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

"THE GOSPEL, my dear sir, is a salvation appointed for those who are ready to perish, and is not designed to put them in a way to save themselves by their own works. It speaks to us as condemned already, and calls upon to believe in a crucified Savior, that we may receive redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins. And the Spirit of God, by the Gospel, first convinces us of unbelief, sin and misery; and then, by revealing the things of Christ to our minds, enables us, as helpless sinners, to come to Christ, to receive Him, to behold Him, or, in other words, to believe in Him." -preacher John Newton (1725-1807 A.D.)

"Arise, and go down to the potter's house; and there I will cause thee to hear My words." -Jeremiah 18:2 [KJV] Yes, Lord, with the first of the morning will I arise, and go down at Thy command, where, by the secret and silent whispers of Thy divine teaching, I may gather suitable instructions for interpreting all Thy dispensations, both in providence and grace, towards me. Mark, my soul, the vessel marred in the hand of the potter. Alas, how hath our nature been marred since it came out of the hand of our Almighty Potter! Will the potter cast His vessel away? No, He will new make it.     Oh Thou glorious Lord! Methinks I hear Thy words in this, for Thou hast not thrown us away, but hast new made us, and more blessedly made us in Christ Jesus. My soul, art thou indeed thus new made, a vessel unto honour, sanctified and meet for the Master's use? Attend then to thy proper character, and never lose sight of it. Refer every act of mercy and favour in thy ori...