Praise God—it is almost Sunday. We get to go back to church. Here are 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 an aroma of life. It is a soul-transforming word. It assimilates the heart in-to 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). It is the chariot of salvation."Prayer works for our good. Prayer is a key that unlocks the treasury of God’s mercy. Prayer keeps the heart open to God, and shut to sin. It was Luther’s counsel to a friend, when he perceived a temptation begin to arise, to go to prayer. Prayer is the Christian’s gun, which he discharges against his ene-mies. Prayer is the sovereign medicine of the soul. Prayer sanctifies every mercy (1 Tim. 4:5). It is the dispeller of sorrow. By venting grief it eases the heart. When Hannah had prayed, 'She went away, and was no longer sad,' (1 Sam. 1:18). And if it has these rare effects, then prayer works for our good."
