Daily Readings for Wednesday 26th June 2024

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.


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
Preface - The prophet; being sent to reprove hypocrisy, sheweth the difference between a counterfeit fast and a true; he declareth what blessings shall attend a godly performance of the duties of the latter, and the observance of the sabbath.
​Isaiah 58
Preface - Christ continuing his sermon giveth directions about charitable giving. Prayer, forgiving our brethren, fasting, laying up treasure in heaven, keeping a single eye: and exhorteth not to be anxious about worldly things, but principally to seek God's kingdom and righteousness.
Matthew 6


Daily Light - Morning
Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed...
and that thou wouldest keep me from evil...
And God granted him that which he requested.

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. - When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him?

Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. - How great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! - I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. - The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that rust in him shall be desolate.
1 Chr. 4.10; Pro. 10.22; Job 34.29
Ps. 3.8; Ps. 31.19; Jn. 17.15
Mt. 7.7-8; Ps. 34.22


Daily Light - Evening
It is to be much observed unto the LORD
for bringing them out from the land of Egypt.

The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this doe ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

He...kneeled down, and prayed... And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

It was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour...they took Jesus, and led him away...into a place called... Golgotha: where they crucified him.

Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast.
Ex. 12.42; 1 Co. 11.23-25
Lu. 22.41,44
Jn. 19.14,16,17-18
1 Co. 5.7-8


A Puritans Catechism​
Q 27 - Wherein consists Christ's exaltation?
A - Christ's exaltation consists in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day.


The 1689
Baptist Confession of Faith
Of Repentance Unto Life and Salvation
Chapter 15
PARAGRAPH 3

This saving repentance is an evangelical grace, whereby a person, being by the Holy Spirit made sensible of the manifold evils of his sin, doth, by faith in Christ, humble himself for it with godly sorrow, detestation of it, and self-abhorrency, praying for pardon and strength of grace, with a purpose and endeavour, by supplies of the Spirit, to walk before God unto all well-pleasing in all things.

1. Zechariah 12:10 
2. Acts 11:18 
3. Ezekiel 36:31 
4. 2 Corinthians 7:11 
5. Psalms 119:6 
6. Psalms 119:128

Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings
Conquerors
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us.
Romans 8 v 37

Truly we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us; for we can give thanks before the fight is done. Yes, even in the thickest of the battle we can look up to Jesus, and cry, Thanks to God. The moment a soul, groaning under corruption, rests the eye on Jesus, that moment his groans are changed into songs of praise. In Jesus you discover a fountain to wash away the guilt of all your sin. In Jesus you discover grace sufficient for you, - grace to hold you up to the end, - and a sure promise that sin shall soon be rooted out altogether. 'Fear not, I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by My name; thou art Mine.' Ah, this turns our groans into songs of praise! How often a psalm begins with groans and ends with praises! This is the daily experience of all the Lord's people. Is it yours? Try yourselves by this. Oh, if you know not the believer's song of praise, you will never cast your crowns with them at the feet of Jesus! Dear believers, be content to glory in your infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon you. Glory, glory, glory to the Lamb!