Many shepherds scarcely pray for themselves. Christ prays for all His elect sheep. John 17:9, "I will pray for them." As Christ knows every sheep by name—so Christ prays for every sheep by name. "I pray for them." And what does Christ pray for them? … [Continue reading]
Thomas Watson Quotes
Thomas Watson is no doubt one of the most well-beloved of all of the Puritan authors. Few better guides have existed in this or any other area of spiritual experience than Thomas Watson. He was a master of both Scripture and the human heart, and wrote with a simplicity and directness that keeps his work fresh and powerful for the twenty-first century.
Keep Your Heart as You Would Keep a Garden
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Keep your heart as you would keep a Garden. Your heart is a garden (Song of Solomon 4:12); weed all sin out of your heart. Among the flowers of the heart, weeds will be growing—the weeds of pride, malice, and covetousness: these grow without planting … [Continue reading]
Few Know the Value of Their Hearts
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Few know the value of their hearts. A farmer can set a price on his grain—but not on jewels. Men do not know the worth of that treasure they carry around with them; therefore they prefer other things. Keep your heart like a treasure. ~ Sermon, The … [Continue reading]
Keep Your Heart as You Would Keep a Treasure
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Keep your heart as you would keep a Treasure. A man who has a great treasure of money and jewels, will keep it with lock and bolt so that it is not stolen. Christian, you carry a precious treasure with you, even all that you are worth—a heart! The … [Continue reading]
Take Heed of Strange Fire
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The temple had a fire burning on the altar; take heed of strange fire. But keep the fire of zeal and devotion flaming upon the altar of your heart; do temple work and offer up the sacrifice of a broken heart. When the heart is a consecrated place, a … [Continue reading]
Healing for Hypocrisy
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Christian, if you mourn for hypocrisy, yet find this sin so potent that you cannot get the mastery of it, go to Christ. Beg of him that He would exercise His kingly office in your soul, that He would subdue this sin, and put it under the yoke. Beg of … [Continue reading]
A Man Ripe for Hell
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Surely, there is not a greater sign of a man ripe for hell, than this, not only to lack grace, but to hate it. "All Things for Good" pg. 83 … [Continue reading]
God so Calls as He Allures
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God so calls as He allures; He does not force, but draw. The freedom of the will is not taken away, but the stubbornness of it is conquered. ‘Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power’ (Psalm 110:3). "All Things for Good" pg. 107 … [Continue reading]
Faith Will Be of More Use to Us than Any Grace
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Faith will be of more use to us than any grace; as an eye, though dim, was of more use to an Israelite than all the other members of his body, a strong arm, or a nimble foot. It was his eye looking on the brazen serpent that cured him. It is not … [Continue reading]
Those not Settled are Wandering Stars
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Now, such as are not settled in religion, will, at one time or other, prove wandering stars; they will lose their former steadfastness, and wander from one opinion to another. Such as are unsettled are of the tribe of Reuben, “unstable as water,” … [Continue reading]
