Real Men Love Pink

"No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God."

(1 John 3:9)

"How does God save His people from the pleasure of sin? The answer is, “By imparting to them a nature which hates evil and loves holiness.” This takes place when they are born again, so that actual salvation begins with regeneration. Of course it does; where else could it commence? Fallen man can neither perceive his desperate need of salvation, nor come to Christ for it, till he has been renewed by the Holy Spirit."

(A.W. Pink)

Devotion: A.W. Pink

"Brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall."

(2 Peter 1:10)

"It is only in proportion as the Christian manifests the fruit of a genuine conversion that he is entitled to regard himself and be regarded by others as one of the called and elect of God. It is just in proportion as we add to our faith the other Christian graces that we have solid ground on which to rest in the assurance we belong to the family of Christ. It is not those who are governed by self-will, but "as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" (Rom. 8:14)."

(A.W. Pink)

Spurgeon:The Heart

"The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

(1 Peter 3:12)

“Have your heart right with Christ, and He will visit you often, and so turn weekdays into Sundays, meals into sacraments, homes into temples, and earth into heaven.”

(C.H. Spurgeon)

Spurgeon: Prayer

"I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."~Jesus

(Luke 11:9)

"To pray is to enter the treasure-house of God and to gather riches out of an inexhaustible storehouse."

(C.H. Spurgeon)

Spurgeon: Prayer

"And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, [Jesus] departed and went out to a desolate place, and there He prayed."

(Mark 1:35)

"It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God."

(Charles Spurgeon)

Devotion: C.H. Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon once said,

"I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes."

Does Scripture really teach this? I believe the answer is yes. 

God Is Sovereign Over . . .

Random things:

"The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD."

(Pro.16:33)

The heart of the most powerful person in the land:

"The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will."

(Pro.21:1)

Our daily lives and plans:

"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand."

(Pro.19:21)

Salvation:

"As many as were appointed to eternal life believed."

(Acts 13:48)

Life and Death:

"See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand."

(Deut.32:39)

The Death of Jesus:

"Jesus, [who was] delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men."

(Acts 2:23)

Bad Things:

"Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it?"

(Amos 3:6)

"I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things."

(Is.45:7)

All Things:

"[God] works all things according to the counsel of his will."

(Eph.1:11)

"Our God is in the heavens; He does all that he pleases."

(Psalm 115:3)

Devotion: C.H. Spurgeon

"Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain."

(1 Corinthians 15:58)

"We need to have a Church in which all the members do something, in which all do all they can, in which all are always doing all they can—for this is what our Lord deserves to have from a living, loving people bought with His precious blood! If He has saved me, I will serve Him forever and ever. And whatever lies in my power to do for His Glory, that shall be my delight to do, and to do at once!”

(Charles Spurgeon)~1892