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When Christians Find No Peace Within (4)
October 11th, 2024
(7) We should therefore labour to bring our souls to a firm and peremptory resolution, and not remain wavering, as if it were equally balanced between God and other things. We must enforce our souls.... Read More
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When Christians Find No Peace Within (3)
October 10th, 2024
(5) Observe further, that distrust is the cause of all disquiet. The soul allows itself by something here below to be drawn away from God but can find no rest until it returns to him. It is God's mer... Read More
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When Christians Find No Peace Within (2)
October 9th, 2024
(3) When the soul finds no rest the Spirit of God awakens the soul and keeps it in the holy pursuit of stirring up the grace of faith to its proper function. It is not so much the having of grace, as... Read More
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When Christians Find No Peace Within (1)
October 8th, 2024
What if neither the words of others nor the rebuke of our own hearts, will quiet the soul? Is there no other remedy left? That is when we must look up to God, the father and fountain of comfort. It i... Read More
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The Comfort of Christian Friends (2)
October 7th, 2024
Some will show a great deal of humanity in comforting others, but little Christianity; for as kind men they will utter some cheerful words, but as Christians they lack wisdom from above to speak a gr... Read More
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The Comfort of Christian Friends (1)
October 6th, 2024
It is a course that will have a blessing attending it, for friends to join in league, one to watch over another, and observe each other's ways. It is a usual course for Christians to join together in... Read More
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Deal with Sin Quickly
October 5th, 2024
It is best to prevent, as much as in us is possible, the very first risings of sinful passions, before the soul be overcast. Passions are but little motions at first, but grow as rivers do, greater a... Read More
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Two Natures Within
October 4th, 2024
God, when he will humble a man, need not fetch forces from without. If he but let our own hearts loose, we will have trouble enough. If there were no enemy in the world, nor devil in hell, we carry e... Read More
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The Storms and Calms of Life
October 3rd, 2024
Here is the life of a Christian in this world. (1) He is in great danger if he be not troubled at all. (2) When he is troubled, he is in danger to be over-troubled. (3) When he has brought his soul i... Read More
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Wisdom for When We Excessively Grieve Over Sin
October 2nd, 2024
When grieving for our sin becomes too much. (1) Excessive grieving for our sin is wrong when it takes the soul from minding what it should and distracts us from the duties of our callings. Christ upo... Read More
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Aiming Our Complaints (2)
October 1st, 2024
No man is hurt but by himself first. We are drawn to evil and allured from a true good to a false by our own lusts; 'God tempts no man' (James 1:13). Satan has no power over us further than we willin... Read More
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Aiming Our Complaints (1)
September 30th, 2024
We see here how to frame our complaints. David complains not of God, nor of his troubles, nor of others, but of his own soul; he complains of himself to himself. As if he said, 'Though all other thin... Read More
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Soul Care (2)
September 29th, 2024
We should set ourselves to have most care of that which God cares most for. That which he breathed into us at first, set his own image upon, gave so great a price for, and values above all the world ... Read More
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Soul Care (1)
September 28th, 2024
A godly man's care and trouble is especially about his soul. When God touches our bodies, our estates, or our friends, he aims at the soul in all. God will never remove his hand, until something be w... Read More
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Pride
September 27th, 2024
Pride, with a desire of liberty, makes men think it to be a diminishing of greatness and freedom either to be curbed, or to curb ourselves. We love to be absolute and independent; but as it brought r... Read More
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When in Solitude
September 26th, 2024
We see here again that a godly man can make a good use of solitude. When he is forced to be alone, he can talk with his God and himself; one reason for this is that his heart is a treasury and storeh... Read More
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Strong Reasons against Spiritual Discouragement (2)
September 25th, 2024
(5) Spiritual discouragement keeps beginners from progressing on and growing in the ways of God. It brings an ill report upon religion. It dampens, the spirits of those that walk the same way with us... Read More
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Strong Reasons against Spiritual Discouragement (1)
September 24th, 2024
There is no reason, which the wisdom from above allows to be a reason, why believers should be discouraged. There is not only no reason for it, but there are strong reasons against it. Consider: (1) ... Read More
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Cast Down? Diagnosing Spiritual Discouragement (8)
September 23rd, 2024
(5b) Another source of spiritual discouragement is when we depend too much upon the opinions of other men. Often, even good men are too much troubled with the unjust censures of others. It is the vai... Read More
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Cast Down? Diagnosing Spiritual Discouragement (7)
September 22nd, 2024
(4l) One special cause of much disquiet is the lack of firm resolution in good things. The soul cannot but be disquieted when it knows not what to cleave to, like a ship tossed by contrary winds. 'If... Read More
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Cast Down? Diagnosing Spiritual Discouragement (6)
September 21st, 2024
(4i) Some reap the fruit of their ignorance of Christian liberty, by unnecessary scruples and doubts. It is both unthankfulness to God and wrong to us, to be ignorant of the extent of Christian liber... Read More
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Cast Down? Diagnosing Spiritual Discouragement (5)
September 20th, 2024
(4g) Another cause of disquiet is, that men seek for their comfort in much sanctification, neglecting justification, relying too much upon their own performances. Paul was of another mind, accounting... Read More
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Cast Down? Diagnosing Spiritual Discouragement (4)
September 19th, 2024
(4e) One main ground is false reasoning. Thinking we have no grace when we feel none. Feeling is not always a fit rule to judge our states by. Thinking that God has rejected us because we are confuse... Read More
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Cast Down? Diagnosing Spiritual Discouragement (3)
September 18th, 2024
(4) We need go no farther than ourselves to find causes of discouragement; there is a seminary of them within us. Consider these discouragements in ourselves. (4a) When there is a lack of true knowle... Read More
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One Thing (1)One Thing (2)Our Thoughts and Desires Reveal Who We AreThe Christian's Desire for God's House (1)The Christian's Desire for God's House (2)What the Soul Was Made ForGod Makes the Heart TenderMaintaining a Tender Heart (1)Maintaining a Tender Heart (2)Maintaining a Tender Heart (3)Maintaining a Tender Heart (4)Test to See if Your Heart is TenderHow to Recover a Tender HeartBenefits of a Tender HeartKings Must Humble Themselves Before GodHow to Humble Ourselves (1)How to Humble Ourselves (2)How to Humble Ourselves (3)Proneness to PrideHumilityTrue versus False Humility (1)True versus False Humility (2)True versus False Humility (3)Both Outward Devotion and Inward AffectionWeeping for the ChurchWeeping and Rejoicing Mixed (1)Weeping and Rejoicing Mixed (2)God Hears Our Prayers--His PartWhen It Seems God Doesn't HearThe Privilege of PrayerGod Hears Our Prayers--Our Part
February
Death Is a Gathering (1)Death Is a Gathering (2)The Righteous Preserve their NationGod's Righteous JudgmentThe Importance of Knowing God Loves Me (1)The Importance of Knowing God Loves Me (2)Abundance Is Not an Accurate Sign of God's LoveRun to GodChristian UnityChrist In Us (1)Christ In Us (2)Christ In Us (3)Christ In Us (4)Christ In Us (5)Christ the Servant: the MediatorThe Bruised Reed and the Smoking Flax (1)The Bruised Reed and the Smoking Flax (2)The Bruised Reed and the Smoking Flax (3)The Bruised Reed and the Smoking Flax (4)God Knows Our FrameLittle at First (1)Little at First (2)Sometimes Tender, Sometimes Tough (1)Sometimes Tender, Sometimes Tough (2)Avoiding Unnecessary RulesThe Weaker BrotherExtend Grace to One AnotherThe Covenant of GraceThe Light of God Compared to Fire (1)
March
The Light of God Compared to Fire (2)The Light of God Compared to Fire (3)Temptation (1)Temptation (2)The Source of DiscouragementsResponding to Christ's KindnessVictory in Spiritual BattlesHis Power Not OursCourage Until the End (1)Courage Until the End (2)Our Hearts—God's TempleSin in God's PeopleSigns of God's Impending Judgment (1)Signs of God's Impending Judgment (2)Signs of God's Impending Judgment (3)Preventing God's Judgment on Our Nation (1)Preventing God's Judgment on Our Nation (2)The Ugliness of Sin (1)The Ugliness of Sin (2)Far but NearChrist's Dying Words of ComfortThe Wrong of Excessive SorrowSteps to Bring Comfort to our Hearts (1)Steps to Bring Comfort to our Hearts (2)Steps to Bring Comfort to our Hearts (3)When We Feel Our Faith Is Weak (1)When We Feel Our Faith Is Weak (2)When We Feel Our Faith Is Weak (3)Christ and the Holy SpiritChrist Is the Heart and Power of the Scriptures (1)Christ Is the Heart and Power of the Scriptures (2)