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Dwelling on the Past – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“To dwell on the past simply causes failure in the present. While you are sitting down and bemoaning the past and regretting all the things you have not done, you are crippling yourself and preventing yourself from working in the … Continue reading

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Prayer and Fasting – Andrew Murray

“Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for … Continue reading

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Like a Lamp in the Darkness – J. R. Miller

“It makes a great deal of difference in what times and amid what circumstances and influences a man lives. In godly days, when piety pervades all life, it is not remarkable that one should live righteously; but when the times … Continue reading

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Instructing your Children in the way of Holiness – John Flavel

“If you neglect to instruct (your children) in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the way of wickedness? No; if you will not teach them to pray, he will to curse, swear, and lie; … Continue reading

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A Doctrine that Tends to their Carnal Commodity – Richard Baxter

“Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called their own. They are far readier to make themselves a faith, than to receive that … Continue reading

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The Favor of Men – David Brainerd

“God was so precious to my soul that the world with all its enjoyments appeared vile. I had no more value for the favor of men than for pebbles.” – David Brainerd https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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Arthur Pink – An Essential Ingredient or Element in Saving Faith

“An essential ingredient or element in saving faith is a yielding to the authority of God, a submitting of myself to His rule. To be received by Christ I must not only come to Him renouncing all my own righteousness … Continue reading

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A Mighty Prayer in the Spirit of God – John Bunyan

“A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.” – John Bunyan https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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The Hardness of our own Hearts – Hudson Taylor

“Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of … Continue reading

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The Riches of God’s Promises – Corrie Ten Boom

“Gather the riches of God’s promises. Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.” – Corrie Ten Boom https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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