Showing posts with label William Ames. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Ames. Show all posts

William Ames on Prayer

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, April 29, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"Prayer differs from hearing the word, in that hearing is concerned with the will of God; but Prayer is concerned with our will. In hearing the word, we receive the Will of God; but in Prayer we offer our will to God, that it may be received by him."

William Ames


William Ames on God's Use of Means

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"God therefore uses means, not for lack of power, but through the abundance of his goodness; that namely, he might communicate a certain dignity of working to his Creatures also, and might make his Efficiency more perceivable in them."

William Ames


William Ames on Providence

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"The Providence of God is either immediate, whereby God by himself, as the absolute sole cause, provides for things; or it is mediate whereby he provides by the use of means."

William Ames


William Ames on God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"God is incomprehensible, because he is void of any bounds to encompass him."

William Ames


William Ames on Faith

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 5:30 AM

"Faith is a resting of the heart on God, as on the author of life and eternal salvation."

William Ames


William Ames on God's Use of Means

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“God therefore uses means, not for lack of power, but through the abundance of his goodness; that namely, he might communicate a certain dignity of working to his Creatures also, and might make his Efficiency more perceivable in them.”

William Ames


William Ames on the Omnipotence of God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, October 8, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“The Omnipotence of God is that whereby he is able to effect all things that he wills or can will.”

William Ames


William Ames on God's Knowledge

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“The understanding of God is unchangeable; he does not know otherwise, nor one thing more than another, nor more before than now, or now than before.”

William Ames


William Ames on God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“The attributes of God set forth What God is, and Who He is.”

William Ames


William Ames on Living to God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Monday, September 17, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“Men live to God when they live according to the will of God, to the glory of God, with God inwardly working in them.”

William Ames


William Ames on God's Word and His Will

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God."

William Ames


William Ames on Contentment and Joy

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 5:53 AM

"In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor."

William Ames


William Ames on the Attributes of God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 5:30 AM

“The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.”

William Ames


William Ames on Contentment

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, November 6, 2015 at 5:30 AM

“The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given”

William Ames


William Ames on the Decrees of God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, September 22, 2014 at 5:30 AM

"The decree of God is His firm decision by which He performs all things through His almighty power according to his counsel.  Ephesians 1:11,  “He does all things out of the counsel of His own will.”

William Ames


William Ames on Theology

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 6:30 AM

"Divinity is the doctrine of living unto God"
William Ames


William Ames on Sanctification

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:30 AM


"Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image."
Williams Ames


William Ames on Original Sin

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 9:09 AM

"Original sin is a habitual deviation of the whole nature of man, or a turning aside from the law of God."
William Ames