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Allow me to apply this subject to your hearts! (Charles Simeon, LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio)“In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of His wonders, they did not believe. So He ended their days in futility, and their years in terror!” Psalm 78:32-33The state of Israel in the wilderness was one continued contest between […]
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Born with a tear in His eye! (Octavius Winslow, “Evening Thoughts”) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio The life of our adorable Lord was a life of continuous trial. From the moment He entered our world, He became leagued with suffering. He identified Himself with it in its almost endless forms. He seemed to have been bornwith
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A cross of their own choosing! (Thomas Watson, “The Art of Divine Contentment”) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content; whether well-fed or
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The one, precious, all absorbing theme! (Octavius Winslow, “The Precious Things of God“) LISTEN to Audio! Download AudioThe Word of God must ever be transcendently precious to the believer. The Bible is, from its commencement to its close, a record of the Lord Jesus. Around Him the divine and glorious Word centers; all its wondrous types, prophecies
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The trials and sufferings of the godly (Thomas Watson, “Body of Divinity“) LISTEN to Audio! Download AudioGod’s own people often suffer great afflictions!“This is what the wicked are like–always carefree, they increase in wealth. Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence. For I am afflicted
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Human guidance (Octavius Winslow, “The Fragrance of Christ’s Name”) LISTEN to Audio! Download AudioWe have need to be on our watch against the powerful influence of spiritual mentors–lest, fascinated by the fame of some popular leader, we become the willing dupes of a childish superstition, or the blind followers of a fatal error.Do not take your
The acorns with which God feeds swine! (Thomas Watson, “The Art of Divine Contentment”) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“I envied the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked!” Psalm 73:3It is often that the evil enjoy all the good–and the good endure all the evil.Be contented, for remember: Worldly goods are not the only things, nor the best things. They
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In affliction look to Jesus (Octavius Winslow) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio God’s family is a sorrowing family. “I have chosen you,” He says, “in the furnace of affliction!” The history of the church finds its fittest emblem in the burning, yet unconsumed bush, which Moses saw.Man is “born to sorrow;” but the believer is “appointed thereunto.”If he
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The creature has a little honey in its mouth, but it has wings! (Thomas Watson, “A Divine Cordial” 1663) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“Do not love the world, or anything in the world.” 1 John 2:15It is better to love God, than the world.If you set your love on worldly things, they will not satisfy. You
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All the angels in Heaven could not count the mighty sum! (Charles Simeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day long, though their number is past my knowledge!” Psalm 71:15David penned this Psalm and gave it to the church, as a memorial of God’s unbounded mercy
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