The Great Discovery - A Puritan Prayer

Glorious God,
I bless Thee that I know Thee.  I once lived in the world, but was ignorant of its Creator, was partaker of Thy providences, but knew not the Provider, was blind while enjoying the sunlight, was deaf to all things spiritual, with voices all around me, understood many things, but had no knowledge of […]


A Warning to Professing Believers

In an age where the evangelical church today focuses more on humanism than the true Gospel, Paul Washer’s brief message below is a stark warning to all professing believers.  May we truly come to an understanding of just what “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” truly means.  (Rom. 3:23)
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The Spirit as Teacher

O GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT,
That which I know not, teach thou me, keep me a humble disciple in the school of Christ, learning daily there what I am in myself, a fallen sinful creature, justly deserving everlasting destruction; O let me never lose sight of my need of a Saviour, or forget that apart from […]


Blessings

Thou Great Three-One,
Author of all blessings I enjoy, of all I hope for, Thou hast taught me that neither the experience of present evils, nor the remembrances of former sins, nor the remonstrances of friends, will or can affect a sinner’s heart, except thou vouchsafe to reveal thy grace and quicken the dead in sin […]


Distractions

True Discernment has an excellent post on the importance of overcoming distractions in the life of the Christian.  As they put it, “Among the enemies to devotion none is so harmful as distractions.”  I could not agree more.  Our lives are plagued with cellphones, meetings, the internet, emails, errands - all of which are a […]