The Spirituality of Andrew Fuller

I concluded my four part series on the spirituality of Andrew Fuller over at the Elephant of Kettering today, just in time for Christmas!

Getting to Know Andrew Fuller . . . and Ourselves

Fuller’s Sense of His Own Inadequacies

Fuller’s Dependence Upon the Holy Spirit and Prayer

Fuller’s Emphasis on the Beauty of Christ

So . . . Merry [...]

A Prayer By A Dying Reformer

February 17, 1546 was the last night in the life of the German Reformer Martin Luther. As he lay in great pain that night he prayed,

O my heavenly Father, one God, and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Thou God of all comfort, I thank Thee that Thou hast given for me Thy dear [...]

Preacher, Pray!

I am convicted by the following words by the Prince of Preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon:

Minister! Preach on; you shall have no success unless you pray. If you do not know how to wrestle with God on your knees, you will find it hard work to wrestle with men on your feet in the pulpit. You [...]

A Prayer for Preachers

The following prayer is taken from The Valley of Vision which is a collection of Puritan prayers. I believe this is a very important devotional book to have in your library. God has often used these God-saturated prayers of the Puritans to revive my own dead, dry heart. This prayer is called “A Minister’s Preaching” [...]

Puritan Prayer: Paradoxes

O CHANGELESS GOD,
Under the conviction of thy Spirit I learn that
the more I do, the worse I am,
the more I know, the less I know,
the more holiness I have, the more sinful I am,
the more I love, the more there is to love.
O wretched [...]

Puritan Prayer: The Mover

O SUPREME MOVING CAUSE,
May I always be subordinate to thee,be dependent upon thee,be found in the path where thou dost walk,and where thy Spirit moves,take heed of estrangement from thee,of becoming insensible to thy love.

Thou dost not move men like stones,but dost endue them with life,not to enable them to move without thee,but in submission [...]

Prayer: Personal Gratification or Kingdom Fruitfulness?

As I left the house this morning, I grabbed a CD containing the message “Ask Whatever You Wish” by John Piper. As always when listening to John Piper, my heart was challenged by his passionate preaching. In this message he was dealing with the statement by Jesus in John 15:7,

If you abide in [...]

A Preacher’s Prayer from the Puritans

The following prayer is taken from The Valley of Vision which is a collection of Puritan prayers. I believe this is a very important devotional book to have in your library. God has often used these God-saturated prayers of the Puritans to revive my own dead, dry heart. This prayer is called “A Minister’s Preaching” [...]