July 1st The inevitable penalty Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the uttermost farthing. Matthew 5:26. “There is no heaven with a little of hell in it.” God is determined to make you pure and holy and right; he will not allow you toContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”
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Streams in the Desert
July 1 —Bessie Porter.Matthew Henry says: “We must depend upon the performance of the promise, when all the ways leading up to it are shut up. ‘For all the promises of God in him are yea (yes), and in him Amen (so be it), unto the glory of God by us.’ ” (2 Cor. 1:20.)
365 days with Newton
1 JULY (PREACHED ON THANKSGIVING DAY, 29 JULY 1784) Cause for trembling ‘Rejoice with trembling.’ Psalm 2:11SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Hosea 11:1–11 While we rejoice let us remember the causes we still have as a nation to tremble.(i) God has a controversy with this land. It seems indeed, with respect to a great part of theContinue reading “365 days with Newton”
Does Demas get bad press ?
For Demas hath forsaken me.—This once faithful companion of St. Paul had been with him during the first imprisonment of the Apostle at Rome (Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24); but now, terrified by the greater severity and the threatened fatal ending of the second imprisonment, had forsaken his old master. Having loved this present world.—Chrysostom paraphrases as follows:Continue reading “Does Demas get bad press ?”
Money the root of all evil?
All kinds- sounds much more likely. “For God knows that we are need of certain things for living through this life and directs us to think about the sparrow and flowers and how God takes good care of them and we are of more value. So let us not worry about tomorrow because the evilContinue reading “Money the root of all evil?”
