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Psalm 1

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.


Listen to this: Meditation on Scripture

Good Advice From John Wesley

John Wesley

How to Read the Scripture
If you desire to read the scripture in such a manner as may most effectually answer this end, would it not be advisable,

1. To set apart a little time, if you can, every morning and evening for that purpose?

2. At each time if you have leisure, to read a chapter out of the Old, and one out of the New Testament: if you cannot do this, to take a single chapter, or a part of one?

3. To read this with a single eye, to know the whole will of God, and a fixt resolution to do it? In order to know his will, you should,

4. Have a constant eye to the analogy of faith; the connexion and harmony there is between those grand, fundamental doctrines, Original Sin, Justification by Faith, the New Birth, Inward and Outward Holiness.

5. Serious and earnest prayer should be constantly used, before we consult the oracles of God, seeing "scripture can only be understood thro' the same Spirit whereby it was given." Our reading should likewise be closed with prayer, that what we read may be written on our hearts.

6. It might also be of use, if while we read, we were frequently to pause, and examine ourselves by what we read, both with regard to our hearts, and lives. This would furnish us with matter of praise, where we found God had enabled us to conform to his blessed will, and matter of humiliation and prayer, where we were conscious of having fallen short.

And whatever light you then receive, should be used to the uttermost, and that immediately. Let there be no delay. Whatever you resolve, begin to execute the first moment you can. So shall you find this word to be indeed the power of God unto present and eternal salvation.

Are You a Man of God?

Elijah the Man of God

Give me a man of God—one man,
Whose faith is master of his mind,
And I will right all wrongs
And bless the name of all mankind.

Give me a man of God—one man,
Whose tongue is touched with heaven’s fire,
And I will flame the darkest hearts
With high resolve and clean desire.

Give me a man of God—one man,
One mighty prophet of the Lord,
And I will give you peace on earth,
Bought with a prayer and not a sword.

Give me a man of God—one man,
True to the vision that he sees,
And I will build your broken shrines,
And bring the nations to their knees.
~ George Liddell

How Sweet and Awsome is this Place

How sweet and awesome is this place

With Christ within the doors,

While everlasting love displays

The choicest of her stores!

Here every bowel of our God

With soft compassion rolls;

Here peace and pardon bought with blood

Is food for dying souls.

While all our hearts and all our songs

Join to admire the feast,

Each of us cry, with thankful tongues,

“Lord, why was I a guest?

“Why was I made to hear Thy voice,

And enter while there’s room,

When thousands make a wretched choice,

And rather starve than come?”

’Twas the same love that spread the feast

That sweetly drew us in;

Else we had still refused to taste,

And perished in our sin.

Pity the nations, O our God!

Constrain the earth to come;

Send Thy victorious Word abroad,

And bring the strangers home.

We long to see Thy churches full,

That all the chosen race

May with one voice, and heart and soul,

Sing Thy redeeming grace.

~ Isaac Watts

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Are you amazed?

Is Christ Precious in Your Eyes?

"Reader, remember this: if thy knowledge do not now affect thy heart, it will at last, with a witness, afflict thy heart; if it do not now endear Christ to thee, it will at last provoke Christ the more against thee; if it do not make all the things of Christ to be very precious in thy eyes, it will at last make thee the more vile in Christ's eyes." ~ Thomas Brooks

Words of Encouragement from a Finisher

"For most of my Christian life I have wanted to see Jesus face-to-face, to join in with the heavenly chorus in his presence around his royal throne and declare his praise in new ways. Something else has grown through the years: an abiding sense that this is not for me alone. Being with Jesus by myself is not what he wants nor is it what I want. To be there with you all, those he loves and those I have come to love, that is true joy. I have often thought of coming to heaven as Jesus standing at the finish line of a race awaiting those looking for him, trusting in him, pursuing him. But it isn't a race for me to finish first or alone. It has always been a race for us to finish together, arm in arm, having encouraged one another in faith." ~ Al Groves, former Professor at Westminister Seminary, finished his race - Feb 5, 2007 (visit his blog). This note was left for those of us still in the race.

"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. " 2 Tim 4:7-8

Do You Know My KING?

Complete in Thee

Complete in Thee! no work of mine

May take, dear Lord, the place of Thine;

Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,

And I am now complete in Thee.

Refrain:

Yea, justified! O blessed thought!

And sanctified! Salvation wrought!

Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,

And glorified, I too, shall be!

Complete in Thee! no more shall sin,

Thy grace hath conquered, reign within;

Thy voice shall bid the tempter flee,

And I shall stand complete in Thee.

Complete in Thee— each want supplied,

And no good thing to me denied;

Since Thou my portion, Lord, wilt be,

I ask no more, complete in Thee.

Dear Saviour! when before Thy bar

All tribes and tongues assembled are,

Among Thy chosen will I be,

At Thy right hand, complete in Thee.

By Aaron R. Wolfe and James M. Gray

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"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it." ~ Col 2:6-15

Watch the Hope

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"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." ~ Rom 15:4

Our only Hope is found in Jesus Christ - His shed Blood and Righteousness.

The Fellowship of the Unashamed

I am part of the "Fellowship of the Unashamed." The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.

I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I am finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, chintzy giving, and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I now live by presence, lean by faith, love by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by power.

My pace is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, deterred, lured away, turned back, diluted, or delayed.

I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.

I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I must go until Heaven returns, give until I drop, preach until all know, and work until He comes. And when He comes to get His own, He will have no problem recognizing me. My colors will be clear.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ...Romans 1:16

~ Moorehead

What is the Lord Jesus Christ to me...

Christ is my Savior - Titus 1:4
Christ is my LORD - John 20:28
Christ is my Sanctification - 1 Corinthians 1:30
Christ is my Justifier - Romans 5:9
Christ is my Victory - Corinthians 15:57
Christ is my Liberty - Galatians 5:1
Christ is my Friend - John 15:13
Christ is my Truth - John 14:6
Christ is my Light - John 8:12
Christ is my Assurance - Philippians 1:6
Christ is my Freedom - John 8:36
Christ is my Righteousness - 2 Corinthians 5:21
Christ is my Redeemer - 1 Peter 1:18-19
Christ is my Propitiation - 1 John 4:10
Christ is my Mediator - 1 Timothy 2:5
Christ is my Intercessor - Hebrews 7:25
Christ is my Advocate - 1 John 2:1
Christ is my Hope - Colossians 1:27
Christ is my Peace - Romans 16:20
Christ is my Comforter - 2 Corinthians 1:3
Christ is my Joy - Ephesians 2:14
Christ is my Strength - Philippians 4:13
Christ is my Shepherd - John 10:11
Christ is my Perfecter - Hebrews 10:14
Christ is my Keeper - Jude 24-25
Christ is my Grace - Titus 2:11
Christ is my Lover - 1 John 4:19
Christ is my Eternal Life - 1 John 5:20

Christ is in me - Galatians 2:20
I am in Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:17
Christ is my life - Colossians 3:4
For to me to live is Christ - Philippians 1:21

I love Christ, I live for Christ, I obey Christ,
I worship Christ, I serve Christ, I walk with Christ,
I want to know Christ, I want to abide in Christ,
I want to spend now and eternity with Christ,
I want Christ to be manifest in me.

Christ is my Desire, my Adoration, my Affection, my Passion, my Life, His Word is my Delight.

Are you in love with the Lord Jesus Christ? - 1 Corinthians 16:22

Would the people in your sphere of influence say you are in love with the Lord Jesus Christ?

Thoughts from E. M. Bounds

“Men are God’s method. The church is looking for better methods: God is looking for better men…What the church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use – men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men – men of prayer…”

“The training of the twelve was the great, difficult and enduring work of Christ…It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God – men always preaching by holy sermons in the pulpit, by holy lives out of it. These can mould a generation for God.”

Life's Grandest Privilege

"When a man knows God he finds that two things are true. First, he has a motive for telling others about God. The more a man knows about God the more he finds God worthy of being proclaimed. Then, second, the fact that the man knows God supplies that man with a good part of his message. Life's grandest privilege is to help others to learn to know God in all the glory of His character and His deeds." ~ Tom Wells

What do you thirst for?

Paul Washer - We NEED to Listen!

Priorities

"According to my judgement the most important point to be attended to is this: above all things see to it that your souls are happy in the Lord. Other things may press upon you, the Lord's work may even have urgent claims upon your attention, but I deliberately repeat, it is of supreme and paramount importance that you should seek above all things to have your souls truly happy in God Himself! Day by day seek to make this the most important business of your life. This has been my firm and settled condition for the last five and thirty years. For the first four years after my conversion I knew not its vast importance, but now after much experience I specially commend this point to the notice of my younger brethren and sisters in Christ: the secret of all true effectual service is joy in God, having experimental acquaintance and fellowship with God Himself."

"The most important thing I must do is to give myself to reading the Word of God, and to meditate on it...so that my heart might be brought into experimental communion with God." ~ George Mueller

I Will Glory In My Redeemer

I will glory in my Redeemer,
Whose priceless blood has ransomed me.
Mine was the sin that drove the bitter nails,
and hung Him on that judgment tree.

I will glory in my Redeemer,
who crushed the power of sin and death.
My only Savior before the Holy Judge:
The Lamb who is my righteousness.

I will glory in my Redeemer,
my life He bought, my love He owns.
I have no longings for another,
I'm satisfied in Him alone.

I will glory in my Redeemer,
His faithfulness my standing place.
Though foes are mighty and rush upon me,
my feet are firm, help by His grace.

I will glory in my Redeemer,
who carries me on eagle's wings.
He crowns my life with lovingkindness,
His triumph song I'll ever sing.

I will glory in my Redeemer,
who waits for me at Gates of gold.
And when He calls me it will be paradise,
His face forever to behold.

~ Steve & Vicki Cook

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Just Stop and Think

Are You Willing?