Daily Readings for Wednesday 8th January 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.


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 waters abate. The ark resteth on Ararat. Noah sendeth out a raven and a dove. The earth is dried. Noah, being commanded, goeth forth of the ark. He buildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice which God accepteth, and promiseth to curse the earth no more.
Genesis 8
Christ cleanseth the leper; healeth the centurion's servant, Peter's mother in law, and many other diseased; showeth how he is to be followed; stilleth the tempest on the sea; driveth the devils out of two men possessed, and suffereth them to go into the swine.
Matthew 8


Daily Light - Morning
They that know thy name will put their trust in thee:
for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. - I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. - For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. - The LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. - Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us.

Be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Ps. 9.10; Pro. 18.10; Isa. 12.2
Ps. 37.25; Ps. 37.28; 1 Sa. 12.22; 2 Co. 1.10
He. 13.5-6


Daily Light - Evening
They are without fault before the throne of God.

The iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

He hath made us accepted in the beloved. - To present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Rev. 14.5; Jer. 50.20; Mi. 7.18-19
Eph. 1.6; Col. 1.22
Jude 24-25


A Puritans Catechism
​Q 59 - Which is the eighth commandment?
A - The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.


The 1689
Baptist Confession of Faith
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
Chapter 22
PARAGRAPH 7
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As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God's appointment, be set apart for the worship of God, so by his Word, in a positive moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, in all ages, he has particularly appointed one day in seven for a sabbath to be kept holy unto him. (28) which from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ was the last day of the week, and from the resurrection of Christ was changed into the first day of the week, which is called the Lord's Day; (29)  and is to be continued to the end of the world as the Christian Sabbath, the observation of the last day of the week being abolished.
(28) Exod. 20:8  (29) 1 Cor. 16:1-2; Acts 20:7; Rev. 1:10  
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Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings
Bread upon the waters
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Ecclesiastes 11 v 1

The excellent John Flavel was minister of Dartmouth in England. One day he preached from these words: 'If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema maranatha.' The discourse was unusually solemn, particularly the explanation of the curse. At the conclusion, when Mr Flavel rose to pronounce the blessing, he paused, and said: 'How shall I bless this whole assembly, when every person in it who loves not the Lord Jesus is anathema maranatha?' The solemnity of this address deeply affected the audience.
In the congregation was a lad named Luke Short, about fifteen years old, a native of Dartmouth. Shortly after, he went to sea, and sailed to America, where he passed the rest of his life. His life was lengthened far beyond the usual term. When a hundred years old, he was able to work on his farm, and his mind was not at all impaired. He had lived all this time in carelessness and sin; he was a sinner a hundred years old, and ready to die accursed. One day, as he sat in his field, he busied himself in reflecting on his past life. He thought of the days of his youth. His memory fixed on Mr. Flavel's sermon, a considerable part of which he remembered. The earnestness of the minister, the truths spoken, the effect on the people, all came fresh to his mind. He felt that he had not loved the Lord Jesus; he feared the dreadful anathema; he was deeply convinced of sin, was brought to the blood of sprinkling. He lived to his one hundred and sixteenth year, giving every evidence of being born again. Ah! how faithful God is to His Word. He did let none of His words fall to the ground.
Be of good cheer, Christian mothers, who weep over your unawakened children. They may be going far from you, perhaps across the seas and a believing mother never prayed in vain. Be instant in prayer. God will not forget His Word. He will let none of His words fall to the ground.