The Pilgrim Path---Proverbs 12: 15

“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.”

Some insights to consider:

“God makes afflictions to be but inlets to the soul’s more sweet and full enjoyment of his blessed self.” Thomas Brooks

“The holiest moment of the church service is the moment when God’s people---strengthened by preaching and sacrament---go out of the church door into the world to be the Church. We don’t go to church; we are the Church.” Ernest Southcott

“The more we fear crosses, the more we have to conclude that we need them. And the heavier our crosses are, the more we have to believe that God loves us. We ought to judge the seriousness of our illnesses by the strength of the treatment the spiritual Physician applies to them.” Francois Fenelon

“Man’s insulting God is not reversed by our insulting man.” Sinclair Ferguson

“The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.” William R. Inge

“When grace begins to rule, then our preoccupation with ourselves begins to leave.” Alistair Begg

“If we could comprehend the depth of Christ’s love, we would never be afraid of anything we shall meet with, or that will assault us in this world!” John Bunyan

“That demon of pride was born with us, and it will not die one hour before us. It is so woven into the very warp and woof of our nature, that till we are wrapped in our winding-sheets we shall never hear the last of it.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Carnal men limit God. But faith enables Christians to commit their souls and affairs to God (I Peter 4: 19).” Thomas Manton

“If you desire to hold on to the influence of preaching, prayer, and the Word that is in you, you must beware of the world, and of worldliness!” David Clarkson

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” Abraham Lincoln

“There was strength enough in Jesus’ shoulders to bear the burden of that curse that was due us. He was willing to undertake the work of our redemption. Hence, he became an endless, bottomless fountain of grace to all them that believe. Upon the payment of the great price of his blood, and the full acquittal of debt on the satisfaction he made, all grace, whatever, becomes in a moral sense---his, and he bestows it on, or works it in, the hearts of his own by the Holy Spirit, according to his infinite wisdom as he sees needful. How glorious is he to the soul on this consideration!” John Owen

“Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of the Gospel…” J. I. Packer

“The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray the less we desire to pray.” George Mueller

“There is more grace in God’s heart than there is sin in your past.” Erwin Lutzer

“Some knowledge is too heavy…you cannot bear it…your Father will carry it until you are able.” Corrie ten Boom

“Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.” John Wesley

“Peace doesn’t mean that you will not have problems. Peace means that your problems will not have you.” Tony Evans

“Prosperity cannot be a proof of God’s favor, since it is what the devil promises to those who worship him (Matthew 4: 9).” John Piper

“The proud man is the mark which God shoots at. And He never misses the mark.” Thomas Watson

“If something I am asked to do for another feels burdensome; if, yielding to an inward unwillingness, I avoid doing it, then I know nothing of Calvary love.” Amy Carmichael

“…ministry experience and success do not mean that I no longer need the essential sanctifying ministry of the body of Christ. It means confessing that as long as sin remains in me, and that apart from restraining grace and the rescuing ministry of those around me, I continue to be a danger to myself.” Paul David Tripp

“I choose to trust God and my feelings will eventually follow.” Jerry Bridges

“If you had never known pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet you?” Joni Eareckson Tada

“The virtue of humility is beautiful, and its grace is sweet. It shows itself not just in deeds, but in our very words, so that we don’t step beyond what is proper in speech, and our words have a measured sound.” Saint Ambrose

HYMN

His purposes will ripen fast,

Unfolding every hour;

The bud may have a bitter taste,

But sweet will be the flower.

Blind unbelief is sure to err,

And scan his work in vain;

God is his own interpreter,

And he will make it plain.

William Cowper, 1774

Grace and Peace in Jesus Christ Our Risen LORD, Pastor Jason