Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5.7.
Issue: Volume 07
Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? Acts 19.2.
In the last day of the feast Jesus stood and cried saying. If any man thirst let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me as the scripture hath said out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit which
And it came to pass while He blessed them. He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. Luke 24.51.
MY SINS Thomas Halyburton I determined to humble myself distinctly for every one of them, and to make a distinct application to the throne of grace about each; but when I began to observe them, they were so many that if I had followed this course, my whole time would not have sufficed. I was …
CALL TO THE MINISTRY Extracts from the Autobiography* of John Kershaw 1792-1870 Love to Sinners From this time I date my call to the work of the ministry. Being, as afore described upon my knees, blessing and praising the Lord who had so graciously appeared to me again as my Saviour and Redeemer with love …
OBSTACLES TO SOUL-WINNING C. H. Spurgeon THE OBSTACLES THAT LIE IN OUR PATH AS WE SEEK TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST. They are very many, and I cannot attempt to make a complete catalogue of them; but the first, and one of the most difficult is, doubtless, the indifference and lethargy of sinners. All men …
PREACHING AND TEACHING Extracts from the Journal of David Brainerd, missionary to the American Indians. CROSSWEEKSUNG, in New Jersey, March, 1746 March 1. Catechised in my ordinary method. Was pleased and refreshed to see them answer the questions proposed to them with such remarkable readiness, discretion, and knowledge. – Toward the close of my discourse, …
PERSONAL DISCIPLINE The Word of God makes it abundantly plain that a Christian is to live a disciplined life. His natural life is given by the Creator and is to glorify the One who gave it. His spiritual life is given by the Lord Jesus Christ and is to glorify the One who died and …