If God be our God...
Published: Mon, 12/02/19
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The inimitable Puritan writer Thomas Watson said, “If God be our God . . . He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a storm without, He will make music within. The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.”1 The Prince of Preachers agreed. In one of his matchless sermons, delivered on Sunday, August 3, 1890, Charles Spurgeon, fifty-seven, who was celebrating his fortieth year as a Christian but who was ill and would be dead within two years, told his congregation if they had inner peace they would “dread no outward disturbance, and feel no inward storm—who does not desire such a state?” His text that morning was Psalm 29:11: “The LORD blesses his people with peace.” Waxing eloquent, Spurgeon spoke of the thoughts that had come into his mind the previous evening while meditating on this text:
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