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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 army of Gog: his evil attempts in the latter years: God's judgment against him. Ezekiel 38 Preface - The Psalmist praiseth God for his covenanted mercies to David: for his mighty power, and moral perfections: for his care of his people: for his promised favour to the kingdom of David: then complaining of contrary events, he expostulateth, prayeth, and in the end blesseth God. Psalm 89 Daily Light - Morning Call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquited within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. - LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Jacob said unto his household... Let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. - Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplication. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD. Ps. 50.15; Ps. 42.11; Ps. 10.17; Ps. 86.5 Ge. 35.2,3; Ps. 103.2 Ps. 116.1-4 Daily Light - Evening Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. - Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. - Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down....for since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. He. 10.37; Hab. 2.2-3 2 Pe. 3.8-9; Ps. 86.15; Isa. 64.14 A Puritan's 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 Repentance Unto Life and Salvation Chapter 15 PARAGRAPH 5 Such is the provision which God has made through Christ in the covenant of grace for the preservation of believers unto salvation, that although there is no sin so small but it deserves damnation, (8) yet there is no sin so great that it shall bring damnation to them that repent, (9) which makes the constant preaching of repentance necessary. 8 Rom. 6:23 9 Isa. 1:16–18, 55:7 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Jesus bids us shine Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5 v 16 Shine with Christ's light. The moon rises and shines, but not with her own light; she gathers all from the sun; so do you. Shine in such a way that Christ shall have all the glory. They shine brightest who feel most their own darkness, and are most clothed in Christ's brightness. oh, wherever you go, make it manifest that your light and peace all come from Him; that it is by 'looking unto Jesus' that you shine, and that your holiness all comes from union with Him. Shine in your closet in secret prayer. Ah! let your face shine in secret communion with God. Shine in your family. Shine in your town; that, when you mingle with the crowd, it may be as if an angel shook his wings. Shine in the world. Oh! let your Heart's desire and prayer be, that every soul may be saved. Be like Christ Himself, who is not willing that any should perish.
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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 - Ezekiel prophesieth the sword of the Lord against all flesh in the land of Israel, sighing bitterly for a sign. Another prophecy of a bright and sharp sword, commissioned to destroy. The sword of the king of Babylon, in suspense which of two ways to take, by divination is directed the way to Jerusalem. The fall of the profane prince of Israel, and of his kingdom for a time. The destruction of the Ammonites. Ezekiel 21 Preface - A prayer at the removing of the ark. An exhortation to praise God for his mercies, for his former care of the church, and daily providence over it. The church hath confidence in his future protection. The magnificent pomp of bringing up the ark. A prayer for the confirmation of God's goodness to his church. An exhortation to all kingdoms to praise the God of Israel. Psalm 68 Daily Light - Morning Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures. - It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. - I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. - We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God. - How precious also 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. - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?... For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Ps. 119.18; Lu. 24.45; Mt. 13.11; Mt. 11.25-26; 1 Co. 2.12; Ps. 139.17-18; Ro. 11.33-34,36 Daily Light - Evening En-hakkore. [marg. The well of him that called, or, cried] If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water, - If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink....(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive.) Prove me know herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. - If ye....being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? - Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. - Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have receied the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Judg. 15.19; Jn. 4.10; Jn. 7.37,39 Mal. 3.10; Lu. 11.13; Lu. 11.9 Ga. 4.6; Ro. 8.15 A Puritan's Catechism Q 41 - What is the sum of the ten commandments? A - The sum of the ten commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbour as ourselves. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Repentance Unto Life and Salvation Chapter 15 PARAGRAPH 4 As repentance is to be continued through the whole course of our lives, upon the account of the body of death, and the motions thereof, so it is every man’s duty to repent of his particular known sins particularly. (7) 7 Luke 19:8; 1 Tim. 1:13,15 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Outlets of His glory But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53 v 5 The wounds of Christ were the greatest outlets of His glory that ever were. The divine glory shone more out of His wounds than out of all His life before. The veil was then rent in twain, and the full heart of God allowed to stream through. It was a human body that writhed, pale and racked, upon the accursed tree; they were human hands that were pierced so rudely by the nails; it was human flesh that bore that deadly gash upon the side; it was human blood that streamed from hands, and feet, and side; the eye that meekly turned to His Father was a human eye; the soul that yearned over His mother was a human soul. But oh, there was divine glory streaming through all! every wound was a mouth to speak of the grace and love of God! 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 - A lamentation for the princes of Israel, under the parable of lions' cubs taken in a pit; and for Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted vine. Ezekiel 19 64) Preface - David prayeth for deliverance, complaining of his enemies: he promiseth himself to see such an evident destruction of his enemies, that the righteous shall rejoice at it. 65) Preface - David praiseth God; the blessedness of God's chosen because of his infinite power and goodness. Psalm 64-65 Daily Light - Morning The LORD pondereth the hearts. The LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. - The LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy. - Thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. - When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. - He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. Pro. 21.2; Ps. 1.6; Nu. 16.5; Mt. 6.4 Ps. 139.23-24; 1 Jn. 4.18 Ps. 38.9; Ps. 142.3; Ro. 8.27 2 Tim. 2.19 Daily Light - Evening Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. No man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation. - In me ye...have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulations: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. - The night is far spent, the day is at hand. - He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. - There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. - We which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air... Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Ps. 30.5; 1 Th. 3.3,4; Jn. 16.33 Ps. 17.15; Ro. 13.12; 2 Sa. 23.4 Isa. 25.8; Rev. 21.4; 1 Th. 4.17,18 A Puritan's Catechism Q 40 - What did God reveal to man for the rule of his disobedience? A - The rule which God first revealed to man for his obedience is the moral law, which is summarized in the ten commandments. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Repentance Unto Life and Salvation Chapter 15 PARAGRAPH 3 This saving repentance is an evangelical grace, (4) whereby a person, being by the Holy Spirit made sensible of the manifold evils of his sin, does, by faith in Christ, humble himself for it with godly sorrow, detestation of it, and self–abhorrancy, (5) praying for pardon and strength of grace, with a purpose and endeavor, by supplies of the Spirit, to walk before God unto all well–pleasing in all things. (6) 4 Zech. 12:10; Acts 11:18 5 Ezek. 36:31; 2 Cor. 7:11 6 Ps. 119:6,128 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings Because He lives I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; Revelation 1 v 18 Believers, this is your Saviour. Soon you shall see Him as He is. Till then, 'Fear not.' Your Advocate is alive for evermore. He reigns for ever for His Church and people. All that divine wisdom is for us, His eyes are for us - His feet to tread down His and our enemies. He walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, and holds the stars in His right hand.' There is no hiding of His glory now - no hiding of His power. He lives for us - no evil can befall us - 'Fear not.' 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 - God disalloweth the parable of sour grapes: he sheweth his dealing with a just man, with the wicked son of a just father, and with the just son of a wicked father: he declareth that the treatment of both son and father shall be according to their respective deserts: and that the wicked, if he repent, shall live; but he that revolteth from his righteousness shall die: he defendeth the equity of his dealings: and exhorteth to repentance. Ezekiel 18 62) Preface - David professing his confidence in God discourageth his enemies. In the same confidence he encourageth the godly. No trust is to be put in worldly things. Power and mercy belong to God. 63) Preface - David's thirst after God's service in his sanctuary: his manner of blessing God: his confidence of the destruction of his enemies, and of his own rejoicing. Psalm 62-63 Daily Light - Morning Sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the lar, but under grace? God forbid. - My brethren, ye...are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. - Being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ. - The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. - Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. - If the Son...shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Ro. 6.14; Ro. 6.15; Ro. 7.4; 1 Co. 9.21; 1 Co. 15.56-57 Ro. 8.2; Jn. 8.34; Jn. 8.36 Ga. 5.1 Daily Light - Evening A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. - Let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. - What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Be no more children, tossed to and from, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love...grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. Abide in me. - Be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Jas. 1.8; Lu. 9.62 He. 11.6; Jas. 1.6,7; Mk. 11.24 Eph. 4.14-15 Jn. 15.4; 1 Co. 15.58 A Puritan's Catechism Q 39 - What shall be done to the wicked at the day of judgment? A - At the day of judgment the bodies of the wicked being raised out of their graves, shall be sentenced, together with their souls, to unspeakable torments with the devil and his angels for ever. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of Repentance Unto Life and Salvation Chapter 15 PARAGRAPH 2 Whereas there is none that does good and does not sin, (2) and the best of men may, through the power and deceitfulness of their corruption dwelling in them, with the prevalency of temptation, fall in to great sins and provocations; God has, in the covenant of grace, mercifully provided that believers so sinning and falling be renewed through repentance unto salvation. (3) 2 Eccles. 7:20 3 Luke 22:31–32 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings The third heaven of the believer's privileges For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. Romans 14 v 7 Surely this privilege is more than all that went before. Peace with God is a blessed thing, but it does not imply that the heart is burning with intense joy and love in view of a reconciled God. Access to His favour is a blessed thing; but it only implies liberty of coming before Him with acceptance. Joy in hope of glory is a blessed thing; but is in the very nature of it a happiness whose object is enjoyed and afar off. Joy in tribulation, again, is a blessed thing;/ but it is a happiness which can only be enjoyed upon the earth. It is a joy, too, in spite of misery - a perfecting, but surely not a perfect joy. But joy in God is the most blessed thing of all. This is the third heaven of the believer's privileges - a joy which all the redeemed are sharing with angels - a joy begun in this world, made perfect in glory. 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? 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. |
