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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 - First Year Preface - The queen of Sheba cometh to see Solomon. Her admiration of his wisdom and magnificence. Her presents to him. Solomon's yearly revenue in gold. His golden targets and shields. His throne of ivory. His rich vessels. Strangers bring him presents out of respect to his wisdom. His chariots and horsemen. The plenty of silver and cedars in his time. Horses, chariots, and linen yearn, brought out of Egypt. 1 Kings 10 Preface - Paul saluteth the Philippians, and testifieth his thankfulness to God for their uninterrupted fellowship in the gospel: his affection for them, and prayers for their spiritual improvement. He informeth them that his bonds at Rome had turned out to the advancement of the gospel, which many were thereby induced to preach, though with different views: that considering how serviceable his life might be to the cause of Christ, though for himself it were happier to die, he was doubtful in his choice: but that he knew he should soon be at liberty to visit them again for their comfort. He exhorteth them to walk worthy of their profession, and to be steady and unanimous in the faith, for which they had already been fellowsufferers with him. Philippians 1 Daily Light - Morning The meek will he teach his way. Blessed are the meek. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill. - A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God. - Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. Ps. 25.9; Mt. 5.5 Ec. 9.11; Pro. 16.9 Ps. 123.1-2; Ps. 143.8 2 Chr. 20.12 Jas. 1.5 Jn. 16.13 Daily Light - Evening O Lord God.... with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. Thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. - The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. - When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the aimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. - come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD God is a sun and shield. 2 Sa. 7.29; 1 Chr. 17.27; Pro. 10.22 Ac. 20.35; Lu. 14.13-14; Mt. 25.34-36 Ps. 41.1 Ps. 84.11 A Puritans Catechism Q 47 - Which is the fourth commandment? A - The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Of God's Decree Chapter 3 PARAGRAPH 4 These angels and men thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished. 10 10 2 Tim. 2:19; John 13:18 Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings A new name To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. John 10 v 3 This first of all, shows the complete knowledge he has of the sheep. You remember Zaccheus, when he was a stray sheep, Christ said to him when he was in the tree, 'Come down; for today I must abide at thine house.' You remember Nathaniel, when a stray sheep under the fig-tree, 'he saw him.' You remember, after His resurrection, He saw Mary and said to her, 'Mary'; and she turned herself, and said unto Him, 'Rabboni: which is to say, Master.' So it is still. Ministers do not know you; elders do not know you; but Christ knows you, and He calls His own sheep by name, and they follow Him. And this implies, also, the love of Christ. You know when you love one, you love their name. Christ does not only know you, but He calls you by His name. He called Bethany, 'the town of Mary and her sister Martha.' Christ love the names of those for whom He died. Your names are graven on His heart, and on the palms of His hands; and this shows He changes their names. He said to Abraham, 'Thy name shall no more be called Abram, but Abraham shall thy name be.' And you remember he said of Peter, 'Thy name shall be called Peter,' which means a stone. And it is said of the Jews, 'I have called thee by my name, thou art mine.' So it implies that they get a new name, that is, a new nature. And, when we come to the temple above, He says, 'Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out; and I will write upon him the name of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God; and I will write upon him my new name.' And you that are of the world, if you will come, you will get a new name.
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