Angels

Good morning!

Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the divine beneficence towards us. ---- John Calvin.

Of the angels He says, "He makes His angels winds, and His ministers a flame of fire."  Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?  (Hebrews 1:7, 14)

A hymn to read aloud, and/or sing aloud, and to offer to God in worship: YOU HOLY ANGELS BRIGHT.

Union with Christ

Good morning!

The more a soul is conformed to Christ, the more confident it will be of its interest in [union with] Christ. -- Thomas Brooks.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God (Psalm 42:11).

But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me (II Timothy 1:12).

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is . And everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies himself as He is pure (I John 3:1-3).

A hymn to be read aloud and/or sung aloud, and offered in worship to God: IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL and/or BLESSED ASSURANCE .

Cross

Good morning!

The cross of Jesus Christ is a two-way street; we have been brought to God and God has been brought to us. Donald Grey Barnhouse.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments and ordinances, that He might create in Himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hositility. And He came and preached peace to those who were far off and those who were near. For through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. (Ephesians 2:13--18).

A hymn to be read or sung aloud in worship to God: MAN OF SORROWS! WHAT A NAME. -----

Awe

Good morning!

Awe is the primary religious emotion. Anonymous.

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with revereance and awe, for our God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:28-29).

A hymn to be read aloud or sung aloud and offered in worship to God: MY GOD, HOW WONDERFUL THOU ART (Trinity hymnal 35).

Watchfulness

Good morning!

We are all constantly backsliding but for the grace of God. ---- Dick Lucas.

Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation He will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it (I Corinthians 10:12-13).

A hymn to be read aloud or sung aloud and offered in worship to God: COME HOLY SPIRIT, HEAVENLY DOVE.

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In God's good providence there is "a time to laugh" (Ecclesiastes 1:1,4b). Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. Thomas Szang.

Seeking

Good morning!

God did not promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain, but He did promise His children strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way. --- pgs 

I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD  delivers him out of them all (Psalm 34:4, 19).

A hymn to be read aloud, or sung aloud, and offered in worship to God: JESUS, I AM RESTING, RESTING.

Truth and Life

Good morning!

May you live all the days of the rest of your life.  -- pgs

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). 

 I am the way, the truth and the life. -- Jesus Christ (John 14:6).

A hymn to be read or sung aloud and offered to God in worship: JESUS IS ALL THE WORLD TO ME