Topic: Jesus “Let us . . . be thankful and cheerful, and, while we take shame to ourselves, let us glorify God, by giving Jesus the honour due to his name. Though we are poor, He is rich; though we are weak, He is strong; though we have nothing, He possesses all things. He suffered [...]
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“Giving Jesus the honour due to his name”
October 24, 2007That I may employ more of my breath in his praise
October 11, 2007Topic: Evangelism, worship “I trust the chief reason why I would wish my life to be prolonged is, that I may employ more of my breath in his praise. But, alas! while I endeavor to persuade others, that He is the chief among ten thousand and altogether lovely, I seem to be but half persuaded [...]
For He does all things well
October 8, 2007Topic: Providence “We please ourselves with agreeable prospects and proposals; but the determination is with the Lord. We may rejoice that it is, He sees all things in their dependences and connextions, which we see not, and therefore he often thwarts our wishes for our good; but if we are not mistaken, if any measure [...]
Because he has promised it
October 7, 2007Topic: Ordained means, evangelism, providence “The power is all of God; the means are likewise of his appointment; and He always is pleased to work by such means as they show that the power is his. . . . All these means were exceedingly disproportionate to the effect; but He who ordered them to be [...]
The life of faith is a happy life
October 6, 2007Topic: Joy, Jesus “I doubt not but you likewise have your share of trials; but when the love of God is shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost, it sweetens what bitter things the Lord puts into our cup, and enables us to say, None of these things move us. Yea, the life [...]
As bone to its bone
October 5, 2007Topic: Friendship Caveat: Of William Cowper, John Newton wrote, “The Lord who had brought us together had so knit our hearts and affections that for nearly twelve years, we were seldom separated for twelve hours at a time when we were awake and at home. The first six I passed in daily admiring and trying [...]
If I were not a Calvinist, I think I should have no more hope of success in preaching to men, than to horses or cows
October 4, 2007Topic: Calvinism, effectual calling “If I had a proper call, I would undertake to prove, that to exhort and deal plainly with sinners, to stir them up to flee from the wrath to come, and to lay hold of eternal life, is an attempt not reconcilable to sober reason upon any other grounds than those [...]
May we still press forward
October 3, 2007Topic: Encouragement, Jesus “Surely, his service is perfect freedom; his ways are ways of perfect pleasantness, and all his paths are peace. He is a sun and a shield, a hiding place, and a resting place, to them that fear him. May we still press forward: we have not yet attained. There are larger measures [...]
Let us not forget that we have an infallible Pilot
October 2, 2007Topics: Jesus, church, providence “The ship was safe when Christ was in her, though He was really asleep. At present I can tell you good news, though you know it: He is wide awake, and his eyes are in every place. . . . [T]he ark is fixed upon an immovable foundation; and if we [...]
His glory in the gospel glass
October 1, 2007Topic: Gospel “May we, dear Sir, live and feed upon the precious promises, John 14:16-17, 26; 16:13-15. There is no teacher like Jesus, who by his Holy Spirit reveals himself in his word to the understanding and affections of his children. When we thus behold his glory in the gospel-glass, we are changed into the [...]
May we bid adieu to the perishing pleasures of sin
September 30, 2007Theme: consecration, holiness “The time is short; eternity is at the door; was there no other evil in these vain amusements than the loss of precious time, we have not leisure in our circumstances to regard them. And, blessed be God, we need them not. The gospel opens a source of purer, sweeter, and more [...]
Why then is dust and ashes proud?
September 29, 2007Topic: Humility, depravity “Oh! to be little in our eyes! This is the ground-work of every grace; this leads to a continual dependence upon the Lord Jesus; this is the spirit which He has promised to bless; this conciliates us good-will and acceptance amongst men; for he that abaseth himself is sure to be honoured. [...]
Is not the light of his countenance better than life?
September 28, 2007For the past week, I have been devotionally reading some letters by John Newton. Time and time again I came across rich quotes and began to mark them as I continued reading. I recently talked with a friend about the writings of yesteryear as seen in the writings of the Puritans and Newton, how their [...]
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