Short pithy gems from the Puritan Richard Sibbes!

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The depths of our misery--can never fall below the depths of God's mercy.

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What the heart loves best--the mind studies most.

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It is better to go afflicted to Heaven--than merry to Hell.

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Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.

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Whatever God takes away from His children--He either replaces it with a much greater favor, or else gives strength to bear it.

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Sin is not so sweet in the committing of it--as it is bitter in the reckoning of it.

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Daily Promises

Blue Letter Bible
November 14, 2016

To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. (Acts 10:43)

Rejoice in your justified state, you who believe! Even the prophets of old marvel at the proclamation of the forgiveness that would be bought you! Yours is the gift eternal! Yours is the very life of the Slain Lamb! Your future is assured and none may thwart your eternal and heavenly life. Again I say rejoice, believer! Rejoice and go forth in His Spirit in all righteousness!

 

Character

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      (John MacDuff)

Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, words and thoughts:
  daily forgiveness,
  daily unselfishness,
  daily kindnesses,
  daily sympathies,
  daily charities,
  daily sacrifices for the good of others,
  daily struggles against temptation,
  daily submissiveness under trial.
It is these, like the blending of colors in a picture--which constitute a person's character.

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Daily Promises

Blue Letter Bible
November 12, 2016

[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5)

Content yourself in the riches of God's mercy. Unceasing are His gifts and constant is His loving presence. This world is but a passing frame—it is not your home, for you, as a believer, are a child to the great kingdom victorious! Heavenly are the rewards you seek! Eternal are the treasures you gain! Therefore, trust in the kingly majesty of the Lord and ever shall you be pleased!

Weekday Devotions November 11th

Faith’s Check Book

By Charles H. Spurgeon

THE LORD’S FREE MEN

"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace" Romans 6:14

Sin will reign if it can: it cannot be satisfied with any place below the throne of the heart. We sometimes fear that it will conquer us, and then we cry unto the Lord, "Let not any iniquity have dominion over me. This is His comforting Answer,"sin shall not have dominion over you. It may assail you, and even wound you; but it shall never establish sovereignty over you.

If we were under the law, our sin would gather strength and hold us under its power; for it is the punishment of sin that a man comes under the power of sin. As we are under the covenant of grace, we are secured against departing from the living God by the sure declaration of the covenant. Grace is promised to us, by which we are restored from our wanderings, cleansed from our impurities, and set free from the chains of habit.

We might lie down in despair and be "content to serve the Egyptians" if we were still as slaves working for eternal life; but since we are the Lord’s free men, we take courage to fight with our corruptions and temptations, being assured that sin shall never bring us under its sway again. God Himself giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Thought’s for the Quiet Hour

And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.  Jeremiah 18:4 (R.V.)

God’s fairest, highest place of service in the land that lies beyond will be filled by the men and women who have been broken upon the wheel on earth.

G. Campbell Morgan