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- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 15: Retribution and Revenge
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 14: The Counsels of Men
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 13: God’s Symmetrical Tapestry
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 12: Idolatry
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Category Archives: Meditation, Solitude & Self-examination
Am I a Child of God?
Ephesians 1:15; 1 John 3:14 I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. WILLIAM GURNALL (1617-1679): Love to … Continue reading
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Do Ye Not Remember?
Psalm 77:10; Psalm 143:5 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of God…I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of … Continue reading
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Doing the Math on Time & Eternity
Psalm 90:1-4,10,12 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to … Continue reading
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True Christian Meditation is not Contemplative Mysticism
Psalm 1:2; Psalm 119:99; Psalm 39:3,4 His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my … 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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A Censorious Spirit
Matthew 7:1-5 Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that … Continue reading
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The Importance of Meditation Upon God’s Word
Psalm 119:99; I Timothy 4:15; Psalm 119:18 Thy testimonies are my meditation. Meditate on these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things … Continue reading
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Self-serving Zeal
2 Kings 10:16 Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714): This is commonly taken as not well said by Jehu, and as giving cause to suspect that his heart was not right with … Continue reading
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Tuning our Hearts for Prayer
Psalm 39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spake with my tongue. GEORGE MÜLLER (1805-1898): When we pray, we speak to God. This exercise of the soul can best be … Continue reading
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Seasons of Solitude
Genesis 24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide. RICHARD BAXTER (1615-1691): When we read that Isaac went out to meditate in the field, the margin [KJV] says to pray: for the Hebrew word … Continue reading
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