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Daily Prayer Thursday
Thursday - Give thanks to God that we are part of a global church made up of true Christians across the world. - Give thanks to God for the freedoms we have to share the Gospel in England and pray that it may continue. - Pray for missionaries across the world who are seeking to preach the Gospel and establish a faithful church. - Pray for those in persecuted countries who have to meet in secret. Even those who are now in prison for their faith. Give thanks to God that we are part of a global church made up of true Christians across the world. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - False prophets reproved, and their daubing with untempered morter; the prophetesses also reproved with their impostures under the title of pillows and kerchiefs. Ezekiel 13 52) Preface - David reproving the spiteful malice of Doeg, prophesieth his destruction. The righteous shall rejoice at it. David in confidence of God's mercy giveth him thanks. 53) Preface - David describeth the general corruption of mankind. He wisheth to see the salvation of God. 54) Preface - David complaining of the Ziphims prayeth for salvation: in confidence of God's help he promiseth sacrifice and praise. Psalm 52-54 Daily Light - Morning He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. Thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich... As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. - I am the LORD thy God...open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. - I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. Lu. 1.53; Rev. 3.17-18,19 Mt. 5.6; Isa. 41.17; Ps. 81.10 Isa. 55.2; Jn. 6.35 Daily Light - Evening My feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift yoiu as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy fath fail not. A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again. - Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. - He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. - Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Ps. 73.2; Ps. 94.18 Lu. 22.31-32 Pro. 24.16; Ps. 37.24 Mi. 7.8; Job 5.19 1 Jn. 2.1; He. 7.25 A Puritan's Catechism Q 38 - What shall be done to the wicked at their death? A - The souls of the wicked shall at their death be cast into the torments of hell, and their bodies lie in their graves till the resurrection and the judgment of the great day. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Repentance Unto Life and Salvation Chapter 15 PARAGRAPH 1 Such of the elect that are converted at riper years, having sometime lived in the state of nature, and therein served divers pleasures, God in their effectual calling gives them repentance to life. (1) 1 Titus 3:2–5 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Moses and Hobab And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Numbers 10 v 29 So it was with Moses. Hobab had been his friend for forty years, in the land of Midian, where Moses married his sister, and lived in his father Raguel's house. In that time, I doubt not, Moses had told him much of Israel's God, and Israel's coming glory. Many a time, while they fed their flocks in this very wilderness, Moses had reasoned with him of righteousness, temperance and judgement to come, till Hobab trembled. Still it would seem Hobab was not quite convinced. He dubted, he lingered. He had been awed by the terrors of Sinai, but not won by the love of Calvary. He did not know whether to go or stay. But the hour of decision came. He must decide now. Now was the heart of Moses stirred in him: 'Come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.' So it was with Paul, when he himself had tasted the joy and peace of believing; then says he: 'My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.' So it was with Andrew: 'Andrew first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Christ.' So it was with the poor maniac whom Jesus healed: 'Go home, tell thy friends how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he hath had compassion on thee.' So it was with the poor slave in Antigua, who used to pray that there might be a full heaven and an empty hell. Question: Is it so with you? have you asked your friends to come with you? Have you a father whom you love? A mother that carried you at her breast? Have you a brother or sister? Are they lingering like Hobab? Oh! Will you not put in a word for Christ, and say: 'Come thou with us, and we will do thee good'? Have you a friend whom you love much, who knows nothing of Christ and of God, who is willing to die in the wilderness? Oh! will you not win him to go with you to Israel's God and Israel's glory?
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Daily Prayer Wednesday
Wednesday - Give thanks to God for the Bible, its inspiration and preservation for us to read it today. (2 Timothy 3.16, Proverbs 30.5.) - Give thanks to God that we have easy access to Scripture in English, in our mother tongue. Pray for those without access to the Bible because it is forbidden or not available. - Pray the Lord would bless us as we study the Bible through the ministry this coming year. That as we work through a book of the Bible, that the Lord would continue to help us to grasp God's truth. - Pray for the lunchtime outreach service and those who attend; pray that more from the offices nearby and Christians who commute are able to join us. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - Under the type of Ezekiel's removing of his household stuff is shewed the captivity of Zedekiah and his people. Under another type of his eating and drinking with trembling and anxiety is signified the consternation of the people and desolation of the land. The prophet reproveth the presumptuous proverb of the Jews: he repeateth the reproof. Ezekiel 12 Preface - David prayeth for remission of his sins, whereof he maketh a deep confession: he prayeth God to sanctify him. God delighteth not in sacrifice, but in contrition of heart: David prayeth for the welfare of the church. Psalm 51 Daily Light - Morning He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. Thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich... As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. - I am the LORD thy God...open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. - I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. Lu. 1.53; Rev. 3.17-18,19 Mt. 5.6; Isa. 41.17; Ps. 81.10 Isa. 55.2; Jn. 6.35 Daily Light - Evening My feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift yoiu as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy fath fail not. A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again. - Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. - He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. - Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Ps. 73.2; Ps. 94.18 Lu. 22.31-32 Pro. 24.16; Ps. 37.24 Mi. 7.8; Job 5.19 1 Jn. 2.1; He. 7.25 A Puritan's Catechism Q 37 - What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection? A - At the resurrection, believers, being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed both in soul and body in the full enjoying of God to all eternity. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Saving Faith Chapter 14 PARAGRAPH 3 This faith, although it be in different stages, and may be weak or strong, (11) yet it is in the least degree of it different in the kind or nature of it, as is all other saving grace, from the faith and common grace of temporary believers; (12) and therefore, though it may be many times assailed and weakened, yet it gets the victory, (13) growing up in many to the attainment of a full assurance through Christ, (14) who is both the author and finisher of our faith. (15) 11 Heb. 5:13–14; Matt. 6:30; Rom. 4:19–20 12 2 Pet. 1:1 13 Eph. 6:16; 1 John 5:4–5 14 Heb. 6:11–12; Col. 2:2 15 Heb. 12:2 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings A Gospel of holiness For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 2 Corinthians 5 v 14 The life of holiness is not what the world falsely represents it - a life of preciseness and painfulness, in which a man crosses every affection of his nature. There is no such thing as self-denial, in the popish sense of that word, in the religion of the Bible. The system of restrictions and self-crossings is the very system which Satan hath set up as a counterfeit of God's way of sanctifying. It is thus that Satan frightens away thousands from gospel peace and gospel holiness; as if to be a sanctified man were to be a man who crossed every desire of his being, who did everything that was disagreeable and uncomfortable to him. My friends, our text distinctly shows you that it is not so. We are constrained to holiness by the love of Christ. The love of Him who loved us, is the only cord by which we are bound to the service of God. The scourge of our affection is the only scourge that drives us to duty. Sweet bands, and gentle scourges! Who would not be under their power? Daily Prayer Tuesday
Tuesday - Give thanks to God for those who have recently recovered from sickness. - Pray for those who are sick or receiving treatment in our congregation. - Pray that we each would walk close to God, putting off sins that easily beset us and that we would daily give thanks for our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (1. John 1.3; Hebrews 12.1; 1 Thes 5.16.) Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - The vision of the coals of fire, which are ordered to be taken from between the cherubims, and scattered over the city. The vision of the cherubims and the glory of God removing from the temple. Ezekiel 11 Preface - Ezekiel is shewed the presumption of the princes of Judah: he declareth their sin, and the manner of their punishment. He is terrified at the sudden death of Pelatiah. God sheweth him his purpose of restoring the captives with favour, and of punishing the idolaters. The glory of God leaveth the city. Ezekiel carried back by the spirit prophesieth to them of the captivity. Psalm 50 Daily Light - Morning Thou art weighted in the balances, and art found wanting. The LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighted. - That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. - The LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on th eoutward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. - Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasing. What is a man profited, if he shall gain the shole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? - What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts. - Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing. Dan. 5.27; 1 Sa. 2.3; Lu. 16.15; 1 Sa. 16.7; Ga. 6.7-8 Mt. 16.26; Phil. 3.7 Ps. 51.6; Ps. 17.3 Daily Light - Evening Christ the firstfruits. Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. - If the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. - Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. - If we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. - The Lord Jesus Christ....shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. The firstborn from the dead. - If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. I am the resurrection, and th elife: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. 1 Co. 15.23; Jn. 12.24; Ro. 11.16; 1 Co. 15.20; Ro. 6.5; Phil. 3.20,21 Col. 1.18; Ro. 8.11 Jn. 11.25 A Puritan's Catechism Q 36 - What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death? A - The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united in Christ, do rest in their graves, till the resurrection. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Saving Faith Chapter 14 PARAGRAPH 2 By this faith a Christian believes to be true whatsoever is revealed in the Word for the authority of God himself, (4) and also apprehends an excellency therein above all other writings and all things in the world, (5) as it bears forth the glory of God in his attributes, the excellency of Christ in his nature and offices, and the power and fullness of the Holy Spirit in his workings and operations: and so is enabled to cast his soul upon the truth consequently believed; (6) and also acts differently upon that which each particular passage thereof contains; yielding obedience to the commands, (7) trembling at the threatenings, (8) and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come; (9) but the principle acts of saving faith have immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, and resting upon him alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace. (10) 4 Acts 24:14 5 Ps. 19:7-10, 69:72 6 2 Tim. 1:12 7 John 15:14 8 Isa. 116:2 9 Heb. 11:13 10 John 1:12; Acts 16:31; Gal. 2:20; Acts 15:11 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Our truest joy And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ephesians 4 v 24 It is the chief glory and joy of a soul to be like God. You remember this was the glory of that condition in which Adam was created. 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.' His understanding was without a cloud. He saw, in some measure, as God seeth; his will flowed in the same channel with God's will; his affections fastened on the same objects which God also loved. When man fell, we lost all this, and became children of the devil, and not children of God. But when a lost soul is brought to Christ, and receives the Holy Ghost, he puts off the old man, and puts on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. It is our true joy in this world to be like God. Too many rest in the joy of being forgiven, but out truest joy is to be like Him. Oh, rest not, beloved, till you are renewed after His image, till you partake of the divine nature. Long for the day when Christ shall appear, and we shall be fully like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Daily Prayer Monday
Monday - Give thanks to God for salvation and the redemption that is found alone in Jesus Christ. - Give thanks to God for granting us particular skills and abilities that we might fulfil our vocations (jobs, studies, family responsibilities, and time we spend alone). Ecclesiastes 9.10, Ephesians 6.6) - Pray for the Lord's blessing on the working week for us and all in the congregation. - Pray the Lord would grant us grace to be good ambassadors for Christ (2 Corinthians 5.20) Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - The vision of the coals of fire, which are ordered to be taken from between the cherubims, and scattered over the city. The vision of the cherubims and the glory of God removing from the temple. Ezekiel 10 Preface - The Psalmist calleth upon all the earth to join him in his meditations: he sheweth the vanity of trusting in worldly wealth. Psalm 49 Daily Light - Morning Rejoicing in hope. The hope which is laid up for you in heaven. - If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. - We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. - Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. - No man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. - The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. - Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. - By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Ro. 12.12; Col. 1.5; 1 Co. 15.19; Ac. 14.22; Lu. 14.27; 1 Th. 3.3 Phil. 4.4; Ro. 15.13; 1 Pe. 1.3; 1 Pe. 1.8; Ro. 5.2 Daily Light - Evening I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me. I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil. - My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. How precious...are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. - LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. - Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward. Not many mighty, not many noble, are called. - Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom? - Having nothing, and yet possessing all things. - The unsearchable riches of Christ. Ps. 40.17; Jer. 29.11; Isa. 55.8-9 Ps. 139.17-18; Ps. 92.5; Ps. 40.5 1 Co. 1.26; Jas. 2.5; 2 Co. 6.10; Eph. 3.8 A Puritan's Catechism Q 35 - What are the benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification? A - The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification are assurance of God's love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Saving Faith Chapter 14 PARAGRAPH 1 The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, (1) and is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the Word; (2) by which also, and by the administration of baptism and the Lord's supper, prayer, and other means appointed of God, it is increased and strengthened. (3) 1 2 Cor. 4:13; Eph. 2:8 2 Rom. 10:14,17 3 Luke 17:5; 1 Pet. 2:2; Acts 20:32 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Enough in Christ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 2 v 1 There is enough in Christ to supply the needs of all His people. An old minister says, A child can carry little water from the sea in its two hands, and so it is little we get out of Christ. There are unsearchable riches in Him. Be strong in the grace that is in Him. Live out of yourself, and live upon Him; go and tell Him, that, since He requires all this of thee, He must give thee grace according to your need. My God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. He hath shown you one that is good, even the fair Immanuel: now lean upon Him; get life from Him that shall never die; get living water from Him that shall never dry up. Let His hand hold you up amid the billows of this tempestuous sea. Let His shoulder carry you over the thorns of this wilderness. Look as much to Him for sanctification as for justification. So will your walk be close with God, Calm and serene your frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads you to the Lamb. Daily Prayer Sunday
Sunday - Give thanks to God for His character, perfect, unchangeable, the same yesterday today and forever. - Give thanks to God that we can meet in the church and have fellowship with one another. - Pray the Lord would grant the preaching of his word power and clarity, and there are ready ears to hear and believe ti. (2 Thes. 3.1.). - Pray we would receive faithful ministry and spiritual food from God's Word (1 Pet. 2.2.) Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - The prophet in the vision seeth a mark set upon some, and the destruction of all the rest. God rejecteth his intercession. Ezekiel 9 Preface - The ornaments and privileges of the church. Psalm 48 Daily Light - Morning Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! - Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. - I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land....hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live. I will lift up my hands in thy name. - Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do. Lam. 3.41; Ps. 113.5-6; Ps. 25.1; Ps. 143.6-8 Ps. 63.3-4; Ps. 86.4-5 Jn. 14.13 Daily Light - Evening Watchman, what of the night? It is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors... Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Isa. 21.11; Ro. 13.11-12 Mt. 24.32-33,35 Ps. 130.5-6 Rev. 22.20 Mt. 25.13 A Puritan's Catechism Q 34 - What is sanctification? A - Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Sanctification Chapter 13 PARAGRAPH 3 In which war, although the remaining corruption for a time may much prevail, (10) yet, through the continual supply of strength from the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, the regenerate part does overcome; (11) and so the saints grow in grace, perfecting holiness in the fear of God, pressing after an heavenly life, in evangelical obedience to all the commands which Christ as Head and King, in his Word has prescribed to them. (12) 10 Rom. 7:23 11 Rom. 6:14 12 Eph. 4:15–16; 2 Cor. 3:18, 7:1 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Peace perfect peace And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5 v 23 God is to you the 'very God of peace'. Once He was to you the God of vengeance, but now he is the very God of peace. You can look back on a time when you lived under the wrath of the great God that made you. God was angry with you every day. You were altogether born in sin. Your heart was altogether depraved. you heaped up wrath against the day of wrath. Oh, do you not wonder that you are not in hell! But you have fled to the bleeding Lamb, guilty and perishing. You have taken shelter in His wounds. You have this day openly accepted Him. Oh, if this be true, then God is the very God of peace to you. If I could this day go up into heaven, and open the books, and look into the records of the world, I would find your sins all blotted out, as a thick cloud; I would look up in the face of God and see Him smiling over you, saying, Thy sins and thine iniquities will I remember no more. Dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, rejoice evermore, for the God of vengeance is to you the very God of peace. Daily Prayer Saturday
Saturday - Give thanks to God that we have good news of salvation to tell, that the repentant sinner might have everlasting life through Jesus Christ. (John 3.16.) - Pray the Lord would bless the Gospel outreach by the church in Westminster. Both on Saturday mornings, through church services, via BSL, and through online enquiries. - Pray the Lord would work in the contacts we have made both on Saturday mornings and at services; through personal conversations and online contracts. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - Ezekiel is brought in a vision of God to Jerusalem, and shewed the image of jealousy set up in the temple, the worship of the ancients in their chambers of imagery, the mourners for Tammuz, and the worshippers of the sun. God's wrath for their idolatry. Ezekiel 8 Psalm 46) Preface - The confidence of the church in God's protection. An exhortation to contemplate the works of his providence. Psalm 47) Preface - The nations are exhorted to cheerfully entertain the kingdom of Christ. Psalm 46-47 Daily Light - Morning As the body is one, and hath many members... so also is Christ. He is the head of the body, the church. - The head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. - We are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. A body hast thou prepared me. - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. Thine they were, and thou gavest them me. - He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world. - Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. That we...may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth...maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. 1 Co. 12.12; Col. 1.18 Eph. 1.22-23; Eph. 5.30 He. 10.5; Ps. 139.16 Jn. 17.6; Eph. 1.4; Ro. 8.29 Eph. 4.14,15,16 Daily Light - Evening The fountain of living waters. How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life. Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty. - Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up int oeverlasting life. - This spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. - The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Jer. 2.13; Ps. 36.7-9 Isa. 65.13; Jn. 4.14; Jn. 7.39 Isa. 55.1; Rev. 22.17 A Puritan's Catechism Q 33 - What is adoption? A - Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Sanctification Chapter 13 PARAGRAPH 2 This sanctification is throughout the whole man, (7) yet imperfect in this life; there abides still some remnants of corruption in every part, (8) wherefrom arises a continual and irreconcilable war; the flesh lusting against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. (9) 7 1 Thess. 5:23 8 Rom. 7:18,23 9 Gal. 5:17; 1 Pet. 2:11 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. John 10 v 9 If Jesus has saved you He will feed you. he will feed your body. 'I have been young, and now am old, yet never saw I the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.' The birds without barn or storehouse are fed, From them let us learn to trust for our bread; His saints what is fitting shall ne'er be denied; So long as 'tis write - the Lord will provide. He will feed your soul. He that feeds the little flower in the cleft of the craggy precipice, where no hand of man can reach it, will feed your soul with silent drops of heavenly dew. Daily Prayer Friday
Friday - Give thanks to God for many good things we enjoy and daily blessings. - Pray the Lord would supply the needs of those in the congregation at Westminster and guide us as we help those destitute and suffering (Numbers 6.24-26.). - Pray for the ministry among the children in the Sunday School and Friday Bible Club and that they would know Christ from a young age. A rich blessing in this troubled world. - Pray for the evangelistic work, that people would know the greatest blessing of all: salvation by the grace of God through Christ. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - The final desolation of Israel. The mournful repentance of them that escape. The enemies are permitted to defile the sanctuary because of the abominations practised in it. Under the type of a chain is shewed the miserable captivity of all orders of men. Ezekiel 7 Preface - The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom. The duty of the church, and the benefits thereof. Psalm 45 Daily Light - Morning Sit still, my daughter. Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted. - Be still, and know that I am God. - Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? - The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. Mary...sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. - Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. - In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. - Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. His heart is established. He that believeth shall not make haste. Ru. 3.18; Isa. 7.4; Ps. 46.10; Jn. 11.40; Isa. 2.17 Lu. 10.39; Lu. 10.42; Isa. 30.15; Ps. 4.4 Ps. 37.7 Ps. 112.7-8 Isa. 28.16 Daily Light - Evening What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. When I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love....year, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. - Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. - Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. Jn. 13.7; Deu. 8.2 Ezek. 16.8; He. 12.6 1 Pe. 4.12-13; 2 Co. 4.17-18 A Puritan's Catechism Q 32 - What is justification? A - Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Sanctification Chapter 13 PARAGRAPH 1 They who are united to Christ, effectually called, and regenerated, having a new heart and a new spirit created in them through the virtue of Christ's death and resurrection, are also farther sanctified, really and personally, (1) through the same virtue, by his Word and Spirit dwelling in them; (2) the dominion of the whole body of sin is destroyed, (3) and the several lusts of it are more and more weakened and mortified, (4) and they more and more quickened and strengthened in all saving graces, (5) to the practice of all true holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. (6) 1 Acts 20:32; Rom. 6:5–6 2 John 17:17; Eph. 3:16–19; 1 Thess. 5:21–23 3 Rom. 6:14 4 Gal. 5:24 5 Col. 1:11 6 2 Cor. 7:1; Heb. 12:14 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Pictures ...because as he is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4 v 17 If you love an absent person, you will love their picture. What is it that the sailor's wife keeps so closely wrapped in a napkin, laid up in her drawer among sweet smelling flowers? She takes it out morning and evening, and gazes at it through her tears. it is the picture of her absent husband. She loves it because it is like him. It has many imperfections, but still it is like him. Believers are the pictures of God in the world. The Spirit of Christ dwells in them. They walk as He walked. True, they are full of imperfections; still they are true copies. If you love Him, you will love them; you will make them your bosom friends. Daily Prayer Thursday
Thursday - Give thanks to God that we are part of a global church made up of true Christians across the world. - Give thanks to God for the freedoms we have to share the Gospel in England and pray that it may continue. - Pray for missionaries across the world who are seeking to preach the Gospel and establish a faithful church. - Pray for those in persecuted countries who have to meet in secret. Even those who are now in prison for their faith. Give thanks to God that we are part of a global church made up of true Christians across the world. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - The judgment of Israel for their idolatry. A remnant shall be saved. The prophet is directed to lament their abominations and calamities. Ezekiel 6 Preface - The church calling to mind former favours, complaineth of present evils: professing her integrity, she fervently prayeth for succour. Psalm 44 Daily Light - Morning Neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. - Abhor that which is evil. - Abstain from all appearance of evil. - Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavend. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast, not with hold leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavend bread of sincerity and truth. - Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. - Such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners. - In him is no sin. Ex. 13.7; Pro. 8.13; Ro. 12.9; 1 Th. 5.22; He. 12.15 Ps. 66.18 1 Co. 5.6-8; 1 Co. 11.28 2 Tim. 2.19; He. 7.26; 1 Jn. 3.5 Daily Light - Evening The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die....your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. My brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil....Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. - lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Ge. 3.4,5; 2 Co. 11.3 Eph. 6.10-11,13-17; 2 Co. 2.11 A Puritans Catechism Q 31 - What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life? A - They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Adoption Chapter 12 PARAGRAPH 1 All those that are justified, God conferred, in and for the sake of his only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption, (1) by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God, (2) have his name put on them, (3) receive the spirit of adoption, (4) have access to the throne of grace with boldness, are enabled to cry Abba, Father, (5) are pitied, (6) protected, (7) provided for, (8) and chastened by him as by a Father, (9) yet never cast off, (10) but sealed to the day of redemption, (11) and inherit the promises as heirs of everlasting salvation. (12) 1 Eph. 1:5; Gal. 4:4–5 2 John 1:12; Rom. 8:17 3 2 Cor. 6:18; Rev. 3:12 4 Rom. 8:15 5 Gal. 4:6; Eph. 2:18 6 Ps. 103:13 7 Prov. 14:26; 1 Pet. 5:7 8 Heb. 12:6 9 Isa. 54:8–9 10 Lam. 3:31 11 Eph. 4:30 12 Heb. 1:14, 6:12 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Prize for Lord's day This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118 v 24 Prize the Lord's Day. The more that others despise and trample on it, love you it all the more. The louder the storm of blasphemy howls around you, sit the closer at the feet of Jesus. 'He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.' Diligently improve all holy time. It should be the busiest day of the seven; but only in the business of eternity. Avoid sin on that holy day. God's Children should avoid sin every day, but most of all on the Lord's Day. It is a day of double cursing as well as of double blessing. The world will have to answer dreadfully for sins committed in holy time. Spend the Lord's Day in the Lord's presence. Spend it as a day in heaven. Spend much of it in praise and in works of mercy, as Jesus did. Daily Prayer Tuesday
Tuesday - Give thanks to God for those who have recently recovered from sickness. - Pray for those who are sick or receiving treatment in our congregation. - Pray that we each would walk close to God, putting off sins that easily beset us and that we would daily give thanks for our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (1. John 1.3; Hebrews 12.1; 1 Thes 5.16.) - Pray for the Wednesday prayer meeting, as we pray corporately together to God's glory. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - God reproveth those hypocrites, who came to enquire of him with idolatry in their hearts. They are exhorted to repent for fear of his judgments. No intercession shall save the guilty land from God's judgment of famine, noisome beasts, the sword, the pestilence, or from the four judgments together. A remnant shall be left for the instruction and consolation of others. Ezekiel 4 40) Preface - David from his own experience sheweth the benefit of trust in God. Obedience the most acceptable sacrifice. David's grateful return of praise: he prayeth for salvation to himself, and confusion to his enemies. 41) Preface - The recompence fo the charitable man. David prayeth for mercy, complaining of the treachery of his enemies and apostate friends: he acknowledgeth God's favour, and blesseth him. Psalm 40-41 Daily Light - Morning The fruit of the spirit is....meekness. The meek....shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. - Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. - The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit....is in the sight of God of great price. - Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. Follow after....meekness. - Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart. - He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again....but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. Ga. 5.22,23; Isa. 29.19; Mt. 18.3,4; 1 Pe. 3.4; 1 Co. 13.4 1 Tim. 6.11; Mt. 11.29; Isa. 53.7; 1 Pe. 2.21-23 Daily Light - Evening If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report. - All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. - The offence of the cross. If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye....but let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake. - If one died for all, then were all dead: and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. - If we suffer, we shall also reign with him. Lu. 9.23; 2 Co. 6.8; 2 Tim. 3.12; Ga. 5.11 Ga. 1.10 1 Pe. 4.14,15-16 Phil. 1.29; c Co. 5.14-15; 2 Tim. 2.12 A Puritans Catechism Q 30 - What is effectual calling? A - Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he does persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ freely offered to us in the gospel. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Justification Chapter 11 PARAGRAPH 6 The justification of believers under the Old Testament was, in all these respects, one and the same with the justification of believers under the New Testament. (18) 18 Gal. 3:9; Rom. 4:22–24 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Precious Bible He shall feed his flock like a shepherjd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. Isaiah 40 v 11 I shall never forget the story of a little girl in Belfast, in Ireland. She was at a Sabbath School, and gained a Bible as a prize for her good conduct. It became to her a treasure indeed. She was fed out of it. Her parents were wicked. She often read to them, but they became worse and worse. This broke Eliza's heart. She took to her bed and never rose again. She desired to see her teacher. When he came he said, 'You are not without a companion, my dear child,' Taking up her Bible. 'No,' she replied - 'Precious Bible! what a treasure Does the Word of God afford! All I want for life or pleasure, Food and med'cine, shield and sword. Let the world account me poor, Having this I ask no more.' She had scarcely repeated the lines when she hung back her head and died. Beloved children, this is the way Jesus feeds His flock. He is a tender, conststant, Almighty Shepherd. If you become His flock, He will feed you all the way to glory. Daily Prayer Saturday
Saturday - Give thanks to God that we have good news of salvation to tell, that the repentant sinner might have everlasting life through Jesus Christ. (John 3.16.) - Pray the Lord would bless the Gospel outreach by the church in Westminster. Both on Saturday morning, through church services, via BSL and enquiries online. - Pray the Lord would work in the contacts we have made both on Saturday mornings and at services; through personal conversations and online contracts. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00 am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30 am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards, we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - Second Year Preface - The time of Ezekiel's prophecy by the river Chebar. His vision of four cherubims and four wheels, and of the glory of God above them. Ezekiel 1 Preface - David exhorteth to a patient and humble trust in God, in full assurance of an happy issue to the righteous, and of the short-lived prosperity of the wicked. Psalm 37 Daily Light - Morning Whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. - The children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in troule. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. - It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. - The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LROD upholdeth him with his hand. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. Pro. 16.20; Ro. 4.20-21; 2 Chr. 13.18 Ps. 46.1-2; Ps. 118.8-9; Ps. 37.23-24 Ps. 34.8-9 Daily Light - Evening I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. Even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings. - He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall e thy shield and uckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night. - He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Vehold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. - The darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? - Ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. - I will trust, and not be afraid. Ps. 4.8; Mt. 23.37; ps. 91.4-5; Ps. 212.3-5 Ps. 61.4; Ps. 139.12 Ro. 8.32; 1 Co. 3.23; Isa. 12.2 A Puritans Catechism Q 29 - How does the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? A - The Spirit applies to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Justification Chapter 11 PARAGRAPH 5 God continues to forgive the sins of those that are justified, (14) and although they can never fall from the state of justification, (15) yet they may, by their sins, fall under God’s fatherly displeasure; (16) and in that condition they usually do not have the light of his countenance restored to them, until they humble themselves, confess their sins, beg pardon, and renew their faith and repentance. (17) 14 Matt. 6:12, 1 John 1:7,9 15 John 10:28 16 Ps. 89:31–33 17 Ps. 32:5, Ps. 51, Matt. 26:75 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Complete holiness For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 1 Thessalonians 4 v 7 If you have truly joined yourself to Christ, you will never aim at less than complete holiness. it is told of a true child of God, that, in his agonising struggles after holiness, he would often lie upon the ground and cry, 'Lord, give me up to sickness, give me up to suffering, give me up to death, but give me not up to any sin.' If you have indeed joined yourself to Christ, you will have the same desire after universal holiness. 'Let not any iniquity have dominion over me.' 'Quicken Thou me in Thy way.' |
