Monthly Archives: December 2012

Earnest for spiritual mercies…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

O therefore let us be earnest for spiritual mercies! Lord, not only feed me, but sanctify me; give me rather a heart full of grace than a house full of gold. If we are to pray for daily bread, the … Continue reading →

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A heart full of ingenuity and grace…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Our wants may send us to prayer, nature may make us beg daily bread; but it shows a heart full of ingenuity and grace to be rendering praises to God. Thomas Watson – The Lord’s Prayer

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What smoother than oil???

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Those who sin against their giver, and abuse God’s royal favours, the mercies of God will come in as witnesses against them. What smoother than oil? But if it be heated, what more scalding? What sweeter than mercy? But if … Continue reading →

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Net or table???

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Men spread nets for their enemies, God spreads a table. Thomas Watson – The Lord’s Prayer

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Better starve…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Better starve than go to the devil for provender. Thomas Watson – The Lord’s Prayer

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But shining dust…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Gold is but shining dust: God’s glory must weigh heavier. Thomas Watson – The Lord’s Prayer

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But in contentment…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Your happiness lies not in abundance, but in contentment… Thomas Manton – “The Lord’s Prayer”

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According to His pleasure…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

The fulness of the earth and all is his; and, therefore, though others have better trading, and finer apparel, and be more amply provided for than we are, God is sovereign, and will give according to his pleasure, and you … Continue reading →

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Of every morsel of bread…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

We should say of every morsel of bread, This is God’s gift to me; of every night’s sleep, This is the Lord’s goodness. When God is acknowledged in these outward things, he takes it the more kindly, and we are … Continue reading →

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Many arguments to love and praise…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Man consists of two parts, of a body and of a soul. Now whether we look to the one or the other, you will have many arguments to love and praise God, not only for what he hath done for … Continue reading →

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