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Shall I Not Drink It?

John 18:11 The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): And Jesus did drink it, though it involved more suffering than we can imagine! Yet there was no resistance to that … Continue reading

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Lessons Learned in the School of Affliction

Psalm 119:64-71; Psalm 94:12 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed … Continue reading

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Singing in the Ways of the Lord

Psalm 98:1; Psalm 138:5 O sing unto the LORD a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. WILLIAM JAY (1769-1853): These … Continue reading

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An Enlarged Heart

Psalm 119:2,7,11,32 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. Thy word have I hid in mine … Continue reading

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The Pool of Siloam

John 9:1-11 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath … Continue reading

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An Astonishing Self-Deception: Waiting in Unbelief

John 4:48; John 5:2,3,5 Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a … Continue reading

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A Mother’s Law

Proverbs 6:20-23 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall … Continue reading

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Walking the Walk That Pleases God

Colossians 1:10―1 Thessalonians 4:1; John 8:28, 29 Walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God―Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, … Continue reading

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What is True Conversion?

Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out. A. W. PINK (1886-1952): What is conversion? True and saving conversion, we mean. JOHN ANGELL JAMES (1785-1869): True conversion is emphatically called, “coming to the … Continue reading

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The Witness & Testimony of a Good Report

Hebrews 11:1,2,4-6 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report…By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he … Continue reading

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