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“The man who talks about his experience as a Christian, who never does anything for Christ, is, I am afraid, only an idle dreamer.”—1894, C H Spurgeon “Let the purpose of God, for which you ought to adore Him every day, be plenteously fulfilled in you, and let it be seen that He has chosen you to know Christ that you may make Him known to others!—1887- C H Spurgeon Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive, wakeful reading. ~ JC Ryle “If Christ has healed you, obey Him! Obey Him at once, obey Him exactly, obey Him in everything, be it little, or be it great! If some say it is nonessential, remember that what is not essential to salvation may be essential to obedience! Do it if Jesus commanded it. Do it whether it appears to you to be essential or not!... if He puts it to you, ‘He that believes and is baptized shall be saved,’ believe and be baptized. Be obedient unto Him who deserves to be obeyed.”—1895, C H Spurgeon...

“Think not of the sinner, or of the greatness of his sin, but think of the greatness of the Saviour!”—1895 - Spurgeon  “Beloved, you must know the bitterness of sin before you can know the blessedness of forgiveness! And you must have such a sight of sin as shall break your heart before you can understand the blessedness of the Divine covering, that sacred cover which hides sin effectually, blots it out, and even makes it cease to be. ‘Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.’”—1892 - Spurgeon   “‘My meditation of Him shall be sweet.’ ‘Of Him’—that is, of the Well-Beloved of the Father, of the Well-Beloved of the Church, of the Well-Beloved of my own soul—of Him who loved me, in whose blood I have washed my robes and made them white. It is meditation ‘of Him’ that is sweet—not merely of doctrine about Him, but of Him, of Himself—‘my meditation of Him.’ Not merely of His offices, and His work, and all that concerns Him, but of His own dear Self!...

"Compare yourself only with Jesus." - A.W. Tozer "There is no place to hide except in the blood of the Lamb." - A.W. Tozer "True repentance shows itself in a thorough breaking off from sin. The life of a repentant person is altered. The course of their daily conduct is entirely changed. A new King reigns within their heart. They put off the old man. What God commands they now desire to practice; and what God forbids they now desire to avoid. They strive in all ways to keep clear of sin, to fight with sin, to war with sin, to get the victory over sin. They cease to do evil. They learn to do well. They break off sharply from bad ways and bad companions. They labor, however feebly, to live a new life. When a person does this, you have the fourth step in true repentance." ~ J.C. Ryle The Character and Intention of the Devil 12 Jul "There is a devil! We have a mighty invisible enemy always near us–one who never slumbers and never sleeps–one who is about ou...

I was reading yesterday and today Colossians through 2 Thessalonians and 3 verses particularly jumped out at me. Colossians 2:6+7 says, "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving." And 2 Thessalonians 3:3 says, "But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one." It seemed to link in with Psalm 34 and 37, about how faithful God is. I have been really blessed and encouraged with all these. It has been speaking into some of the work situations when sometimes things happen that seem very strange and awkward. It's so good to know that He is in control and will guard us from the evil one. I was also reminded that if we don't love the Truth (of God's Word), we will believe the lie (and the father of lies!) So, how important it is that we dig deep into the treasures in the Bible and that ...