The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.
– Matthew Henry –
Matthew Henry
Joy of the Lord – Matthew Henry
The joy of the LORD will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.
– Matthew Henry –
Prepare for your last day – Matthew Henry
It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.
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God’s promises are good as cash – Matthew Henry
An active faith can give thanks for a promise, though it is not as yet performed, knowing that God’s bonds are as good as ready money.
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The Bible and Prayer – Matthew Henry
The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.
– Matthew Henry –
How to Preserve the Peace – Matthew Henry
The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
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Find Rest in God – Matthew Henry
Those that depart from God cannot find rest anywhere else.
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The pleasures of religion – Matthew Henry
The pleasures of religion will abide; they wither not in winter, nor tarnish with time, nor doth age wrinkle their beauty; frosts nip them not, nor do storms blast them; they continue through the greatest opposition of events, and despise that time and change, which happens to all things under the sun’ (Ecl 9:1). Believers, when they are sorrowful, they are but as sorrowful, for they are “always rejoicing” (2 Cor 6:10) and “Thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph” (2 Cor 2:14).
– Matthew Henry –
from The Pleasantness of a Religious Life, 1714
Do you mourn over or repent of your sin? – Matthew Henry
Many mourn for their sins that do not truly repent of them, weep bitterly for them, and yet continue in love and league with them.
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