Grace changes the heart!

(Thomas Watson, “A Divine Cordial” 1663)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio Grace changes the heart! “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 The true Christian … Continued

Whatever a man depends upon

(Charles Spurgeon)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their heart!” Ezekiel 14:3 “Their hearts were devoted to their idols!” Ezekiel  20:16 Thank God for the comforts and blessings of this life, … Continued

Meekness is a grace

(Thomas Watson, “The Beatitudes” 1660)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio To render evil for evil, is brutish; and to render evil for good, is devilish; but to render good for evil, is Christian. “Blessed are the meek.” Matthew 5:5 Meekness … Continued

Self-denial

(Thomas Watson, “The Beatitudes” 1660)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 Self-denial is the highest sign of a sincere Christian. … Continued

How true it is

(Jared Waterbury, “Meditations and Prayers” 1840)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “But the dove could find no resting place to set its feet because there was water over all the surface of the earth. So it returned to Noah in … Continued

Genuinely happy

(James Smith, “The Way of Salvation Set Forth”)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio Sin is the seed, the source, the essence of unhappiness. “There is no peace to the wicked”–nor is there any happiness for the sinner in his sins. … Continued

St. Patrick-who was he?

March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day is named for a Christian who was persecuted because of his Christian actions. The following excerpts come from “A Note from the Author to Parents and Educators” that is included in Patrick: God’s Courageous Captive, … Continued

The trials of the saint

(Charles Spurgeon, “Treasury of David”)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.” Psalm 1:3 Blessed is … Continued

A crown of glory

(James Smith, “The Good Soldier’s Prospect!” 1864)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day!” 2 Timothy 4:8 Christian soldier, for encouragement in … Continued

A priceless inheritance

(James Smith, “Christ Exalted, Saints Comforted, and Sinners Directed” 1855) Play Audio!  Download Audio “The hope which is laid up for you in Heaven” Colossians 1:5 Many Christians have but little in hand, but they have much in hope. They … Continued