tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63440512011-10-07T04:04:40.466+08:00A great sinner with an even greater SaviourNicky Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10098344825504791948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344051.post-43161771125583165912011-08-11T15:53:00.000+08:002011-08-11T16:03:23.251+08:00

(William S. Plumer, "A Treatise on Providence" 1865) Men are so ignorant of their own hearts that they are incapable of determining what is best for them. Even regenerate men are but partially sanctified and enlightened. But God searches the heart. He understands our whole case. He knows what is most for our good. He sees our strong corruptions and sad deficiencies. When, in mercy to His

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(James Smith, "A New Year's Motto" 1865)"Look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!" Luke 21:28We are entering upon a new year, we shall have . . . new toils, new trials, new temptations, new troubles.In whatever state, in whatever place, into whatever condition we may be brought this year — let us seek grace to follow our Lord's loving advice, and "look up!"

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If God is sovereign, there are no missed opportunities

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"For My thoughts are not your thoughts; neither are your ways, My ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth — so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts!" Isaiah 55:8-9God's dealings are very mysterious. His way is in the sea, and His path in the mighty waters, and His footsteps are not known. We looked for light — but behold darkness. We expected success — but

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(The following is a letter of John Newton to his 13 year old adopted daughter, who was away at school)"The LORD does whatever pleases Him—in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths!" Psalm 135:6My dear Betsy,How vain are all things here below! "Vanity of vanities!" says the preacher. And you, and I, and your mamma, may say so likewise; for we all counted upon seeing you

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And so it begins. Lord grant me the grace to believe and trust in You. 4 months is a terribly long time, but You hold our future in Your hands and it's the safest place to be.Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love

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But I just had to write this down.[begin rant] When I hear people complaining about how restrictive being a Christian is, I have to resist the temptation to tell them, "if you wanna sin, then go out there and sin with all your might and stop playing church."[end rant]

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For His mercies are new every morning.How much do I fear for the future, but You oh Lord guide my steps, You pick me up when I fall, You provide all that I need.Grant me grace once again and forever.Soli Deo Gloria

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"Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.For the Lord

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About CG."The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, you know.""- Ezekiel 37: 1-

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"So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us."- 1 Thessalonians 2:8I thank my God for all of you and all that He has blessed me through every single one of you. Really wished I could have continued on with you all through O levels, JC and even Uni.But make my joy complete by

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On Christmas Day.For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? - Romans 7: 22-24

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Amongst the rapidly changing fads and fashions of a church chasing after that magical "silver bullet" to all their problems."Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."- Hebrews 13:8

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By J. C. RyleOf all relationships of life, none ought to be regarded with such reverence, and none taken in hand so cautiously as the relationship of husband and wife. In no relationship is so much earthly happiness to be found, if it be entered upon discreetly, advisedly, and in the fear of God. In none is so much misery seen to follow, if it be taken in hand unadvisedly, lightly, wantonly, and

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Imagine if you can, Jesus having people bow their heads after hearing the Sermon on the Mount, and then very slowly and softly (while Bartholomew plays “How Great Thou Art” on the accordion) saying to the crowd, “While your heads are bowed and your eyes are closed, if you really want to be My disciple tonight, if you really want to show My Father and I that you truly mean to follow this sermon I

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This year can be basically summed up like this, "putting your theology into practice". It's just amazing how throughout this year, God has been sovereignly arranging situations and circumstances that has called me to recall, believe and carry out all that He has taught me in previous years."But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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Saw this verse reference at the end of a HeartCry missionary report and it is just so beautiful."Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain."

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A beautiful example of theology in songOne day when Heaven was filled with His praisesOne day when sin was as black as could beJesus came forth to be born of a virginDwelt among men, my example is HeWord became flesh and the light shined among usHis glory revealedLiving, He loved meDying, He saved meBuried, He carried my sins far awayRising, He justified freely foreverOne day He’s comingOh

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Our God He lives forever He reigns in power and love Let Earth bow down before Him For He is exalted We look to Yahweh Yahweh Forever Yahweh Yahweh Our hope is God Almighty His love is greater than all Lift high the God of Heaven Give all the honor We look to Yahweh Yahweh Our hope is Yahweh Yahweh And He shall reign forever He shall reign forever He shall reign Forever and ever (Our God)

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Just have too many thoughts about so many things that I fear I may lose some of them due to my increasingly failing memory.1) This is one camp where I felt such a lack of grace to minister to others. Whether it be out of fear or weakness, I simply felt without strength when asked to pray for others. However, a couple of dear brothers did pray for me which was refreshing. A sister sort of "

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But it is just that I've seen so many emotional outbursts and experiences over the years with no permanent fruit to show for it.On a much better note, a worthwhile download from the Gospel Coalition here.

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Oh Lord keep me from envy. To You I look to provide in due season.

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The beautiful thing about Casting Crowns is that one can so easily relate to their songs.To know you is never worry for my life, and To know you is to never to give in or compromise To know you is to want to tell the world about you Cause I can't live without you To know you is to hear your voice when you are calling To know you is to catch my brother when he is falling To know you is to feel the

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The best part IMHOChrist- supreme, glorious, magnificent, personal and precious is that reward.He is God’s final revelation.He is the heir of all things.He is the creator of the world.He is the radiance of God’s glory.He is the exact imprint of God’s nature.He upholds the universe by the word of his power.He made purification for sinsHe sits at the right hand of the MajestyHe is God, enthroned

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When you hear and see people having much more passionate discussions and conversations on football and fashion instead of on Christ and His Kingdom....

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Christ is sufficient, Christ is all. Christ is Ruler, King and Lord

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Here at Your feet, I lay my past downMy wanderings, all my mistakes downAnd I am freeHere at Your feet, I lay this day downNot in my strength, but in Yours I’ve foundAll I need, You’re all I needJesus, Jesus, at Your feetOh, to dwell and never leaveJesus, Jesus, at Your feetThere is nowhere else for meThere is nowhere else for meHere at Your feet, I lay my future downAll of my dreams, I give to

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"But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the

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I say on Sunday how much I want revivalBut then on Monday, I can’t even find my BibleWhere’s the powerThe power of the cross in my lifeI’m sick of playing the game of religionI’m tired of losing my reason for livingWhere’s the powerThe power of the cross in my lifeI’m not content just to walk through my life, giving inTo the lies, Walking in compromises nowWe cry out as a generation that was

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Definitely feel like declaring a self-moratorium on giving BS.The mind just keeps going blank too many times....

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Perhaps the reason why I detest actors/acting is because I am the biggest actor of all...

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But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."The LORD is my portion," says my soul, therefore I will hope in him."The LORD is good to those who wait for him,to the soul who seeks him.It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.It is

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Every time I am overcome with sin, shame and doubt, this song never ceases to give hope.The gates and doors were barredAnd all the windows fastened downI spent the night in sleeplessnessAnd rose at every soundHalf in hopeless sorrowAnd half in fear the dayWould find the soldiers breakin' throughTo drag us all awayAnd just before the sunriseI heard something at the wallThe gate began to rattleAnd

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There is something that is increasingly disturbing to me even as I go through this current phase in life. You look at the culture of a place and sometimes you wonder, 'Can it be changed? Why do we put up with it in resignation and acceptance despite knowing that it is so deplorable and saddening? Have we been so influenced by the godless culture of this society that we simply lose the will to

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From hereAlas, how vain is man! What a contradiction is a believer to himself! If I were to describe him from the Scriptural portrait—I would say that he is one whose heart is athirst for God, for His glory, and for His presence; that his affections are fixed upon an unseen Savior; that his treasures, and consequently his thoughts, are on eternal realities, far beyond the bounds of sense. Having

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"All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."- Psalms 139 :16bAll the Way my Saviour Leads mevs.1All the way my Savior leads me;What have I to ask beside?Can I doubt His tender mercy,Who through life has been my Guide?Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort,Here by faith in Him to dwell!For I know, whate’er befall me,Jesus doeth all things well;For I know, whate

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Much has been made about inculcating a sense of self-esteem or self-confidence in modern society that it is no surprise that such thinking has infiltrated into much of the church today. " We mustn't hurt their self-esteem" and " We must help them gain confidence in themselves" are common refrains in many churches and one wonders how biblical that truly is. I am increasingly convinced such

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And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.- Mark 4:39One wonders at the words of our Lord here whether they were merely meant for the wind and waves crashing about them, or were they meant as well for those terrified disciples in the boat.For many of us today, peace is seen as that time when we get onto that jet plane

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Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him. - Matthew Henry From Joshua Harris's book, Boy meets Girl

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"Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish."- Psalms 146: 3-4As I was meditating in the office today (sort of), I thought back to this Psalm which I read today. How much of what we do in Youth Ministry, or any ministry for that matter, is all about looking for the latest fad or

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"The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made....The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing." - Psa. 145:8-9, 14-16Wanting

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Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works;they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry,

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Saw something in church on Sunday that was so encouraging. Nothing really fancy, but it is amazing how God plants so many little blessings in life."When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul." - Psalm 94:19

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Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.- 2

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From here“Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God” (Psa. 55:19). As there are some people who uniformly enjoy good health, so there is a class of religious professors who appear to maintain one steady level of experience. There is no rise and fall of their emotional thermometer, no ebbs and flows in the tide of their energy, no ups and downs in their history. Their faith (such

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I used to think I was a shy person. Actually I've come to realize that it is rather a case of not being a "personable" person rather than actual shyness. Maybe that's why I can never be close to anybody, because the closer you get to people, the more people see you for who you are and the more people will realize the rampant hypocrisy in your own life."Stained Glass Masquerade" - Casting

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It's been a couple of days since I've returned from Cambodia and have finally found some time to write some thoughts down.The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul,"therefore I will hope in him."- Lamentations 3: 22-23It was in many ways better than expected. There

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Feeling really unprepared and adequate.Really my own fault for getting so distracted.May the Lord be gracious.

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It is now common practice in most evangelical churches to offer the people, especially the young people, a maximum of entertainment and a minimum of serious instruction. It is scarely possible in most places to get anyone to attend a meeting where the only attraction is God. One can only conclude that God’s professed children are bored with Him, for they must be wooed to meeting with a stick of

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From the Gospel Coalition BlogBy Iain MurrayIn a number of circles today 'expository preaching' is in vogue, and it is being urged on preachers as the way to preach. If this means that the preacher's one business is to confine himself to the text of Scripture, and to make the sense plain to others, there is nothing more to discuss; who can disagree save those who do not know that the Bible is the

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Holy Violence by Thomas Watson“The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” -Matt 11:12The exercises of the worship of God are contrary to nature; therefore, there must be a provoking of ourselves to them. The movement of the soul toward sin is natural, but its movement toward heaven is violent. The stone moves easily to the center. It has an innate propensity

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Feeling spiritually lousy........

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And I had thought that serving in church would have been a lot easier compared to BB.....Brothers, pray for us.- 1 Thess 5:25It is just so hard at times. The pitfalls in Christian ministry seem so numerous and in every avenue the evil one prowls, seeking whom he may devour. (cf. 1 Pet 5:8)Was reading a very convicting blog post (found in five parts here) Who then is sufficient for ministry? (cf.

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""Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to" what? According to His sovereign pleasure? According to His eternal decree? According to His secret will? "According to the power that worketh in us." Say what we may, plead as plausibly as we please of our uncertainty about God’s willingness to show Himself strong on our behalf, at the bottom it

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If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.- Colossians 3:1-3It has often been said to Christians not to be "too heavenly minded such that they are of no earthly good". But how true

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Thinking about the role of "application" in churches today, I am increasingly convinced that the question is not so much "how does this Word of God apply to me", but rather "how can I apply and conform myself to the Word of God which has been revealed and preached".The former esteems the self and sees the Word of God as an addition to self, while the latter esteems God's Word and seeks to adjust

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I had wanted to write some stuff on church, but work chose to intervene and scupper that plan heh. Oh well some other time then.Arms aching from carrying a composite pipe from Newton Food Centre to PUB office.=======================================After ROD parade today, looking back at it all, was it really worth it? God knows. Only God knows.

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That the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it come what may. =)

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My God is sovereign over all. That is the hope that keeps me going day by day.==============================================Other people seem to get things so easily; but whenever I am tempted to complain, I know whom I have believed. And I am convinced that He is able to guard me till that Day."For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things

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that when God answers your prayers, you always desire something more or different.

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"There is an amazing ignorance of Scriptures among many, and a consequent want of established, solid religion. In no other way can I account for the ease with which people are, like children, "tossed to and fro, and carried about by every wind of doctrine." ( Ephesians 4:14.) There is an Athenian love of novelty abroad, and a morbid distaste for anything old and regular, and in the beaten path of

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As we deal with the issues surrounding "Experiencing God" and His Will and Purposes for us, we must always ask ourselves the question, "What is it that I seek?" As with His gifts, we are all too often caught up in chasing an "experience" rather than the Person. An emotional high that we can then use to justify or validate our faith.Read the account given in John 6 about Jesus' feeding of the five

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This is a copy post from what I posted on my Sec 3 CG blog.================================One fundamental aspect of God seen throughout scripture is the fact that God is transcendent i.e. He is so completely different and superior to us in substance, power, wisdom, etc....The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,

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...to see the way men can rail against their Maker.Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said,"The Lord rebuke you." But these people blaspheme all

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Just not particularly inspired to write anything nowadays. I know I'm not spending my time wisely and it's wrecking havoc on my spiritual life.God help me.

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Something that I read in the last chapter of Tozer's book, Rut, Rot or Revival."I would like to see our young people feel the call of God on them until they have to leave us and begin preaching. I would like to see the Spirit of God move upon us until our young people cannot afford to sit and figure out who they are going to marry and when. That will come in its time, but they will be thinking,

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In Singapore you often hear the phrase "You can do anything you want as long as you don't get caught."BUTThe end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.- Ecclesiastes 12: 13-14Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may

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A terrifying passage for those who seek to be teachers of the Word."And now, O priests, this command is for you. If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. Behold, I will rebuke your offspring,

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Read it here.“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly” (Matt. 6:6). Eight times in the space of this verse is the pronoun used in the singular number and the second person—a thing unique in all Scripture—as though to emphasize the indispensability,

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Something that, in the light of my recent trip to Cambodia, I have been pondering about. Most of the so-called evangelism of our day is a grief to genuine Christians, for they feel that it lacks any scriptural warrant, that it is dishonoring unto God, and that it is filling the churches with empty professors. They are shocked that so much frothy superficiality, fleshly excitement and worldly

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Is who is the one who keeps writing these articles.By implication of the examples he cited to buttress his argument, it is obvious that Paul did not understand God’s election as an arbitrary selection. After all, Isaac was chosen over Ishmael because he was justified by faith; and Jacob was chosen over Esau, again, because he pursued holiness even at material cost. God’s election is better

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To my shame.Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I

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When one reads things like this that people write.God was never a bigotConsider the claim that the crucifixion of Jesus Christ is a righteous yet merciful God’s solution to His wrath against mankind for their sins. Proponents of this view say that God being perfectly righteous and holy cannot leave sin unpunished; He has to punish mankind with eternal separation from His presence and damnation in

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Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, "What no eye has

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I walked in the sunshine with a scholar who had effectively forfeited his prospects of academic advancement by clashing with church dignitaries over the gospel of grace. “But it doesn’t matter,” he said at length, “for I’ve known God and they haven’t.” . . . [Not] many of us ever naturally say that in the light of the knowledge of God which we have come to enjoy past disappointments and present

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I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day

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Really busy busy busy these 2 months. 29He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.30Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;31but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.- Isaiah 40: 29-31

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All my days I will sing this song of gladness Give my praise to the fountain of delights For in my helplessness, you heard my cry And waves of mercy poured down on my life I will trust in the cross of my Redeemer I will sing of the blood that never fails Of sins forgiven, of conscience cleansedOf death defeated and life without end Beautiful Savior, wonderful counselor Clothed in majesty, Lord of

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2 fantastic verses for my life.========================================

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From Christianity TodayWhenever the Bible is read, a hush should come over us. We should be inching toward the edge of our seats, leaning forward, turning our best ear toward the speaker, fearful we'll miss a single word—the deeds and words and character of Almighty and Merciful God are being revealed! In a world of suffering and pain, of doubt and despair, of questions about the meaning and

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From AsiaoneChildren are inherently innocent, psychiatrists and psychologists believe.However, when do children become aware that certain of their actions are deviant or even evil?'Children are born innocent. Their experiences, environment and society will shape the way they interpret and understand their surroundings and what they think is right or wrong,' saidMs Silvia Fontanella, a

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Something that is so true with regards to most of my prayers. From his book, How to PrayWe have gone very carefully into the positive conditions of prevailing prayer; but there are some things which hinder prayer. These God has made very plain in His Word. 1. The first hindrance to prayer we will find in James 4:3, "Ye ask and receive not BECAUSE YE ASK AMISS, THAT YE MAY SPEND IT IN YOUR

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As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.1 Peter 4: 10-11It is easy for one to be discouraged

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But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord."

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Today's sermon in church wasn't really theologically, in an academic sense, profound. It wasn't something that you can go away with merely thinking, "That's an interesting point he made." It wasn't some earth-shattering, ground-shaking, new revelation.But as I ponder upon it I can only think of one word. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

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John Piper recently preached a message to a group of Christian counselors and his opening statements are, to me, simply astounding. That the same sins he should be struggling with are so similar to mine. Surely apart from Grace we are all undone.Beholding Glory and Becoming Whole: Seeing and Savoring God as the Heart of Mental HealthSo to spare you some analysis, I will tell you that you are

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Legalism and the Christian School Movement (from SharperIron)Part 1Part 2Part 3=================================Scenario 1You are just about to start your bible study lesson for a care group consisting of much younger believers than you. As the rest mill about waiting for things to get started, you notice one of the girls who had just come in wearing an outrageously low-cut top, which barely

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I have a very bad habit. I love to daydream. In recent weeks, when I'm driving by myself from one place to another I've somehow managed to develop the ability to literally drive on autopilot by following the car in front while my mind wanders off in a number of different directions.My second bad habit is this, and I have often been chided on this, and that is my tendency to plan, conceive or

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Now I hope to put forth a more personal account of my struggle on this question of assurance, and I pray that it would be of some edification to you dear reader. As I had posted earlier, it is a pressing question, even for many sincere believers, and so it was for me also.In my younger(?) days, warnings of lost salvation were almost a constant fare in church and in school. I can scarcely remember

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The question of the assurance of one's salvation is something I highly suspect is of much vexing interest to many believers. And surely any person would be completely justified in being concerned for his eternal destination would he not?I was raised and immersed in a (almost) completely Wesleyan/Arminian heritage since I was young, though my theology and soteriology has taken quite a decisive

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Chapter 13 of Tozer's book "The Radical Cross"All unannounced and mostly undetected there has come in modern times a new cross into popular evangelical circles. It is like the old cross, but different: the likenesses are superficial; the differences fundamental.From this new cross has sprung a new philosophy of the Christian life, and from that new philosophy has come a new evangelical technique

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Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;There is no shadow of turning with Thee;Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.RefrainGreat is Thy faithfulness!Great is Thy faithfulness!Morning by morning new mercies I see.All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,Sun

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"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."- Acts 17: 30-31I ask you this day, —"What think ye of Christ?"What others think about Him is not the question now. Their

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You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.- Isaiah 26: 3-4Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of REFRESHING may come from the PRESENCE of the Lord - Acts 2:19You are made to find your ultimate joy not in being significant but in

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On Divine Providence and Carnal MethodsFrom hereSecond, a proper acquaintance with the grand truth of Divine Providence should also be of real help in guarding us against having recourse to artifice and craft, in the propagation of the Truth. The Apostle Paul, in spite of all his zeal for the Gospel, disdained all worldly wisdom in his efforts to advance its progress: he commended the Truth to

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Deleted a previous post in which I wrote some pretty stupid things. What is man that he should argue with God or the son of man that he should accuse Him.Let the Judge of all the Earth do right. Forgive my ignorance.

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Amen

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