Category Archives: John Flavel
Spirit-filled Preaching
Ministers are like trumpets, which make no sound if breath be not breathed into them. Or like Ezekiel’s wheels, which move not unless the Spirit move them. Or like Elisha’s servants whose presence does no good unless Elisha’s spirit be there also.
Were the Whole Realm of Nature Mine…
The whole world is not a theater large enough to display or unfold one half of the unsearchable riches that lie hidden in Christ.“
HT: @NickRoark
Surely Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Me All the Days of My Life
The child of God is pursued by divine goodness all of his life and is never, ever able to escape it.
HT: girltalkhome.com
An Incomprehensible Mystery
For the infinite glorious Creator of all things, to become a creature, is a mystery exceeding all human understanding.
The Purpose of Problems
Afflicting providences are sanctified to us, when we draw near to God under them.
HT: @CJMahaney