"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

“ Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.” - Psalm 89:15 [KJV] Why is the gospel news of salvation called the “the joyful sound?” Because it is the vehicle of making known to us that God is love, and that He has (in the blood and righteousness of Christ) opened a channel for His love to exert itself in the salvation of the unworthy. The lost are found; the blind see; the deaf hear; the lame walk; the leprous are cleansed; the dead are made alive; and all “ without money and without price ” (Isaiah 55:1). -Augustus Toplady Note: audio Gospel sermon entitled "God's Call To The Needy" http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1024082043350

"Shew me T hy ways, O L ORD ; teach me T hy paths." -Psalm 25:4 [KJV] To lie with a broken heart and contrite spirit at the footstool of mercy beseeching God to teach us, is indeed a blessed spot to be in. It is the evidence of a childlike spirit, and shows such simplicity, reality, and genuineness that it bears stamped upon it the indubitable marks of true discipleship. Wherever we see such a coming out of SELF, with a renunciation of our own wisdom, strength, and righteousness, such a putting aside of all creature religion, and such a real spirit of humility before God, we must receive it as something beyond and above nature. Nothing but the power of God seems able to bring a soul so completely out of the shell and crust of self-righteousness, and so to lay open its spiritual nakedness before Him. Naturally there is something very sweet in seeing a docile, teachable disposition. And on the other hand, few things are more offensive than the pride of igno...