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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” John 1:17 Law and grace are antithetical terms. Consider a few contrasts between them: The Law manifests what is in man–sin....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Holy Spirit is Good, Adapted from Morning and Evening, by Charles Spurgeon, 1891 Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Galatians...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.” John 16:33 The way to Heaven lies through much tribulation. All our troubles are not over when we are saved by Christ; nay, then commonly our...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “Does He not see my ways and count my every step?” Job 31:4 “A man’s ways are in full view of the LORD, and He examines all his paths.” Proverbs 5:21 “The eyes of the LORD are...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “Our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction!” 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Apart from the Spirit, the Bible cannot quicken, nor sanctify, nor...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The loss of a child is perhaps the most heart-wrenching of all losses. From a centuries-old letter, we read the words of a bereaved father, grieving the loss of his son but steadfast in faith in his Saviour. A...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. True consecration, by J.R. Miller, from “The Shining Light” 1911 “It is the Lord’s will. Let Him do what He thinks best.” 1 Samuel 3:18 The heart of consecration is not devotion to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “Moses chose to suffer affliction along with the people of God–rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time!” Hebrews 11:25 The choice was done. Moses was determined. He had counted...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Sin so bewitches the soul, that it makes the soul call . . . evil good, and good evil; bittersweet, and sweet bitter; light darkness, and darkness light. Ah, souls! When you shall lie upon a dying bed, and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through Him!” Romans 5:9 What are all your sorrows, your cares, and your losses viewed in the light...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Whatever trials you have, Christ is all in all to meet them. Are you: Poor? He will make you rich in your poverty by His consoling presence. Sick? He will make your bed in your sickness, and so will make your...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “The LORD is my shepherd; I have everything I need!” Psalm 23:1 “He will feed His flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in His arms, holding them close to His heart. He will gently lead...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. (Excerpted and abridged from Samuel Davies’ sermon, “The Justice of God—and the Sins of Our Country” (1755) in which he addressed the question, “When disaster comes to a city–has not...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever!” Revelation 22:5 This vision...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “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,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. 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,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. 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,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “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...