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Practical Helps for Reading the Bible
If we are going to be successful in attempting to read the Bible, we must discipline ourselves. Lots of people have had good intentions for reading the Bible but have ultimately given up on it. Maybe you’re one of them. Perhaps the reasons we just went over for reading the...
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Examples of Victorious Death
God gives dying grace to His people for death’s hour. Some of His people die with little fanfare. They depart this life quietly, serenely, with barely a sigh. For others, the king of terrors is more violent, but Jesus brings them through in the end and gives them the victory....
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Men of Prayer
Finally, the Puritans saturated all their evangelistic efforts in prayer. They were “men of the closet” first of all. They were great preachers only because they were also great petitioners who wrestled with God for divine blessing upon their preaching. Richard Baxter said, “Prayer must carry on our work as...
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During Family Worship
During family worship, aim for the following: 1. Brevity. As Richard Cecil said, “Let family worship be short, savory, simple, tender, heavenly.” Family worship that is too long makes children restless and may provoke them to wrath. If you worship twice a day, try ten minutes in the morning and...
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The Bible in the Suitcase
A group of young people were visiting their minister and his wife one evening. The conversation was about praying in front of strangers. “What do you think of this?” asked a young woman. “Let’s say, there are two men on a business trip. They share a hotel room and one...
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The Priority of Prayer
One of the first things that might surprise today’s pastors is the amount of time Puritan pastors devoted to prayer. Many of them engaged in family and personal worship three times a day. John Norton (1606–1663), a colleague of John Cotton (1584–1652), described Cotton’s typical Sabbath schedule while at home:...
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Putting on the Whole Armor of God
I once heard a story about a farmer who responded to watermelon thieves by putting a sign in his field that said, ‘Warning: One of these melons has been poisoned.’ For a few days, he thought his idea had worked – no more watermelons were stolen. Then, one day, he...
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Pray Believingly
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall...
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Look unto me, and be ye saved
ISAIAH 45:22a If you were dying from a deadly disease, you would quickly go to the doctor for help. You would listen very carefully to what he told you to do, and then you would faithfully do all that he said. You would do anything if it would only help...
