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Our great duty is to love God and our great happiness to be loved by him. - Thomas Manton (1620-77) Daily Light on the Daily Path Who can say, I have made my heart clean? The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. They that are in the flesh cannot please God. To will is present with me; but how to ( click here to read more ) Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" "The LORD hath been mindful of us: He will bless us." Psalms 115:12 I can set my seal to that first sentence. Cannot you? Yes, Jehovah has thought of us, provided for us, comforted us, delivered us, and guided us. In all the movements of His providence He has been mindful of us, never overlooking our mean affairs. His mind has been full of us ( click here to read more ) Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" "The Lord is my portion, saith my soul." - Lamentations 3:24 It is not "The Lord is partly my portion," nor "The Lord is in my portion"; but he himself makes up the sum total of my soul's inheritance. Within the circumference of that circle lies all that we possess or desire. The Lord is my portion. ( click here to read more ) Voice of the Lord Many look for miracles as the proof they need to trust in God. This is particularly true of our people. Rabbi Sha'ul (Saul; i.e., Paul) said, "Jews ask for signs" (1 Corinthians 1:22). To ma (Thomas) wanted evidence, and so do we. Yet Yeshua promised a special blessing for those who trusted. ...believe in Yeshua's transforming power. I will look for ( click here to read more ) Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life Just two days to go. Just two days before "IT" has to be in the mail. Just two days until the package that evryone dreads sending must be postmarked. Just two days until many must part with their hard earned cash to satisfy the demands of their government. Just two days left before the Internal Revenue Service ( click here to read more ) 'Every Day Light' with Selwyn Hughes We are acknowledging that in order to understand "grace" we must see it in relation to a Sovereign. As one writer puts it: "Grace is bound to be sovereign since it cannot by its very nature be subject to compulsion." That is why we often refer to it as free grace. There is no reason for grace but grace. I believe the old ( click here to read more ) Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer It is sad indeed to know that there are Christian leaders among us who are too timid to tell the people all the truth. They are now asking men and women to give to God only that which costs them nothing! The contemporary moral climate does not favor a faith as tough and fibrous as that taught by our Lord and His apostles. Christ calls men to carry ( click here to read more ) The Believer's Daily Remembrancer
I will be to them a God. - Hebrews 8:10 That is, to all His people. The object of their adoration and trust, the subject of their meditation, and the source of all their happiness. To be our God, is more than being our friend, helper, or benefactor; (creatures may be so;) He engages to do us good according to His all-sufficiency, to bestow upon ( click here to read more )Weekly briefing: SBC sex abuse, James MacDonald, 'Dirty Dozen' We've compiled the top stories of the week. Here's what you need to know: Liberal Lutheran pastor melts purity rings into vagina sculpture, presents it to Gloria Steinem Liberal Lutheran pastor and author Nadia Bolz-Weber has unveiled a sculpture of a vulva that was made entirely with old purity rings in protest of evangelical purity culture. Mississippi passes 'heartbeat' abortion ban, gov. says he'll sign into law Mississippi's legislature passed a pair of bills Wednesday aimed at banning abortion at the time a baby's heartbeat is detected, which occurs as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Beloved pastor, father of five, suffers fatal heart attack after communion service The Rev. Charles M. Franklin Jr., a beloved father of five and pastor of Ray of Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack shortly after a communion service. Pastor Brian Houston praises Chris Pratt for 'bold faith in Jesus' amid attacks on church Pastor Brian Houston says mainstream media reports that Hillsong Church is anti-LGBT people are "completely false," and praised actor Chris Pratt for his "bold faith in Jesus" as he endured public attacks from actress Ellen Page for going to church. California must pay pro-life pregnancy centers $399K , judge rules California must pay three pro-life pregnancy centers and a conservative law firm $399,000 in legal fees and other costs after a state law meant to force pregnancy centers to promote abortion was struck down. Trump meets with abortion survivor, rallies pro-lifers to push for laws protecting babies President Donald Trump met with an abortion survivor and a child who was born after just 20 weeks of gestation before urging thousands of pro-life supporters Thursday to pressure for the passage of a federal law to protect babies who survive abortions. Perfect politicians and faulty Christians There's a lot of digging lately by both political parties to expose indecent, immoral behavior, and/or corruption by the other. People searching as far back as high school, and college. Is this okay with you? Do you want someone looking in your backyard? Most of us, aren't the people we were years ago. I admit it. I am a hater. Numerous people have tried to saddle me and other conservative evangelicals with that label over the years. They are right. I am a hater, but not as they think me to be. Meet Claire, a Hillary Clinton supporter I have a lefty friend who sees Republicans as all the same, in a neat little box full of hateful stereotypes. He likes to dig up the most obscure article about some Trump supporter who made a couple of racist comments against blacks or illegal immigrants, and send it to me to bolster his skewed view of us on the right. Youth ministry must die before it can be resurrected Without death and burial, there can be no resurrection. It's true of seeds planted in the ground. It's true of our bodies. And it's true of youth ministry. Youth Ministry must "die" in its current form for it to experience a glorious resurrection. What does the Bible say about the Green New Deal? Doesn't the Bible say we should protect the environment? Are we going to have to give in to centralized government controls to preserve our natural resources? This "Green New Deal" has me nervous. Want to save America? Have kids The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported late last year that Americans aren't having enough babies to replace themselves. In fact, a record one in five American women will never have children, and those who do will, on average, never exceed two. The 'Trump Effect' on birth control is another pro-abortion #fakenews narrative Trump drives women to birth control. Well, at least that's what all of mainstream media is trying to report. Reinforcing the myth that Republicans are trying to take away birth control, the MSM is shouting their contraception lies as loudly and as often as possible. Trump admin. plans to detain migrant kids at toxic site, report says A planned detention facility for migrant children is being built on a toxic site, a new report says. Tim Tebow, Miss Universe Demi Nel-Peters saving sex for wedding night Longtime bachelor and beloved Christian athlete Tim Tebow proposed to his girlfriend, former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters at the top of the year and during a recent interview for his upcoming film "Run The Race" the professing 31-year-old virgin says he is still waiting until his wedding night. Where do most Christian singles live? Which U.S. cities do the majority of Christian singles call home? NeverTrump evangelicals are 'spineless morons' who can't admit they're wrong: Robert Jeffress Dallas megachurch pastor and prominent Donald Trump supporter Robert Jeffress issued harsh words about evangelicals who oppose the president while appearing on a conservative radio show Wednesday. Missouri woman who claims state's abortion laws 'violate' her satanic beliefs loses fight The Missouri Supreme Court has dismissed a Satanic Temple member's religious challenge to the state's informed consent law, which required her to wait 72 hours and gave her the opportunity to view an ultrasound before having an abortion. Conservatives greatly outnumber liberals in the United Methodist Church: poll Self-identified theological conservatives outnumber self-identified theological liberals in the United Methodist Church, according to a recently released survey. |
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Exodus 13,14; Proverbs 5; Hebrews 11:1-22: The said to Moses,“Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast.Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving.When the brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, |