Even Then he Prayed - William Bridge

Oh, you reply, but there lies my grief, for I have not kept His commandments, and God, I fear, is displeased and angry with me.

 

Be it so, and did Jonah keep His commandments, when he fled to Tarshish? And was not God angry with him when He threw him into the sea? Yet even then he prayed, and the Lord heard his prayer.

 

Taken from the book A Lifting Up For The Downcast by William Bridge 1649

 

Though the Sickness be Continued - Matthew Henry

 They presented the sick man to Christ, and he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee (Luke 5:20), that is the blessing thou art most to prize and seek; for if thy sins be forgiven thee, though the sickness be continued, it is in mercy; if they be not, though the sickness be removed, it is in wrath.

 

Taken from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry 1662-1714

 

Our Lord's First Obedience - Oswald Chambers

Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of His Father, not to the needs of men: his obedience brought the outcome of the saving of men. If I am devoted to the cause of humanity only, I will soon be exhausted and come to the place where my love will falter; but if I love Jesus Christ personally and passionately, I can serve humanity though men treat me as a doormat.

 

Oswald Chambers 1874-1917

 

Here, O Lord You Have Placed Us - T.C. Upton

It is a fatal mistake to suppose that we cannot be holy except on the condition of a situation and circumstances in life such as shall suit us. It is one of the first principles of holiness to leave our times and our place, our going out and our coming in, our wasted and our goodly heritage entirely with the Lord.

Here, O Lord you have placed us, and we will glorify you here.

 

T.C. Upton 1799-1872

 

There Was a Day When I Died - George Mueller

There was a day when I died, utterly died- died to George Mueller, his opinions, preferences, tastes, and will! - died to the world, its approval or censure - died to the approval or blame even of my brethren or friend, - and since then I have studied only to show myself approved unto God.

 

George Mueller 1805-1898

 

Let Me do Nothing Today Without - John Wesley

Let me do nothing today without calmness of soul.

 

John Wesley 1703-1791

 

Without Great Assaults and Trails it Cannot be Understood - Martin Luther

Martin Luther's wife, Kate, said, "I would never have known the meaning of various Psalms, come to appreciate certain difficulties or known the inner workings of the soul; I would never have understood the practice of the Christian life and work, if God had never brought afflictions to my life."

 

Martin Luther went one step further, saying, "Oh! His grace and goodness toward us is so immeasurably great, that without great assaults and trails it cannot be understood."

 

Martin Luther 1483-1546

Katherina Luther 1499-1552