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  A TENDER HEART, A SOFT HAND, AN IRON MEMORY
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: Consider your life as a time of reaping, where your actions and
decisions will be rewarded or punished in the end.

Topics: "Eternal Rewards", "Faithfulness in Service"
Scripture References: Matthew 10:42, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Galatians 6:9, Hebrews 6:10, Revelation 22:12

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the significance of viewing our dying day as a
time of reaping the rewards of our prayers, tears, good words, and
deeds. He assures that all our struggles and sacrifices will yield a
glorious harvest in eternity, as Christ, with His tender heart and soft
hand, remembers every sorrow and service. The sermon highlights the
certainty of divine reward, reminding believers that their efforts are
not in vain and that Christ will return to give each according to their
works.

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Look upon your dying day as your reaping day.

Now you shall reap the fruit of . . .

all the prayers that ever you have made, and

of all the tears that ever you have shed, and

of all the sighs and groans that ever you have fetched, and

of all the good words that ever you have spoken, and

of all the good works that ever you have done, and

of all the great things that ever you have suffered.

When mortality shall put on immortality, you shall

then reap a plentiful crop, a glorious crop, as the

fruit of that good seed, which for a time, has seemed

to be buried and lost.

As Christ has a tender heart and a soft hand, so He

has an iron memory. He precisely remembers . . .

all the sorrows, and

all the services, and

all the sufferings of His people,

to reward them and crown them.

"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me,

and I will give to everyone according to what he

has done." Revelation 22:12

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/a-tender-heart-a-soft-hand-an-iron-memory/
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