Valley Gems

Tweet sized gems from the Puritan devotional 'The Valley of Vision.'
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Taking a break from posting the gems until early August. Amazon & Amazon UK both sell the book. Well worth having your own copy.

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Thou are my all, thou dost overrule all, and delight in me – Valley of Vision

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Lord, I depend wholly upon thee, wean me from all other dependencies – Valley of Vision

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Help me to abhor myself in comparison of thee, And keep me in a faith that works by love, and serves by grace. – VoV

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Lord, it is the special evil of sin that every breach of thy law arises from preferring things before thee. - VoV

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Lord, it is the special evil of sin that every breach of thy law arises from despising thee and thy glory, - VoV

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Lord, it is the special evil of sin that every breach of thy law arises from contempt of thy Person, - VoV

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Lord, it is the special evil of sin that every breach of thy law arises from contempt of thy Person, - VoV

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But it is my sin that I place myself above thee. – Valley of Vision

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It is my duty to set thee above all others in mind and eye; - Valley of Vision

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Help me to see that faith sees and knows to be in thee, abundantly, with omnipotent effect, in the revelation of thy will. - VoV

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as in thy commands and promises, immediately, in all the hidden power – VoV - 2/2

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Help me to see Father, Son, Holy Spirit, as God efficient, mediately, - VoV 1/2

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Help me to see that faith centres in thee as God all-sufficient, - Valley of Vision

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Help me to see that thou dost act upon the soul when thus elevated and lifted out of itself, – VoV

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Help me to see that faith brings a man nearer to thee, raising him above mere man, – Valley of Vision

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Forgive me for serving thee in sinful ways by having another foundation to stand upon beside thee; for thus I make flesh my arm. – VoV

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Forgive me for serving thee in sinful ways — by a faith that rests upon my hold on Christ, not on him alone, - VoV

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Forgive me for serving thee in sinful ways — by accepting the applause of others, & trusting in assumed grace and spiritual affection - VoV

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Forgive me for serving thee in sinful ways — by glorying in my own strength, by forcing myself to minister through necessity, - VoV