Prayer

GRANT, Almighty God, that thou seest us to be surrounded with the infirmity of our flesh, and so held by, and as it were, overwhelmed with earthly cares, that we can hardly raise up our hearts and minds to thee,–O Grant that being awaked by thy Word and daily warnings we may at length feel [...]

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The fifth Beatitude

A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 1909,
DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON,
AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON,
ON LORD’S-DAY EVENING, DEC. 14TH, 1873
Introduction
Sermon
Expositon

“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they
shall be filled.” — Matthew 5:6.

I REMARKED, on a former occasion, that each of the seven Beatitudes rises
above the one which precedes it, and [...]

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The Valley of Vision

Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly,
Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,
where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights;
hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory.
Let me learn by paradox
that the way down is the way up,
that to be low is [...]

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The Trinity

THREE IN ONE, ONE IN THREE,
GOD OF MY SALVATION.
Heavenly Father, blessed Son, eternal Spirit,
I adore thee as one Being, one Essence,
one God in three distinct Persons,
for bringing sinners to thy knowledge and to thy kingdom.
O Father, thou hast loved me and sent Jesus to redeem me;
O Jesus, thou hast loved me and assumed my nature,
shed [...]

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The outpouring of the Spirit

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions [Joel ii. 28]
The prophet after having set before them the rudiments as though they were children, now brings [...]

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Digging out treasure by the eye of faith

To prayer, then, are we indebted for penetrating to those riches which are treasured up for us with our heavenly Father. For there is a kind of intercourse between God and men, by which, having entered the upper sanctuary, they appear before Him and appeal to his promises, that when necessity requires they may learn [...]

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The Mover

May I always be subordinate to thee,
be dependant upon thee,
be found in the path where thou dost walk,
and where thy Spirit moves,
take heed of estrangement from thee,
of becoming insensible to thy love.
Thou doest not move men like stones,
but dost endue them with life,
not to enable them to move without thee,
but in Submission to thee, the [...]

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Praying in Jesus’ Name

But since no man is worthy to come forward in his own name, and appear in the presence of God, our heavenly Father, to relieve us at once from fear and shame, with which all must feel oppressed,8 has given us his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, to be our Advocate and Mediator, that under [...]

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The articles of the faith

THE FIRST SUNDAY:
Q: What is the principal and chief end of mans life?
A: To know God.
Q: What moveth thee to say so?
A: Because he hath created us and placed us in this world, to let forth his glory in us; and it is good reason that we employ our whole life to his glroy, seeing [...]

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The difficulty in seeking the good of our neighbour

How difficult it is to perform the duty of seeking the good of our neighbour! Unless you leave off all thought of yourself and in a manner cease to be yourself, you will never accomplish it. How can you exhibit those works of charity which Paul describes unless you renounce yourself, and become wholly devoted [...]

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