Friday, November 26, 2010

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;” ~ Proverbs 3:5

“Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:” ~ Isaiah 26:4

“And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” ~ Psalm 9:10
“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.” ~ Nahum 1:7

“Now reason why trust is so much required, is because, 1, it emptieth the soul; and 2, by emptying it enlargeth it; and 3, seasoneth and fitteth the soul to join with so gracious an object and 4, filleth it by carrying itself unto God, who presently, so soon as he is trusted in, conveys himself and his goodness to the soul; and thus we come to have the comfort, and God the glory in all his excellencies. Thus salvation comes to be sure unto us, whilst faith looking to the promises, and to God freely offering grace therein, resigns up itself to God, making no further question from any unworthiness of its own.”

“And thus we return to God by cleaving to him, from whom we fell by distrust, being under a new covenant merely of grace, Jeremiah 31:3, and no grace fitter than that which gives all to Christ.  God in Christ is full of all that is good.  When the soul is emptied, enlarged, and opened by faith to receive goodness offered, there must needs follow sweet satisfaction.” ~ Richard Sibbes

“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.” ~ Jeremiah 17:7
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.” ~ Isaiah 12:2