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The Trojan horse! (Thomas Watson, “The Lord’s Prayer“) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “Deliver us from evil.” Matthew 6:13 In this petition we pray to be delivered fromthe evil of our heart, that it may not entice us to sin. The heart is the poisoned fountain, from whence all actual sins flow. “For from within, […]
In short, all must drink of the bitter cup! (Jared Waterbury, “Meditations and Prayers” 1840) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble!” Psalm 46:1 “Man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards!” The world in which we dwell is but “a valley
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Undeserving, ill-deserving, Hell-deserving! (Thomas Vincent, “The True Christian’s Love to the Unseen Christ!“) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio How may I attain great degrees of love to Christ? Be much in holy contemplation of Christ. Spend time in secret retirement, and there think and think again–of the superlative excellencies and perfections which are in Christ.
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Strewing flowers on a dead corpse! (Thomas Watson, “The Beatitudes” 1660) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “Blessed are thepure in heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 External morality is not heart-purity. A person may be clothed with great moral virtues, such as justice, charity, prudence, and temperance–and yet go to Hell. We must
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By the fire which burnt down our city! LISTEN to audio! Download audio (Thomas Vincent, “God’s Terrible Voice in the City!” Written shortly after the “Great Plague of London” and the “Great Fire of London”) By the fire which burnt down our city, God calls upon London to secure themselves against the fire of Hell!
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All enameled and interwoven with free grace! (Thomas Watson) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wiseby human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noblebirth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God
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Your present trial Your present trial (James Smith, “Comfort for Christians!”) LISTEN to audio! Download audio “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose!” Romans 8:28 All things? Yes! Everything that happens to the Christian is
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