Thought-provoking Thoughts
End of the year advice from Matthew Henry.
“I do remember my faults this day;” (Genesis 41:9. “It is best to remember our duty, and to do it in its time; but if we have neglected that, it is next best to remember our faults and repent of them, and to do our duty at last. ‘Better late than never’”
Dreams and Realities.
“A man once applied to Rowland Hill for admission to membership in his church and began to give an account of his experience by relating a dream that he once had. “We will tell you what we think of your dream,” said the old preacher, “after we have seen how you go when you are awake!”
“He that cometh to God must believe that he is.”
As he that really comes to God must believe this, so he that really believes this cannot but come to God - Robert Leighton
Work and Work.
“Work out your own salvation … for it is God which worketh in you …” Philippians 2.
“Alone He works in all,
Yet He alone seems,
Not to work.”
Thompson