Gems for the Week
August 8 - 12
"Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry."
(Hebrews 10:37)
If we once really tasted the loving-kindness of God we never enjoy it so much as when we have nothing else to enjoy. (J.N. Darby)
N.J. Hiebert # 2698
"Shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits,
and live?" (Hebrews 12:9)
You are of no use to God until your will is broken. (Edward Dennett)
N.J. Hiebert # 2699
"Let us go on unto perfection." (Hebrews 6:1)
I believe the practical difficulty with us all is to say - not Adam in any form or quality, but Christ liveth in me! . . . Every believer likes to advance himself spiritually, but hardly any one likes to exchange himself for another Man. (Selected)
N.J. Hiebert # 2700
"I can do all things through Christ Who strengtheneth me."
(Philippians 4:13)
The hand of God can do the business of God, though it have but a sling and a stone, or the jaw-bone of an ass, or lamps and pitchers; and the Spirit of God can do the business of God with souls, though He use but a word, or a look, or a groan. (J.G. Bellett)
N.J. Hiebert # 2701
"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more." (Hebrews 8:12)
There is but one place for the flesh - the only proper receptacle for the flesh is the grave of Christ. (E.P. Corrin)
N.J. Hiebert # 2702
