Men have houses and lands to look after, wife and children, body and outward estate, and therefore they forget that they have a God, a Redeemer, a Soul to mind. Richard Baxter
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The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things. He made from one blood every […]
He Alone is Worthy
Things that shine as single stars with a particular glory, all meet in Christ as a glorious constellation. John Flavel
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Whatever the LORD pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps; Psalm 135:6 (WEB)
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At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth […]
The Faith of the Longsuffering
If God be our Father, let us submit patiently to his will. If he lay his strokes on us, they are the corrections of a Father, not the punishments of a judge. Thomas Watson
Proverbs 14:34, Part 6 Righteousness of the Church
I. Pursue the kingdom The church is to seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness. First and foremost this means the proclamation of the gospel. This prompts the question, “what is the gospel?”
Faith Shown by Works
There are three things necessary to the well being of a church, and which are most considerable in the constitution of it. Those are doctrine, worship, and discipline. Matthew Henry
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Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; calling a ravenous […]
The Secret to Joy
I am persuaded, O God, I am persuaded, that I can never be happy, till my carnal and corrupt affections be mortified, and the pride and vanity of my spirit be subdued, and till I come seriously to despise the world, and think nothing of myself. Henry Scougal