Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henrywas a Nonconformist minister and author, born in Wales, United Kingdom but spending much of his life in England...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth18 October 1662
prayer expectations desire
God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.
omnipotence temptation might
We have no sufficient strength of our own. All our sufficiency is of God. We should stir up ourselves to resist temptations in a reliance upon God's all-sufficiency and the omnipotence of his might.
bible despair thieves
There is one death bed repentance recorded in the Bible (the thief on the cross), so that no one despair, but there is ONLY one, so that no one will presume.
spirituality live-by
None live so easily, so pleasantly, as those that live by faith.
elephants lambs depth
Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.
hands justice mercy
Those who will not deliver themselves into the hand of God's mercy cannot be delivered out of the hand of His justice.
bible christian heart
Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.
dark may events
God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself and a continued readiness for every event.
journey talking hiking
It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.
umpires holiness attributes
No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.
deaf-and-blind blind deaf
None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.
church common boast
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.
prayer trouble
Days of trouble must be days of prayer.
grace sorrow tears
Tears are a tribute to our deceased friends. When the body is sown, it must be watered. But we must not sorrow as those that have no hope; for we have a good hope through grace both concerning them and concerning ourselves.