tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138429848912844692024-03-18T07:11:29.669-07:00Baptist PotluckA potluck is a gathering of people where each participant is expected to bring a dish of food to be shared among the group. Baptist Potluck is where we will be gathering for "food for thought" from Baptists and "food for the soul" from the Word of God.Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2066125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-37834000324811214662024-03-18T07:10:00.000-07:002024-03-18T07:10:35.880-07:00They have not all obeyed the gospel.<p> </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">MARCH
18.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They
have not all obeyed the gospel.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Romans
10:16</span></span></h3><p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">AND
does the gospel require obedience?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Yes:
it commands us to repent of sin;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to pray always and not to faint;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to confess Christ before men;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to glorify God in our bodies and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>spirits which are God’s;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to consecrate ourselves and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all we have to the Lord’s glory.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
comparatively few obey the gospel.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Reader,
do you?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Are
you daily sorrowing over sin?<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Are
you placing your entire confidence in Jesus,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and resting on his finished work alone<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for acceptance with God?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Do
you pray as naturally as you breathe, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pray for all you need and desire?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Have
you confessed Jesus before your fellow-men,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and taking up the apostle’s determination<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to glorify only in his cross?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Do
you aim at God's glory in every purpose you form,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in every plan you draw,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in
every work you execute?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Have
you concentrated your person,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>property, and talents to the Lord;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and do ministering angels see written upon
all<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you have, “This is the Lord's?”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Solemn
inquiries these!<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
them sink down into your heart.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Take
them, and search your heart with them.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Turn
and claim me as thine own,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Be
my portion, Lord, alone;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">In
me all thy grace display,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">And
thy gospel I'll obey.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-71861228722173246342024-03-16T10:11:00.000-07:002024-03-16T10:11:09.953-07:00WHOSE I AM.<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
16.</span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Whose
I am.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Acts
27:23<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">WE
are all the Lords by creation:<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“it is he that made us, and not we ourselves.”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
produced us by his power, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>intended us for his glory.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
the generality withhold from God his right.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">They
do not own him,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>worship him, or obey him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
is not in all their thoughts.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
this was not the case with Paul.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
had made a surrender of himself to God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
had consecrated all his power to his service.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
sought by all means to promote his cause,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and advance his glory.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
was the Lord's child by adoption and grace.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
was the Lord's servant by solemn engagement.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
had given himself to God, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he recognized God as his owner, sovereign,
and master.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
consulted God's will.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
was employed in God's work.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
expected God’s protection.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
was now in danger, but his God sent an angel<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to assure him of his safety, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to comfort him in his sorrow.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Lord always cares for his own.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
never did neglect a faithful servant, or<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>failed to bless an obedient child.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Beloved,
are you the Lords?<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Do
you recognize his rights to you?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Have
you entered into engagements with him?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
so, you are in a happy state.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
I am thine, Lord, let me be<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Entirely
set apart for thee;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
I am not, thy I right assert,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
moment claim and win my heart.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">James
Smith 1849</span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-19295434457037261832024-03-15T09:27:00.000-07:002024-03-15T09:27:52.115-07:00IN THE LORD HAVE I RIGHTEOURNESS AND STRENGTH.<p> </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
15<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">In
the Lord have I righteousness and strength.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Isaiah
45:24</span></span></h3><p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">EVERY
believer proves that he has neither in himself.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
longer he lives, the more deeply<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he feels that he must look out of himself<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for the righteousness that is to justify<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>him before God, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>daily go to the Saviour for strength to
conquer sin,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>overcome the world, perform duty,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>resist Satan, and glorify God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">What
an unspeakable mercy it is,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that this morning the Lord whom we worship<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is our
righteousness;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that the perfect obedience of the Lord Jesus<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is unto all and upon all that believe<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>without any differences.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Everyone
of us who believe in Jesus,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have a perfect righteousness; and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in him shall all the seed of Israel be
justified,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and shall glory.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">In
the Lord also we have strength;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>strength is provided for us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and promised to us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
us therefore go boldly to the throne of grace<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that we may obtain mercy, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>find grace to help us in every time of need.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Our
righteousness and strength being in the Lord,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they are always the same;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they can never be forfeited;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they can never be lost.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
us then look up and say,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“He is near that justified me,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who will contend with me?”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jesus,
thy blood and righteousness</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">My
beauty are, my glorious dress;</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>‘Midst
flaming worlds, in these arrayed,</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>With
joy shall I lift up my head.</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-63541274140826349062024-03-14T07:51:00.000-07:002024-03-14T07:51:09.226-07:00ALL THINGS THAT THE FATHER HATH ARE MINE.<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
14.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">All
things that the Father hath are mine.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">John
16:15<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">HERE
is an indirect proof of the Divinity of Jesus;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for if he claims and possesses all that the
father hath,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he must be God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
all things that the Father hath,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>belongs to Jesus;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that Jesus in whom we trust,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to whom we are united, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with whom we shall live forever.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Jesus
possesses the Divine nature equally with the Father,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and is God overall, blessed for evermore.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
claims all the Divine attributes and perfections;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and they are all ascribed to him in the Holy Scriptures.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
wears all the Divine names and,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shares in the honour of all the Divine works.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">His
are all the boundless resources of the universe.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">As
all things were created by him,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so also they were created for him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">All
power is given under him in heaven and in earth;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>therefore we may look to him for all that we
need,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>flee to him from all we fear, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>trust him with all we value.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
us this day exercise our minds on this glorious fact.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Precious
Lord Jesus,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>help me to rejoice in thee,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>expect from thee,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and labour by all means to glorify thee!<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jesus,
is there not in thee,</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Grace,
sufficient grace for me?</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Let
me now, with thee, receive</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>All
thou dost to sinners give;</b></div> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>All
thou hast, and all thou art,</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dwell
for ever in my heart!</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-56040990149277932602024-03-13T08:40:00.000-07:002024-03-13T08:40:34.509-07:00THY MERCY, O LORD, HELD ME UP<p> </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
13.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Thy
mercy, O Lord, held me up.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Psalm
94:18<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> </span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">WE
are at best poor tottering creatures,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> never fit to be left alone for one moment.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">And
then the road we have to travel is dangerous,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> and the path often slippery.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">One
incautious step involves us in many long<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> and severe troubles.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Nor
are we ever sure,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> but that our foot may next be placed on ice.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Circumspection,
therefore, is absolutely necessary;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> but circumspection alone is not sufficient to
preserve us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
prayer of David is always suitable –<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> “Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> I will have respect unto thy statutes
continually.”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
moment we take our eyes off the LORD,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> Satan redoubles his efforts to trip us up.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
psalmist felt himself going; he cried,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> “My foot slippeth!” and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> mercy stepped forward and caught him<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> before he was down.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">That
mercy can up- hold us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is our friend.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is pledged to us in the promise.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
it must be sought.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
must be honoured with a place in our minds.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
must also be trusted.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
must daily feel that we need to be upheld,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> -- that we have no claim upon God,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> -- that we can look to mercy alone to uphold;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> and live under the convictions,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> we should trust in the mercies of the Lord
for ever.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Who
loves me so well, my Helper has been,</b></div></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">And
saved me from hell, and saved me from sin</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>His
gracious protection I joyfully prove,</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>His
strength of affections, his feelings of love.</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div><p>
</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-78165874769293819372024-03-12T07:24:00.000-07:002024-03-12T07:24:26.105-07:00BEING BORN AGAIN.<p> </p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
12.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Being
born again.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">I
Peter 1:23<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">A
NEW birth is absolutely necessary.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">No
one can possibly be saved without it.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Therefore
Jesus told Nicodemus twice,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that
he must be born again.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">As
our first birth was necessary to bring us<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>into this world, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fit us for its employments and enjoyments,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so a second birth is necessary to bring us<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>into the Church of Christ, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fit us for its duties and privileges.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">No
new birth,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>no true happiness here.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">No
new birth,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>no
heaven at death.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
how shall I know that I am born again?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
prayer to God becomes natural, and is enjoyed;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if we overcome the world,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>instead of being led away by its follies an
its fashions;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if we hate sin as sin, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>strive and pray for deliverance from it;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if we love our enemies,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>because Christ commanded it;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and love the Saints, because they are holy;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if we trust in the finished work of Christ,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and glory in his cross;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if we feel a deep concern for the salvation of
others,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and zealous in spreading abroad the truth,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that Jesus may be honored; then,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>beyond a doubt, we are born of God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Beloved,
have you these evidences?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Have
you any of them?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
nothing satisfy you but<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the knowledge that you are born again.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Saints
produce the fruits of grace</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">In
the works of righteousness;</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Born
of God, they hate all sin;</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>God's
pure word abides within.</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-24612798199950168892024-03-11T09:02:00.000-07:002024-03-11T09:02:31.002-07:00TEACH ME THY WAY, O LORD<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
11.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Teach
me thy way, O Lord.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Psalm
86:11<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">WE
all need divine teaching,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for our ignorance is great, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there are many evil influences operating upon
us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
we have discovered our ignorance,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we desire to be taught of God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
we desire to be taught of God,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he has promised to teach us;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he has said,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the
way<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which now should go: I will guide thee
with my eye.”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">This
is a very suitable and a very precious promise;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a promise which we should plead until it is
fulfilled.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
Lord's way is that course which we should pursue;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that path which he has marked out for us in
his word.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
leads to acceptance with him, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>enables us to glorify him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">There
is the way of salvation,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by faith in Jesus;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in which we may obtain freedom,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>peace, and holiness.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">There
is the way of obedience,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which is a practical conformity to his
precepts.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">In
this way the Lord meets with us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cheers us, gives us more grace, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>makes us honourable and useful.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">In
this way we find many difficulties,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there are many things to<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>perplex, confused, and try us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is a way that requires constant self denial, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the surrender of our wills to the will of
God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Divine
Instructor, lest I stray,</b></div></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">O
teach my erring feet thy way;</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Thy
truth, with every fresh delight,</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Shall
guide my doubtful steps aright.</div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-28424840879143764192024-03-09T07:30:00.000-08:002024-03-09T07:30:23.063-08:00<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> MARCH 9.</span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Honour
the Lord with thy substance.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Proverbs
3:9</span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">WE
received it from him, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we should consecrate it to him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Upon
everything that we possess, we may write,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THIS IS FROM GOD.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
gave it to us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
intended it for our good,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to make us happy and to make us holy.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">As
every mercy comes from him,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it should lead us back to him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
cannot honour God by hoarding or by wasting;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>neither the miser nor the prodigal honour the
Lord.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
we may by enjoying and employing.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
us honour the Lord by acknowledging him<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as the author of all we have, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by praising him for all we receive.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Also,
by employing our property in his service,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for the comfort of his poor and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the spreading of his truth.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
a portion be separated from the rest,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a just and becoming portion, and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>let us
write up on it, THIS IS FOR GOD.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
some professors did so,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>would they not feel ashamed of the quantity
or<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the
season when it is set apart?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">No
one selfish, if a professor of religion, can succeed.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">God
hates selfishness in those who professed his name,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but he “LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER.”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
we give, let us honour God in doing so;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>let us see to it that our <i>motives</i> are
is good;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that our <i>object</i> is good; and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that the <i>proportion</i> is good.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>With
my substance I will honour</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">My
Redeemer and my Lord;</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Were
ten thousand worlds my manor,</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>All
were nothing to his word.</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-41385636508764931602024-03-08T08:36:00.000-08:002024-03-08T08:36:40.582-08:00I HAVE PRAYED FOR THEE.<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
8.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">I
have prayed for thee.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Luke
22:32<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3><p>
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">JESUS
prayed for Peter and the prospect of his fall.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
knew the designs of Satan,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he knew that enemy had desire to have him<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that he might shift him as wheat,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but as the great Intercessor he pleaded<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with his Father for him; and what<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he did for Peter, he does for us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Sweet
thought this,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus knows all Satan’s designs and
movements,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and he prays for us that our faith might not
fail!<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
watches that foe, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he watches over us.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Whenever
he pleads he prevails,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for the Father always hears him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">This
is our comfort when our hearts are cold,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>straitened, and prayerless;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we have one in heaven who pleads for us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
may lose the prayers of a godly father, or<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a fondly
attracted mother;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but the prayers of Jesus can never be lost.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">There
are prayers filed in heaven for us this morning,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which are to be answered this day;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>nor should we get beyond the prayers of
Jesus,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>until we are with him where he is to behold
his glory.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
us comfort ourselves with this,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>under all our sorrows, in all our trials,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the midst of all our bereavements,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-- Jesus has prayed for me.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jesus
my Advocate hath been,</b></div></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">And
by the fiery darts assail’d</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Of
Satan, and the world, and sin,</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">My
faith hath never wholly fail’d;</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Jesus,
on whom I still depend,</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Shall
keep me faithful to the end.</div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-38195545240671411712024-03-07T07:13:00.000-08:002024-03-07T07:13:40.129-08:00He giveth grace unto the lowly.<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
7.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
giveth grace unto the lowly,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Proverbs
3:34<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">SIN
destroy humility and made us proud;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but grace restores it and makes us lowly.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Whatever
a man may be,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if he is not humble,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he is
not a Christian.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Humility
is always lovely,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and is highly esteemed of God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Nothing
will make us so happy, or<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fit us for usefulness, like humility.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
humble may have anything he desires,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for God will withhold nothing from him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
his humility will preserve him from<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>desiring what would be injurious to himself,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or unbecoming in God to bestow.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Beloved,
let us seek grace to make us humble –<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>let us
cultivate a lowly disposition; and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if we have the right views of ourselves,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>right feelings towards God, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a correct estimate of the things of the time,<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we shall be humbled.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Then
the Lord will visit us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dwell with us, and revive us.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">When
the Lord comes to visit us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he brings abundance of grace with him;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if he dwell with us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he will give grace unto us;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and if he give grace thus plentifully unto
us,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we shall be graceful, happy, and useful.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
humble man is God's temple.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
humble heart is God's throne.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
humble saint is God's delight.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">May
we be clothed with humility,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and walk in love.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Lord,
for ever at thy side<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">May
my place, my portion be;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Strip
me of the robe of pride;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Clothe
me with humility.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-16673760402128150942024-03-06T06:31:00.000-08:002024-03-06T06:31:53.033-08:00I am he which searcheth the reins and the hearts.<p> </p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
6,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">I
am he which searcheth the reins and the hearts.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Revelation
2:23<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">JESUS
must be the Omniscient God, or<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he could not do so; and he must desire<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>truth in the inward parts, or he would not do
so.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">His
eye is always upon us, not only on our path, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our outward actions, but upon our hearts.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
is perfectly acquainted with every motive,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with every purpose, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with every plan:<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all is known unto him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">This
should make us serious,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for it is a solemn thing for the eye of Jesus<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to be penetrating through all the folds of
our hearts.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
should make us honest,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for he must hate all mere pretense, or<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>outward show, with which the heart does not
correspond.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
should make us watchful over our hearts,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for if we neglect to examine or keep them,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he does not withdraw his eye from them.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
us then endeavour to pass through this day,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>realizing the fact, that Jesus is searching
our reigns<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and our hearts; and let us learn to abhorred
all hypocrisy,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or mere outside show, as he abhors it.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Beloved,
he sees all the good that his Spirit </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> produces in our hearts, </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">as well </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> as all the evil which is naturally
there.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jesus,
thou Omniscient Saviour,</b></div></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Known
to thee is all I do:</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">All
my thoughts, and words, and actions,</div> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lie
before thy piercing view;</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Let
thy blood for me avail,</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Let
thy grace o’er sin prevail.</div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-82324010986190313182024-03-05T08:14:00.000-08:002024-03-05T08:14:17.432-08:00GLORY YE IN HIS NAME<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">March
5,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Glory
ye in his holy name.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Psalm
105:3<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">THE
Lord's name reveals his nature.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is written out partly on the works of nature;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but its full revelation is in the person<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and work of Jesus.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Here
we learn what God is.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">What
are his thoughts respecting us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">What
he is willing to do for us, or<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>confer upon us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">God
is in Christ.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">“No
man hath seen God at anytime;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but the only begotten Son which is in<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John 1:18<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
we would know God's name,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we must study Christ.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Our
minds must dwell upon what he has wrought,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>what he taught, and the graces<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which shone forth in his conduct.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Except
we know the Lord’s name,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we shall never trust in him;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">except
we trust in him,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we shall never love him; and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">except
we love him,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we shall never glory in his holy name.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
if we do know his name,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we shall reverence it, and glory in it.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
shall commend it to others, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>exhort them to learn it, love it, and enjoy
it.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
shall praise it, celebrating its excellencies<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in our songs of thanksgiving.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Beloved,
let us not glory in our health, or wealth,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or attainments, or standing in society,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or anything that pertains to this world;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">but
let us glory in the Lord.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Nature
and time, and earth and skies,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Thy
heavenly skill proclaim;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">What
shall we do to make us wise,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
learn to read thy name.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-76159635760931791762024-03-04T07:41:00.000-08:002024-03-04T07:41:50.225-08:00NEITHER GIVE PLACE TO THE DEVIL<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">March
4, 2024<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Neither
give place to the devil.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Ephesians
4:27<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">SATAN
is pleased to see us angry, and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>endeavors to render us implaceable.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
when betrayed into a passion,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we should realize its sinfulness, confess it
to God, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>be ready to forgive those who have provoked
us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">To
indulge in a passion, or a sulky temper,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is to give place to the devil.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
is sure to tempt us to do so, but<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he should be firmly and constantly resisted.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
we give place to the devil,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we shall become vengeful, unforgiving, and hardened;<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and if we yield to him in one point,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he will soon try us upon another, and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will
never cease until he leads us to apostacy or backsliding.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
is always watching us, plotting against us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and seeking to draw us into sin.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
should therefore be very concerned<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to maintain a tender conscience,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to be humble before God, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to walk in close and intimate fellowship with
the Lord Jesus,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who overcame him for us, and will overcome
him by us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Satan
will often try to harden and mislead us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by suggesting that we should maintain our
dignity,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and refused to humble ourselves.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Give
me, Lord, a humbled mind,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Make
me courteous, meek, and kind;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Cure
my temper, keep my heart,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
me ne’er from thee depart;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Help
me to o’ercome my foe,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">And
in me thy mercy show.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-51776285333602688412024-03-02T07:28:00.000-08:002024-03-02T07:28:50.773-08:00OF WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID?<p> </p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">MARCH
2<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Of
whom shall I be afraid?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Psalm
27:1<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">IF
you are in Christ<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– if you are following that which is good<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– if you
are living and walking by faith<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– if you
are aiming at God’s glory in all you do<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– you need not be afraid of any one.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">For
in Christ, you are safe from danger<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>while you follow that which is good, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> nothing
can harm you</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>living and walking by faith, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> you will
overcome every difficulty<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and conquer every foe<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and while aiming at God's glory,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he will support, supply, and defend you.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">David
could say, “The Lord is my light and my salvation;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Lord is the strength of my life,”<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and therefore he fearlessly asks,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Of whom shall I be afraid.”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
guilty may fear, but you are pardon.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
friendless may fear, but God is your friend.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
defenseless may fear, but the Lord is your defence,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the holy one of Israel is your king.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
idle may fear, but you are employed in the Lord's<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>service to his praise.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Whom
should you fear?<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Satan? He is a conquered foe.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world? Jesus has overcome the world.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death? It is abolished; it is destroyed.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>O
love divine! to thee I owe,</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Ten
thousand praises here below,</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And
everlasting songs;</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Take
thou my body, spirit, and soul:</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Claim,
and possess, and use the whole</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>To
thee the whole belongs.</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-5629578952201640462024-03-01T07:14:00.000-08:002024-03-01T07:14:25.151-08:00The Saviour of the World<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">March
1,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
Saviour of the world.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">John
4:42</span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">JESUS
is the Savour of sinners,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of sinners of every nation under heaven.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Jews fancied that salvation was to be confined to them,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but it is sent unto the Gentiles.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There
is now no difference between the Jew and the Greek,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all have sin, all need salvation, Jesus is
able to save all,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and all are welcome to seek and find
salvation in him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
gospel excludes no one.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There
is no sinner but what Christ can save.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There
is no sinner but he is willing to save,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if that sinner is willing to be saved by him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
how does he save?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
fulfilled the precepts of the law in his life,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and he paid its penalty in his death.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">His
one sacrifice made an infinite atonement for sin.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It
met and satisfied all the claims of divine justice.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
his life and death he did all that was necessary to procure </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> the pardon, </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>justification, and eternal life of poor
sinners.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">His
resurrection and ascension to heaven prove this.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
now he places to the account of every sinner that </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> believes on him, </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">the merit of what he did and suffered.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Thus,
“as by one man's disobedience many were </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> made sinners, </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">so by the obedience of one shall many </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> be made
righteous” Romans 5:19<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Come
to Christ, your sins confessing;</span></b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Grace
and glory he can give;</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pardon,
peace, with every blessing-</span></b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;">All
are yours if you believe.</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">James
Smith 1849</span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-49568327726663201802024-02-29T06:44:00.000-08:002024-02-29T06:44:38.406-08:00BABES IN CHRIST<p> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">FEBRUARY
29<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Babes
in Christ.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">I
Corinthians 3:1</span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">ALL
believers are in Christ, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have the same privileges;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but all believers are not of the same
statute.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Some
are fathers, some are young men,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and some are only babies in Christ.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
babe is born of God and has spiritual life,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but it has little knowledge and less
strength.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Every
babe breathes forth its desires </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> in prayer at God's throne,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but many of them cannot call God father,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or enjoy boldness at his throne.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
eye is open to see something of its central state,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in
consequences of which it seeks an interest in Jesus;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but the sight is not strong enough to see its
title to Christ,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or the smiling face of its loving father.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">A
babe is soon alarmed, and, when alarmed,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>clings closer to its parent’s breast;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and a babe in Christ is very timid,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but it cleaves closer to Jesus the more </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> it is
terrified or alarmed.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Some
babes are very fretful and uneasy; and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>some young Christians have little patience<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or solid comfort, on account of the workings<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of unbelief and unfounded fears.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
babe cannot digest strong meat,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but
must be fed with milk; and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>many believers are unable to feed upon<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the glorious doctrines of the gospel,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but must always have lighter food,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as invitations and promises.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Jesus
in whom the Godhead’s rays<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Beam
forth in mildest majesty.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">I
see thee full of truth and grace,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">And
come for all I want to thee.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-64945461551461813482024-02-28T10:30:00.000-08:002024-02-28T10:30:16.594-08:00Take heed and be quiet.<p> </p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">FEBRUARY
28<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Take
heed and be quiet.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Isaiah
7:4<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">BUT
they were threatened with an invasion, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>appeared to be in intimate danger.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Can
it be wise, or prudent,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to be still?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Whatever
God commands is right.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
ought to obey God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
are not in the power of any creature.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
danger is rather apparent than real.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
us take heed to our tongues,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that we do not speak unadvisedly,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and so dishonor God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
us take heed to our tempers,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that we do not give way to passion,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and so distress ourselves.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
us take heed to our way,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that we do not go out of the right path, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so give our enemies an advantage over us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">God
says, “Be quiet.”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
not fears aggregate thee.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
not appearance appal thee.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
not doubts discourage thee.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Be
calm as the child in its parent’s arms.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Thy
God rules.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">His
hand is in every event,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>though you may not see it.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Thy
God is with thee,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he was never nearer to the then just now.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Thy
God is for thee,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pledged
by promise and by oath.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
will guard thee with his invisible presence.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
will keep thee by his power.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
will enterpose on thy behalf when it is necessary.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>When
can I trust my all with God,</b></div></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">In
trial’s fearful hour, ==</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Bow,
all resign’d, beneath the rod,</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">And
bless his sparing power;</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">A
joy springs up amid distress, --</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">A
fountain in the wilderness.</div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-28832495662269484692024-02-27T07:14:00.000-08:002024-02-27T07:14:49.828-08:00I HAVE LOVED THEE<p> </p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">FEBRUARY
27</span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">I
have loved thee with an everlasting love.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Jeremiah
31:3</span></span></h3>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">GOD’S
love to his people, in every view of it,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is wonderful.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">They
are so mean and insignificant, so sinful and depraved,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that one can but wonder that he should at all
regard them.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
his ways are not our ways, nor his thoughts our thoughts.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
loves his people,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>just because he will love them;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not looking for anything in them<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to induce him to do so.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
cannot trace his love to its beginning, for its eternal;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>nor can we trace it to its close, for it is
everlasting.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
ever did love us, he does love us now,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and he ever will love us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">His
love is sovereign, or freely exercise;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>his love is immutable, or never varies;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>his love is fruitful, or the source of it
innumerable blessings;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and his love is everlasting or will endure
forever.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Beloved,
if God loved us, no matter who hates us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
God loves us, he will not allow any thing to harm us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
God loves us, he will certainly supply us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
if God loves us, he will expect us to love him in return;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and if his love to us is so great,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he will expect us to love him above every thing
besides.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Since
thy love had no beginning,</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">And
shall never, never cease;</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Keep,
O keep me, Lord from sinning!</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Guide
me in the way of peace!</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Make
me walk in</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>All
the paths of holiness.</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-4890266521631570982024-02-26T06:34:00.000-08:002024-02-26T06:34:40.681-08:00WHO CAN UNDERSTAND HIS ERRORS?<p> </p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif; font-size: large;">Who
can understand his errors?</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Psalm
19:12</span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">SIN
is an error.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is a wandering from the right ways of the Lord.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is an error which we are constantly falling into.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
best regulated minds,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the most consistent walkers, daily err.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Our
errors are so numerous,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that we cannot understand or<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>enumerate them.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Every
day, every hour, we do,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>speak, or think wrong.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Every
part of our lives is stained with sin.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">This
art to humble us, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>make us walk softly before the Lord.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
ought to endear to us the precious blood of Christ,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which alone can remove from us the guilt of
sin.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
we were denied the use of the blood for one hour,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we should be eternally undone;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for every hour we do that which would ruin us
for ever.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
ought to lead us to admire the patience<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and long-suffering of God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">How
wonderful that a holy God should bear with us;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and not only bear with us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but love us notwithstanding all!<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">What
errors are committed in youth,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from thoughtlessness and inexperience.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">What
errors are committed in manhood,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from yielding to the cares of the world.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">What
errors are committed in old age,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from habits of contracting in younger years,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and from cleaving too much to the present
world.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I
want so circumspectly to live,</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">So
free from every sin,</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>That
even the careless may perceive</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>That
I with Christ have been.</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-74003544550953653862024-02-24T06:33:00.000-08:002024-02-24T06:33:31.851-08:00THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU IN DUE TIME.<p> </p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">FEBRUARY
24</span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">That
he may exalt you in due time.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">1
Peter 5:6<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">THE
apostle is exhorting to humility.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Nothing
is so necessary for us, or<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>more acceptable to God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
humble man is sure to be respected.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Saints
will love him, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God will do anything for him.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Pride
is offensive to our fellows;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it is detestable in the sight of God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
will hold no fellowship with the proud man;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he knoweth the proud of far off, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>keeps them at a distance.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
Lord's people may be oppressed, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Providence may seem to take part with their
oppressors.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">They
may lie long in the dust,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and be brought very low.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
if they humble themselves under<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
mighty hand of God,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he will exalt them in due time.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">When
the trials has accomplished its work,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it shall be removed.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">When
the proud spirit is humbled,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>when the complaining spirit is resigned,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>when the conceited creature is reduced<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to its
proper level,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">then
the Lord will appear to exalt it.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
exalted by his power,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by his grace, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by his providence.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He exalted sometimes in temporals,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>more
frequently in spirituals.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
rises the spirit above the circumstances,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and this is true exhortation.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>When,
my Saviour, shall I be</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Totally
resign’d to thee?</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Poor
and vile in my own eyes,</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only
in thy wisdom wise,</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only
guided by thy light,</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Only
mighty in thy might!</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-32864904776121162802024-02-23T06:30:00.000-08:002024-02-23T06:30:54.475-08:00THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SHIELD<p> </p><p> </p><p></p><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">FEBRUARY 23</span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The Lord is my strength and my shield.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Psalm 28:7<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">THE truth and value of God's word,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>is to be learned out of the school of experience.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It is easy to read the word,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>assist to it, and admired it;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>but when we are called to trust in it<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span><span> </span>the word the hour of temptation and trial,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span><span> </span>will find it very difficult.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The grace which gives us the book must enable us to make use of it.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The Lord is to his people just what they require,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>and all that they require.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">They are weak and feel as if they daily grow weaker;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>their foes are many and strong, and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>appeared to increase in numbers and courage;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span><span> </span>but the Lord is their strength.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">His omnipotence is pledged to them,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>and will be exerted for them.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Faith lays hold on God's arm, and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>until that arm fails the believer who holds by it is safe.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The Lord is not only our strength but our shield.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We are in the field of battle,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>our enemies are numerous and mighty,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>and they hate us with bitter hatred.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But the Lord ever comes between us and danger, and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>thus we escape the fiery darts of the devil.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The Lord is our defence,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span> <span> </span></span>who saved the upright in heart.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">O that my faith could firmly hold<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">This heavenly shield with ardour bold,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">I then could every foe repel,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Invincible to earth and hell;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Lord, be my strength as well as shield,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">And help my soul to keep the field.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James Smith 1849</span></span></div>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-52432223575588141992024-02-22T06:29:00.000-08:002024-02-22T06:29:28.231-08:00THE LORD IS GREAT<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
Lord is great.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Psalm
135:5<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">WE
shall never rightly estimate the Lord’s goodness,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>except we realize something of his greatness.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">His
greatness is unsearchable.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">And
after our most extensive and laborious investigations,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we must exclaim with the patriarch,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“How little a portion is heard of him!”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Of
the greatness of his nature, or<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
grandeur of his perfections,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we can have no adequate conception:<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>heaven is his throne, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the earth is his footstool.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">“Behold,
the nations are as the drop of a bucket, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are counted as the small dust of the balance:<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>behold, the taketh up the isles as a very
little thing.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All nations before him are a nothing; and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they are
counted to him less than nothing and vanity.”<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">His
thoughts,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>his purposes, and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>his
plans are great.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">His
promises are great and precious.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Greatness
is impressed upon every thing he does.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Does
he pardon sin?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He does it like himself, perfectly and for
ever.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Does
he provide supplies?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are vast as his resources,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>eternal as his existence, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>varied as our wants.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Does
he save his people?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is with a great salvation== from great
sins,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from great suffering,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at a great price,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by a great Saviour,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to
great happiness and glory.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And
will this glorious Lord descend</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">To
be my Father and my Friend?</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Then
let my songs with angels join;</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Heaven
is secure if God be mine.</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-49220686645503144142024-02-21T06:21:00.000-08:002024-02-21T06:21:38.589-08:00WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD<p> </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">We
are the children of God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Romans
8:16<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3><p>
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">GOD has a family upon earth.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Every
believer is a child of God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
knows God, who is his Father.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
loves Jesus, who is his elder Brother.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">He
cleaves to the saints, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"> who form the household of God.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
many of the Lord’s children question their adoption,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and fear that they are not born again.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Let
all such ask themselves,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Am I of the world?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Am I what I was once?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can I love sin?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can I live in sin?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do I despise the savior?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do I prefer the things of time to the things
of eternity?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Thousands
do, and if you do not, why is it,?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Must
there be a difference and who made that difference?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think Satan would?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could you have made it yourself?<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Certainly
not<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
soul that hates sin,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>forsakes the world,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>trust in Jesus,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>loves the saints, and<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cannot live without prayer, <b>is a child of God.</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">But
still, it would be well to seek<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the direct witness of the Holy Spirit.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">If
we are the children of God,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Satan will harass us,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sin
will distressed us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>doubts will perplexed us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the world will hate us,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>some professors will frown on us, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our heavenly Father will at times correct us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Send
forth the Spirit of thy Son,</b></div></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">O
God into thy painting heart,</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">That
govern’d day by thy love alone,</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">From
thee I never may depart,</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">But
following my celestial guide,</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Be
numbered with the glorified.</div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-54506646576871070082024-02-20T06:58:00.000-08:002024-02-20T06:58:54.684-08:00THEY DESPISED THE PLEASANT LAND<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">They
despised the pleasant land,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Psalm
106:24<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">WHAT
Canaan was to the Jews,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that heaven is to us.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is the land of promise.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
land that flows with milk and honey.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is the pleasant land.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is the abode of peace, plenty, and variety.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">There
all is harmony,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and all is love.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Holiness
is the atmosphere,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and joy the light of that blessing place.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">There
God unveils his glory,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the lamb that is in the midst of the throne,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>leads, feeds, and delights his people,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>angels serve,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the church is at rest, and<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>every saint is filled with joy.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Every
thing that can please, satisfy, or<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>enhance our happiness is there;<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and there in perfection.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">All
is pleasant, and always pleasant.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">No
storms ever rise,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>no clouds obscure the sky;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the sun ever shines,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the fruits are always ripe;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the songs are ever new,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the employment always pleasing;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and God is the glory of the place.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is set before us.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">It
is promised to every believer,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to every overcomer.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
way is marked out.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">The
forerunner has gone before.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The invitation is do follow him is given,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the assurance that every seeker shall obtain;<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and yet we despise the pleasant land.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Beloved,
let us beware of Israel's sin,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lest we suffer Israel's punishment.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Lord,
feed and clothe me day by day,</b></div></o:p></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">And
guide my footsteps lest I stray;</span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>O
guard me with by powerful hand,</b></div></span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And
bring me to the pleasant land.</b></div></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">James
Smith 1849</span></span></div>
<br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913842984891284469.post-8734448070592875012024-02-15T08:37:00.000-08:002024-02-15T08:37:17.691-08:00Scripture Quote - James Smith<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The habit of laying up a text of scripture in the morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to be meditated upon while engaged </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> in the business of this world through the
day, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> is both profitable and delightful. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is a refreshing draught do a weary
traveler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">James Smith</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Bro. Jeff Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815818639927469671noreply@blogger.com0