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“Four Degrees of Love” from the Treatise “On the Love of God,” by Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153)You ask me, “why should God be loved?” I answer: the reason for loving God is God Himself. And why should God be loved for His own sake? Simply...
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Christ, Who is Our Life, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, from the August 10th Morning and Evening Devotions “Christ, who is our life.” — Colossians 3:4 Source Paul’s marvelously rich expression indicates, that Christ is the source of our life. “You...
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The Furnace of Affliction! by William Nicholson and Milburn Cockrell “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.” Psalm 46:1 “The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor,” the wicked. This remark will hold...
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People like to make lists, such as task lists, shopping lists, pros and cons lists, favorites lists, bucket lists, best-of lists, brainstorming lists, books-I’ve-read or books-I-want-to-read lists, checklists, sometimes even list of lists– you get the idea!...
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“And We Ought to be Content with That” by James Smith, circa 1840sBut godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing–we will be content with that. 1 Timothy...
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God, the Refuge of His People! by William Nicholson, 1862 We can learn so much from the Great Cloud of Witnesses who have gone before us. May they always be remembered and revered for their faithfulness and their words that live on for our inspiration and...
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“Nevertheless I am continually with You! You hold me by my right hand.” Psalm 73:23 This is the utterance of a faith which triumphs over contradictory circumstances and contradictory experiences. Believer in Jesus, bear in mind that this...
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”Man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.” Job 5:7 “Many are the afflictions of the righteous!” Psalm 34:19 “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows!” John 16:33 “We must go through many hardships to...
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“You have not traveled this way before!” Joshua 3:4 How solemn is the reflection that each traveler to Zion is commencing a new and untrodden path! New events in his history will transpire: new scenes in the panorama of life will unfold, new phases of...
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On Christmas morning we bow before the cradle. When we do so, we set our eyes on Jesus. May we always remember to look to Him for wisdom in all things and to seek Him for guidance in every situation. Let us also remember the “great cloud of witnesses”...
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The Sovereignty of God by Arthur Pink, (1886-1952) “Our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases!” Psalm 115:3 “Whatever the LORD pleases, He does–in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps!” Psalm 135:6 The...
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The Weaver! by J.R. Miller (1840 – 1912) The life that is given up to God in true devotion, need fear nothing. We may have our sorrows, our disappointments, our losses, but all of our life is in the hands of God–and no real harm can come to us. In all the...
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The Deeper the Work of Grace by Thomas Moor, “Counsels and Thoughts for the Spiritual Life of Believers” 1882 It is the characteristic of a growing state of grace not to see its growth, but to see more clearly its shortcomings. The nearer the light, the...
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Regeneration, repentance, faith, conversion by Thomas Moor, “Counsels and Thoughts for the Spiritual Life of Believers” 1882 The Holy Spirit quickens the sinner with new spiritual life. He is thus born again. It is a work complete at once, and one in which...
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“Then said Jesus unto His disciples—If any will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” Matthew 16:24First, it signifies the complete repudiation of his own GOODNESS. It means ceasing to rest upon any works of our own to...
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“And he requested for himself that he might die.” — 1 Kings 19:4 It was a remarkable thing that the man who was never to die, for whom God had ordained an infinitely better lot, the man who should be carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and be...
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Do You Say or Pray The Lord’s Prayer?”When you pray, say: ‘Our Father'” Luke 11:2″You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss.” James 4:3Many say the Lord’s Prayer* (Matt 6:9-12, Luke 11:2-4), who do not pray it! They (like...
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2 Cor 6:16 …God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.What a sweet title, “My people!” What a cheering revelation, “Their God!” How much of meaning is couched in those...
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Everyone suffers, but how people suffer is varies. AW Pink tells how to lighten the afflictions of this life and persevere in faith.2 Corinthians 4:17″For our light affliction which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of...
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Matthew Henry wrote the following on January 1, 1713. He was 50 years old and died the next year. “My times are in Your hand!” Psalm 31:15 Firmly believing that my times are in God’s hand, I here submit myself and all my affairs for the ensuing year, to the wise and...
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