Newton: assurance of victory

Friday, March 25, 2022
    Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary
Meditation:
    Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
    —Matthew 5:10 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The life of faith is a happy life, and if attended with conflicts, there is an assurance of victory; if we sometimes get a wound, there is healing balm near at hand; if we seem to fall, we are raised again; and if tribulations abound, consolations shall abound likewise.
    ... John Newton (1725-1807), from a letter, 1773, Letters by The Rev. John Newton of Olney and St. Mary Woolnoth, Josiah Bull, ed., London: Religious Tract Society, ca. 1860, p. 134 (see the book)
    See also Matt. 5:10-12; Ps. 36:7-8; 2 Cor. 12:10; Phil. 1:29-30; 1 Thess. 2:1-2; Heb. 10:32-33; 1 Pet. 3:14; 4:12-13
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You heal me of all wrongs. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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