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What’s inside?

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God’s Word tells us plainly what He desires within a man: “You desire truth in the inward parts.” (Psalm 51:6). Puritan Thomas Watson explains this plainly to us…

Sincerity is of utmost importance to a Christian. It is the sauce which seasons piety and makes it savory. Sincerity is the jewel that God is most delighted with.

To speak plainly — all our pompous show of holiness, without this soul of sincerity to enliven it — is but ‘pious folly’. It is but going to hell in a more devout manner than others!

“My son, give Me your heart,” Proverbs 23:26. If the heart is for God, then our tears, our alms — all are for God.

A godly man does not have two hearts — a heart for God, and a heart for sin.

God loves a broken heart, not a divided heart.

(Thomas Watson, in “The Upright Man’s Character”)

Pray for the preacher

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Here is a candid plea from the esteemed John Newton — 

I trust I have a remembrance in your prayers. I need them much: my service is great. It is, indeed, no small thing to stand between God and the people, to divide the word of truth aright, to give every one portion, to withstand the counter tides of opposition and popularity, and to press those truths upon others, the power of which, I, at times, feel so little of in my own soul. A cold, corrupt heart is uncomfortable company in the pulpit. Yet, in the midst of all my fears and unworthiness, I am enabled to cleave to the promise, and to rely on the power of the great Redeemer.