All writing, as Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said, is really just thinking put to paper. So it turns out that what we’re reading, we’re thinking about; and what we’re thinking about is what most shapes who we are. We are (or are becoming) what we read.
Therefore it is most important that we read the best Christian books available. Reading shapes our thoughts and gives direction to our lives. It helps us discern the Lord's will for our lives.
I am currently reading the first volume of "The Calvinistic Methodists of Wales" by John Morgan Jones and William Morgan (trans. by John Aaron) and published by the Banner of Truth Trust. This book is a real inspiration to the Christian. It lets us see the hand of God at work in what was, humanly speaking, a hopeless situation. God worked inside the church and despite her. He took His servants and used them mightily in the furtherance of His Kingdom. Griffith Jones and Daniel Rowland, Howell Harris and Christmas Evans, were used by God to gather in His Kingdom.
If you are feeling a bit low at present, then dip into these excellent works and see your spirits soar in delight to God and delight with God.
By reading these volumes, you will become what you read.
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