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06/07/2024 – Day 005 – Job – Chapter 1 -2 / Introduction to the Book / Post 1 of 3 / “The Book of Job is perhaps the Greatest Masterpiece of the Human Mind.” Victor Hugo / more quotes attached

“I call this book, apart from all theories about it, one of the Grandest things ever written. Our first oldest statement of the never-ending problem: Man’s Destiny, and …

06/07/2024 – “All the wonders of Greek Civilization heaped together are less Wonderful than is this simple Book of Psalms.” W.E. Gladstone

Soli Deo Gloria!

05/18/2024 – “He will never be shaken.The righteous will be remembered forever. He will not fear bad news; his heart is confident, trusting in the Lord. His heart is assured; he will not fear. In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.” Psalm 112: 6 – 8 // Comment attached

My bible footnote for Psalm 112 – “The Traits of the Righteous” reads:

“This Psalm continues the wisdom motifs begun in Psalm 111 (See Ps 1), pronouncing blessings on the life …

05/13/2023 – “One drop of the sweetness of heaven is enough to take away all the sourness and bitterness of all the afflictions in the world.”― Jeremiah Burroughs (1599 – 1646) , “The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment”. // biography attached

Jeremiah Burroughs biography:

Jeremiah Burroughs

05/11/2024 – “As the strongest faith may be shaken, so the weakest, where truth is, is so far rooted that it will prevail. Weakness with watchfulness will stand, when strength with too much confidence fails. Weakness, with acknowledgement of it, is the fittest seat and subject for God to perfect His strength in; for consciousness of our infirmities drives us out of ourselves to Him in whom our strength lies.” Richard Sibbes (1577 – 1635)/ biography link attached

Richard Sibbes / biography:

https://www.apuritansmind.com/puritan-favorites/puritan-favorites-richard-sibbes-1577-1635

05/05/2024 – “All God’s plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them…. But men’s plans ignore the offence of the cross or despise it. Men’s plans have no profound, stern or self-immolating denial in them. Their gain is of the world. How much of these destructive elements, esteemed by men, does the devil bring into the church, until all the high, unworldly and holy aims, and heavenly objects of the church are retired and forgotten?” – E. M. Bounds

A very short summarized bio on E.M. Bounds , before the 37 prayer quotes:

37 Life-Changing E.M Bounds Quotes on Prayer

Soli Deo Gloria!

04/29/2024 – “Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.” Psalm 51: 7-8