OWEN

 

[seekingpurity047]

I like that, I'm going to put it in my sig!

yah, it's a wonderful quote!

 

[edie19]

"It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation."
JOHN OWEN

once again the dreaded:

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to McWilliams again.

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I really dislike that message

edie

 

[Imblessed]

once again the dreaded:
I really dislike that message

edie

I was gonna do it for you, but alas...I got the same message...

I tell ya, for those of use who only use the rep button very sparingly...it's not a fair system. I do understand why it's set up that way, to prevent abuse...but it doesn't change the fact that I often can't rep those posts I really want to!

 

[McWilliams]

Hey friends, thanks for the thoughts! I too love that quote of Owen!
Bless you!

 

[Hackett]

To be or not to be......That is the question??? From Hamlet

 

[seekingpurity047]

To be or not to be......That is the question??? From Hamlet

To be

You do what you are

You sin because you're a sinner.

- Randy (That's actually something taht I say a lot, don't get offended by it, it's just in general terms )

 

[McWilliams]

"I am His by purchase and I am His by conquest; I am His by donation and I am His by election; I am His by covenant and I am His by marriage; I am wholly His; I am peculiarly His; I am universally His; I am eternally His."; "THOMAS BROOKS";

 

[lmnop9876]

“Ignorance of God’s Word is the cause of all error”, St. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.
“The faith that liberates is itself a gift”, St. Augustine of Hippo.

 

[McWilliams]

In reading a great little Puritan Paperback, The Secret Key to Heaven by Thomas Brooks I found this little tale:

I have read a story, how that one offered to give his horse to his fellow, upon condition he would but say the Lord's Prayer, and think upon nothing but God; the offer was accepted, and he began, '"Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name," ' But I must have the bridle too' , he said. 'No, nor the horse neither', said the other, 'for you have lost both already.' The application is easy.

Great story which reminds me of how very difficult it is to keep my concentration fully on God when I'm praying. It is such a great discipline and hard work but so rewarding!

http://www.monergismbooks.com/secretkeyheaven.html

 

[Hackett]

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Spurgeon

 

[lmnop9876]

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

that's cute!

 

[seekingpurity047]

“As sure as God puts His children in the furnace he will be in the furnace with them”

C.H. Spurgeon

 

[Imblessed]

“As sure as God puts His children in the furnace he will be in the furnace with them”

C.H. Spurgeon

OH, I like that one...and I don't have the blessings to put it in my sig!

It particularly struck a cord this morning, since I just finished reading a thread in the pentecostal section about God's Will, and there are a few who absolutely believe that God's Will is ALWAYS healing---I just don't know how they get around the fact that God doesn't always heal, without blaming the person for not having enough faith.....anyway, everytime I hear someone say something like that, I'm always reminded that God does not ever promise a perfect life on this earth, in fact, he promises a harder life! And sometimes that included illness......

this quote sums it up perfectly!

 

[Imblessed]

I have read a story, how that one offered to give his horse to his fellow, upon condition he would but say the Lord's Prayer, and think upon nothing but God; the offer was accepted, and he began, '"Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name," ' But I must have the bridle too' , he said. 'No, nor the horse neither', said the other, 'for you have lost both already.' The application is easy.

Great story which reminds me of how very difficult it is to keep my concentration fully on God when I'm praying. It is such a great discipline and hard work but so rewarding!

oh man, have you ever brought up something I stuggle with mightily! Just this morning in my prayers, I kept losing my concentration and thinking on other things while I was trying to pray. I've just started the practice of early morning devotionals and prayer...and I'm hoping(no, PLANNING ) that my prayers become much more focused and clear.

I've always been one of those people who just pray throughout the day, a little here and a little there--but I've never developed the habit of sitting down and really spending time in prayer. I'm finding it incredibly hard.