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Enjoying God – Thomas Watson

“The more we enjoy of God, the more we are ravished with delight.” – Thomas Watson https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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There is no peace with God except through Christ! – J.C. Ryle

“There is no peace with God except through Christ! Peace is His peculiar gift. Peace is that legacy which He alone had power to leave behind Him when He left the world. All other peace beside this, is a mockery … Continue reading

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Afflictions Sanctified – Puritan Richard Sibbes

The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory. – Richard Sibbes https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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Jesus Christ and His Gospel are inseparable – Oswald Chambers

“Just as Jesus Christ and His Gospel are inseparable, so the disciples were inseparable from their message. When the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost He made these men the living epistles of the teachings of Jesus, not human gramophones, recording … Continue reading

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All things were working together for his good! – Arthur W. Pink

Those circumstances, which to the dim eye of Jacob’s faith wore a hue so somber, were at that very moment developing and perfecting the events which were to shed around the evening of his life the halo of a glorious … Continue reading

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God sees him not fit to bear greater – Richard Sibbes

“As men cherish young plants at first, and fence them about to keep them from hurt, but when they are grown, they remove them, and then leave them to the wind and weather, so God besets His children first with … Continue reading

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The Deceitfulness of the Heart of Man – Jonathan Edwards, Religious Affections

“The deceitfulness of the heart of man appears in no one thing so much as this of spiritual pride and self-righteousness. The subtlety of Satan appears in its height, in his managing persons with respect to this sin. And perhaps … Continue reading

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A Sensible Thanksgiving – 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 Face of God – Oswald Chambers

“My personal life may be crowded with small, petty incidents altogether unnoticeable and mean (ordinary) but if I obey Jesus Christ in the haphazard circumstances, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God and when I stand … 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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