He'll never leave you. He'll never forsake you. And He won't start now 🤍
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“Man must overcome sin by spiritual means only.
“Put up the sword, Peter! Jesus does not want its keen edge. Keep your swords in your sheaths, ye seraphim! Jesus does not want even your blades of celestial temper.
“His weakness has done more than human or angelic strength. His suffering and death have done the deed which all the hierarchy of angels could never have accomplished.”
— Charles Spurgeon
“Put up the sword, Peter! Jesus does not want its keen edge. Keep your swords in your sheaths, ye seraphim! Jesus does not want even your blades of celestial temper.
“His weakness has done more than human or angelic strength. His suffering and death have done the deed which all the hierarchy of angels could never have accomplished.”
— Charles Spurgeon
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The Lord's Day is here. Leave behind the distractions, gather with God's people, lift your voice in worship, sit under the preaching of His Word, and remember that Christ is worthy of your highest affection.
Don't just watch church today.
Be the church!
Christ is King.
Don't just watch church today.
Be the church!
Christ is King.
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The gospel of Jesus Christ has been proclaimed far and wide today. Oh that many would be saved!
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This is plain. If love to man makes us break any of God’s commandments, then we love him better than God.
—Puritan John Cotton, Works 2: Antinomian Controversy, Pg. 562
—Puritan John Cotton, Works 2: Antinomian Controversy, Pg. 562
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“If God be your God, then you have an Almighty God on your side, and that is enough to extinguish all these fears,
“Psalm 118:6: ‘The Lord is on my side, I will not fear what man can do unto me.’
“Your fears come in the name of man, but your help in the name of the Lord;
“Let them plot, threaten, yea, and smite too; God is a shield to all that fear him, and if God be for us, who can be against us?”
— John Flavel
“Psalm 118:6: ‘The Lord is on my side, I will not fear what man can do unto me.’
“Your fears come in the name of man, but your help in the name of the Lord;
“Let them plot, threaten, yea, and smite too; God is a shield to all that fear him, and if God be for us, who can be against us?”
— John Flavel
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📌13. 1 Corinthians chapter 14, ESV: In church, five understandable words instruct more than ten thousand in a tongue. What gift, though lesser than prophecy, still serves as a sign for unbelievers? (1 Corinthians 14, ESV)
Anonymous Quiz
23%
A) interpretation of tongues
40%
B) speaking in tongues
7%
C) healing
30%
D) miracles
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Forwarded from CHRISTIAN STUDY BIBLE (Dr. 🚀 T͜͡I͜͡M͜͡O͜͡T͜͡H͜͡Y͜͡ 📑)
📌14. 1 Cor 12, ESV: Paul lists nine manifestations of the Spirit, from wisdom to interpretation of tongues. But one sovereign Spirit distributes each individually as He chooses. What phrase emphasizes God’s exclusive authority over gift-assignment?
Anonymous Quiz
40%
A) as He wills
37%
B) according to His purpose
10%
C) for the common good
13%
D) by His grace alone
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June 22: Love and Peace
#Devotional
Nehemiah 4:1–5:19; 1 John 4:16–21; Psalm 109:1–15
“You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it finds rest in you.” Augustine’s prayer, spoken so many years ago, is still poignant for us today. It appeals to our created purpose: bringing glory to God. When we’re living outside of that purpose, we try to fill that void through other means.
In his first letter, John shows how the love of God and communion with Him ultimately brings a sense of peace and confidence: “We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him. By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as that one is, so also are we in the world” (1 John 4:16–17).
God Himself has addressed the great rift we created between ourselves and Him. Through the sacrifice of His Son, He has made it possible for us to abide with Him and find peace in Him (1 John 4:15). Those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God experience this love that brings peace and confidence.
But this love isn’t merely an emotion or a feeling of fulfillment; it’s a growing desire to be like Christ. Because God dwells in us, we will become more like Him in love. We can be confident of His work in us when we display self-sacrificial love for our neighbor.
How are you resting in God’s love? How are you loving others?
#Devotional
Nehemiah 4:1–5:19; 1 John 4:16–21; Psalm 109:1–15
“You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it finds rest in you.” Augustine’s prayer, spoken so many years ago, is still poignant for us today. It appeals to our created purpose: bringing glory to God. When we’re living outside of that purpose, we try to fill that void through other means.
In his first letter, John shows how the love of God and communion with Him ultimately brings a sense of peace and confidence: “We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him. By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as that one is, so also are we in the world” (1 John 4:16–17).
God Himself has addressed the great rift we created between ourselves and Him. Through the sacrifice of His Son, He has made it possible for us to abide with Him and find peace in Him (1 John 4:15). Those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God experience this love that brings peace and confidence.
But this love isn’t merely an emotion or a feeling of fulfillment; it’s a growing desire to be like Christ. Because God dwells in us, we will become more like Him in love. We can be confident of His work in us when we display self-sacrificial love for our neighbor.
How are you resting in God’s love? How are you loving others?
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June 22 - Qualifications to Receive God’s Wisdom
#LifeOfChrist
“‘Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened’” (Matthew 7:7–8).
The promises in these verses are limited only to believers who meet certain qualifications. First, “everyone” refers to those who belong to the Father. Those who are not God’s children can’t come to Him as their Father.
Second, the one who claims this promise must be living in obedience to his Father. “Whatever we ask we receive from Him,” John says, “because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight” (1 John 3:22).
Third, our motive in asking must be right. “You ask and do not receive,” explains James, “because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures” (James 4:3). God does not obligate Himself to answer selfish, carnal requests from His children.
Finally, we must be submissive to His will. If we are trying to serve both God and mammon (Matt. 6:24), we can’t claim this promise. “For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:7–8).
Another possible qualification is perseverance, as indicated by the Greek imperatives ask, seek, and knock. The idea is continuance and constancy: “Keep on asking; keep on seeking; and keep on knocking.”
If you meet these qualifications, be sure you’re taking advantage of your access to God.
Ask Yourself
None of us can entirely attain to these lofty ideals, but God knows when our hearts are tender and sincere before Him, genuinely seeking His glory over our personal gain. In whatever situation you’re most in need of His guidance and provision today, ask in faith while surrendering yourself.
#LifeOfChrist
“‘Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened’” (Matthew 7:7–8).
The promises in these verses are limited only to believers who meet certain qualifications. First, “everyone” refers to those who belong to the Father. Those who are not God’s children can’t come to Him as their Father.
Second, the one who claims this promise must be living in obedience to his Father. “Whatever we ask we receive from Him,” John says, “because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight” (1 John 3:22).
Third, our motive in asking must be right. “You ask and do not receive,” explains James, “because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures” (James 4:3). God does not obligate Himself to answer selfish, carnal requests from His children.
Finally, we must be submissive to His will. If we are trying to serve both God and mammon (Matt. 6:24), we can’t claim this promise. “For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:7–8).
Another possible qualification is perseverance, as indicated by the Greek imperatives ask, seek, and knock. The idea is continuance and constancy: “Keep on asking; keep on seeking; and keep on knocking.”
If you meet these qualifications, be sure you’re taking advantage of your access to God.
Ask Yourself
None of us can entirely attain to these lofty ideals, but God knows when our hearts are tender and sincere before Him, genuinely seeking His glory over our personal gain. In whatever situation you’re most in need of His guidance and provision today, ask in faith while surrendering yourself.
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DAY 22: How was the church in Jerusalem spared initially from persecution?
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Reading for Today: 1 Chronicles 7:1–8:40 Psalm 77:4-9 Proverbs 19:13-14 Acts 5:22-42 Notes: Psalm 77:4 hold my eyelids open. The psalmist was so upset that he could neither sleep nor talk rationally. Psalm 77:6 my song in the night. The remembrance of happier…
“The most frightening thought is that there is nothing secret.” —Ray Comfort
He did not wish God to be sought by idle and vagrant speculations, but He wills that our eyes be fixed on the Son who has been manifested to us, that our prayers be directed to the eternal Father who has revealed himself in the Son whom he has sent.
Melanchthon
Melanchthon
“There is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” —1 Timothy 2:5
The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Mark 2:27
Mark 2:27
Start every day you live with Scripture.
Let God's Word correct what your feelings exaggerate and clarify what the world confuses.
Let God's Word correct what your feelings exaggerate and clarify what the world confuses.
June 22 (Monday)
Dear Daughter,
Monday gratitude: Thank God for the gift of your husband 🙏
Speak it to him. Live it daily with actions.
A thankful heart fuels lasting love.
'Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good' (Ps 107:1).
What about him are you praising God for?
#DearDaughter #MondayGratitude #StrongMarriage
Dear Daughter,
Monday gratitude: Thank God for the gift of your husband 🙏
Speak it to him. Live it daily with actions.
A thankful heart fuels lasting love.
'Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good' (Ps 107:1).
What about him are you praising God for?
#DearDaughter #MondayGratitude #StrongMarriage
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