(Hannah More, “Practical Piety“) LISTEN to audio! Download audio In salvation, the Holy Spirit operates on the human character to produce a new heart and a new life. Because by this operation the affections and faculties of the man receive … Continued
(J.R. Miller) LISTEN to audio! Download audio “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God!” Psalm 42:1-2 Hunger is a mark of health, … Continued
(Mary Winslow) Without Jesus life would be an aching void, earth a wilderness of woe and sorrow! He can transform this wilderness into a little heaven, making it radiant with His presence! What must heaven itself be! OH TO BE … Continued
(William Nicholson, “HEAVEN!” 1855) LISTEN to audio! Download audio “There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest!” Job 3:17 In Heaven, the Righteous will enjoy an uninterrupted repose. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord … Continued
(adapted from Octavius Winslow’s “Morning Thoughts”) “There remains, then, a rest for the people of God.” Hebrews 4:9. Not yet come to the heavenly rest, we still are approaching it, and, oh ecstatic thought! We shall reach it at … Continued
by Spurgeon— Remember it is not YOUR HOLD of Christ that saves you– it is Christ. It is not YOUR JOY in Christ that saves you– it’s Christ. It is NOT EVEN FAITH in Christ (though faith is the instrument) … Continued
(John Angell James) Some of the benefits of affliction, are that it . . . quickens prayer, extracts the balmy sweets of the promises, endears the Savior. And to crown all, affliction directs the mind to that glorious state … Continued
(J. R. Miller, “Glimpses of the Heavenly Life” 1908) LISTEN to audio! Download audio No earthly language is adequate to describe the blessedness, the joy, the happiness of Heaven! Perhaps no human word gathers and holds in itself so much of the truest meaning of Heaven, … Continued
(Mary Winslow) LISTEN to audio! Download audio “My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You! Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” Job 42:5-6 The more I see of Jesus, the more He opens to me His loving … Continued
(Henry Law, “The Gospel in Numbers” 1858) Earth is affliction’s home. A troop of sorrows compass us about. Tears stream. The bosom sighs. The brow is furrowed by the lines of care and worry. Death tears away the much loved friend. … Continued
