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Romans 8:28 All things work together for good to those who love God. Observe what Paul says and make no exception. ALL things work together for good! Even affliction is very useful and profitable to the godly. Be confirmed in your faith. Give glory to God, and...
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“Affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble spring from the ground. Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward!” Job 5:6-7 As affliction proceeds neither from blind necessity, nor from casual accident — but from the hand of your...
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Go thy way, Christian, to thy God. Get thee to thy knees in the cloudy and dark day. Retire from all creatures, that thou mayest have thy full liberty with thy God, and there pour out thy heart before Him in free, full, and broken-hearted confessions of sin…Surely,...
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Fanny Crosby is not remembered for sermons or theological treatises. But just as the words of the great writers live on, the words of this great hymn writer have survived the test of time. Blind from infancy, Fanny Crosby wrote more than 9,000 hymns, including...
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“My times are in Your hand!” Psalm 31:15 Every event is under Divine control. Nothing is left to ‘chance’. The hand of God is in all that occurs: directing, overruling, and sanctifying everything to our good and His glory. He appointed all that...
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“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 gracious disposal of God’s divine providence. Whether God appoints for...
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From “Divine Breathings: Or, ” Pious Soul Thirsting after Christ” O, precious saint! Three questions call for your answer: 1. What were you? 2. What are you? 3. What shall you be? 1. What were you? Dead in your transgressions and sins,...
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“For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.” (Psalm 48:14) The world passes away. Everything here in this present world is changing. Life is like a painted dream,Like the rapid summer stream, Like the fleeting...
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Everyone suffers, but how people suffer 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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In 1865, England experienced a devastating epidemic of foot and mouth disease that threatened their food supply by killing their cattle. It is remembered as “The Great Cattle Plague of England,” 1865-1867. J.C. Ryle, a vicar in the Anglican church at...
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Hebrews 12:1-2 Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith... ...
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Athanasius of Alexandria, also known as Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, was a fourth-century defender of the faith. He focused on the scriptural doctrines of the Trinity (Trinitarianism) and the person of Jesus Christ (Christology). The creed that...
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“There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.” Hebrews 4:9 We shall consider these words as referring to HEAVENLY rest: our Father’s house, our Savior’s home, and our eternal dwelling-place! To the weary and way-worn, there is...
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From “The Nature and Universality of Spiritual Death” by Samuel Davies “My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.The Lord protects you; the Lord is a shelter right...
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My conviction is that the more the Bible is studied–the more there is found in it to be studied. Fresh light, strength, joy, help, grace, and blessing–break out from it! Scripture is like . . . the dawn–ever new in its light; the air–ever fresh...
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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 1840s But 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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