Monthly Archives: November 2013

Faith Endures – Arthur W. Pink

Faith endures as seeing Him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27); endures the disappointments, the hardships, and the heart-aches of life, by recognizing that all comes from the hand of Him who is too wise to err and too loving to … Continue reading

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Leave him to Me – Oswald Chambers

Whenever you come in contact with the great destructive sins in other lives, be reverent with what you don’t understand. There are facts in each life you know nothing about and God says: “Leave him to Me.” – Chambers, Oswald: … Continue reading

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My peace I give unto you – Oswald Chambers

“If you allow anything to hide the face of Jesus Christ from you, you are either disturbed or you have a false security. “My peace I give unto you” is a peace which comes from looking into His face and … Continue reading

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Foolish Talking and Jesting – Charles Hodge

Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather “giving of thanks” (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the source of joy and gladness, but its joy is expressed in a religious way, in … Continue reading

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Your Ordinary Diet of Peace – Richard Baxter

“No wise man can expect that…God should diet us with a continual feast. It would neither suit with our health, nor the condition of this pilgrimage. Live, therefore, on your peace of conscience as your ordinary diet; when this is … Continue reading

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He that rides to be crowned… – John Trapp

He that rides to be crowned, will not think much of a rainy day. —John Trapp https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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Playing with Monkeys and Parrots – Puritan Thomas Watson

Playing with Monkeys and Parrots – Puritan Thomas Watson Thomas Watson playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9B58A93B5F60F495 Link to my “Christian Devotional Readings” Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christian-Devotional-Readings/196846270398160?ref=hl A Treasury of Ageless, Sovereign Grace, Devotional Writings http://www.gracegems.org/ Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of … Continue reading

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Take up your own Daily Cross – Charles Spurgeon: Strengthen My Spirit

“Take up your own daily cross, it is the burden most suited for your shoulder and will prove most effective to make you perfect in every good word and work to the glory of God.” – Charles Spurgeon: Strengthen My … Continue reading

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The Bible Applied to the Heart – J. C. Ryle: Practical Religion

“The Bible applied to the heart by the Holy Ghost, is the chief means by which men are built up and established in the faith, after their conversion. It has done it for thousands already, and it is doing it … Continue reading

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God does All, and we do All – Jonathan Edwards

“In efficacious grace we are not merely passive, nor yet does God do some and we do the rest. But God does all, and we do all. God produces all, we act all. For that is what produces, viz. our … Continue reading

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