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About Rev. Dr. David Bissett

I pastor a church in upstate NY. I'm happily married and the father of seven kids. It's fun, really! Leave me some feedback...

Pray along the way…

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes,

“Prayer should be going on throughout the day. Prayer need not of necessity be long; it can be brief, just an ejaculation [‘shout out’] at times is a true prayer. That is, surely. what the Apostle Paul means in his exhortation in 1 Thessalonians 5:17. “Pray without ceasing.” …As you are walking along a road, or while you are working in your study, you turn frequently to God in prayer.”

(from his book Preaching and Preachers, p. 170).

Live like a pilgrim…

We must beware of thinking too much about our meals, our furniture, our houses, and all those many things which concern the life of the body. We must strive to live like people whose first thoughts are about the immortal soul. We must endeavor to pass through the world like people who are not yet at home, and are not so troubled about the fare they meet with on the road and at the inn. Blessed are they who feel like pilgrims and strangers in this life, and whose best things are all to come!

~ J.C. Ryle

from his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke volume 1, (Banner of Truth).

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