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The Christian who lives in fear of the regime is a Christian who has forgotten the throne room of heaven.
If God is for us, what can the paper tigers of the managerial state do to us?
They possess budgets, media, and police powers, but they do not possess the souls of the redeemed or the sovereign decree of the King.
A man who stops cowering stops being a subject.
The moment you decide to fear the Lord instead of the puffed up empty chests of the self-serving political overlords, you cease to be manageable.
Stand up.
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While speaking to students at DTS on apologetics, Voddie Baucham warns of the dangers of sentimentalism, emotionalism, and anti- intellectualism within the church.
“I think there are two main reasons that today apologetics has fallen out of favor. I think one is sentimentalism. If you will, there is this idea that there is this feel, especially among the younger generations, that anything confrontational, you know, that anything that there is an 11th commandment.
The 11th Commandment is thou shall be nice, and we don’t believe the other 10. We don’t believe the other 10, so anything is just not nice, and nice is defined as weak-soft-mealy-mouthed, afraid, cowardly. You know that’s the way we define niceness in Christianity.
This is why today when pastors stand up today and preach on a topic that’s controversial, their message usually dies the death of a 1000 qualifications.”
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Learning Contentment at the Foot of the Cross by J.C. Ryle
Would I learn how to be contented and cheerful under all the cares and anxieties of life? What school shall I go to? How shall I attain this state of mind most easily? Shall I look at the sovereignty of God, the wisdom of God, the providence of God, the love of God?
It is well to do so; but I have a better argument still. I will look at Calvary and the crucifixion. I feel that He who spared not His only begotten Son but delivered Him up to die for me, will surely with Him give me all things that I really need. He that endured that pain for my soul, will surely not withhold from me anything that is really good. He that has done the greater things for me, will doubtless do the lesser things also. He that gave His own blood to procure me a home, will unquestionably supply me with all that is really profitable for me by the way. Ah, reader, there is no school for learning contentment that can be compared with Calvary and the foot of the cross.
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Martin Luther was terrified by the righteousness of God.
He knew God was holy and hell was real. He knew himself well enough to understand that he could never stand comfortably beside that holiness. So he tried to close the distance.
He became a monk. He fasted until his health suffered. He disciplined his body and pressed himself harder, hoping righteousness might somehow be earned through enough devotion. The harder he tried, the more his conscience accused him.
Then Scripture opened. While studying Psalm 22, Luther came to Christ’s cry from the cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” He began to see that Jesus was forsaken so sinners could be received. Later, while lecturing through Romans, another phrase broke through the darkness: “a righteousness from God.” What had frightened him for years suddenly became good news. The righteousness God requires is the righteousness God gives through faith in Christ.
That discovery explains why Romans 5:1 has carried such comfort to so many people: “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Peace with God…those words are larger than a peaceful feeling.
Paul is announcing that the hostility is over. The sinner who stood guilty before God can now stand accepted before Him because of Jesus Christ.
To understand that peace, we have to understand justification. The word belongs in a courtroom. A judge hears the case and issues a declaration. One man is pronounced righteous, another guilty. Our problem is that Scripture has already told us which side of the courtroom we occupy: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
So how can a righteous God declare a sinner righteous?
The gospel answers through another word worth learning: imputation. Think of this wonderfully ordinary picture. A man once received a letter from his bank telling him he had fifty-one dollars left in his account. He had recently been paid, so he went to find out what happened. The bank eventually discovered the mistake. His salary had been credited to his son’s account. Something belonging to one person had been placed on another person’s account. That is imputation.
At the cross, our sin was charged to Christ. He bore its penalty in His own body. In the same saving transaction, His righteousness is credited to the believer. Our guilt goes to His account. His obedience comes to ours. The gospel gives more than a wiped-clean record. It gives the sinner the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
For thirty-three and a half years, He lived on this earth without one sinful thought, one corrupt word, one act that displeased His Father. He was tempted and remained pure. He obeyed where we failed. He loved perfectly where our love fractured. That life is counted to the believer.
This is why faith can never become another achievement. Faith is simply the hand that receives the gift. The reason God accepts us is Jesus Christ.
And justification happens as an act. Picture two women. One has followed Christ for forty years. The other believed forty minutes ago. The older Christian understands more. Years of obedience have shaped her character. She may have greater usefulness, steadier habits, deeper wisdom. Yet, she does not possess more righteousness. The newest believer stands before God with the same Christ credited to her account.
That is why peace with God can become so sweet. Your standing before Him does not rise and fall with the quality of your week. A miserable day cannot stain Christ’s obedience.
You may wake one morning and pray with warmth. Scripture seems alive. Gratitude comes easily. By evening, you are ashamed of something you said, disappointed by a thought you entertained, painfully aware that you failed someone you love.
Repent. Confess it. Keep walking with Christ.
Yet do not imagine the war with God has started again. The peace Paul describes rests on something stronger than your emotional weather. It rests on a declaration God has already made because of His Son.
This is where many Christians quietly suffer. They know Christ died for sinners, yet they still live as though each day produces a new verdict. A good day feels like acceptance. A bad day feels like distance.
Romans 5:1 pulls us off that treadmill. “Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God.”
The sentence looks backward to a completed act and forward into a settled relationship. God has dealt with our guilt in Christ. The war is over.
Of course, that does not make sin small. The cross proves how serious sin is. It also tells us where its punishment fell. Every sanction the believer deserved was laid upon Christ. The righteousness we needed was supplied by Him. That is why the Christian can be safe for time, death, resurrection, judgment and eternity.
After preaching about the cross, the pastor stood near the church door as people left. A woman came toward him. She stopped and said, “I need no other argument. I need no other plea. It is enough that Jesus died and that he died for me.” Then she went on her way.
There is something beautiful in that kind of settledness. She was not presenting a theological system in the doorway. She was resting in a Savior. That is what Romans 5:1 gives the believer.
Tomorrow your feelings may change. Your conscience may ache over fresh failure. Circumstances may become harder than they are today. Christ will still be righteous. His cross will still have answered for your sin. The Father’s verdict will still stand.
And because it stands, you can say something the guilty sinner could never have said on his own: I have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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You can’t see his face.
Briton Rivière painted Daniel with his back to you. Barefoot. Hands bound behind him. Standing at the bottom of a pit, in the dim light that falls from the opening above.
And the lions are facing you.
That’s the trick of the painting. You’re not watching Daniel. You’re standing where Daniel stands. Every lion in that den is looking in your direction. Some curious. Some restless. One rising. Bones on the floor from the last men who came down here.
Rivière studied lions for hours at the London Zoo to get this right. The weight of the shoulders. The way a big cat watches before it moves. He wanted you to feel exactly how close they are.
And Daniel’s hands are tied.
He can’t fight. He can’t climb. He can’t even shield his face.
So how did he survive?
Not in the den. Go back a few verses.
Daniel 6:10. Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
As he did aforetime.
The king had just signed a law: anyone who prays to any god but the king for thirty days goes to the lions. Daniel heard about it. Went home. Opened the window. And prayed exactly the way he’d prayed the day before.
He didn’t start praying because of the lions. He didn’t stop praying because of them either. He didn’t even close the window.
Now here’s what almost nobody notices.
Daniel was taken to Babylon as a young man, in the third year of Jehoiakim. Daniel 1:1. That’s around 605 BC.
The lions’ den happens under Darius the Mede, after Babylon falls. Around 539 BC.
Do the math. Sixty-six years.
Every children’s Bible draws Daniel as a strong young man. He wasn’t. He was an old man, probably past eighty. Sixty-some years of praying three times a day toward a city he’d never see again. A temple that had been burned to the ground.
That’s roughly seventy thousand prayers before the den.
The hands in this painting are bound. But those hands had been folded every morning, noon, and evening for sixty-six years. The battle wasn’t won in the pit. It was won at the window.
Look at how his enemies built the trap.
Daniel 6:4. They sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault.
Verse 5. We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
They audited his whole life and came up empty. The only crime they could find was his faithfulness. So they made it illegal.
Now watch what happens next. It should sound familiar.
Daniel 6:17. And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet.
A stone over the opening. Sealed by the authority of the empire.
The king can’t sleep. He doesn’t eat. And then
Daniel 6:19. Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
Very early in the morning. In a hurry. To a sealed stone.
Six hundred years later, Matthew 27:66. They made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
And then very early in the morning, someone came hurrying to that stone too.
Daniel was a preview. A righteous man condemned by a law rigged against him, his only crime faithfulness to God, sealed under a stone overnight, and in the morning, he came up alive.
Daniel 6:23. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
Hebrews 11 lists him among the faithful. Who through faith... stopped the mouths of lions.
Now look at the painting one more time. Look at what Rivière didn’t paint.
No angel. No light shining down. No miracle on display.
Just an old man with his hands tied, facing everything that wants to eat him, standing still.
That’s the part of the story most of us live in. Not the rescue. The night.
Now you.
The lions are real. 1 Peter 5:8. Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
Some of you are in the den right now. Hands tied. You can’t fix it. You can’t fight it. You can’t climb out. The diagnosis, the lawsuit, the layoff, the thing someone said about you that isn’t true. They found nothing else against you, so they found something.
And you’re standing in the dark with your back to everyone, waiting.
Here’s what Daniel knew.
You don’t build faith in the den. You build it at the window. Every ordinary morning you prayed when nothing was wrong, every boring evening you gave thanks when you didn’t feel like it that’s what holds you up when the lions are close enough to smell.
If you haven’t built it yet, start tonight. Not when the law is signed. Now.
And if you’re already in the pit
the stone is not the end of the story. Someone is coming very early in the morning.
He’s done it before.
Open the window.
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October 20, 1976
Rain detours Reds so Sparky pours it on praising his players
“Dale Carnegie might have shuddered. Admiral Farragut probably would have applauded. But Sparky Anderson’s job is to see that the Reds win games, not friends. So, it was a case of ‘Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead’ as Anderson held court during a press conference at the Americana Hotel.”
“With rain forcing a postponement of the game, the Reds couldn’t administer a fourth World Series beating of the New York Yankees and wrap up their second world championship in a row.”
“So, Anderson figured he just might as well spend some of his idle time beating the drums of his players. The tune he played might have left the ears of more than a few people around the country burning. But, you have to think Anderson could care less.”
‘’Sometimes I think I talk too much,’ said Anderson about mid-way through his monologue…Then after pausing for a second breath, he rambled on for another 15 minutes.”
“And, before Anderson finished talking about the only one wearing a Reds’ uniform these days whom he hadn’t enshrined in baseball’s Hall of Fame was bat boy Mark Stowe…”
“Anderson didn’t go as far as to say the Reds’ Cesar Geronimo is a better center fielder than Joe DiMaggio was. But, that’s probably only because he never saw DiMaggio in his prime and didn’t feel he was qualified to make a comparison between the two.”
“Anderson started as a rookie in the Dodger farm system in the early 1950’s….So, when it comes to comparing the Red players of today with those Dodger stars of the 50’s he believes he can speak with authority”…and so he did:
On Campanella vs Bench
“’Me,’ Anderson said, ‘I’ll take Johnny Bench over Roy Campanella as my catcher.’
On Robinson vs. Morgan
‘No question about it, said Anderson, ‘(Joe) Morgan is better.’” Anderson pointed out that Morgan was “baseball’s No. 1 offensive player the past three years.”
On Reese vs. Concepcion
“’He’s (Pee Wee Reese) one of my best friends, said Anderson. ‘But when it comes to all-around ability, I’d have to give the edge to Davey Concepcion.’”
Pafko vs. Foster
“’If Foster had been playing with the Dodgers in the 1950’s, they wouldn’t have had to tear down Ebbets Field,’ said Anderson. ‘George would have done the job himself with the shots off his bat.’”
“Duke Snider was a good hitter with power, admitted Anderson. But could he field with Geronimo? Forget it.”
“Anderson conceded, too, that Carl Furillo, the Dodgers’ right fielder in the 1950’s was a good player. ‘But,’ said the Red manager, ‘he couldn’t do things Ken Griffey can.’”
“While Anderson admittedly is a guy who often talks too much, he also obviously doesn’t believe in the adage, ‘let sleeping dogs lie.’”
‘’We’ve won three in a row against the Yanks,’ he said, ‘and still haven’t played our best. And,’ he added, ‘when we do play our best, you’ll see the best in baseball.’”
Earl Lawson – Cincinnati Post
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Alex Golesh's parents left Moscow with two kids, four hundred dollars and no English. Today as coach of Auburn he beat number 1 Georgia
His father was a telecommunications engineer. In New York he drove a truck.
His mother was a medical aide. She cleaned houses.
Their seven year old is the head coach at Auburn. Tonight he walked into Athens and beat number one Georgia on the road.
Here is the whole thing.
The Soviet Union was coming apart. Vladimir and Bella Golesh decided they were taking their sons out.
Here is the father, on why.
"We were scared."
"We didn't know exactly what life would be like. We just knew we had to get to America."
"Leaving Russia was the only decision."
It took about two years of paperwork and interviews before they could go. An aunt in New York sponsored them and met them at the airport.
They brought a few bags of clothes and four hundred dollars. Not one of them spoke the language.
They landed in Brooklyn and lived in a two bedroom apartment above a bodega. Alex was seven and learned English at school.
Now here is what he actually remembers about arriving in America.
Bananas.
"I loved bananas. That was like my thing."
"They were really hard to get. They were like a delicacy almost."
"Man, in America, you can get all the bananas you want."
That was the measure of the whole country to a seven year old. You could have as many bananas as you wanted.
He remembers the street vendors too, and wanting to try what he had only seen people on television having.
"I was like, I just want to try that."
"I thought it was the greatest thing I'd ever tasted."
Later the family moved to Ohio because it was cheaper to live there. And that is where he saw this sport for the first time.
Here is how he describes figuring out what he was watching.
"These dudes are running around and hitting people, and it's encouraged. Like, people are clapping for people smacking people."
"That was the first time I ever saw a college football game. I thought it was the coolest thing ever."
Here is his wife Alexis.
"I'm absolutely astonished every time I hear the story."
"Alex had never even seen American football."
And here is the line from him that explains all of it.
"When you're a kid, you don't really know what you don't have."
His father never stopped working. He drove for a pizza company, then managed a store, then ran a warehouse.
And his mother, who got off that plane unable to say one sentence in English, works for a language translation service now.
A man who fixed telephone lines in Moscow got in a truck in New York instead. His wife cleaned other people's houses. They did it with four hundred dollars and no way to ask anybody for help.
Tonight their kid walked into Sanford Stadium and beat the best team in the country in front of its own crowd. 27 to 24, on a field goal at the end.
Here is the last thing his father said about leaving.
"We are free."
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“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace”
Ephesians 1:7
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The Word of God is sufficient for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). It is sufficient because it is the Spirit of God Himself who works through His Word. To believe otherwise is to suggest that an omnipotent God is somehow impotent to accomplish through His Word that which He declares His Word can—and will—accomplish (Isaiah 55:10-11; 1 Thessalonians 2:13).
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What God does in believers in hard seasons:
1) Drives us to fervent prayer
2) Refines and purifies us of sin
3) Teaches us dependence on Him
4) Gives us a test that we can pass by his grace
5) Weans us off of loving the world
6) Shows us that true joy is in Him alone
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October 13, 1976
2 Homers and a Nubber Clinch Flag
“George Foster hit his 480 feet. Johnny Bench’s went about 400 feet. Ken Griffey hit his about 30 feet. ‘And mine,’ said Griffey, ‘won the pennant.’”
“It was not a thing of beauty, this bases-loaded, ninth inning infield hit by Griffey, unless you happened to be wearing the red of Cincinnati. ’Pitiful,’ was Griffey’s description.”
“But it won the Reds’ annual National League pennant.”
“The swing had been mighty, the result feeble. Worms in the dirt in front of home plate dug for cover. The ball bounced once, twice.”
“Dave Concepcion was the runner at third base. He saw Griffey swing and broke for home, full speed. He was the winning running, the man who carried the conclusion to this comeback of comebacks, 7-6 over Philadelphia.”
“The Phils had pholded and phlopped. They had blown a 6-4 lead just three outs from staying alive, and lost, 7-6, to keep from forcing a fourth game and getting their bug guy, Steve Carlton, back into action.”
Foster’s homer was hit “so far, so hard, so decisive,” that it was taken by the Reds as a “signal of things to come.”
“’I knew it was gone but I didn’t know how far it would go,’ said Foster. ‘But it doesn’t matter. They only let you go around the bases once.’”
“Around he went and suddenly Bench was the hitter. Johnny Bench, the one offensive disappointment in the Cincinnati arsenal of weapons, hit only 16 homers during the season.”
“But this was the playoffs and Bench, like Foster, hit a homerun. ‘It was,’ Johnny Bench admitted, ‘ a great emotional feeling.’”
“’I knew right then we had it won,’ Sparky Anderson admitted.”
“Concepcion came on and hit a single. It was strategy time. Tom Underwood, a left-hander came in to pitch.”
“’I can steal on him anytime I want,’ Concepcion told Anderson.”
“’No, we’re going to bunt,’ Anderson answered. He so informed Cesar Geronimo but he also made a concession. He told Concepcion he could steal if Geronimo ever got a strike on him.”
“He never did. Nervous, uneasy, Underwood threw four pitches that missed the plate.”
“It was bunt time again, Ed Armbrister, as he always does, layed down the perfect sacrifice. He even avoided contact with the catcher.”
“Now it was second and third and Pete Rose was tendered an intentional walk, Underwood’s nervousness showing as he almost uncorked two wild pitches.”
“As the walk was being given to Rose, Griffey and Joe Morgan stood at the on-deck circle.”
“’Just hit like you normally do,’ instructed Morgan.”
“’I did,’ laughed Griffey, remembering the statement. ‘An infield hit,’” Griffey’s 30th infield hit since opening day.
“When it was over and the Reds were celebrating, Bobby Tolan came into the Reds’ clubhouse, accompanied by Garry Maddox and Dave Cash. He went around and shook hands with his former teammates, the men on whom he once turned his back.”
“In defeat, he was a man.”
“’I couldn’t have done that,’ admitted Pete Rose. ‘It shows a lot of class.’”
“Class, the Phillies have. The Reds have the pennant.”
Bob Hertzel – Cincinnati Enquirer
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Me: “I’m not good enough.”
Jesus: “I know.”
Me: “I can’t stop sinning sometimes.”
Jesus: “I know.”
Me: “I’ve failed You more times than I can count.”
Jesus: “I know.”
Me: “I don’t deserve Your love.”
Jesus: “You’re right.”
Me: “Then why would You save me?”
Jesus: “Because I came to save sinners.”
THAT is the good news of the gospel.
Jesus didn’t come for people who had their lives together. He came to save sinners who could never save themselves.
You don’t earn His love by becoming good enough. You don’t pay Him back by becoming perfect. You don’t make yourself righteous through your own efforts.
Christ lived the perfect life you could never live. He died the death your sins deserved. He paid the debt you could never repay. And He rose again, conquering sin and death.
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).
We were guilty. He was innocent.
We were unrighteous. He was perfectly righteous.
We owed the debt. He paid it.
And through faith in Him, we are justified—not because of our righteousness, but because of His.
This doesn’t mean sin no longer matters. It doesn’t mean we make peace with our sin or use grace as an excuse to keep rebelling against God.
It means our hope is not in our ability to be perfect. Our hope is in the One who already was perfect on our behalf.
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The Bible is the Word of God in such a way that when the Bible speaks, God speaks.
- B.B. Warfield
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Please find below a list of bedtime scriptures for a restful night’s sleep (Part II).
26. Isaiah 26:3 - "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
27. Psalm 91: 4-6 - "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.”
28. Psalm 23 (the whole Psalm).
29. I John 1:5 - "This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all.”
30. Isaiah 46:10 - "I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’”
31. Matthew 11:28-30 - “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
32. Jeremiah 10:23 - "Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.”
33. Colossians 3:15 - "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
34. Psalm 127: 1-3 - "Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for He grants sleep to those He loves. Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him.”
35. Psalm 131:1-2 - “My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content.”
36. Psalm 116:7 - "Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.”
37. Revelation 1:8 - "I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
38. Exodus 33:14 - "The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
39. Psalm 121:1-8 (all 8 verses).
40. Psalm 16:5-11 - "Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With Him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
41. James 1:17 - “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
42. Psalm 56:3 - "When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
43. Numbers 6:26 - “the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”
44. Psalm 62:5 - "Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.”
Please select some of these scriptures or others that appeal to you and touch your spirit and read them nightly.
Peace and be prepared.
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Bedtime Verses for A Restful Night Sleep.
1. Isaiah 41:10 - "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
2. Psalm 4:8 - "In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
3. Proverbs 3:24 - "When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.”
4. Psalm 3:5 - "I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.”
5. Psalm 63:6-7 - "On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.”
6. Psalm 42:8 - “By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.”
7. Isaiah 26:3 - “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You.”
8. Psalm 27:1 - "The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?”
9. Psalm 51:10 - “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."
10. Lamentations 3:22-23 - “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
11. II Corinthians 10:5 - "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
12. Psalm 136:1 - "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.”
13. I Peter 5:6-7 - "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”
14. Philippians 4:4-7 - "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
15. Zephaniah 3:17 - "The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
16. Matthew 6:34 - "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
17. John 14:27 - "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
18. Psalm 1 (the whole Psalm).
19. Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
20. Deuteronomy 33:26 - "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides across the heavens to help you and on the clouds in His majesty.”
21. Psalm 31:15 - "My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me.”
22. Revelation 21:4-6 - "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.”"
23. I Samuel 26:12 - "So David took the spear and water jug near Saul’s head, and they left. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up. They were all sleeping, because the Lord had put them into a deep sleep.”
24. Proverbs 3:5-6 - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
25. Philippians 4:6 - "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
Peace and be prepared.
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7 things to look for when choosing a church:
1. Scripture is preached exegetically and faithfully.
2. The true Gospel is proclaimed.
3. Christ is central in everything.
4. Worship is biblical and reverent.
5. It is led by a plurality of godly and accountable elders.
6. Members genuinely love one another.
7. Holiness and discipleship are taken seriously.
Choose a church that helps you grow in Christ, even when God's Word challenges you.
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Goodnight, everyone!
Tomorrow is the Lord's Day! What a blessing it is to gather with God's people, lift our voices in worship, sit under the preaching of His Word, pray together, and encourage one another in Christ. What a privilege to belong to the body of Christ!
Dave Robison retweeted
7 things believers should remind themselves of every day:
1. God is my Father.
2. Christ is my Savior.
3. Heaven is my home.
4. Scripture is my guide.
5. Every believer is my family.
6. The gospel is my message.
7. God’s glory is my goal.
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“We are unable to rest anywhere except in Jesus. The new birth has disqualified us for contentment with the world and, therefore, we have no choice but to find our all in Christ.” — C.H. Spurgeon, Flowers from a Puritan’s Garden
