DESPAIR IS SATAN’S MASTERPIECE
Job 6:1-30 I titled my sermon after a statement that the late great reformer Thomas Brooks said “Despair is Satan's masterpiece; it carries men headlong to hell as the devils did the herd of swine into the deep.” I also came across a fictitious story that Steve Lawson mentions in a commentary, which speaks about, this word despair. “One day the devil decided to have a garage sale. Taking all his finest tools of destruction: hatred, envy, jealousy, deceit, lust, lying, and pride. He priced each one according to its value and placed them on the driveway. But the most worn tool was set apart from the other instruments. A curious customer saw and picked up the worn tool, looked it over, and noted that it carried the highest price. He asked , “Why is this tool higher than the others?” The devil laughed and said , “That’s the tool called ‘discouragement.’ It is more powerful than any other tool I have. When I use this tool on a person’s heart, I can pry it open ...
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I was very blessed with his renditionn of the Lord's Prayer. Thank you for sharing it, brother.
Hope all is well with thee and thine there in Manitoba. Have to come up and preach for you sometime!
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You should check them out brother....You won't be disappointed, they are worth a listen!
Also you can come up any time and preach in our small church!!:)
Blessings brother and to Him be the glory!! SDG
Mike