Thomas Watson

Affliction quickens prayer – Thomas Watson

Affliction quickens prayer – Thomas Watson

Affliction quickens the spirit of prayer. Jonah was asleep in the ship—but at prayer in the whale’s belly! Perhaps in a time of health and prosperity we pray in a cold and formal manner—we put no coals to the incense; we scarcely minded our own prayers, and how should God mind them?Then God sends some cross or other affliction to make us take hold of Him. Now their prayers pierced the heavens! In times of trouble, we pray earnestly and fervently.

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One Hour in Heaven – Thomas Watson

One Hour in Heaven – Thomas Watson

One hour in Heaven will make us forget all our sorrows! As the sun dries up the water, so one beam of God’s glorious face will dry up all our tears!

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Mercy outweighs affliction – Thomas Watson

Mercy outweighs affliction – Thomas Watson

Our mercies far outweigh our afflictions. For one affliction—we have a thousand mercies! The sea of God’s mercy swallows up our few drops of affliction!

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Christians are to be happy at their death – Thomas Watson

Christians are to be happy at their death – Thomas Watson

See how happy are God’s saints at their death! They go to a kingdom! They see God’s face, which shines ten thousand times brighter than the sun in its meridian glory! They enter eternal glory, which is the quintessence of all delights!

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