"To walk in the land of the living is the wicked man's desire, yea, were it possible he would walk here for ever; but for what end? Only to enjoy his lusts, have his fill of pleasure, and increase his wealth; whereas the godly man's aim in desiring to live is that he...

"Very many hearers of the gospel are not sufficiently upon their guard against the dreadful danger of being 'hearers only.' Some when the service is over, seldom think of anything but going home. Others will pass a remark about the sermon, and then dismiss the subject...

"Luther counsels every Christian to answer all temptations with this short saying, 'Christianus sum,' I am a Christian; and I would counsel every Christian to answer all temptations with this short saying,'The Lord is my portion.' O Christian, when Satan or the world...

"A man always is according as he loves." (Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)  "If the heart, the whole heart, be withheld, apostasy will be the result." (Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)  "Our business, then, is to watch our heart-fires.  When the temperature of our...

"...power is God's prerogative." (John Wesley)The God we serve is a God of power. Psalm 110:3 mentions the "day of His power" - a time when He manifests His awesome Presence and Power!  "Power" changes things! "God's power"   changes...

"A life in moral darkness can have no more communion with God, than a life in a coal-pit can have communion with the sun." (The Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)  The question God is asking His church today is the same He asked Israel through the Prophet Amos - "Can...

"Many are inclined to preach, but the Psalmist was inclined to practice; many are inclined to perform ceremonies, but he was inclined to perform statutes; many are inclined to obey occasionally, but David would obey alway, and, alas, many are inclined for temporary...

"All the goodness in human history comes from God." (The Biblical Illustrator) "His joy is to grant Himself to His creature, whom He has made empty for the very purpose of giving all of Himself that the creature is capable of receiving."  "We do not half enough...

"The God of Jacob then is the God Who met Jacob while he had nothing, and deserved nothing but wrath, and Who gave him everything. Happy indeed are they who have such a God for their God!" (Grace Gems) What the God of Jacob did for Jacob, He will do for us! Who He was...

"The LORD deals bountifully with men when He gives Himself unto them as their portion and inheritance; His Son, and all things along with Him, His Spirit, and the graces of it; and every daily needful supply of grace." (John Gill's Commentary)   God is saying to you...