Forgiveness

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FORGIVENESS. Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies. ---- Philip Chesterfield.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay says the Lord." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good (Romans 12:13,17,19, 21).  

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A hymn to read or sing aloud to the glory of God: FORGIVE OUR SINS AS WE FORGIVE.  

Judgment

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Judgment. The punishment of the sinner is not an arbitrary vengeance, but the due process of moral providence ---- J. A. Motyer.

Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you gave me no food. I was thirsty and you gave me no drink. I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me. Then they also will answer, saying, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?" Then He will answer them, saying, "Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life (Matthew 25: 41-46).

A hymn to read or sing aloud to the glory of God: O, Jehovah, Hear My Words

Forebearance

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FORBEARANCE. Cultivate forbearance until your heart yields a fine crop of it. Pray for a short memory to all unkindnesses. ---- Charles H. Spurgeon.

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 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends (I Corinthians 13:4-8a).-----
A hymn to read or sing aloud to the glory of God: HE LEADETH ME, O BLESSED THOUGHT

Depravity

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MAN. DEPRAVITY  Man is not making his way up through animism, fetishism, totemism, polytheism and monotheism to a knowledge of God. He started with a knowledge of God and has been going the other way ever since. ---- Vance Havner

...God created man in His own image...formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of llife, and the man became a living being (Genesis 1:27a; 2:7).

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves (Genesis 3:6, 7).

For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and there foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals (Romans 1:21

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A hymn to read or sing aloud to the glory of God: GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME.

Jesus the Savior

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The terrors of law and of God with me can have nothing to do; My Saviour's obedience and blood
Hide all my transgressions from view. ---- Augustus Toplady

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. I acknowledged my sin to You, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and You forgave the iniquity of my sin (Psalm 32:1,2,5; cf. Romans 4:7-8).
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more (Hebrews 8:12).
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (I John 1:9).

She will bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).-----
A hymn to read or sing aloud to the glory of God:THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET.

On Knowing God

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ON KNOWING GOD

The Christian is strong or weak depending upon how closely he has cultivated the knowledge of God. ---- A. W. Tozer

In My Father's House

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IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE

Believers are not hired servants, supporting themselves by their own work, but children maintained at their Father's expense. ---- Horatius Bonar

Saved and Being Saved

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SAVED, AND BEING SAVED

               We in Christ = justification.

               Christ in us = sanctification.

                                             -- Martin Luther

Faith and Repentance

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FAITH AND REPENTANCE

True faith is suffused with penitence. And just as faith is not only a momentary act but an abiding attitude of trust and confidence directed to the Savior, so repentance results in constant contrition. The broken spirit and the contrite heart are abiding marks of the believing soul. ---- John Murray

Zealous Disciples

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ZEALOUS DISCIPLES

A zealous Saviour ought to have zealous disciples.

                                                                           ---- J. C. Ryle

Living for Jesus

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LIVING FOR JESUS

My talents, gifts and graces, Lord,

Into Thy blessed hands receive;

And let me live to preach Thy Word,

and let me to Thy glory live;

My every sacred moment spend

In publishing the sinner's Friend.

                              ---- Charles Wesley 

"Doing"

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Doing, and not shedding tears, is the best proof of love. ---- J. C. Ryle

If you love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15).

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A hymn to read or sing aloud to the glory of God: JESUS CALLS US.

"Adoration"

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Where God is truly known, He is necessarily adored. ---- A. W. Pink

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto His name: bring an offering, and come into His courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before Him, all the earth (Psalm 96:8-9).

A hymn to be read or sung aloud in worship of God: O WORSHIP THE KING.

2012.10.12 "Self Deception"

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Nothing is so easy to deceive as one's self. ---- Demosthenes.

If a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself (Galatians 6:3).
A hymn to read or sing aloud to the glory of God: HAVE THINE OWN WAY, LORD. en he is nothing, he deceives himself.

2012.10.11 "Strangers"

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We are strangers here. Don't make yourself at home. ---- Vance Havner.

 

We are fools for Christ's sake...we are weak...we hunger and thirst...we are...homeless (I Corinthians 4:10-13).

 

A hymn to be read or sung aloud to the glory of God: GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH.

Paul Settle

2012.10.10 "Love"

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The primary test of life is not service but love, both for man and for God. ---- William Still

"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And He said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God will all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets" (Matthew 22:36-40).

Hymns to be read or sung in worship to God: 

SAVIOR, TEACH ME, DAY BY DAY and CHRIST FOR THE WORLD WE SING.

Paul G. Settle

2012.10.9 "Wisdom"

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True wisdom is a divine revelation. George Barlow.

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding (Proverbs 2:6).
A hymn to be read or sung aloud to the glory of God: BREAK THOU THE BREAD OF LIFE

Paul Settle

2012.10.8 "Stumbling Blocks"

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Stumbling blocks are often stepping stones to glory. Paul Settle

I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear (Philippians 1:12-14).

Paul Settle

2012.10.7 "Christ Returning"

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Read Titus 2:11-14. "We wait for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ."

This is the basis of Christian living: grace teaches, trains and leads us step-by-step to godliness. Grace fills our lives, our thoughts, our dreams with one compelling truth: our Savior is coming! He saves us from the sting of death, judgment and hell. He loves us with an everlasting love. He will bring us at last to heaven.

Paul Settle