My natural desires are corrupt and misguided, and it is thy mercy to destroy them;My spiritual longings are of thy planting, and thou wilt water and increase them;Quicken my hunger and thirst after the realm above. https://banneroftruth.org/us/devotional/earth-and-heaven/ This is an extract from Valley of Vision. The Valley of Vision is a collection of Puritan prayers, poems Read more…
Thy main plan, and the end of thy will is to make Christ glorious and beloved in heaven where he is now ascended, where one day all the elect will behold his glory and love and glorify him for ever.Though here I love him but little, may this be my portion at last. https://banneroftruth.org/us/devotional/christ-alone-2/ This is Read more…
Thou hast placed me in the church which thy Son purchased by his own blood. Add grace to grace that I may live worthy of my vocation. I am a voyager across life’s ocean; Safe in heaven’s ark, may I pass through a troubled world into the harbour of eternal Read more…
I humble myself for faculties misused, opportunities neglected, words ill-advised, I repent of my folly and inconsiderate ways, my broken resolutions, untrue service, my backsliding steps, my vain thoughts. O bury my sins in the ocean of Jesus’ blood and let no evil result from my fretful temper, unseemly behaviour, Read more…
If God requires of the sinner, dead in sin, that he should take the first step, then he requires just that which renders salvation as impossible under the gospel as it was under the law, since man is as unable to believe as he is to obey. Charles Spurgeon We Read more…
If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all. And the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after Read more…
• Christ builds His church. And He uses His people to do it. Here is a resource to help equip you to be a fruitful church member. We have created a repository of tools, books, sermons and applications. For more resources to help you grow click here. • Parents and kids, there is Sunday Read more…
3.1 In the beginning the triune God created the heavens and the earth out of nothing, by the power of his word, in six days according to Scripture (Genesis 1:1–2:3; Hebrews 11:3). God created everything good and perfect for the glory of his own name (Genesis 1:10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31; Psalm 104:31; Romans 11:36). God created Read more…
There is no need that you should always give way to pride, or sloth, or covetousness, or any other form of sin. Ye are able to overcome them—not in your own strength—the weakest of them would be too much for you in that; but ye may overcome them through the Read more…
Where the plow does not go and the seed is not sown, the weeds are sure to multiply. And if children are left untrained, all sorts of evil will spring up in their hearts and lives. Charles Spurgeon We love quoting Spurgeon at Crystal Park Baptist Church Benoni. Charles Haddon Spurgeon Read more…