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HE RESTORETH MY SOUL – Psalm 23:3

What comfort a weary believer finds in this precious truth: He restoreth my soul. When a child of God is worn down by our sin, He restores our soul with His righteousness by leading us in paths of righteousness. When a child of God is worn down by the difficulty of the pilgrimage through this earth, He restores our soul by strengthening with might by his Spirit in the inner man (Eph. 3:16). When a child of God is worn down by sorrow and loneliness He restores our soul with His presence in the heart. The Lord always restores the soul of His people so, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever (Psalm 23:6).

I read the newspapers to see how God governs the world.

John Newton

I believe there are many ministers who labour often at the law, for fear that the pure liberty of the Spirit of God (which David calls a free spirit) should lead to licentiousness. But if the Spirit of love is not sufficient to constrain, the terrors of hell will not be sufficient to deter; and if the spirit of love will not produce good fruits, the pains of hell will never extort them; he that feels the most law terrors; feels also the most enmity to God.

William Huntington

And Lose His Own Soul

No man can describe the loss of the soul as he should. No man can paint this dreadful picture in true colors. You and I will never fully understand what it means to lose one’s soul until we pass through the valley of death and wake up in eternity. Then, and not until then, shall we know the value of the soul.

The value of all things will change greatly in that day. The hour is coming when money, bank notes, and bonds will be worth no more than waste paper. The day is coming when our diamonds, silver, and gold will be as dust in the streets. The day will dawn when houses and lands will be as worthless as a child's worn out toy. In that day the fame, honor, and glory of this world will be worth no more than faded flowers and withered grass.

In that day a man will be willing to trade all that he knows and can imagine for the privilege of hearing one gospel sermon, one hour of prayer, or one verse of Scripture. In that day a man will be willing to trade all the world for one grain of faith. He will curse the day he was born! Oh, in that day of God’s wrath, what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Pastor Scott Richardson

Solid peace cannot be enjoyed where there is no true grace; first grace, then peace. Peace without grace is mere stupidity.