Andrew Murray on the Three Stages of Abiding
What are the stages of Christian growth when you feel stuck at surface? Andrew Murray’s slow reading of the three deepening stages of abiding.
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How to Pray Effectively — Bounds on the Praying Life
How to pray effectively — E. M. Bounds on the praying life, not the praying method. Three passages slowly read, for the woman tired of techniques.
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How to Pray for Faith — Spurgeon’s Counsel for Weak Believers
How to pray for faith — Spurgeon’s counsel for the woman whose faith is the size of a mustard seed. Three passages slowly read, for the weak believer.
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What Can We Learn From Nehemiah? — Spurgeon on Building While Watching
What can we learn from Nehemiah in the Bible — Spurgeon on the wall-builder who prayed with a sword on his hip and the trowel in his hand.
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What Does Psalm 73 Mean? — Spurgeon on Asaph’s Crisis of Faith
What does Psalm 73 mean — Spurgeon on Asaph’s crisis of faith, slowly read. The Psalm that names the believer’s quiet jealousy of the wicked, walked through.
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How to Be Content in Singleness — Hannah More on the Single Life
How to be content in singleness — Hannah More’s older Christian vision of the single woman’s life as a furnished vocation, not a holding pattern.
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What Does the Bible Say About Singleness? — Augustine and de Sales
What does the Bible say about singleness? Francis de Sales answers — the devout single life as full vocation, not holding pattern. Read slowly.
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Joy vs Happiness in the Bible — The Older Christian Distinction
Joy vs happiness in the Bible — the older Christian distinction. Edwards on holy affections, slowly read, for the woman whose joy keeps thinning to a mood.
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What Does the Bible Say About Joy? — Augustine on Eternal Joy
What does the Bible say about joy? Augustine on the joy the soul was made for — three passages from Confessions, slowly read, for the woman whose joy has thinned.
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What Is the Joy of the Lord? — Spurgeon on Strength Through Joy
What is the joy of the Lord? Spurgeon on Nehemiah 8:10 — three passages slowly read, for the Christian woman who has loved the verse and not yet lived it.