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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily; and our Lord Himself has told us that “he that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.” If you do all in God’s Name, all you do will be well done, whether you eat, drink or sleep, whether you amuse yourself or turn the spit, so long as you do all wisely, you will gain greatly as in God’s Sight, doing all because He would have you do it.

St. Francis de sales, CHAPTER XXXV. We must be Faithful in Things Great and Small, Introduction to the Devout Life

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"No Little People, No Little Places" by Francis Schaffer

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I Timothy 1:5 NKJV

[5] Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,

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'but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— '

Ephesians 4:15 NKJV

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I found this discussion between Dr. Ortlund and Dr. McLaughlin very balanced. They discuss the immutability of God in the context of marriage and sexuality.

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Our prayers are precious to God because we’re precious to Him. Because He loves us with such selfless, priceless, and merciful love, He longs for us to stay close to Him in prayer.

Our Daily Bread

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Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV

[7] “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. [8] He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

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It is the Spirit alone that can mortify sin; he is promised to do it, and all other means without him are empty and vain. How shall he, then, mortify sin that has not the Spirit? A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.

John Owen

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He is bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, a garment to the naked, healing to the wounded; and whatever a soul can desire is found in Him.

John Flavel

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'My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord ; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.'

Psalms 5:3

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“To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.”

— John Henry Newman

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That wasn’t very monastic of you bro

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Lord, High and Holy, Meek and Lowly,

Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,

Where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory.

Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul, that to have nothing is to possess all, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown, that to give is to receive, that the valley is the place of vision.

Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter thy stars shine;

Let me find thy light in my darkness, thy life in my death, thy joy in my sorrow, thy grace in my sin, thy riches in my poverty, thy glory in my valley.

~ The Valley of Vision