Daily Readings for Saturday 4 April 2026

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 - Second Year
Preface - From chapter ten to the twenty-fifth are various observations of moral virtues and their contrary vices.
Proverbs 22
Preface - The salutation. Paul sheweth his thankful remembrance of the Thessalonians in his prayers on account of their faith, charity, and patience; applauding them for the exemplary reception of the gospel, and improvement under it.
1 Thessalonians



Daily Light - Morning
Fear not; I am the first and the last.

Ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest....but ye are come unto mount Sion....to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. - Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. - We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. - The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? - Who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
Rev. 1.17; He. 12.18,22-24; He. 12.2; He. 4.15-16
Isa. 44.6; Isa. 9.6
Hab. 1.12; 2 Sa. 22.32



Daily Light - Evening
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, that thou knewest my path. - He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. - LORD, thou has been our dwelling place in all generations. - Thou has been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat.

Who is a rock save our God? - They shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. - Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. - Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.
Ps. 61.2; Phil. 4.6-7
Ps. 142.3; Job 23.10; Ps. 90.1; Isa. 25.4
Ps. 18.31; Jn. 10.28; Ps. 119.116; He. 6.19


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​A Puritans Catechism
Q 46 - What is forbidden in the second commandment?
A - The second commandment forbids the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his Word.
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The 1689
Baptist Confession of Faith
Of the Holy Scriptures
Chapter 1
PARAGRAPH 2
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Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the Old and New Testaments, which are these:

Of the Old Testament
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiates, The Son of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habukkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.

Of the New Testament
Matthew, Mark, Luke, Joh, The Acts of the Apostles, Pauls Epistle to the Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, to Titus, to Philemon, the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistle of James, The first and second Epistles of Peter, The first, second and third Epistles of John, the Epistle of Jude, the Revelation.

All of which are given by the inspiration of God, to be the rule of faith and life.  (5)
5  2 Tim. 3.16

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Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings
Pride of grace
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
2 Corinthians 12 v 7

Lest he should be exalted above measure. This is twice stated. What a singular thing is pride! Who would have thought that taking Paul into paradise for a day would have made him proud? And yet God, who new his heart, knew it would be so, and therefore brought him down to the dust.
The pride of nature is wonderful. A natural man is proud of anything. Proud of his person - although he did not make it, yet he prides himself upon his looks. Proud of his dress - although in block of wood might have the same cause for pride, if you would put the clothes on it. Proud of riches - as if there were some merit in having more gold than others. Proud of rank - as if there were some merit in having noble blood. Alas, pride flows in the veins. Yet, there is a pride more wonderful than that of nature - pride of grace. You should think a man never could be proud who had once seen himself lost. Yet, alas Scripture and experience show that a man may be proud of his measure of grace - proud of forgiveness, proud of humility, proud of knowing more of God than others. It was this that was springing up in Paul's heart when God sent him the thorn in the flesh.