For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things . . . that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. Philippians 3:8b, 10 (ESV) Continue reading
Cutting Grass
“A lot of hymns writers who should have been cutting the grass at the time have written songs instead.”
A.W. Tozer
Sanctified Offering
“Christ’s Godhead supported the human nature that it did not faint, and gave virtue to his sufferings. The altar sanctifies the thing offered on it (Matthew 23:19). The altar of Christ’s divine nature sanctified the sacrifice of his death, and made it of infinite value.”
Thomas Watson
To Know Him
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things . . . that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. Philippians 3:8b, 10 (ESV) Continue reading
Would-be Murderer
“Sin is God’s would-be murderer. Sin would not only unthrone God, but un-God him. If the sinner could help it, God would no longer be God.”
Thomas Watson
My House
“Although my house be not so, that is, though I fail much of that exact purity the Lord requires, yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, that he will pardon, adopt and glorify me; and this covenant is ordered in all things and sure.”
Thomas Watson
Suffered Loss
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things . . . that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. Philippians 3:8b, 10 (ESV) Continue reading
Motion
“The motion of our praise must be like the motion of our pulse, which beats as long as life lasts.”
Thomas Watson