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The Bible is a letter God has sent to us prayer is a letter we send to him.

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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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No creature hath the like resemblance to the divine nature, as light hath. He doth not only dwell in light, but he is light. Light is a pure, bright, clear, spiritual, unmixed substance. God is infinitely so.
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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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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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If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.
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Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.
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Those that forget to attend God with their praises may perhaps be compelled to attend him with their prayers.
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Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare.
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There is a burden of care in getting riches fear in keeping them temptation in using them guilt in abusing them sorrow in losing them and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.
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Those who will not deliver themselves into the hand of God's mercy cannot be delivered out of the hand of His justice.
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ThanksGiving is good but ThanksLiving is better.
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The better day, the worse deed.
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What God requires of us he himself works in us, or it is not done. He that commands faith, holiness, and love, creates them by the power of his grace going along with his word, that he may have all the praise.
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Days of trouble must be days of prayer.
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Christ is our temple, in whom by faith all believers meet.
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