Daily Readings for Saturday 12th July 2025

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 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 11:00 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 - First Year
Joshua 16)  Preface - The general borders of the sons of Joseph. The border of Ephraim's inheritance. The Canaanites of Gezer are not driven out, but become tributaries.
Joshua 17) Preface - The lot of Manasseh. The cause of Zelophedad's daughters. The coast of Manasseh distinguished from that of Ephraim. The Canaanites could not be wholly driven out, but those that remain are subjected to tribute. The children of Joseph petition for and obtain another lot.
Joshua 16-17
Preface - The Psalmist exhorteth the celestial, the terrestrial, and the rational creatures, to praise God.
Psalms 148



Daily Light - Morning
My  presence shall go with thee,
and I will give thee rest.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.... The LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. - Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. - Our sufficiency is of God.

Lead us not into temptation. - O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. - My times are in thy hand.
Ex. 33.14; Deu. 31.6,8; Jos. 1.9; Pro. 3.6
He. 13.5-6; 2 Co. 3.5
Mt. 6.13; Jer. 10.23; Jer. 10.23; Ps. 31.15



Daily Light - Evening
Let us consider one another
to provoke unto love and to good works.

How forcible are right words! - I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance.

They that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. - If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

The LORD God said, it is not good that the man should be alone. - Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

Let....no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his​ brother's way. - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Ro. 12.6; Jas. 2.1,5
1 Co. 10.24; 1 Tim. 6.8-9
1 Co. 1.27-29
Ps. 131.1
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​A Puritans Catechism
Q 73 - How is the Word to be read and heard that it may become effectual to salvation?
A - That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend to it with diligence, preparation, and prayer, receive it with faith and love, lay it up into our hearts, and practice it in our lives.


The 1689
Baptist Confession of Faith
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
Chapter 23
PARAGRAPH 5
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A vow, which is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone, is to be made and performed with all religious care and faithfulness;  (8)  but popish monastical vows of perpetual single life,  (9)  professed poverty,  (10)  and regular obedience, are so far from being degrees of higher perfection, that they are superstitious and sinful snares, in which no Christian may entangle himself.  (11)
(8)-Ps. 76.11; Gen. 28.20-22  (9)-1 Cor. 7.2-9  (10)-Eph. 4.28  (11)-Matt. 19.1

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Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings
Such is your declaration.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
1 Corinthians 1 v 26

The bride in the Song of Solomon says: 'As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under, his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.' So do you say in coming to the Lord's table: I have found rest in the shade of Christ, His fruit is sweet to me; His ways of pardon, His Spirit, His commands all are sweet to my taste.
When the maniac had the devils cast out, he sat at the feet of Jesus clothed, and in his right mind. Once he bade Jesus depart: 'What have I to do with thee?' Now Christ is all. Such is your declaration at the Lord's Table.
When Paul was an unconverted man, he was a blasphemer - he breathed out threatenings. But when he got a taste of Jesus, he said, 'I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.' Such is your declaration in taking that bread and wine. 
Can you truly say that you have found the treasure, that you have sold all for it, that you have sat down under the shade of the apple tree, and that you delight in His holy fruit; that you were once far from Christ? Can you say, in the sight of God, that Christ is your manna, your sweet food, your peace, your all? Then you are welcome to the Lord's table. 'Eat, O friends, drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.'