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Daily Prayer - 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. Especially those we have met in the pandemic. (Numbers 6.24-26.) - Pray for the ministry among the children 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 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Preface - The Lord is the inheritance of the priests. The priest's due. All Levites who minister are entitled to like portions. The abominations of the Canaanites to be avoided. A Prophet to arise, like unto Moses, who must be hearkened unto. The presumptuous prophet must be put to death. How he may be known. Deuteronomy 18 Preface - An exhortation to praise God, to seek him, and remember his works. His providence over Abraham, over Joseph, over Israel in Egypt, which he plagued for their sake; and over his people brought out of Egypt, fed in the wilderness, and planted in Canaan. Psalms 105 Daily Light - Morning Abide in me, and I in you. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.... O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. - If Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. - If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard. Little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. - He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Jn. 15.4; Ga. 2.20 Ro. 7.18,24-25; Ro. 8.10; Col. 1.23 1 Jn. 2.28; 1 Jn. 2.6 Daily Light - Evening Dost thou believe on the Son of God? Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? The brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. - The blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man cann approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Lord, I believe. - I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious. Jn. 9.35; Jn. 9.36 He. 1.3; 1 Tim. 6.15-16; Rev. 1.8 Jn. 9.38; 2 Tim. 1.12 1 Pe. 2.6-7 A Puritans Catechism Q 51 - How is the sabbath to be sanctified? A - The sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience Chapter 21 PARAGRAPH 1 The liberty which Christ has purchased for believers under the gospel, consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of God, the severity and curse of the law, (1) and in their being delivered from this present evil world, (2) bondage to Satan, (3) and dominion of sin, (4) from the evil of afflictions, (5) the fear and sting of death, the victory of the grave, (6) and everlasting damnation: (7) as also in their free access to God, and their yielding obedience unto Him, not out of slavish fear, (8) but a child-like love and willing mind. (9) All which were common also to believers under the law for the substance of them; (10) but under the New Testament the liberty of Christians is further enlarged, in their freedom from the yoke of a ceremonial law, to which the Jewish church was subjected, and in greater boldness of access to the throne of grace, and in fuller communications of the free Spirit of God, than believers under the law did ordinarily partake of. (11) (1)-Gal. 3.13 (2)-Gal. 1.4 (3) Acts 26,18 (4)-Rom. 8.3 (5)-Rom. 8.28 (6)-1 Cor. 15.54-57 (7)-2 Thess. 1.10 (8)-Rom. 8.15 (9)-Luke 1.73-75; 1 John 4.18 (10)-Gal. 3.9,14 (11)-John 7.38-39; Heb. 10.19-21 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Conversion Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; Acts 3 v 19 The conversion of a soul is by far the most remarkable event in the history of the world, although many of you do not care about it. It is the object that attracts the eyes of the holy angels to the spot where it takes place. It is the object which the Father's eye rests upon with tenderness and delight. This work in the soul is what brings greater glory to the Father, Son, and Spirit, than all the other works of God. It is far more wonderful than all the works of art. There is nothing that can equal it. Ah! brethren, if you think little of it, or laugh at it, how little have you of the mind of God.
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Daily Prayer - 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 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Preface - The things sacrificed must be sound. Idolaters must be put to death. Hard controversies must be determined by the priests and judges, the presumptious scorner of their judgment must be put to death. The election and duty of a king. Deuteronomy 17 Preface - A meditation upon the majesty, power, and wonderful providence of God. God's glory is eternal. The prophet voweth to praise God perpetually. Psalms 104 Daily Light - Morning Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean. The LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. - He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD as offering in righteousness. - Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. - I will melt them, and try them. Thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.... We went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Nu. 31.23; Deu. 13.3; Mal. 3.3; 1 Co. 3.13 Isa. 1.25; Jer. 9.7 Ps. 66.10.12 Isa. 43.2 Daily Light - Evening We, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. Put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and....put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. - As Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life....knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.... Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof....but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 1 Pe. 2.24; Eph. 4.22-24 Col. 3.3; Ro. 6.4,6-7,11-13 A Puritans Catechism Q 50 - What is required in the fourth commandment? A - The fourth commandment requires the keeping holy to God such set times as he has appointed in his Word; expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy sabbath to himself. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of the Gospel, and of the extent of the Grace thereof Chapter 20 PARAGRAPH 4 Although the gospel be the only outward means of revealing Christ and saving grace, and is, as such, abundantly sufficient thereunto; yet that men who are dead in trespasses may be born again, quickened or regenerated, there is moreover necessary an effectual insuperable work of the Holy Spirit upon the whole soul, for the producing in them a new spiritual life; (8) without which no other means will effect their conversion unto God. (9) (8)-Ps. 110.3; 1 Cor. 2.14; Eph. 1.19-20 (9)-John 6.44; 2 Cor. 4.4,6 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Ordained Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. John 15 v 16 This is a very humbling, and at the same time, a very blessed word to the true disciple. It was very humbling to the disciples to be told that they had not chosen Christ. Your wants were so many, your hearts were so hard, that ye have not chosen me. And yet it was exceedingly comforting to the disciples to be told that He had chosen them: 'Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you.' This showed them that His love was first with them - that He had a love that would make them holy: 'Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain.' Daily Prayer - Wednesday
- Give thank 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 the Scripture in English, in our mother tongue. - 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 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 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Preface - The feast of the passover, of weeks, of tabernacles. Every male must offer according to his ability at these three feasts. Of judges, and of justice. Groves and images are forbidden. Deuteronomy 16 Preface - An exhortation to bless God for his mercy, and for the constancy thereof. Psalms 103 Daily Light - Morning He arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions form us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pirieth them that fear him. Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. - e who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God. Lu. 15.20; Ps. 103.8-13 Ro. 8.15-16; Eph. 2.13; Eph. 2.19 Daily Light - Evening Behold, I make all things new. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. - Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump. - The new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. - Seeing....that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness....? Rev. 21.5; Jn. 3.3; 2 Co. 5.17 Ezek. 36.26; 1 Co. 5.7; Eph. 4.24 Isa. 62.2 Isa. 65.17; 2 Pe. 3.11 A Puritans Catechism Q 49 - Which is the fourth commandment? A - The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservent, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of the Gospel, and of the extent of the Grace thereof Chapter 20 PARAGRAPH 3 The revelation of the gospel to sinners, made in divers times and by sundry parts, with the addition of promises and precepts for the obedience required therein, as to the nations and persons to whom it is granted, is merely of the sovereign will and good pleasure of God; (6) not being annexed by virtue of any promise to the due improvement of men's natural abilities, by virtue of common light received without it, which none ever made, or can do so; (7) and therefore in all ages, the preaching of the gospel has been granted unto persons and nations, as to the extent or straitening of it, in great variety, according to the counsel of the will of God. (6)-Ps. 147.20; Acts. 16.7 (7)-Rom.1.18-32 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings The same love As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love, John 15 v 9 The moment you become a child, the Father loves you. This is shown in what Christ said to Mary: 'I ascend unto my Father and to your Father, to my God, and your God.' Christ here intimated, that we have the same love that he had. We have not got so much of the love of the Father as Christ, because He has got an infinite capacity; but it is the same love. The sun shines as much upon the daisy as it does upon the sunflower, though the sunflower is able to contain more. Christ plainly shows you that in the 17th chapter of John, where He prays that the same love may be in us that was in Him. O how much better is it then, to be under the love of God, than under the wrath of God! Prayer - 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 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Preface - The seventh year a year of release for the poor. It must be no hindrance to lending or giving. An Hebrew servant, unless he be unwilling to depart, must in the seventh year go forth free and well furnished. All firstling males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord. Deuteronomy 15 Preface - The prophet complaineth bitterly of his afflicted case: he taketh comfort in the eternity and mercy of God. The mercies of God are worthy to be recorded. The prophet, sensible of his own weakness, resteth his hope on the unchangeable nature of God. Psalms 102 Daily Light - Morning The younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. - We....were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. God commandeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.... If, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Lu. 15.13; 1 Co. 6.11; Eph. 2.3-6 1 Jn. 4.10 Ro. 5.8,10 Daily Light - Evening As Christ forgave you, so also do ye. There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. - I forgave thee all that debt....shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any. How oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Charity....is the bond of perfectness. Col. 3.13; Lu. 7.41-42; Mt. 18.32,33 Mk. 11.25-26; Col. 3.12-13 Mt. 18.21-22 Col. 3.14 A Puritans Catechism Q 48 - What is required in the third commandment? A - The third commandment requires the holy and reverent use of God's names, titles, attributes, ordinances, Word, and works. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of the Gospel, and of the extent of the Grace thereof Chapter 20 PARAGRAPH 2 This promise of Christ, and salvation by him, is revealed only by the Word of God; (3) neither do the works of creation or providence, with the light of nature, make discovery of Christ, or of grace by him, so much as in a general or obscure way; (4) much less that men destitute of the revelation of Him by the promise or gospel, should be enabled thereby to attain saving faith or repentance. (5) (3)-Rom. 1.17 (4)-Rom. 10.14-15,17 (5)-Prov. 29.18; Isa. 25.7; 60.2-3 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Everlasting love Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: fo rhe hath said, I will never leave thee, no forsake thee. Hebrews 13 v 5 It is the word of the three-one God. You may take each of the persons of the Godhead, and apply this word to Him - 'I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.' You may take it as the word of Immanuel. You remember what Christ said to His disciples - 'Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.' This is the same promise. Brethren, when the Lord Jesus comes to you, and covers you with His garment, and says, 'Fear not,' He will never forsake that soul. A mother may forsake - 'Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, she may forget; yet will I not forget thee.' Observe, brethren, that when once the Lord Jesus comes to a sinner to be His righteousness, He will never leave him - 'I am with you always.' Oh! it is this that makes Him a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Why will He never leave us? The first reason is, His love is everlasting love. It is not like the love of a creature - it is unchangeable. Another reason is, He has died for that soul: He has borne all for that soul. Will he ever leave a soul that He has died for. Daily Prayer - 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 and at services. - Pray the Lord would work in the contacts we have made both on Saturday mornings and at services; through personal conversations and online contacts. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Deuteronomy 13) Preface - Enticers to idolatry must be stoned to death, without regard to nearness of relation. Idolatrous cities must be utterly destroyed. Deuteronomy 14 ) Preface - God's children must not disfigure themselves in mourning. What may, and what may not be eaten, of beasts, of fishes, of fowls. That which dieth of itself must not be eaten. Tithing to be truly performed. Tithes and firstlings of cattle to be eaten before the Lord. What is to be done in case of very distant abode. The third year's tithe of alms and charity. Deuteronomy 13-14 Psalms 99) Preface - The prophet, setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion, exhorteth all, by the example of their forefathers, to worship God at his holy hill. Psalms 100) Preface - An exhortation to serve God joyfully as our creator and preserver, and to praise him for his goodness, mercy, and truth. Psalms 101) Preface - David maketh a vow and profession of godliness. Psalms 99-101 Daily Light - Morning Never man spake like this man. Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. - The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary. - His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend. All bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. - He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. - The sword of the Spirit....is the word of God. - The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword. - (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Jn. 7.46; Ps. 45.2; Isa. 50.4; Song 5.16 Lu. 4.22; Mt. 7.29 Col. 3.16; Eph. 6.17; He. 4.12; 2 Co. 10.4-5 Daily Light - Evening The triumphing of the wicked is short. Thou shalt bruise his heel. - This is your hour, and the power of darkness. - As the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. - Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith. - Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. - The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. - The devil....was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone....and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Job 20.5; Ge. 3.15; Lu. 22.53; He. 2.14; Col. 2.15 1 Pe. 5.8-9; Jas. 4.7 Ps. 37.12-13; Ro. 16.20; Rev. 20.10 A Puritans Catechism Q 47 - Which is the third commandment? A - The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of the the Gospel, and of the extent of the Grace thereof Chapter 20 PARAGRAPH 1 The covenant of works being broken by sin, and made unprofitable unto life, God was pleased to give forth the promise of Christ, the seed of the woman, as the means of calling the elect, and begetting in them faith and repentance; (1) in this promise the gospel, as to the substance of it, was revealed, and [is] therein effectual for the conversion and salvation of sinners. (2) (1)-Gen. 3.15 (2) Rev. 13.8 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings For the elect's sake Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 2 Timothy 2 v 10 I sometimes feel brethren, that I would willingly lie down beneath the sod in the churchyard, and be forgotten and trampled on, if only you were friends of Christ. Daily Prayer - 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 and at services. - Pray the Lord would work in the contacts we have made both on Saturday mornings and at services; through personal conversations and online contacts. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Preface - Monuments of idolatry must be destroyed. The service of God must be attended upon in the place of his choosing. Flesh for common food may be killed and eaten elsewhere, only without the blood; but all holy things must be brought and eaten in the holy place. The levite not to be forsaken. Idolatrous practices not to be enquired after. Deuteronomy 12 Psalms 97) Preface - The majesty of God's kingdom. The church rejoiceth at God's judgments against idolaters, and his universal sovereignty. An exhortation to godliness and joy in the Lord. Psalms 98) Preface - The Psalmist celebrateth God's salvation toward Israel: he exciteth the whole world to join in acclamations of praise, because of God's righteous judgment. Psalms 97-98 Daily Light - Morning The LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. - Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. - Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee withersoever thou goest. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and ris righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. As long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. - Beware that thou forget not the LORd thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day....and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? Ge. 39.3; Ps. 128.1-2; Ps. 37.3-4; Jos. 1.9 Mt. 6.33 2 Chr. 26.5; Deu. 8.11,17 1 Chr. 22.18 Daily Light - Evening Why reason ye these things in your hearts? Being not weak in faith, [Abraham] considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. Is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? - If thou canst believer, all things are possible to him that believeth. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. - Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? - Behold the fowls of the air....your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? - Why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not....remember the five loaves of the five thousand? My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Mk. 2.8; Ro. 4.19-20 Mk. 2.9; Mk. 9.23 Mt. 28.18; Mk. 4.40; Mt. 6.26; Mt. 16.8-9 Phil. 4.19 A Puritans Catechism Q 46 - What is forbidden in the second commandment? A - The second commandment forbids the worshiping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his Word. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of the Law of God Chapter 19 PARAGRAPH 7 Neither are the aforementioned uses of the law contrary to the grace of the Gospel, but do sweetly comply with it, (16) the Spirit of Christ subduing and enabling the will of man to do that freely and cheerfully which the will of God, revealed in the law, requires to be done. (17) (16)-Gal. 3.21 (17)-Ezek. 36.27 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Divine breathings But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost ... Jude v 20 When a believer prays, he is not alone - there are three with him: the Father seeing in secret, His ear open; the Son blotting out sin, and offering up the prayer; the Holy Ghost quickening and giving desires. There can be no true prayer without these three. Some people pray like a parrot, repeating words when the heart is far from God. Some pray without the Father. They do not feel. They are speaking to the back of their chair, or to the world, or to the empty air. Some pray without the Son. They come in their own name - in their own righteousness. That is the sacrifice of fools. Some pray without the Holy Ghost. These are not filled with divine breathings. Dear friends, if you would live, you must pray; and if you would pray with acceptance, you must pray to the Father in the name of Jesus, and by His Spirit quickening. Daily Prayer - 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 and at services. - Pray the Lord would work in the contacts we have made both on Saturday mornings and at services; through personal conversations and online contacts. Church Services Sunday morning at 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Preface - Moses continueth his exhortation to obedience, from the people's personal experience of God's great works, and their future expectations in the land of promise. The character of the land; which God will render fruitful or barren according as they behave. A careful study in these words is required of them, and instruction of their children therein. Victory and an extensive territory will reward their obedience. The blessing and curse set before them. Deuteronomy 11 Psalms 95) Preface - An exhortation to praise God for his greatness, and for creating and preserving us: and not to tempt him as did Israel in the wilderness. Psalms 96) Preface - An exhortation to celebrate the greatness and majesty of God, and to rejoice in his righteous government of the world. Psalms 95-96 Daily Light - Morning Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. - Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.... As a prince hast thou power with God and with men. - Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving. [Jesus] went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. Lu. 18.1; Lu. 11.5-8; Eph. 6.18 Ge. 32.26,28; Col. 4.2 Lu. 6.12 Daily Light - Evening Forgive all my sins. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. - In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour. - Having forgiven you all trespasses; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross. Bless the LORD, O my soul....who forgiveth all thine iniquities. Ps. 25.18; Isa. 1.18 Mt. 9.2; Isa. 43.25 Mt. 9.6; Eph. 1.7; Titus 3.5-6; Col. 2.13-14 Ps. 103.2,3 A Puritans Catechism Q 45 - What is required in the second commandment? A - The second commandment requires the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in his Word. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation Chapter 18 PARAGRAPH 4 True believers may have the assurance of their salvation divers ways shaken, diminished, and intermitted; as by negligence in preserving of it, (13) by falling into some special sin which wounds the conscience and grieves the Spirit; (14) by some sudden or vehement temptation, (15) by God's withdrawing the light of his countenance, and suffering even such as fear him to walk in darkness and to have no light, (16) yet are they never destitute of the seed of God (17) and life of faith, (18) that love of Christ and the brethren, that sincerity of heart and conscience of duty out of which, by the operation of the Spirit, this assurance may in due time be revived, (19) and by the which, in the meantime, they are preserved from utter despair. (20) (13)-Cant. 5.2-3.6 (14)-Ps. 51.8,12,14 (15)-Ps. 116.11; 77.7-8, 31.22 (16)-Ps. 30.7 (17)-1 John 3.9 (18)-Luke 22.32 (19)-Ps. 42.5,11 (20)-Lam. 3.26-31 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings A family quarrel And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Genesis 13 vs 7-8 Domestic trials are not easy to bear. Most believers would like to go to heaven without a crook in their lot. I have no doubt that Jacob would have liked to have gone to heaven without the trial he had in the loss of Joseph; I have no doubt that David would have liked to have gone to heaven without the trial he had in the death of Absalom; and I have no doubt that Abraham would have liked to have gone to the better land without this strife breaking out between Lot and him. But it must not be. The reason why domestic trials happen are - first, for the trial of our faith. Just as the jeweller puts the gold into the crucible, not to destroy the gold, but to separate it from the dross, so trials are intended by God to separate us from all dross. Another reason is to make us long for the better country. When God permits strife to rise in a believing family, it is to show you that this is not our home. Daily Prayer - 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. Especially those we have met in the pandemic. (Numbers 6.24-26.) - Pray for the ministry among the children 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 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Preface - Moses proceedeth to relate the mercy of God in restoring the two tables, continuing the priesthood, separating the tribe of Levi, and hearkening unto his suit for the people. He exhorteth to obedience. Deuteronomy 10 Preface - The Psalmist calling for justice complaineth of the tyranny and impiety of the wicked: he sheweth God's providence; and teacheth the blessedness of affliction. God is the defender and avenger of the afflicted. Psalms 94 Daily Light - Morning He will rest in his love. The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you because ye were more in number that any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: but because the LORD loved you. - We love him, because he first loved us. - You....hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. - God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. - His Son....who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. Zeph. 3.17; Deu. 7.7-8; 1 Jn. 4.19; Col. 1.21-22 1 Jn. 4.10; Ro. 5.8 Mt. 3.17; Jn. 10.17; He. 1.2,3 Daily Light - Evening A new and living way. Cain went out from the presence of the LORD. - Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you. - Follow....holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - Our Saviour Jesus Christ....hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. The way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing. - He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us. - The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. He. 10.20; Ge. 4.16; Isa. 59.2; He. 12.14 Jn. 14.6; 2 Tim. 1.10 He. 9.8; Eph. 2.14; Mt. 27.51 Mt. 7.14; Ps. 16.11 A Puritans Catechism Q 44 - Which is the second commandment? A - The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of the Law of God Chapter 19 PARAGRAPH 6 Although true believers are not under the law as a covenant of works, to be thereby justified or condemned, (13) yet it is of great use to them as well as to others, in that as a rule of life, informing them of the will of God and their duty, it directs and binds them to walk accordingly; discovering also the sinful pollutions of their natures, hearts, and lives, so as examining themselves thereby, they may come to further conviction of, humiliation for, and hatred against, sin; (14) together with a clearer sight of the need they have of Christ and the perfection of his obedience; it is likewise of use to the regenerate to restrain their corruptions, in that it forbids sin; and the threatenings, of it serve to show what even their sims deserve, and what afflictions in this life they may expect for them, although freed from the curse and unallayed rigour thereof. The promises of it likewise show them God's approbation of obedience, and what blessings they may expect upon the performance thereof, though not as due to them by the law as a covenant of works; so as man's doing good and refraining from evil, because the law encourages to the one and deters from the other, is no evidence of his being under the law and not under grace. (15) (13)-Rom. 6.14; Gal. 2.16; Rom. 8.1, 104 (14)-Rom. 3.20, 7.7; etc. (15)-Rom. 6.12-14; 1 Pet. 3.8-13 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Nothing to spare But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matthew 25 v 9 It pleases God to use the godly as instruments, but he has not given them to be fountains of grace: 'I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase' (1 Corinthians 3.6). Rachel said to Jacob: 'Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead? (Genesis 30.1,2). So grace is not in the hand of man. Those who receive Christ 'are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God' (John 1.13). It is in vain, then, that you look to the means to give saving grace to your soul. The axe can hew without the hand of the forester. The pitcher that carries water is not the well. It will be in vain that you apply to God's children in that awful day. Go to Jesus now. The righteous scarcely are saved. Every child of God gets just so much grace as will carry him to heaven, and no more. Even now ever child of God feels that he has nothing to spare. He has not too much of the Holy Spirit, helping him to pray, to mourn over sin, to love Christ. In time of temptation a believer feels as if he had nothing of the Holy Spirit. He has more need to receive, than ability to give away. When Christ shall come in that solemn hour, he will feel that he has none to spare. Daily Prayer - 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 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Preface - Moses dissuadeth them from the opinion of their own righteousness, by rehearsing their several rebellions. Deuteronomy 9 Psalms 92) Preface - The Prophet exhorteth to praise God, for his great works, for his judgments on the wicked, and for his goodness to the godly. Psalms 93) Preface - The majesty, stability, power, and holiness, of Christ's kingdom. Psalms 92-93 Daily Light - Morning When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants. Where is boasting then? It Is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. - What hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? - By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. By the Grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. - For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. - All things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. Enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Lu. 17.10; Ro. 3.27; 1 Co. 4.7; Eph. 2.8-10 1 Co. 15.10; Ro. 11.36; 1 Chr. 29.14 Ps. 143.2 Daily Light - Evening He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret.... 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. Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? - In him we live, and move, and have our being. - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? - In him we live, and move, and have our being. - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. Ps. 103.14; Ge. 2.7 Ps. 139.14-15,16 Mal. 2.10; Ac. 17.28; Ps. 103.13 Ps. 78.38-39 A Puritans Catechism Q 43 - What is required in the first commandment? A - The first commandment requires us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of the Law of God Chapter 19 PARAGRAPH 5 The moral law does for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof, (10) and that not only in regard of the matter contained in it, but also in respect of the authority of God the Creator, who gave it; (11) neither does Christ in the Gospel any way dissolve, but much strengthen this obligation. (12) (10)-Rom. 13.8-10; James 2.8,10-12 (11)-James 2.10-11 (12)-Matt. 5.17-19; Rom. 3.31 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Christ goes before And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. John 10 v 4 In the countries of the east, brethren, you know that the shepherd goes before the sheep, and they follow him. When he says, 'Let us go to the well,' they follow him. When he says, 'Let us go down into that dark valley,' they go after him. So it is with Christ. Christ never asked a sheep to go where He never went Himself. He has borne all that He calls His sheep to bear. Christ went in a lower level of sorrow than you will be called to bear. Do not be alarmed then when you are called to suffer, you will not be called to go where He has not gone. Do not be afraid to put down your tender feet where He put down His. And it is still true that He goes before you. 'When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.' Do not be afraid then when Christ is before you. Daily Prayer - Wednesday
- Give thank 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 the Scripture in English, in our mother tongue. - 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 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 11:00am in church (and also available online via Facebook) Doctrine Class - in church (after lunch) (and also available online via Facebook) Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Bible Study and Prayer Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Lunch Hour Service Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (and also available online via Facebook) Outreach/Witnessing Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (across the road from Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer. Daily Reading Plan - First Year Preface - Moses dissuadeth them from the opinion of their own righteousness, by rehearsing their several rebellions. Deuteronomy 9 Psalms 92) Preface - The Prophet exhorteth to praise God, for his great works, for his judgments on the wicked, and for his goodness to the godly. Psalms 93) Preface - The majesty, stability, power, and holiness, of Christ's kingdom. Psalms 92-93 Daily Light - Morning When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants. Where is boasting then? It Is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. - What hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? - By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. By the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. - For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. - All things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. Enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Lu. 17.10; Ro. 3.27; 1 Co. 4.7; Eph. 2.8-10 1 Co. 15.10; Ro. 11.36; 1 Chr. 29.14 Ps. 143.2 Daily Light - Evening He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret.... 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. Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? - In him we live, and move, and have our being. - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. Ps. 103.14; Ge. 2.7 Ps. 139.14-15,16 Mal. 2.10; Ac. 17.28; Ps. 103.13 Ps. 78.38-39 A Puritans Catechism Q 42 - Which is the first commandment? A - The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of the Law of God Chapter 19 PARAGRAPH 4 To them also he gave sundry judicial laws, which expired together with the state of that people, not obliging any now by virtue of that institution; their general equity only being of modern use. (9) (9)-1 Cor. 9.8-10 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Christ goes before And the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. John 10 v 4 In the countries of the east, brethren, you know that the shepherd goes before the sheep, and they follow him. When he says, 'Let us go to the well,' they follow him. When he says, 'Let us go down into that dark valley,' they go after him. So it is with Christ. Christ never asked a sheep to go where He never went Himself. He has borne all that He calls His sheep to bear. Christ went in a lower level of sorrow than you will be called to bear. Do not be alarmed then when you are called to suffer, you will not be called to go where He has not gone. Do not be afraid to put down your tender feet where He put down His. And it is still true that He goes before you. 'When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.' Do not be afraid then when Christ is before you. |
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