ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM APRIL 2004
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM APRIL 2004 IN ONE FILE
My beloved
(Octavius Winslow, "None Like Christ" 1866)
"How is your beloved better than others?"
Song of Solomon 5:9
Does the world challenge "How is your beloved
better than othe ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM AUGUST 2004
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If God had left me alone
(by Charles Spurgeon)
Sometimes, when I see some of the worst characters
in the street, I feel as if my heart must burst forth in
tears of gratitude that God has ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM AUGUST 2003
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Engraved!
(John MacDuff, "The Immutability of Christ" 1874)
"Behold! I have engraved you on the palms
of My hands!" Isaiah 49:16
"Behold," says Immutable One, "I have engraved
you ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM DECEMBER 2003
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Some beloved idol?
(J. C. Philpot, "Spiritual Times and Seasons" 1841)
"Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the
people are madly in love with them." Jeremiah 50:38
Have we ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM FEBRUARY 2004
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The great design of God
(Thomas Reade, "The Believer's Path to Glory")
It is one of the Lord's dealings with His
beloved children, to make them feel . . .
their weakness and His power; ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM JANUARY 2004
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Untried, untrodden, and unknown
(Octavius Winslow, "The Untrodden Path" 1860)
"You have not passed this way before." Joshua 3:4
How solemn is the reflection that with a
new cycle of tim ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM JULY 2004
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That hideous idol SELF in his little shrine
(J. C. Philpot, "Israel's Departure and Return" 1849)
Never again will we say any more to the work
of our hands"You are our gods!" Hosea 14:3
... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM JULY 2003
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The only thing that makes you differ
(Octavius Winslow, "Jesus, Full of Grace")
"But by the grace of God I am what I am."
1 Cor. 15:10
Christian! the only thing that makes you differ ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM JUNE 2004
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They cherish the viper, though
it stings them to death!
(Thomas Reade, "Christian Experience")
True happiness cannot possibly be found in any
of those earthly things which so much occupy the ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM MARCH 2004
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What are all the gilded toys of time?
(J. C. Philpot, "Letters and Memoirs" 1852)
What are all the gilded toys of time compared
with the solemn, weighty realities of eternity!
But, alas! ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM MAY 2004
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Eternity with all its magnitudes
(Henry Law, "The Bronze Altar")
TIME is, at most, but very short,
and rapid is its ceaseless flight.
Eternity with all its magnitudes is at the door.
Th ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM NOVEMBER 2003
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Temptation
(Joseph Philpot, "Daily Portions")
"The Lord knows how to deliver the godly
out of temptations." 2 Peter 2:9
Few will sincerely and spiritually go to the Lord,
and cry fr ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM OCTOBER 2003
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What stupid blockheads!
(Joseph Philpot, "Daily Portions")
"Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them.
Matthew 15:16
What lessons we need day by day to teach
us anything aright, and ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM SEPTEMBER 2003
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This my Friend!
(Havergal, "Daily Thoughts for the King's Children")
"The King shall be his friend." Proverbs 22:11
"You are My friends." John 15:14
Who has not longed for an i ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE QUOTES" FROM APRIL 2003
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No pilgrim has perished on the road!
(Henry Law, "Psalms" 1878)
"Happy are those who are strong in the Lord,
who set their minds on pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
When they walk through the Valle ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE QUOTES" FROM DECEMBER 2002
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Are you as a bruised flower?
(Octavius Winslow, "Morning Thoughts")
It is in times of soul abasement, that the . . .
love,
tenderness, and
grace of the Holy Spirit are better kno ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE QUOTES" FROM FEBRUARY 2003
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Thirst again?
(by John MacDuff)
"Whoever drinks of this water shall thirst again."
John 4:13
All creature and 'created good' is inadequate of
itself to satisfy the yearnings of ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE QUOTES" FROM JANUARY 2003
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Jesus!
(Octavius Winslow, "Evening Thoughts")
What is our path to glory, but the path of
tribulation, of suffering, and of death? Our
Lord and Master, in the expression of His
wisdom an ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE QUOTES" FROM JANUARY 2003
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Jesus!
(Octavius Winslow, "Evening Thoughts")
What is our path to glory, but the path of
tribulation, of suffering, and of death? Our
Lord and Master, in the expression of His
wisdom an ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE QUOTES" FROM JUNE 2003
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No spot!
(Henry Law, "The Song of Solomon" 1879)
"You are all beautiful, My love; there is
no spot in you." Song of Solomon 4:1
There is no spot in the Church, because the
blood of Je ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE QUOTES" FROM MARCH 2003
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Afflictions, sorrows, trials
(Henry Law, "Psalms" 1878)
"It is God alone who judges; He brings one
down, He exalts another. For the Lord holds
a cup in His hand; it is full of foaming win ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE QUOTES" FROM MAY 2003
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Microscopic love?
(John MacDuff, "The Night Dream of the Desert")
Our Omnipotent God keeps watch over the lichen
on the rock, and the lily on the mountain side.
He tempers His wind to the fr ... read more
ALL OF "GRACE QUOTES" FROM NOVEMBER 2002
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All these foes and fears?
(J. C. Philpot, "King Of Kings")
We daily and hourly feel the workings of....
mighty sins,
raging lusts,
powerful temptations,
besetting evi ... read more
Grace Gems for April 2005
Grace Gems for April 2005
Pilgrims and strangers on this earthly ball
(J. C. Philpot)
"To God's elect, strangers in the world." 1 Peter 1:1
"Live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear."
1 Peter 1:17
Our life on earth is b ... read more
Grace Gems for APRIL 2006
To a vile Magdalene
(Gleanings from the Inner Life of Ruth Bryan)
Never had anyone . . .
so rich a Banker,
so kind a Husband,
so tender a Shepherd,
so forbearing a Captain
as I have in my glorious Christ!
The more I venturethe m ... read more
Grace Gems for AUGUST 2005
Grace Gems for AUGUST 2005
I follow like a little blind child
(J. A. James, "The Practical Believer Delineated")
"And we know that God causes everything to work
together for the good of those who love God and
are called according to His ... read more
Grace Gems for DECEMBER 2004
Grace Gems for DECEMBER 2004
Building air-castle upon air-castle!
(John MacDuff, "Thoughts for the Quiet Hour", 1895)
He who goes about whining all day long about some
imaginary drawbacks in the sphere which Providence
has assigned him--whe ... read more
Grace Gems for DECEMBER 2005
Grace Gems for DECEMBER 2005
The path of the scissors!
(Lewis Bayly, "The Practice of Piety" 1611)
"For who makes you to differ from another?
And what do you have, that you did not
receive?" 1 Corinthians 4:7
We are all . . .
fashio ... read more
Grace Gems for February 2005
Grace Gems for February 2005
Not made of feathers, nor lined with velvet
(Charles Spurgeon)
"Take up your cross, and follow Me." Mark 10:21
You have not the making of your own cross, although
'unbelief' is a master carpenter at cross-ma ... read more
Grace Gems for February 2006
Grace Gems for February 2006
Altogether lovely!
("Solitude Sweetened" by James Meikle, 1730-1799)
"Yes, He is altogether lovely! This is my Beloved,
and this is my Friend!" (Song of Solomon 5:16)
Why does the world reject the Savior of t ... read more
Grace Gems for January 2005
Grace Gems for January 2005
Oh heart, heart, what are you?
(John Berridge)
Oh heart, heart, what are you? A mass
of fooleries and absurdities! The vainest,
foolishest, craftiest, wickedest thing in
the world!
And yet the Lord Jesus asks ... read more
Grace Gems for January 2006
Grace Gems for January 2006
It was not the nails!
(J. C. Philpot)
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" Mark 15:34
It was not the nails driven through His hands and feet;
it was not the crown of thorns placed upon His brow;
it wa ... read more
Grace Gems for January 2006
Grace Gems for January 2006
It was not the nails!
(J. C. Philpot)
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" Mark 15:34
It was not the nails driven through His hands and feet;
it was not the crown of thorns placed upon His brow;
it wa ... read more
Grace Gems for JULY 2005
Grace Gems for JULY 2005
Like a ball and chain around his ankle!
(John Angell James, "Christian Progress" 1853)
"Let us throw off everything that hinders and the
sin which so easily besets you." Hebrews 12:1
Besetting sins are powerful ... read more
Grace Gems for JUNE 2005
Grace Gems for JUNE 2005
The pursuits of butterflies and grasshoppers,
and canary birds!
(J. A. James, "The Great End of Life" 1825)
Pleasure is the supreme good, and chief object of pursuit of
many. To pleasure, they have devoted their l ... read more
Grace Gems for JUNE 2006
Grace Gems for JUNE 2006
I am not what I once was
(John Newton)
I am not what I ought to be.
Ah, how imperfect and deficient.
I am not what I wish to be. I abhor what
is evil, and I would cleave to what is good.
I am not what I hope ... read more
Grace Gems for March 2005
Grace Gems for March 2005
Sovereign, supreme disposal
(J. C. Philpot, "Meditations on Ephesians")
"And God has put all things under the authority of Christ,
and He gave Him this authority for the benefit of the
church." Ephesians 1:22
... read more
Grace Gems for MARCH 2006
Grace Gems for MARCH 2006
Yours! Mine!
(John Flavel, "The Fountain of Life")
Lord, the condemnation was Yours,
that the justification might be mine!
The agony was Yours, that
the victory might be mine!
The pain was Yours,
and the ea ... read more
Grace Gems for MAY 2005
Grace Gems for MAY 2005
All the fickleness, sinfulness, and unworthiness
(Octavius Winslow, "The Divine Attributes Entwining
Around the Tempted and Trembling Believer")
"I am the Lord, and I do not change. That is
why you descendants ... read more
Grace Gems for MAY 2006
Grace Gems for MAY 2006
Dig into these golden mines!
(Robert Leighton)
Let this commend the Scriptures much to our diligence
and affection--that their great theme is our Redeemer,
and redemption wrought by Him. They contain the doctrine
o ... read more
Grace Gems for NOVEMBER 2004
Grace Gems for NOVEMBER 2004
A little drop of purity in the midst of impurity
(Letters of J. C. Philpot)
How mysterious is the life of God in the soul.
It seems like a little drop of purity in the midst
of impurity.
We shall always f ... read more
Grace Gems for NOVEMBER 2005
Grace Gems for NOVEMBER 2005
How can I flaunt myself proudly?
(A Puritan Prayer)
Merciful Father,
Do not let pride swell my heart. My body is made from
the mire beneath my feet, the dust to which I shall return.
In body I am no better than ... read more
Grace Gems for OCTOBER 2004
Grace Gems for OCTOBER 2004
A cup of love!
(John MacDuff, "Gleams from the Sick Chamber" 1882)
"But what could I say? For He Himself had sent this
sickness. Now I will walk humbly throughout my years
because of this anguish I have felt." ... read more
Grace Gems for OCTOBER 2005
The devil's sin
(John Angell James, "The Olive Branch and the Cross")
Pride is the parent sin. Pride is the original sin, both in
heaven and on earth. Pride is the devil's sin, and that
by which our first parents fell. We have all more ... read more
Grace Gems for SEPTEMBER 2004
Grace Gems for SEPTEMBER 2004
The carnal man's trinity!
("Soul Idolatry" David Clarkson, 1621-1686)
"You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy
person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God.
For a such a person is really ... read more
Grace Gems for SEPTEMBER 2005
Grace Gems for SEPTEMBER 2005
The panacea for the world's evils
(John Angell James, "Christian Missions" 1828)
The secret of the world's moral renovation, and the
panacea for the world's evils, lies compressed in
that one expression ... read more
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