Daily Readings for Wednesday 19th March 2025

Daily Prayer - Wednesday
- Give thank 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 to join us.


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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 - The altar of incense. The ransom of souls. The brasen laver. The holy anointing oil. The composition of the perfume.
Exodus 30
Preface - A man that was born blind receiveth sight: he relateth to his neighbours the means of his cure: he is brought to the Pharisees, who examine strictly into the fact, and are offended with his acknowledgement of the divine mission of the author: they excommunicate him: he is received of Jesus, and confesseth him: Christ taxeth the Pharisees with spiritual blindness.
John 9



Daily Light - Morning
God having raised up his Son Jesus;
sent him to bless you, in turning away
every one of you from his iniquities.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. - Saved by his life.

Our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. - As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ....hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. - In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him. - Of his fulness have all we received and grace for grace.

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Ac. 3.26; 1 Pe. 1.3; Ro. 5.10
Titus 2.13-14; 1 Pe. 1.15-16
Eph. 1.3; Col. 2.9-10; Jn. 1.16
Ro. 8.32



Daily Light - Evening
Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. - O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. - Ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. - Be strong....and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts. - Not by might, nor by power, buty by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Ps. 119.28; Ps. 119.49; Isa. 38.14
Lu. 21.33; Jos. 23.14
Dan. 10.19; Hag. 2.4; Zech. 4.6
​Eph. 6.10
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A Puritans Catechism
Q 47 - Which is the third 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 Gods Decree
Chapter 3
PARAGRAPH 1
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God hath decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes to pass;  (1)  yet so as thereby is God neither the author of sin nor hath fellowship withy any therein;  (2)  nor is violence offered to the will of the creature, nor yet is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established;  (3)  in which appears Him wisdom in disposing all things, and power and faithfulness in accomplishing His decree.  (4)
(1)  Isa. 46.10; Eph. 1.11; Heb. 6.17; Rom. 9.15,18  (2)  James 1.13; 1 John 1.5  (3)  Acts 4.27-28; John 19.11  (4)  Num. 23.19; Eph.1.3-5

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Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings
Devoting yourself
for thou art my servant....
Isaiah 44 v 21
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When a man consents that Christ shall be his Surety, he feels that he is not his own, but bought with a price. So David felt: 'Truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.' So Paul felt, when he lay gasping on the ground: 'Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?' Before conversion, the unconverted thinks that he is his own: may I not do what I will with mine own? He was the willing slave of the devil. But when he sees the price laid down for him, he feels that the Lord has redeemed hi out of the house of bondage. Now he says: 'I am the Lord's.' Now he is more the servant of the Lord than ever he was of the devil. Oh! dear Christians, would that I could see more of this among you, a devoting of yourselves unto the Lord: 'For thou art my servant.'