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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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You Need not be Cast Down by Sickness – J.C. Ryle

You need not be cast down by sickness. The eternal part of you is safe and provided for, whatever happens to your body. You may well look calmly on death. It opens a door between you and your inheritance. You … Continue reading

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To you who may be suffering…

To you who may be suffering…I know from experience that while in the midst of suffering, it can seem like it is going to last forever. With that in mind, I share this verse. May the peace of our Lord … Continue reading

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The Salvation of thy Soul – Thomas Adams

“Even the tired horse, when he comes near home, mends pace: be good always, without weariness, but best at last; that the nearer thou comest to the end of thy days, the nearer thou mayest be to the end of … Continue reading

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So much Preaching and so Little Practice – Thomas Manton

“What is the reason there is so much preaching and so little practice? For want of meditation…. Constant thoughts are operative, and musing makes the fire burn. Green wood is not kindled by a flash or spark, but by constant … Continue reading

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When we find our souls at all declining – Richard Sibbes

When we find our souls at all declining, it is best to raise them up presently by some awakening meditations, such as of the presence of God, of the strict reckoning we are to make, of the infinite love of … Continue reading

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According to His own Good Pleasure – A.W. Pink

Nothing in all the vast universe can come to pass otherwise than God has eternally purposed. Here is a foundation of faith. Here is a resting place for the intellect. Here is an anchor for the soul, both sure and … Continue reading

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We all Profess that we are Bound for Heaven – John Owen

“We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it if all our thoughts are consumed about the trifles of this world, which we must leave behind us, … Continue reading

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No Room for Evil and Sinful Thoughts – William Bridge

“Meditation will keep your hearts and souls from sinful thoughts. When the vessel is full you can put in no more…. If the heart be full of sinful thoughts, there is no room for holy and heavenly thoughts: if the … Continue reading

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