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"Your hearts have gone a-whoring from Him!"
by Thomas Vincent (very challenging)
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Those fruits
(J. C. Ryle)
The work of the Holy Spirit, though mysterious,
will always be known by the fruits He produces
in the character and conduct of those in whom
He dwells. The...
'In the Word' from Chuck Livermore
Week of January 11 - 18, 2009
Jesus and the Religious Leaders
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. Then Jesus said to them, "I shall be with you a little...
For the Lord will not cast off for ever. (Lamentations 3:31)
He may cast away for a season but not forever. A woman may leave off her ornaments for a few days, but she will not forget them or throw them upon the dunghill. It is not like the Lord to cast off those whom He loves, for "having...
Today's Puritan Audio Devotional--
"Grace Denial"
by Octavius Winslow (insightful)
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What is most needed today
(Arthur Pink, "Eternal Punishment")
It is the deepening conviction of the writer,
that what is most needed today, is a wide
proclamation of...
"Idling life away like an idiot or a madman!"
by J. C. Philpot
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Do not expect a smooth and easy path!
(Arthur Pink, "David's Flight")
Prosperity is often a mixed blessing, and adversity is far from being an unmixed calamity!
Alternating spiritual prosperity and...
"Meditations from Psalm 119"
(A fine selection of Scripture verses,
with a beautiful soft musical background
to be use for prayer and meditation)
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It is better to stay at home and read God's Word
(Arthur Pink, "A Call to Separation")
"Do not be yoked together with...
“And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.” -Luke 1:46, 47.
Observe, this morning, the sacred joy of Mary that you may imitate it. This is a season when all men expect us to be joyous. We compliment each other with the desire that we may have...
84:1
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
84:2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
84:3
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even...
Here's a side to the Christmas story that isn't often told: Those soft little hands, fashioned by the Holy Spirit in Mary's womb, were made so that nails might be driven through them. Those baby feet, pink and unable to walk, would one day walk up a dusty hill to be nailed to a cross. That sweet...
Today's Puritan Audio Devotional--
"A little book, which contains only three pages"
by William Mason (insightful)
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The golden key, and the iron lock
(William Secker, "The Consistent Christian" 1660)
He who is Omniscient--to know your needs,
is also Omnipotent--to grant your...
Today's Puritan Audio Devotional--
"The last pang, and groan, and tear"
by J. A. James (Very comforting!)
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The prosperity of the wicked
(William Secker, "The Consistent Christian" 1660)
"For I envied the arrogant--when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." Psalm 73:3
We...
'Bible verse and quote' from Jan Couns
Week of November 16 - 23, 2008
Bible and Quote Nov 10 -14
(God’s response to David’s cry for help) .the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken because He was angry. 2 Samuel 22:8
Youasked for a loving God; you have...
MATTHEW 5:38-48
"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also...
Today's Puritan Audio Devotional--
"All is transparent and harmonious to His eye!"by Octavius Winslow (the omniscience of God)
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Our sins--His mercies
(Letters of John Newton)
"Where sin abounded--grace did much
more abound!" Romans 5:20
March 18, 1767.
Dear friend,
You have one...
As the strongest faith may be shaken, so the weakest, where truth is, is so far rooted that it will prevail. Weakness with watchfulness will stand, when strength with too much confidence fails. Weakness, with acknowledgement of it, is the fittest seat and subject for God to perfect His strength...
Do not even such things as are most bitter to the flesh, tend to awaken Christians to faith and prayer, to a sight of the emptiness of this world, and the fadingness of the best it yield? Doth not God by these things (ofttimes) call our sins to remembrance, and provoke us to amendment of life...