Daily Grace Gems

Just as I am! (Octavius Winslow, “The King in His Beauty! A Tribute to the Memory of Miss Charlotte Elliott)I will take the liberty to simply and briefly paraphrase the main idea of Miss Elliott’s timeless hymn:  “Just as I am,” a sinner bankrupt of all righteousness, vile, self-destroyed, lost–I come!  “Just as I am,” […]

Vegetating in selfishness? (Octavius Winslow, “The Sensitiveness of Christ to Suffering“)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download AudioEvery believer, however limited and veiled from human eye in his sphere of life–will create a public sentiment respecting himself. His relations, his friends, his neighbors, will form their opinion of his character, doings and life.Few pass through life incognito

The afflictions of the godly! (The following choice excerpts have been gleaned from the writings of Thomas Watson. Be sure to meditate on each one–suck the honey out of these uplifting gems!)   LISTEN to Audio!   Download Audio  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~God’s people have no charter of exemption from trouble in this life.While the wicked are kept in

The human idol is removed! (Octavius Winslow, “Bereavement, The Submission and Solace of Spiritual Life”)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download AudioBereavement is often the season of revived spirituality:  eternity is more solemnly realized;  the mind is more withdrawn from the affairs of the present life;  the heart is disengaged from the shadows of earth; and  the things that are

Original Sin (Charles Simeon)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “Surely I was sinful at birth–sinful from the time my mother conceived me!” Psalm 51:5 David’s account of himself in this verse was true, and it is equally true of all the human race. Just so, Paul declares of himself, as well as all the rest

Thomas Watson choice excerpts on SCRIPTURE(Thomas Watson)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download AudioThe lines of Scripture are more valuable than mines of gold!  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~God’s Word is the star which directs us to Heaven!  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~Scripture is the field where “the Pearl of great price” is hidden.  ~  ~  ~  ~

esus! (Octavius Winslow)  Play Audio!  Download Audio  Play Video What is our path to glory, but the path of tribulation, of suffering, and of death? Our Lord and Master, in the expression of His wisdom and love, forewarns us of this: “In the world you shall have tribulation.” What are all the supports of the

Thomas Watson’s choice excerpts on PRAYER(Thomas Watson)   LISTEN to audio!   Download Audio Prayer keeps the heart open to God, but shut to sin.  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~Prayer is thekey which unlocks God’s treasures of mercy!  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~Prayer is the arrow, and faith is the bow–by which our requests go up to

Poor, naked, penniless, worthless!(Octavius Winslow, “Morning Thoughts”)  LISTEN to Audio!   Download Audio “I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live!” John 5:25 There is the special, direct, and effectual call of the

Thomas Watson’s choice quotes on SIN(Thomas Watson)  LISTEN to Audio!   Download AudioThere is more evil in a drop of sin–than in a sea of affliction!  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~The natural heart is . . .  the nursery of sin,  the magazine where all the weapons of wickedness lie,  full of antipathy against God,  a lesser Hell!