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God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.

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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
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Theologian
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Sir y Fflint
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Those, and those only, can expect to be taught by God, who are ready and willing to do as they are taught... Those who go up to the house of the Lord with an expectation that He will teach them His ways, must go with a humble resolution that they will walk in His paths.
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Christ is our temple, in whom by faith all believers meet.
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The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.
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Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor.
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Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.
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Men may die like lambs and yet have their place forever with the goats.
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The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain.
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Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare.
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The anger of a meek man is like fire struck out of steel, hard to be got out, and when it is, soon gone.
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The service of sin is perfect slavery.
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The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.
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For love is of God. He is the fountain, author, parent, and commander of love it is the sum of his law and gospel.
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. . . when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can.
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Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.
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We should take heed of pride it is a sin that turned angels into devils.
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Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.
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When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn the eye of our obedience towards Him.
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Conscience is that candle of the Lord which was not quite put out.
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It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
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Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.
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