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The Slow Steps in the Valley (Luke 14:33) – Oswald Chambers

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Rich Moore

The Slow Steps in the Valley (Luke 14:33) To follow Jesus Christ to-day is to follow a madman according to the ideals of present-day civilisation. We have the idea that our civilisation is God-ordained, whereas it has been built up … Continue reading →

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Wise for the World, or for our Souls? – Matthew Henry

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Rich Moore

Which way do our thoughts move with most pleasure? Which way go our plans and contrivances? Are we most wise for the world, or for our souls? Those that live in pleasure are dead, 1Ti 5:6. – Matthew Henry https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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The Superlative Beauty of Jesus – Charles Spurgeon / Morning By Morning

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Rich Moore

“The superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting. It is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He is more than pleasant and fair; He is lovely. His whole life we would imitate; His whole character we would … Continue reading →

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The Power in Praising God, by Charles Spurgeon

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Rich Moore

”…But when Job lost everything and yet said ”The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord”(v.21), then the good man shone like a star on a cloudless night.” ”We may sometimes thank … Continue reading →

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Our whole being must be in our praying – E.M. Bounds

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Rich Moore

“There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous, urgent, ardent. Flamed desires, impassioned, unwearied insistence delight heaven. God would have His children incorrigibly in earnest and persistently bold … Continue reading →

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We love Him because He first loved us – Charles Spurgeon

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Rich Moore

“Go forth today, by the help of God’s Spirit, vowing and declaring that in life – come poverty, come wealth, in death – come pain or come what may, you are and ever must be the Lord’s. For this is … Continue reading →

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A Famine on the Land

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Rich Moore

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord.” (Amos 8:11) https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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Temptation – Thomas Watson

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Rich Moore

“Satan doth not tempt God’s children because they have sin in them, but because they have grace in them. Had they no grace, the devil would not disturb them… Though to be tempted is a trouble, yet to think why … Continue reading →

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Prayer – John Newton

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Rich Moore

“Prayer is the great engine to overthrow and rout my spiritual enemies, the great means to procure the graces of which I stand in hourly need.” – John Newton https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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Reading the Bible – Oswald Chambers

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Rich Moore

Do we come to the Bible to be spoken to by God, to be made “wise unto salvation,” or simply to hunt for texts on which to build addresses? There are people who vagabond through the Bible, taking out of … Continue reading →

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