Thank God—we get to go back to church very soon! In order to help prepare us to worship God in church on Sunday—here are some good words from Thomas Watson's book, "All Things for Good.” . . .
"Spiritual mercies work for our good. The Word preached works for our good. It is a savor of life; it is a soul-transforming Word; it assimilates our hearts into Christ’s likeness; it produces assurance. 'Our gospel came to you not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance,' (1 Thess. 1:5). The preached Word is the chariot of salvation."Prayer works for our good. Prayer is the evidence of our affection; it encour-ages holy desires and fervor of soul. . . . Prayer keeps the heart open to God, and shut to sin. . . . It was Luther’s counsel to a friend, when the friend felt a temptation arising in the heart, to go to prayer. Prayer is the Christian’s gun, which he discharges against his enemies. Prayer is the sovereign medicine of the soul. Prayer sanctifies every mercy (1 Tim. 4:5). It is the dispeller of sor-row: by venting the grief it eases the heart. When Hannah had prayed, 'She went away, and was no more sad,' (I Sam. 1:18). And if prayer has these rare effects, then it works for good."
