God often takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes, and prospects when He is about to give us the desire of our hearts. — John Newton Copy Share Image
I am not what I ought to be! Ah! how imperfect and deficient! - I am not what I wish to be! I 'abhor what is evil,' and I would 'cleave to what is good!' - I am not what… — John Newton Copy Share Image
We have no clear ideas of the agency of [demonic] spirits, nor is it necessary. The Scripture says little to satisfy our curiosity; but… — John Newton Copy Share Image
I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of sticks, far too large… — John Newton Copy Share Image
Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years — John Newton Copy Share Image
Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain. — John Newton Copy Share Image
If two angels were sent down from heaven,--one to conduct an empire, and the other to sweep a street,--they would feel no inclination to… — John Newton Copy Share Image
A soul disengaged from the world is a heavenly one; and then are we ready for heaven when our heart is there before us. — John Newton Copy Share Image
By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes His glory to pass before the soul that seeks Him… — John Newton Copy Share Image
“The weapons of our warfare, and which alone are powerful to break down the strongholds of error, are not carnal, but spiritual. They are… — John Newton Copy Share Image
If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earth’s grandest empire, the… — John Newton Copy Share Image
If it were possible for me to alter any part of his plan, I could only spoil it. — John Newton Copy Share Image
![“We have no clear ideas of the agency of [demonic] spirits, nor is it necessary. The Scripture says little to satisfy our curiosity; but tells us plainly that he is always watching us, and desiring to sift us as wheat. I believe we give him no more than his due, when we charge him with having a…” quote by John Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c75/john-newton-6629_abundance_we-have-no-clear-ideas-of-the-agency-of_2907.jpg)
