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DIRECTION VIII.--SECOND GENERAL PART. [ARGUMENT PRESSING THE EXHORTATION.] 'Whereby ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked' (Eph. 6:16) We have done with the exhortation, and now come to the second general part of the verse, viz. a powerful argument pressing this exhortation, c... Read More

Division Third.--The Inward Principle of Prayer. 'In the Spirit.' We are come to the third division in the apostle's directory for prayer--the principle or spring from whence they are to flow--the Spirit, 'praying...in the Spirit.' In proceeding to the consideration of this topic, the first point is... Read More

y the mercy of God I have been a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ since my early youth. Over the years of my earthly pilgrimage I have known what it is like to climb great spiritual mountains and how it feels to fall into chasms of blackness. I have had long seasons of great Christian joy and inten... Read More

Private Prayer Arthur Pink "But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret, shall reward you openly" (Matthew 6:6). Eight times in the space of this verse, is the pronoun used in the singular ... Read More

WAKING Arthur Pink, August, 1950 (This article and its companion one, Sleeping , are not written to entertain the curious, but with the endeavor of giving God His true place, by moving His people unto more thankfulness for what are loosely termed, "His common mercies.") "I lay down and slept; I awok... Read More

First Things First Arthur Pink The dawning of a new year, is a fresh call unto each of us—to put first things first; and it is only by heeding this call that we are prepared to start it aright. The greatest tragedy of life, is to dissipate our energies on secondary things, and spend our time and str... Read More

A New Year's Motto! James Smith, 1865 " Look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!" Luke 21:28 The time of his second coming approaches, and it befits his disciples to think of that event, and diligently prepare for it. But if we do not witness the descent of our Lord i... Read More

The Treasury of David by C. H. Spurgeon Preface to Volume 1, Psalms 1-26 My Preface shall at least possess the virtue of brevity, as I find it difficult to impart to it any other. The delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless profit and ever-growing pleasure; common gratitude constrain... Read More

The Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 5 Verse 1. There are two sorts of prayers — those expressed in words, and the unuttered longings which abide as silent meditations. Words are not the essence, but the garments of prayer. Moses at the Red Sea cried to God, though he said nothing. Yet the u... Read More

Forty Scripture Directions John Willison, 1680-1750 1. Never let the world come into God's place. (1 John 2:15) 2. Keep up the same opinion now of things of the world, that you will have when you come to die. (Matthew 16:26) 3. Be not strangers to yourselves , but often commune with your own hearts.... Read More