Daily Reading for Wednesday 9th August 2023

Prayer
-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 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 join us.

Church Services
Sermons
Sunday morning at 11:00am in church (also available online via Facebook)
Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (also available online via Facebook)
Bible study and prayer
Wednesday evening at 7:00pm (this week online via Zoom)
Lunch hour service
Thursday between 1:00pm and 1:30pm
Outreach / Witnessing
Saturday morning at Victoria Street (outside the big Boots store) for 10:30am (opposite Town Hall - No. 64). Afterwards we go back to church for prayer.

Daily Reading
Preface - Ruth goeth by chance to glean in the fields of Boaz. Boaz taketh notice of her, and sheweth her great favour. She returneth with what she had gotten to her mother in law, and telleth her what had happened.
Ruth 2
Preface - Paul in the presence of Agrippa declareth his life from his childhood, his wonderful conversion, and call to the apostleship, and his preaching of Christ according to the scripture doctrine. Festus chargeth him with madness; his modest reply and address to Agrippa, who confesseth himself almost a Christian. The whole company pronounce him innocent.
Acts 26
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A Puritans Catechism
Q42 - Which is the first commandment?
A - The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings
Christ, the key to the Scriptures
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. - Luke 24 v 27
When you are reading a book in a dark room and find it difficult, you take it to a window to get more light. So take your Bible to Christ. I thirst for the knowledge of the word, but most of all of Jesus Himself, the true Word.