Fri.-Sabbath, 11/21-23/08 Devotion

Hip, hip, hooray--it's almost Sunday! (Hey, that rhymes!) In order to help get you ready for church, here is Thomas Watson, from his book, "The Beatitudes":

"Let us carry ourselves as the children of God in magnanimity and heroicalness [as heroes]. The saints are high-born. They are of the true bloodroyal, born of God. They must do nothing sneakingly or sordidly. They must not fear the faces of men. As said that brave-spirited Nehemiah, 'Shall such a man as I flee?' (Neh. 6:11). So, should a child of God say, 'Shall I be afraid to do my duty? Shall I unworthily comply and prostitute myself to the lusts and humours of men?'? The children of the Most High should do nothing to stain or dishonour their noble birth. A king's son scorns to do anything that is below him."