An Incomprehensible Mystery

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Matt Jury under John Flavel

For the infinite glorious Creator of all things, to become a creature, is a mystery exceeding all human understanding.

John Flavel (1628-1691)

HT: @OldGuyQuotes

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Angels We Have Heard on High

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Matt Jury under Music, Video

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Prayer Makes Us Aware of Our Own Needs

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Matt Jury under Alexander Maclaren

Without much prayer there will be little consciousness of weakness or dependence on divine help.

Alexander Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: 2 Kings and Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1977), 329.

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The Cross Is a Pulpit

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Matt Jury under Augustine

The Cross is a pulpit, and the lesson Christ preached on it is love.

Augustine (354-430)

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The Measure of Love

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Matt Jury under F. B. Meyer

Love is measured, not by feelings, or sighs, or tears, but by acts. You love Christ by just as much as you are prepared to do, or suffer, or give up for Him.

F. B. Meyer, Tried by Fire: Expositions of the First Epistle of Peter, p. 42

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When I Really Enjoy God

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Matt Jury under David Brainerd

When I really enjoy God, I feel my desires of Him the more insatiable and my thirst after holiness more unquenchable.

David Brainerd (1718-1747)

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God Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Matt Jury under Mark Dever

The marvelous truth is that the One who knows us best is the One who loves us most.

Mark Dever, et al, Preaching the Cross, p. 22

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The Christmas Scale

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Matt Jury under Video

This has been viral several times now, but it’s worth featuring.

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The Deepest Passion of Jesus’ Heart

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Matt Jury under G. Campbell Morgan

The deepest passion of the heart of Jesus was not the saving of men, but the glory of God; and then the saving of men, because that is for the glory of God.

G. Campbell Morgan, The Gospel According to John, p. 270

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What Does It Mean To Fear God?

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Matt Jury under Michael P V Barrett

Fearing God is nothing more or less than living with the overwhelming awareness of the reality of God.

Michael Barrett, The Beauty of Holiness, p. 48

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