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The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions
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This incredible volume is so theologically dense that it will take a lifetime of readings to fathom its depths. This is a book of prayers written by anonymous Puritans from centuries ago. But, boy, do these good folk know how to pray. The prayers are short (2 pages apiece in my edition) and one could easily read the entire book in a few days, but there is so much to ponder and meditate on that I limited myself to no more than 6 pages per reading session. This is a book that I will be coming back to time and time again to be refreshed, convicted, schooled and made joyful by these bygone words from precious saints.
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January 15, 2013
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Started Reading
January 15, 2013
– Shelved
January 18, 2013
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5.93%
""Help me to be in reality before Thee as in appearance I am before men, to be religious before I profess religion, to leave the world before I enter the church, to set my affections on things above, to shun forbidden follies and vanities, to be a dispenser as well as a partaker of grace, to be prepared to bear evil as well as to do good."
page
24
January 19, 2013
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8.15%
"May I never dally with the world and its allurements,
but walk by thy side,
listen to thy voice,
be clothed with thy graces,
and adorned with thy righteousness."
page
33
but walk by thy side,
listen to thy voice,
be clothed with thy graces,
and adorned with thy righteousness."
January 22, 2013
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12.1%
""Beyond the grave is resurrection, judgement, acquittal, dominion.
Every event and circumstance of my life will be dealt with--
the sins of my youth, my secret sins,
the sins of abusing thee,
of disobeying thy Word,
the sins of neglecting ministers' admonitions,
the sins of violating my conscience--
all will be judged;
And after judgment, peace and rest, life and service, employment and enjoyment.""
page
49
Every event and circumstance of my life will be dealt with--
the sins of my youth, my secret sins,
the sins of abusing thee,
of disobeying thy Word,
the sins of neglecting ministers' admonitions,
the sins of violating my conscience--
all will be judged;
And after judgment, peace and rest, life and service, employment and enjoyment.""
January 23, 2013
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15.31%
"Lead me to the cross and show me his wounds, the hateful nature of evil, the power of Satan; May I there see my sins as the nails that transfixed him, the cords that bound him, the thorns that tore him, the sword that pierced him. Help me to find in his death the reality and immensity of his love."
page
62
January 28, 2013
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20.0%
""I rejoice that [Christ] failed not, nor was discouraged, but accomplished the work thou gavest him to do;
and said on the cross,'It is finished.'
I exult in the thought that
thy justice is satisfied,
thy truth established,
thy law magnified,
and a foundation is laid for my hope.""
page
81
and said on the cross,'It is finished.'
I exult in the thought that
thy justice is satisfied,
thy truth established,
thy law magnified,
and a foundation is laid for my hope.""
January 29, 2013
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22.22%
""Give me the assurance that in Christ I died, in him I rose, in his life I live, in his victory I triumph, in his ascension I shall be glorified.""
page
90
January 30, 2013
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23.7%
"Almighty God,
I am loved with everlasting love,
clothed in eternal righteousness,
my peace flowing like a river,
my comforts many and large,
my joy and triumph unutterable,
my soul lively with a knowledge of salvation,
my sense of justification unclouded.
I have scarce anything to pray for."
page
96
I am loved with everlasting love,
clothed in eternal righteousness,
my peace flowing like a river,
my comforts many and large,
my joy and triumph unutterable,
my soul lively with a knowledge of salvation,
my sense of justification unclouded.
I have scarce anything to pray for."
February 1, 2013
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27.65%
"Make me to abhor that which grieves thy Holy Spirit,
To suspect consolations of a worldly nature,
to shun a careless way of life,
to reprove evil,
to instruct with meekness those who oppose me,
to be gentle and patient towards all men,
to be not only a professor bur an example of the gospel,
displaying in every relation, office, and condition its excellency, loveliness, and advantages."
page
112
To suspect consolations of a worldly nature,
to shun a careless way of life,
to reprove evil,
to instruct with meekness those who oppose me,
to be gentle and patient towards all men,
to be not only a professor bur an example of the gospel,
displaying in every relation, office, and condition its excellency, loveliness, and advantages."
February 7, 2013
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37.04%
"Give me grace to be holy, kind, gentle, pure, peaceable,
to live for thee and not for self,
to copy thy words, acts, spirit,
to be transformed into thy likeness,
to be consecrated wholly to thee,
to live entirely to thy glory."
page
150
to live for thee and not for self,
to copy thy words, acts, spirit,
to be transformed into thy likeness,
to be consecrated wholly to thee,
to live entirely to thy glory."
February 26, 2013
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70.37%
"Thou didst live to bless,
die to bless,
rise to bless,
ascend to bless,
take thy throne to bless,
and now thou dost reign to bless."
page
285
die to bless,
rise to bless,
ascend to bless,
take thy throne to bless,
and now thou dost reign to bless."
March 8, 2013
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March 8, 2013
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Finished Reading
December 6, 2023
– Shelved as:
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Thank you for the review! It's the kind of book I'm looking for!
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