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11/30/2023 – “When a person’s world is full of God, then that person will actually long for the elimination of evil.” (unknown) // “A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.” Proverbs 13:19

Soli Deo Gloria!

11/28/2023 – “That very church which the world likes best is sure to be that which God abhors.” – Charles Spurgeon

Soli Deo Gloria!

11/26/2023: “No matter how choppy the seas become, a believer’s heart is buoyed by constant praise and gratefulness to the Lord.” John McArthur”

Soli Deo Gloria!

11/25/2023 – “Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff. To reflect on your blessings is to rehearse God’s accomplishments. To rehearse God’s accomplishments is to discover his heart. To discover his heart is to discover not just good gifts but the Good Giver. Max Lucado

Soli Deo Gloria!

11/23/2023 – “Oh my God, let me remember with gratitude and confess to thee thy mercies toward me.”  St. Augustine of Hippo (biography attached)

St. Augustine biography:

https://www.learnreligions.com/biography-of-st-augustine-700002

Soli Deo Gloria!

11/23/2023 – “For prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God’s work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God’s work. Prayer succeeds when all else fails. Prayer has won great victories, and rescued, with notable triumph, God’s saints when every other hope was gone. Men who know how to pray are the greatest boon God can give to earth – they are the richest gift earth can offer heaven. Men who know how to use this weapon of prayer are God’s best soldiers. His mightiest leaders.” E.M. Bounds, “The Complete Collection of E.M. Bounds on Prayer”

SolI Deo Gloria!

11/22/2023 – “The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise him to the greatest extent of our powers.” St. Maximilian Kolbe / Biography link attached.

I encourage y’all to read the entire biography, link below, but in particular, the short section: “Childhood of a Saint”. And then, consider how he ended his life …

11/20/2023 – ““Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you’re not saved yourself, be sure of that!” Charles Spurgeon – bio attached

Who is Charles Haddon Spurgeon?

Soli Deo Gloria!

11/11/2023 – “Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.” ― C. H. Spurgeon – bio attached

Who is Charles Haddon Spurgeon?