Monday November 20th, 2023

Prayer
-Give thanks to God for salvation and the redemption that is found alone through Jesus Christ.
-Give thanks to God for granting us particular skills and abilities that we might fulfil our vocations (jobs, studies, family responsibilities and time we spend alone). (Ecclesiastes 9.10, Ephesians 6.6)
-Pray for the Lord's blessing on the working week for us and all in the congregation.
-Pray the Lord would grant us grace to be good ambassadors for Christ (2 Corinthians 5.20)

Church Services
Sermons
Sunday morning at 11:00am in church (also available online via Facebook)
Sunday evening at 6:30pm in church (also available online via Facebook)
Bible study and prayer
Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in church (also available online via Facebook)
Lunch hour service
Thursday afternoon between 1:00pm and 1:30pm in church (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 - David, having prepared a place for the ark, ordereth the priests and Levites to bring it from the house of Obed-edom. The solemnity is attended by David and all Israel with great demonstrations of joy. Michal despiseth David for dancing before the ark.
1 Chronicles 15
Preface - It is not agreeable to the Christian profession to regard the rich, and despise the poor. The guilt of any one breach of the law. The obligation to mercy. Faith without work is dead. We are justified, as Abraham and Rahab were, by works, and not by faith only.
James 2

Daily Light - Morning
When I sit in darkness,
the LORD shall e a light unto me.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. - I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. - What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. - The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Mi. 7.8; Isa. 43.2-3; Isa. 42.16
Ps. 23.4; Ps. 56.3-4; Ps. 27.1

Daily Light - Evening
One God,
and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus.

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD. - A mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one LORD. - A mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies... Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

He is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises... I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
1 Tim. 2.5; Deu. 6.4; Ga. 3.20
Ps. 106.6-7,23
He. 3.1-2
He. 8.6,12

A Puritans Catechism
Q61 - Which is the ninth commandment?
A - The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith
Of The Holy Scriptures
Chapter 3 - Paragraph 7
The doctrine of the high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence and care, that men attending the will of God revealed in His Word, and yielding obedience thereunto, may, from the certainty of their effectual vocation, be assured of their eternal election;  18)  God so shall this doctrine afford matter of praise,  19)  God reverence, and admiration of God, and of humility,  20)  God diligence, and abundant consolation to all that sincerely obey the gospel.  21)
18)   1 Thess. 1:4-5; 2 Pet. 1:10  (19)   Eph. 1:6; Rom. 11:33  (20)   Rom. 11:5-6, 20  (21)   Luke 10:20 
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Robert Murray M'Cheyne - God Makes A Path - Daily Devotional Readings
Servants
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. - Matthew 23 v 11
Jesus expressly says, 'He that is greatest among you shall be your servant.' The angels that see the face of God, stoop to serve the meanest servants of God. Dear Christians, you often pray, 'Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' If you mean anything, you mean that you may serve God as the angels do. If you would be like them, become a ministering spirit.