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18 FEBRUARY Arts and crafts ‘Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.’ Genesis 3:1SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Corinthians 10:1–13 The design of Satan was doubtless to dishonour and affront God and to destroy man, whose happiness he envied. But see how he was takenContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

17 FEBRUARY Beware your adversary ‘Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.’ Genesis 3:1SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: James 4:1–10 To the Word of God we are indebted for the knowledge we have of the first state of things. We have here the mournful account concerningContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

16 FEBRUARY (PREACHED 13 FEBRUARY 1774) Hope in him ‘The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.’ Lamentations 3:24SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 130:1–8 Consider to whom he is a portion. Those who have the Lord for their portion are:(i) humble. They have abasing thoughts of themselves, admiring thoughts ofContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

15 FEBRUARY (PREACHED 13 FEBRUARY 1774) What a portion! ‘The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.’ Lamentations 3:24SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Lamentations 3:19–24 What a portion! The word implies two things:(i) excellence. None account anything a portion but what is (in their esteem at least) valuable.(ii) propriety. However excellentContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

14 FEBRUARY (PREACHED 13 FEBRUARY 1774) It’s all of grace ‘The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.’ Lamentations 3:24SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 119:57–72 Happy indeed are the people who have the Lord for their God. Let us consider how the Lord becomes a portion. If the holy angelsContinue reading “365 days with Newton”