tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800100963447666852024-02-02T16:44:28.667-05:00One Thirsty Person To AnotherCelebrating the Wesleyan MessageGregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.comBlogger482125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-23216537574135402132013-08-26T09:58:00.001-04:002013-08-26T09:58:50.464-04:00Which View Do You Choose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. Prov 14;12</b></i><div>
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<i>Why do people think the things they think, say the things they say, and do the things they do?</i></div>
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The <i>Secular view</i> believes people are intrinsically good, they master their own fate, self-determines the boundaries of their achievements and knowledge, and no moral standards constrain them apart from those they choose at their own discretion.</div>
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The <i>Christian view</i> believes an all-powerful God created the heavens and the earth. This living, omniscient God possesses all knowledge, and He establishes absolute moral standards by which man is expected to abide. He is holy, loving, personal.</div>
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Which view do you <u>truly</u> live by?</div>
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<b><i>The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field, God's building. I Cor 3:8-9</i></b><br />
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The wise Gamaliel was once instructing his disciples in the different duties, to the discharge of which every man is bound. But the youngest of them had not yet attained such height as to feel that virtue was in itself so lovely, that for itself, and for its own sake, it was to be practiced. He therefore looked for some reward beside that which it bears so richly, so abundantly in itself, and he said to his teacher, "Master, wilt thou tell us wherefore it is that God hath not affixed to each particular good work its own special peculiar reward?"<br />
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And the wise Gamaliel said, "I will endeavor to answer this question, as I have done too many others, by parable." The disciples were hushed in reverent silence, and the teacher spoke thus:--"In the climes of the East, there lived a king who desired to lay out around his palace a beautiful and splendid garden. He called the laborers into it, and left each one free to adorn his garden with whatever tree or shrub, his fancy most preferred, the only condition prescribed being that the garden should be fully stocked, and that nothing should be wanting. The work went rapidly on, and when it was fully completed the king summoned all the laborers before him, and each one name the vegetable, or flower, or tree, which he had planted in the garden. "Nothing was wanting; no herb, no flower, nor shrub, nor tree. The glorious tulips, the lowly violet, the bright-hued rose, the soft Lilly, all were there. From the fruit tree with boughs pendent with luxuriant clusters to the small herb, from the cedar to the hyssop on the wall, not one was missing; and the king looked around upon his garden, and smiled in his joy, for behold it was richly and abundantly stored and he gave to each laborer according to his work." The teacher was silent.<br />
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"How is this tale the answer to our question?" said the disciples. "Is my meaning hidden from you?" returned the master. "Think once again, and you will perceive that had the king specified the reward for each particular plant he would have defeated his own object. Would not every one of the workmen have bestowed his labor upon that to which the highest reward was affixed, and the result would have been that the king's garden would have presented one dull and cheerless uniformity, instead of the now diversified beauty, and varied utility which made the king's heart glad as he gazed upon the work of the voluntary choice, which made each plant a free-will offering on the part of his servants. Now, suppose the spiritual kingdom of God to be his garden, his servants to be the laborers called to work in it, and you have an answer to your question." Krummacher<br />
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(The True Wesleyan, July 13, 1850 Vol. VIII. No. 28)GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-71122336366365687342013-08-07T08:30:00.000-04:002013-08-07T08:30:01.279-04:00Worship the Lord - Kari Jobe's Powerful Performance of Revelation Song <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Heb 13:8</b><br /><br />Christ is always the same! It is this which makes the gospel so excellent and precious. We do not bid you depend on anything less than the tried corner-stone, the fountain whose water shall never fail - the city of refuge whose walls shall never be broken down - the sure Rock of Ages. Churches may decay and perish; riches may make themselves wings and fly away, but they who build their happiness on Christ crucified and union with Him by faith, that person is standing on a foundation which shall never be moved, and will know something of true peace.<br /><br />-J.C. Ryle <a href="http://jcrylequotes.com/">http://jcrylequotes.com</a>GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-46461650589334925472013-07-10T08:30:00.000-04:002013-07-10T08:30:01.948-04:00Your are worth everything to Christ!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matt 11:28-30</i></b><br />
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I think you may judge of a man’s character by the persons whose affection he seeks. If you find a man seeking only the affection of those who are great, depend upon it he is ambitious and self-seeking; but when you observe that a man seeks the affection of those who can do nothing for him, but for whom he must do everything, you know that he is not seeking himself, but that pure benevolence sways his heart. When I read in the text that the Lord gathers together the outcasts of Israel, and when I see that the text is truly applicable to the Lord Jesus Christ, because this is just what he did, I see another illustration of the gentleness of his heart, who said, “Take my yoke upon you, for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” Be glad to-night, dear friends, that we gather around such a Savior as this, from whom all pride and self-seeking are absent, and who coming down among us in gentleness and meekness, comes to gather those whom no man cares for — those who are judged to be worthless and irreclaimable.<br />
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Who made me to differ, but thee? <br />
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O that such a crown should fit the head of such a sinner! <br />
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such high advancement be for an unfruitful person! <br />
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Infinite wisdom cast the design of salvation <br />
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Secure me by thy grace as I sail across this stormy sea.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-63017178487454322702013-05-20T08:30:00.000-04:002013-05-20T08:30:03.099-04:00He Will Make You Love His Word<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the LORD are firm, and all of them are righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb. By them your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward. </i></b><div>
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If the Spirit of God is in you, He will make you love the Word of God and, if any of you imagine that the Spirit of God will lead you to dispense with the Bible, you are under the influence of another spirit which is not the Spirit of God at all! I trust that the Holy Spirit will endear to you every page of this Divine Record so that you will feed upon it and, afterwards, speak it out to others. I think it is well worthy of your constant remembrance that, even in death, our blessed Master showed the ruling passion of His spirit so that His last words were a quotation from Scripture.<div>
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GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-47363289189726943732013-05-17T08:30:00.000-04:002013-05-17T08:30:02.975-04:00Do you speak my language?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees. Psa 119:48</i></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Bible is my standard of language as well as sentiment. I endeavor not only to think but to speak as the oracles of God. Show me any one of the inspired writers who mentions Christ or faith more frequently than I do, and I will mention them more frequently.<br /><br /><br />-John Wesley, (Letters, V. 8.)</div>
GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-37119755624867183142013-05-15T08:30:00.000-04:002013-05-15T08:30:05.186-04:00The Heavens Declare Thy Glory<br />
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<b><i>The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. Psa 19:1-4</i></b><br />
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The final goal of the blessed life, moreover, rests in the knowledge of God. Lest anyone, then, be excluded from access to happiness, he not only sowed in men’s minds that seed of religion of which we have spoken but revealed himself and daily discloses himself in the whole workmanship of the universe. As a consequence, men cannot open their eyes without being compelled to see him. Indeed, his essence is incomprehensible; hence, his divineness far escapes all human perception. But upon his individual works he has engraved unmistakable marks of his glory, so clear and so prominent that even unlettered and stupid folk cannot plead the excuse of ignorance...in the creation of the universe he brought forth those insignia whereby he shows his glory to us, whenever and wherever we cast our gaze...wherever you cast your eyes, there is no spot in the universe wherein you cannot discern at least some sparks of his glory.<br />
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I pity those who try to be holy without Christ! Your labor is all in vain. You are putting money in a bag with holes. You are pouring water into a sieve. You are rolling a huge round stone uphill. You are building up a wall with untempered mortar. Believe me, you are beginning at the wrong end. You must come to Christ first, and He shall give you His sanctifying Spirit. You must learn to say with Paul, <b><i>"I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me." (Phil. 4:13) </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.</i></b><br />
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I search for truth, plain Bible truth, without any regard to the praise or dispraise of men. If you will assist me in this search, more especially by showing me where I have mistaken my way, it will be gratefully acknowledged.</div>
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GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-18402167650078696482013-05-03T08:30:00.001-04:002013-05-03T08:30:03.017-04:00I Can Only Imagine<script src="http://www.godtube.com/embed/source/0f1fc1nu.js?w=550&h=375&ap=false&sl=false&title=false" type="text/javascript"></script><a href="http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=0F1FC1NU">Police Officer Sings I Can Only Imagine at Funeral of Officer Killed in the Line of Duty</a> from <a href="http://www.godtube.com/untilweflyaway">untilweflyaway</a> on <a href="http://www.godtube.com/">GodTube</a>.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-84163163896062867182013-05-01T08:30:00.001-04:002013-05-01T08:30:01.900-04:00How Great Thou Art...<script src="http://www.godtube.com/embed/source/0f10mcnu.js?w=550&h=375&ap=false&sl=false&title=false" type="text/javascript"></script><a href="http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=0F10MCNU">Country Music Star from Sugarland Sings Breathtaking Duet of How Great Thou Art - CHILLS!</<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f0c9bd14-7521-43e8-afee-05ffe162e93c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1e78ce53-d5f7-4432-b1ec-b9af4ddeb8e1" grcontextid="a:0">a</span>> from </a><a href="http://www.godtube.com/alegator21">alegator21</<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9c5ae997-3dd2-49dc-a8aa-537fb4f35cff" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1e78ce53-d5f7-4432-b1ec-b9af4ddeb8e1" grcontextid="a:1">a</span>> on <<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1f7cfbe5-9b72-4c3c-8be8-198bd52ac147" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1e78ce53-d5f7-4432-b1ec-b9af4ddeb8e1" grcontextid="a:2">a</span> href="http://www.godtube.com/">GodTube</a>.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-69578386512381028042013-04-29T08:30:00.001-04:002013-04-29T08:30:02.403-04:00Gospel Choir Melts One of The Hardest Hearts!<script src="http://www.godtube.com/embed/source/wkywpwnx.js?w=550&h=375&ap=false&sl=false&title=false" type="text/javascript"></script><a href="http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=WKYWPWNX">Simon Cowell Made Fun of This Gospel Singer And Then Was Blown Away</a> from <a href="http://www.godtube.com/believe836">believe836</a> on <a href="http://www.godtube.com/">GodTube</a>.GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-43473738474221170152013-04-26T08:30:00.000-04:002013-04-26T08:30:02.940-04:00Fixing our eyes on Jesus...<br />
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Than Jesus' blood and righteousness: <br />
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, <b><i> "Fixing our eyes on </i></b><br />
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On Christ, the solid rock I stand;<br />
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It is ever the Holy Spirit's work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan's work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead of Christ. He insinuates, "Your sins are too great for pardon; you have no faith; you do not repent enough; you will never be able to continue to the end; you have not the joy of His children; you have such a wavering hold of Jesus." All these are thoughts about self, and we shall never find comfort or assurance by looking within. But the Holy Spirit turns our eyes entirely away from self: He tells us that we are nothing, but that "Christ is all in all." Remember, therefore, it is not thy hold of Christ that saves thee-it is Christ; it is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee-it is Christ; it is not even faith in Christ, though that be the instrument-it is Christ's blood and merits; therefore, look not so much to thy hand with which thou art grasping Christ, as to Christ; look not to thy hope, but to Jesus, the source of thy hope; look not to thy faith, but to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy faith. We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul. If we would at once overcome Satan and have peace with God, it must be by "looking unto Jesus." Keep thine eye simply on Him; let His death, His sufferings, His merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy mind; when thou wakest in the morning look to Him; when thou liest down at night look to Him. Oh! <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c07674bd-bc70-41a0-9fc6-14bc8dfdda97" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="96ea8898-9ab9-4086-aa7e-1a7148a3699b" grcontextid="let:0">let</span> not thy hopes or fears come between thee and Jesus; follow hard after Him, and He will never fail <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4ca1a017-b347-48df-8250-508bbafb9286" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="96ea8898-9ab9-4086-aa7e-1a7148a3699b" grcontextid="thee:1">thee</span>.<br />
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<i>-Charles Spurgeon <a href="http://theoldguys.org/">http://theoldguys.org</a></i><br />
GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-71832084097991329472013-04-24T08:30:00.000-04:002013-04-24T08:30:05.589-04:00Yes, I am a Bible-bigot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>Yes, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small. </i><i>-John Wesley (Journal 5, <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="37a5d0c2-729f-43f6-b235-7c020494baa7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7fa5c582-8d8b-499f-b63d-c0ce12d89e84" grcontextid="pg:0">pg</span> 169)</i></b><br />
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<b>"Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.<br /><br />Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.</b><br />
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"God is a safe portion, a secure portion. He is a portion that none can rob or wrong you of; He is a portion that none can touch or take from you: He is a portion that none can cheat or spoil you of. God is such a portion, that no friend, no foe, no man, no enemy, no devil can ever rob a Christian of. -Thomas Brooks<br />
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You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.</div>
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You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.</div>
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.</div>
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If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.</div>
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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.</div>
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My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.</div>
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Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.</div>
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How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!</div>
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<b><i>But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. Matt 12:36</i></b><br />
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Our Lord tells us, that "every idle word that men speak, they will give account of in the day of judgment." And He adds, "By your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."<br />
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There are few of our Lord's sayings which are so heart-searching as this. There is nothing, perhaps, to which most men pay less attention than their words. They go through their daily work, speaking and talking without thought or reflection, and seem to imagine that if they do what is right, it matters but little what they say.<br />
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But is it so? Are our words so utterly trifling and unimportant? We dare not say so, with such a passage of Scripture as this before our eyes. Our words are the evidence of the state of our hearts, as surely as the taste of the water is an evidence of the state of the spring. "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." The lips only utter what the mind conceives. Our words will form one subject of inquiry at the day of judgment. We shall have to give account of our sayings, as well as our doings. Truly these are very solemn considerations. If there were no other text in the Bible, this passage ought to convince us, that we are all "guilty before God," and need a righteousness better than our own, even the righteousness of Christ. (Phil. 3:9.) <br />
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GregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-39494721219597282122013-04-15T08:30:00.000-04:002013-04-15T08:30:03.665-04:00Know Thyself<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. Ps 36:9</b></i><br />
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It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God’s face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself. For we always seem to ourselves righteous and upright and wise and holy — this pride is innate in all of us — unless by clear proofs we stand convinced of our own unrighteousness, foulness, folly, and impurity. Moreover, we are not thus convinced if we look merely to ourselves and not also to the Lord, who is the sole standard by which this judgment must be measured. <br />
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-CalvinGregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780010096344766685.post-24039726424365355242013-04-12T08:30:00.000-04:002013-04-12T08:30:01.342-04:00Ever-Present Always and Forever<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_7MUeknbcE3pLdoHJ2HIEsLhyphenhyphenPzSCOM1k49iR856aWckyWfyhnH0mE1ihtcZnfKW3UlmsQ_D_haOPTys65aVdkQbJc68MLeb0RWsjjGy1aN_qPeCyiPzeTSAbPxHiUJoCWiao18_Y350/s1600/present.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_7MUeknbcE3pLdoHJ2HIEsLhyphenhyphenPzSCOM1k49iR856aWckyWfyhnH0mE1ihtcZnfKW3UlmsQ_D_haOPTys65aVdkQbJc68MLeb0RWsjjGy1aN_qPeCyiPzeTSAbPxHiUJoCWiao18_Y350/s1600/present.jpg" /></a>
<b><i>God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psa 46:1</i></b><br />
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A help that is not present when we need it is of small value. The anchor which is left at home is of no use to the seaman in the hour of storm. <br />
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Very few earthly helps could be called 'very present': they are usually far in the seeking, far in the using, and farther still when once used. <br />
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But as for the Lord our God, He is present when we seek Him, present when we need Him, and present when we have already enjoyed His aid. <br />
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He is more than 'present,' He is very present. More present than the nearest friend can be, for He is in us in our trouble; more present than we are to ourselves, for sometimes we lack presence of mind. <br />
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He is always present, effectually present, sympathetically present, altogether present. He is present now if this is a gloomy season. <br />
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Let us rest ourselves upon Him. He is our refuge, let us hide in Him; He is our strength, let us array ourselves with Him; He is our help, let us lean upon Him; He is our very present help, let us repose in Him now. <br />
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We need not have a moment’s care or an instant’s fear. 'The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.'"<br />
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-Charles Spurgeon http://tollelege.wordpress.comGregThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743640801566991272noreply@blogger.com0