Guarding From Sin
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This Blessed Old Book
“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.” Psalm 17:4 A portion of Spurgeon’s comments on the above verse is…
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Joy – Matthew Henry
“The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.” ~…
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Treatment & Prevention For A Calloused Heart
“It is a good thing to have a heart within us smiting us for sins that seem little; it is a sign that conscience is awake and tender, and will be the means…
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Friend Test
~ Friend Test ~ “Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.” Proverbs 27:17 Just as continual chopping of wood will eventually dull an ax, continual “rubbing shoulders” with…
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Idleness – Matthew Henry
“Idleness gives great advantage to the tempter. Standing waters gather filth.” – Matthew Henry “And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own…
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The Heart – Warren Wiersbe
“We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can’t control the weather or the economy, and we can’t control what other people say about or do to us. There is only…
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Lying – A Permanent Putting Away
Although I am not as organized as I would like to be, it is a desire…maybe I should say a “dream” of mine to be totally organized. When the girls and I are…
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The Tempter’s Wiles In Our Weakness
Two separate reminders this morning concerning our vulnerability in weakness… From Matthew – “And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came…
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Fearing God – Matthew Henry
~ Those that cast off the fear of God expose themselves to the fear of everything else. ~ Matthew Henry “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as…
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A Good Way To Live Each Day
A few good questions to ask ourselves each day: Is my life bringing glory to God? – “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of…