OUR HOPE !!!

1 Corinthians 15:1 (NIV). 

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand....... 
Thoughts on This Verse... 
Our hope, our salvation, and our foundation for faith is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 
This Gospel is the same as that Gospel first preached by the apostles and passed on to the believers in the early church. With so many confusing and conflicting ideas present in the world, we need to go back and be reminded of our simple faith in Jesus and his death, burial and resurrection.
 We need to un-clutter our hearts from all the ideas and issues that so often divide our churches and rip apart our fellowships and hear the words of the old hymn,''Simply to Thy Cross I cling.'' Today, let's be reminded of that simple Gospel of Jesus and build our life there.

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Recognition to widows !!!

VERSE:

  Give proper recognition to those widows 

who are really in need.

   -- 1 Timothy 5:3

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THOUGHT:

Practical loving concern for those who are powerless and

forgotten is rooted in the heart of God and championed in Old

Testament Law. One of the first internal problems the early church

urgently and positively dealt with was prejudice and neglect of the

Greek speaking widows in Jerusalem. It was important to God and to

them! Paul further reminds us that we better have the same concern

for widows today! (Notice that James extends that same concern for

both widows and orphans! James 1:27)

PRAYER:

Forgive me, loving Father, for I sometimes get so lost in my own

opportunities and problems that I don't look around and check on

those in my church family who need my help much less those in need

who are not Christians. Touch me with your Spirit so that I may

better hear, see, and respond to their needs. Thank you for your

concern for all people, and please use me as one of your tools of

concern to bless those in need. In the precious name of Jesus I

pray. Amen.

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"The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out."

"The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out."

Leviticus 6:13

Keep the altar of private prayer burning. 

This is the very life of all piety. 

The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, therefore let this burn well. 

Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence, and barometer, of vital and experimental religion.

Burn here the fat of your sacrifices. Let your closet seasons be, if possible, regular, frequent, and undisturbed. 

Effectual prayer availeth much. 

Have you nothing to pray for? 

Let us suggest the Church, the ministry, your own soul, your children, your relations, your neighbours, your country, and the cause of God and truth throughout the world. 

Let us examine ourselves on this important matter. 

Do we engage with lukewarmness in private devotion?

 Is the fire of devotion burning dimly in our hearts?

 Do the chariot wheels drag heavily?

 If so, let us be alarmed at this sign of decay. 

Let us go with weeping, and ask for the Spirit of grace and of supplications.

 Let us set apart special seasons for extraordinary prayer. For if this fire should be smothered beneath the ashes of a worldly conformity, it will dim the fire on the family altar, and lessen our influence both in the Church and in the world.

The text will also apply to the altar of the heart. 

This is a golden altar indeed. 

God loves to see the hearts of his people glowing towards himself. 

Let us give to God our hearts, all blazing with love, 

and seek his grace, that the fire may never be quenched; for it will not burn if the Lord does not keep it burning. 

Many foes will attempt to extinguish it; but if the unseen hand behind the wall pour thereon the sacred oil, it will blaze higher and higher. 

Let us use texts of Scripture as fuel for our heart's fire, they are live coals; let us attend sermons, but above all, let us be much alone with Jesus.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

"If thou lift up thy tool upon it...

"If thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it."

Exodus 20:25

God's altar was to be built of unhewn stones, 

that no trace of human skill or labour might be seen upon it. 

Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and more congenial with the depraved tastes of fallen nature; instead, however, of improving the gospel carnal wisdom pollutes it, until it becomes another gospel, and not the truth of God at all. 

All alterations and amendments of the Lord's own Word are defilements and pollutions. 

The proud heart of man is very anxious to have a hand in the justification of the soul before God; preparations for Christ are dreamed of, humblings and repentings are trusted in, good works are cried up, natural ability is much vaunted, and by all means the attempt is made to lift up human tools upon the divine altar. It were well if sinners would remember that so far from perfecting the Saviour's work, their carnal confidences only pollute and dishonour it. 

The Lord alone must be exalted in the work of atonement, and not a single mark of man's chisel or hammer will be endured. There is an inherent blasphemy in seeking to add to what Christ Jesus in His dying moments declared to be finished, or to improve that in which the Lord Jehovah finds perfect satisfaction. Trembling sinner, away with thy tools, and fall upon thy knees in humble supplication; and accept the Lord Jesus to be the altar of thine atonement, and rest in him alone.

Many professors may take warning from this morning's text as to the doctrines which they believe. 

There is among Christians far too much inclination to square and reconcile the truths of revelation; this is a form of irreverence and unbelief, let us strive against it, and receive truth as we find it; rejoicing that the doctrines of the Word are unhewn stones, and so are all the more fit to build an altar for the Lord.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

IN HIS PRESENCE !!!

Matthew 7:7 (NIV). 

''Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.''...... 

Thoughts on This Verse... 

God wants us to seek his blessings. 

This is not because he wants to manipulate our lives, but because he longs to bless us and have us know the gifts in our lives come from him.

 So let's seek his presence, his grace, and his blessing.

I'M NOT ALONE !!!

Psalm 148:13

King James Version (KJV)

 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

"God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry?"

"God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry?"

Jonah 4:9

Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, 

but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this enquiry, 

"Doest thou well to be angry?" 

It may be that we can answer, "YES." 

Very frequently anger is the madman's firebrand, but sometimes it is Elijah's fire from heaven. 

We do well when we are angry with sin, 

because of the wrong which it commits against our good and gracious God; or with ourselves because we remain so foolish after so much divine instruction; or with others when the sole cause of anger is the evil which they do. He who is not angry at transgression becomes a partaker in it. Sin is a loathsome and hateful thing, and no renewed heart can patiently endure it. 

God himself is angry with the wicked every day, 

and it is written in His Word, 

"Ye that love the Lord, hate evil." 

Far more frequently it is to be feared that our anger is not commendable or even justifiable, and then we must answer, "NO." 

Why should we be fretful with children, passionate with servants, and wrathful with companions? 

Is such anger honourable to our Christian profession, or glorifying to God? Is it not the old evil heart seeking to gain dominion, and should we not resist it with all the might of our newborn nature? Many professors give way to temper as though it were useless to attempt resistance; but let the believer remember that he must be a conqueror in every point, or else he cannot be crowned. 

If we cannot control our tempers, what has grace done for us? Some one told Mr. Jay that grace was often grafted on a crab-stump. "Yes," said he, 

"but the fruit will not be crabs." 

We must not make natural infirmity an excuse for sin, but we must fly to the cross and pray the Lord to crucify our tempers, and renew us in gentleness and meekness after His own image.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

Jesus. Yeshua.

Matthew 1:21 (NIV). 

''She [Mary] will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.''...... 

Thoughts on This Verse... 

Jesus. Yeshua. Joshua of the spiritual world. 

Mary's boy, God's Son, comes to help us tear down the strongholds Satan has built in our lives. 

He comes to bring peace to our troubled spirits and joy to our nights of despair. 

He comes to not only minister to us and bless us; he comes to do what no one else could do: he comes to deliver us from our sins, those spiritual blemishes, rebellions, mistakes, and transgressions. 

Praise God!

 A deliverer who actually conquered what we could not to make us what we could not otherwise be -- pure, perfect, and holy children of God, like him 

(cf. Col. 1:21-23).

"Sanctified by God the Father."

"Sanctified by God the Father."

Jude 1

"Sanctified in Christ Jesus."

1 Corinthians 1:2

"Through sanctification of the Spirit."

1 Peter 1:2

Mark the union of the Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. 

How unwisely do those believers talk who make preferences in the Persons of the Trinity; who think of Jesus as if he were the embodiment of everything lovely and gracious, while the Father they regard as severely just, but destitute of kindness. 

Equally wrong are those who magnify the decree of the Father, and the atonement of the Son, so as to depreciate the work of the Spirit. In deeds of grace none of the Persons of the Trinity act apart from the rest. They are as united in their deeds as in their essence. 

In their love towards the chosen they are one, and in the actions which flow from that great central source they are still undivided. Specially notice this in the matter of sanctification. While we may without mistake speak of sanctification as the work of the Spirit, yet we must take heed that we do not view it as if the Father and the Son had no part therein. 

It is correct to speak of sanctification as the work of the Father, of the Son, and of the Spirit. Still doth Jehovah say, "Let us make man in our own image after our likeness," and thus we are "his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." 

See the value which God sets upon real holiness, since the Three Persons in the Trinity are represented as co-working to produce a Church without "spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing." And you, believer, as the follower of Christ, must also set a high value on holiness--upon purity of life and godliness of conversation. 

Value the blood of Christ as the foundation of your hope, but never speak disparagingly of the work of the Spirit which is your meetness for the inheritance of the saints in light. 

This day let us so live as to manifest the work of the Triune God in us.

GOD FATHER, JESUS, HOLY SPIRIT
3 IN ONE 

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

GOD SPIRIT !!!

2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV). 

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline....... 

Thoughts on This Verse... 

When we became Christians,

 Jesus gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; Titus 3:3-7). 

The Spirit lives in us, making our bodies a Temple 

(1 Cor. 6:19-20) 

and blessing us in many ways 

(Romans 8). 

We can be courageous people even in the face of attack, criticism, and ridicule because of the 

Spirit's presence. 

The fruit that the Spirit produces

 (Gal. 5:22-23) 

and the love that the Spirit pours into our heart (Rom. 5:5) 

do not make us weak. 

Instead,   the Spirit's presence is a powerful force to help us overcome sin 

(Rom. 8:13) 

and live self-disciplined lives.

INTRODUCTION TO A PRAYER " FOUNTAIN OF LIFE"

Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says— the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:

Isaiah 43:15
I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.”

"After that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."

"After that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."

1 Peter 5:10

You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: glorious are its colours, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but, alas, it passes away, and lo, it is not. The fair colours give way to the fleecy clouds, and the sky is no longer brilliant with the tints of heaven. 

It is not established. How can it be? A glorious show made up of transitory sun-beams and passing rain-drops, how can it abide? The graces of the Christian character must not resemble the rainbow in its transitory beauty, but, on the contrary, must be stablished, settled, abiding.

 Seek, O believer, that every good thing you have may be an abiding thing. May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock! May your faith be no "baseless fabric of a vision," but may it be builded of material able to endure that awful fire which shall consume the wood, hay, and stubble of the hypocrite. 

May you be rooted and grounded in love. 

May your convictions be deep, your love real, your desires earnest. May your whole life be so settled and established, that all the blasts of hell, and all the storms of earth shall never be able to remove you. But notice how this blessing of being "stablished in the faith" is gained. 

The apostle's words point us to suffering as the means employed--"After that ye have suffered awhile." It is of no use to hope that we shall be well rooted if no rough winds pass over us. Those old gnarlings on the root of the oak tree, and those strange twistings of the branches, all tell of the many storms that have swept over it, and they are also indicators of the depth into which the roots have forced their way. 

So the Christian is made strong, and firmly rooted by all the trials and storms of life. 

Shrink not then from the tempestuous winds of trial, but take comfort, believing that by their rough discipline God is fulfilling this benediction to you.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

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MAY THE PEACE OF GOD SUSTAIN YOU WHILE YOU ARE GOING THROUGH 

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"Fellow citizens with the saints."

"Fellow citizens with the saints."

Ephesians 2:19

What is meant by our being citizens in heaven? 

It means that we are under heaven's government. 

Christ the king of heaven reigns in our hearts; 

our daily prayer is, 

"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." 

The proclamations issued from the throne of glory are freely received by us: the decrees of the Great King we cheerfully obey. 

Then as citizens of the New Jerusalem, we share heaven's honours. The glory which belongs to beatified saints belongs to us, for we are already sons of God, already princes of the blood imperial; already we wear the spotless robe of Jesus' righteousness; already we have angels for our servitors, saints for our companions, Christ for our Brother, God for our Father, and a crown of immortality for our reward. 

We share the honours of citizenship, for we have come to the general assembly and Church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven. As citizens, we have common rights to all the property of heaven. Ours are its gates of pearl and walls of chrysolite; ours the azure light of the city that needs no candle nor light of the sun; ours the river of the water of life, and the twelve manner of fruits which grow on the trees planted on the banks thereof; there is nought in heaven that belongeth not to us. "Things present, or things to come," all are ours. Also as citizens of heaven we enjoy its delights. 

Do they there rejoice over sinners that repent--prodigals that have returned? So do we. Do they chant the glories of triumphant grace? We do the same. Do they cast their crowns at Jesus' feet? Such honours as we have we cast there too. Are they charmed with his smile? It is not less sweet to us who dwell below. 

Do they look forward, waiting for his second advent? 

 We also look and long for his appearing. If, then, we are thus citizens of heaven, let our walk and actions be consistent with our high dignity.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

Creation of the world GENESIS Chapter 1

OVER THE RAINBOW !!!

PRAYING THAT THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY 

REVEAL ALL OF HIS GLORY TO YOU!!!

The Lord's Prayer !!!

All Glory to our King Jesus !!!

"Forget not all His benefits."

"Forget not all His benefits."

Psalm 103:2

It is a delightful and profitable occupation 

to mark the hand of God in the lives of ancient saints, and to observe his goodness in delivering them, his mercy in pardoning them, and his faithfulness in keeping his covenant with them. 

But would it not be even more interesting and profitable for us to remark the hand of God in our own lives? 

Ought we not to look upon our own history as being at least as full of God, as full of his goodness and of his truth, as much a proof of his faithfulness and veracity, as the lives of any of the saints who have gone before? 

We do our Lord an injustice when we suppose that he wrought all his mighty acts, and showed himself strong for those in the early time, but doth not perform wonders or lay bare his arm for the saints who are now upon the earth. 

Let us review our own lives. 

Surely in these we may discover some happy incidents, refreshing to ourselves and glorifying to our God. 

Have you had no deliverances? 

Have you passed through no rivers, supported by the divine presence? 

Have you walked through no fires unharmed? 

Have you had no manifestations? 

Have you had no choice favours? 

The God who gave Solomon the desire of his heart, hath he never listened to you and answered your requests? 

That God of lavish bounty of whom David sang, 

"Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things," 

hath he never satiated you with fatness? 

Have you never been made to lie down in green pastures? 

Have you never been led by the still waters? 

Surely the goodness of God has been the same to us as to the saints of old. 

Let us, then, weave his mercies into a song. 

Let us take the pure gold of thankfulness, and the jewels of praise and make them into another crown for the head of Jesus. 

Let our souls give forth music as sweet and as exhilarating as came from David's harp, while we praise the Lord whose mercy endureth forever.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

"Tell me I pray thee wherein thy great strength lieth."

"Tell me I pray thee wherein thy great strength lieth."

Judges 16:6

Where lies the secret strength of faith? 

It lies in the food it feeds on; 

for faith studies what the promise 

is--an emanation of divine grace, an overflowing of the great heart of God; 

and faith says, "My God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore it is quite certain his Word will be fulfilled." 

Then faith thinketh, 

"Who gave this promise?"

 It considereth not so much its greatness, as, "Who is the author of it?" 

She remembers that it is God who cannot lie--God omnipotent, God immutable; and therefore concludeth that the promise must be fulfilled; and forward she advances in this firm conviction. 

She remembereth,why the promise was given,--namely, for God's glory, and she feels perfectly sure that God's glory is safe, that he will never stain his own escutcheon, nor mar the lustre of his own crown; and therefore the promise must and will stand. 

Then faith also considereth the amazing work of Christ as being a clear proof of the Father's intention to fulfil his word. 

"He that spared not his own Son, but freely delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" Moreover faith looks back upon the past, for her battles have strengthened her, and her victories have given her courage. 

She remembers that God never has failed her; nay, that he never did once fail any of his children. She recollecteth times of great peril, when deliverance came; hours of awful need, when as her day her strength was found, and she cries, 

"No, I never will be led to think that he can change and leave his servant now. 

Hitherto the Lord hath helped me, and he will help me still." Thus faith views each promise in its connection with the promise-giver, and, because she does so, can with assurance say, 

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life!"

goodness and mercy

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

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