Daily Readings for Thursday 20th March 2025

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 - Bezaleel and Aholiab are called, and qualified for the work of the tabernacle. The observance of the sabbath is again commanded. Moses receiveth the two tables.
Exodus 31
Preface - Christ declareth himself to be the door, and the good shepherd. Various opinions concerning him. He proveth to the Jews by his works that he is the Christ, and asserteth his unity with the Father. The Jews go about to stone him; he justifieth his doctrine; and escaping from them goeth beyond Jordan, where many believe on him.
John 10


Daily Light - Morning
The entrance of thy words giveth light.

This....is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. - God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. - The Word was God.... In him was life; and the life was the light of men. - If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. - Ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. - Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Ps. 119.130; 1 Jn. 1.5; 2 Co. 4.6; Jn. 1.1,4; 1 Jn. 1.7
Ps. 119.11; Jn. 15.3
Eph. 5.8; 1 Pe. 2.9



Daily Light - Evening
Noah was a just man.
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The just shall live by faith. - Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour. - The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference.

We....joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. - Whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified.
Ge. 6.9; Ga. 3.11; Ge. 8.20-21; Rev. 13.8
Ro. 5.1
Ro. 3.20-22
Ro. 5.11
​Ro. 8.33; Ro. 8.30


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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.
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The 1689
Baptist Confession of Faith
Of Gods Decree
Chapter 3
PARAGRAPH 2
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Although God knoweth whatsoever may or can come to pass, upon all supposed conditions,  (5)  yet hath He not decreed anything, because He foresaw it as future, or as that which would come to pass upon such conditions.  (6)
(5)-Acts 15.18  (6)-Rom. 9.11,13,16,18



Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings
The touch that heals
And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand and touched him....
Mark 1 v 41

When the woman had spent her all upon physicians, and was nothing better, but rather worse, she heard of Jesus. Ah! said she, if I may but 'touch the hem of his garment I shall be made whole.' Jesus said to her. 'Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee whole.' Come, them incurable, to Christ. Leprosy was always regarded as incurable. Accordingly, the leper came to Jesus, and worshipping, said, 'Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean.' Jesus said, 'I will, be thou clean.' And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Some of you feel that your heart is desperately wicked; well, kneel to the Lord Jesus, and say: 'Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.' You are a lepet - incurable; Jesus is able - He is also willing to make you clean.