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Ask Yourself: What Really Motivates Me to Worship God?

Malachi 3:14        What profit is it that we have kept his ordinance? STEPHEN CHARNOCK (1628-1680): Self is the chief end of every natural man…It is natural for man to worship God for self; self-righteousness is the rooted aim of … Continue reading

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Obedience to God’s Word: The Best Proof of True Love for Christ

John 14:21, 23; John 15:10; John 14:24; Luke 6:46        He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me…If a man love me, he will keep my words.        If ye keep my commandments, ye … Continue reading

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Reading the Bible with Personal Application

I Peter 2:2,3        As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714): Strong desires and affections to the Word … Continue reading

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Assurance: Some Biblical Test Questions

Romans 14:22        Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800): ’Tis a point I long to know;                                                                        Oft it causes anxious thought;                                                                           Do I love the Lord or no?                                                                             Am I His, or am I … Continue reading

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The Marks of Spiritual Regeneration by the Holy Ghost

Acts 19:2        Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? GEORGE WHITEFIELD (1714-1770): I shall lay down some Scripture marks whereby we may know whether we have thus received the Holy Ghost or not…First I shall mention, is … Continue reading

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Snakes in the Bosom

Job 31:33; Proverbs 23:32        If I covered my trangressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom.        At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): Some desire to … Continue reading

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The Hidey Holes of Man’s Deceitful Heart Under a Conviction of Sin

I Corinthians 3:11        For other foundation can no man lay than is laid, which is Jesus Christ. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): When a man is at first alarmed about his soul, he will do any thing rather than come … Continue reading

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Secret Sins

Hebrews 4:13; Numbers 32:23; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Psalm 90:8        All things naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.        Be sure your sin will find you out.        For God shall bring every … Continue reading

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Unworthy Table Manners

I Corinthians 11:29        He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself. JOHN FLAVEL (1630-1691): There is one scripture, I believe, discourages many from partaking of the Lord’s table―I Corinthians 11:27-29: “Whosoever shall eat this bread, … Continue reading

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The Necessity of Solitude

Matthew 14:23        And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when evening was come, he was there alone. MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546): Every man must do things alone; he must … Continue reading

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