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Saturday, October 13, 2012

"Love is strong as death."


"Love is strong as death."


—Song of Solomon 8:6.



THOSE love can this be which is as mighty as the conqueror of monarchs, the destroyer of the human race? Would it not sound like satire if it were applied to my poor, weak, and scarcely living love to Jesus my Lord? I do love Him, and perhaps by His grace, I could even die for Him, but as for my love in itself, it can scarcely endure a scoffing jest, much less a cruel death.

Surely it is my Beloved's love which is here spoken of—the love of Jesus, the matchless lover of souls. His love was indeed stronger than the most terrible death, for it endured the trial of the cross triumphantly.

It was a lingering death, but love survived the torment; a shameful death, but love despised the shame; a penal death, but love bore our iniquities; a forsaken, lonely death, from which the eternal Father hid His face, but love endured the curse, and gloried over all.

Never such love, never such death.
It was a desperate duel, but love bore the palm.
What then, my heart? Hast thou no emotions excited within thee at the contemplation of such heavenly affection? Yes, my Lord, I long, I pant to feel Thy love flaming like a furnace within me. Come Thou Thyself and excite the ardour of my spirit.

"For every drop of crimson blood
Thus shed to make me live,
O wherefore, wherefore have not I
A thousand lives to give?"

Why should I despair of loving Jesus with a love as strong as death? He deserves it: I desire it. The martyrs felt such love, and they were but flesh and blood, then why not I? They mourned their weakness, and yet out of weakness were made strong.

Grace gave them all their unflinching constancy—there is the same grace for me. Jesus, lover of my soul, shed abroad such love, even Thy love in my heart, this evening.

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“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”


Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
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 PRAYER 

Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

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Friday, October 12, 2012

Mark of Covenant Grace


Mark of Covenant Grace

And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul that thou mayest live. 
(Deuteronomy 30:6)

Here we read of the true circumcision.
Note the author of it: "The Lord thy God."
He alone can deal effectually with our heart and take away its carnality and pollution.

To make us love God with all our heart and soul is a miracle of grace which only the Holy Ghost can work. We must look to the Lord alone for this and never be satisfied with anything short of it.

Note where this circumcision is wrought. It is not of the flesh but of the Spirit. It is the essential mark of the covenant of grace.

Love to God is the indelible token of the chosen seed; by this secret seal the election of grace is certified to the believer.

We must see to it that we trust in no outward ritual but are sealed in heart by the operation of the Holy Ghost.

Note what the result is-"that thou mayest live." To be carnally minded is death. In the overcoming of the flesh, we find life and peace.

If we mind the things of the Spirit, we shall live. Oh, that Jehovah, our God, may complete His gracious work upon our inner natures, that in the fullest and highest sense we may live unto the Lord.


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“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”


Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
Copyright Statement, This resource was produced before 1923 and therefore
 is considered in the "Public Domain". 
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♥♥♥ 

 PRAYER 

Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

"Whom He did predestinate, them He also called."




"Whom He did predestinate, them He also called."
—Romans 8:30.


IN the second epistle to Timothy, first chapter, and ninth verse, are these words—"Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling." 

Now, here is a touchstone by which we may try our calling. It is "an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace." 

This calling forbids all trust in our own doings, and conducts us to Christ alone for salvation, but it afterwards purges us from dead works to serve the living and true God. 

As He that hath called you is holy, so must you be holy. If you are living in sin, you are not called, but if you are truly Christ's, you can say, "Nothing pains me so much as sin; I desire to be rid of it; Lord, help me to be holy."

 Is this the panting of thy heart? Is this the tenor of thy life towards God, and His divine will? Again, in Philippians, 3:13, 14, we are told of "The high calling of God in Christ Jesus." 

Is then your calling a high calling? Has it ennobled your heart, and set it upon heavenly things? Has it elevated your hopes, your tastes, your desires? Has it upraised the constant tenor of your life, so that you spend it with God and for God? Another test we find in Hebrews 3:1—
"Partakers of the heavenly calling." 

Heavenly calling means a call from heaven. 
If man alone call thee, thou art uncalled.

Is thy calling of God? Is it a call to heaven as well as from heaven? Unless thou art a stranger here, and heaven thy home, thou hast not been called with a heavenly calling; for those who have been so called, declare that they look for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God, and they themselves are strangers and pilgrims upon the earth.


 Is thy calling thus holy, high, heavenly? Then, beloved, thou hast been called of God, for such is the calling wherewith God doth call His people.

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“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”


Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
Copyright Statement, This resource was produced before 1923 and therefore
 is considered in the "Public Domain". 
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The purpose of these pages is to share the precious word of God, without acquiring any monetary reward. God gave me the salvation for free, so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
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Blessings to all of You, rejoice in the sublime and infallible word of God 
♥♥♥ 

 PRAYER 

Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked


"And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible."—
Jeremiah 15:21.


NOTE the glorious personality of the promise. 

I will, I will. 
The Lord Jehovah Himself interposes to deliver and redeem His people. 
He pledges Himself personally to rescue them. 


His own arm shall do it, that He may have the glory. 

Here is not a word said of any effort of our own which may be needed to assist the Lord. 
Neither our strength nor our weakness is taken into the account, but the lone I, like the sun in the heavens, shines out resplendent in all-sufficience. 


Why then do we calculate our forces, and consult with flesh and blood to our grievous wounding? Jehovah has power enough without borrowing from our puny arm. Peace, ye unbelieving thoughts, be still, and know that the Lord reigneth. 



Nor is there a hint concerning secondary means and causes. The Lord says nothing of friends and helpers: He undertakes the work alone, and feels no need of human arms to aid Him. Vain are all our lookings around to companions and relatives; they are broken reeds if we lean upon them—often unwilling when able, and unable when they are willing. 



Since the promise comes alone from God, it would be well to wait only upon Him; and when we do so, our expectation never fails us. Who are the wicked that we should fear them? The Lord will utterly consume them; they are to be pitied rather than feared. 



As for terrible ones, they are only terrors to those who have no God to fly to, for when the Lord is on our side, whom shall we fear? If we run into sin to please the wicked, we have cause to be alarmed, but if we hold fast our integrity, the rage of tyrants shall be overruled for our good. 



When the fish swallowed Jonah, he found him a morsel which he could not digest; and when the world devours the church, it is glad to be rid of it again.

 In all times of fiery trial, in patience let us possess our souls.

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♥ <(((>< †   ><)))> ♥
“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”


Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
Copyright Statement, This resource was produced before 1923 and therefore
 is considered in the "Public Domain". 
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The purpose of these pages is to share the precious word of God, without acquiring any monetary reward. God gave me the salvation for free, so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
( NO ADVERTISEMENTS ) ... 

 ♥♥♥ 
Blessings to all of You, rejoice in the sublime and infallible word of God 
♥♥♥ 

 PRAYER 

Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Able to keep you from falling.



"Able to keep you from falling."
—Jude 24.

IN some sense the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is no road so dangerous.
It is beset with difficulties. One false step (and how easy it is to take that if grace be absent), and down we go.

What a slippery path is that which some of us have to tread! How many times have we to exclaim with the Psalmist, "My feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped."

If we were strong, sure-footed mountaineers, this would not matter so much; but in ourselves, how weak we are! In the best roads we soon falter, in the smoothest paths we quickly stumble. These feeble knees of ours can scarcely support our tottering weight.

A straw may throw us, and a pebble can wound us; we are mere children tremblingly taking our first steps in the walk of faith, our heavenly Father holds us by the arms or we should soon be down. Oh, if we are kept from falling, how must we bless the patient power which watches over us day by day!

Think, how prone we are to sin, how apt to choose danger, how strong our tendency to cast ourselves down, and these reflections will make us sing more sweetly than we have ever done, "Glory be to Him, who is able to keep us from falling."

 We have many foes who try to push us down.
The road is rough and we are weak, but in addition to this, enemies lurk in ambush, who rush out when we least expect them, and labour to trip us up, or hurl us down the nearest precipice.

Only an Almighty arm can preserve us from these unseen foes, who are seeking to destroy us.
Such an arm is engaged for our defence.

 He is faithful that hath promised, and He is able to keep us from falling, so that with a deep sense of our utter weakness, we may cherish a firm belief in our perfect safety, and say, with joyful confidence,

"Against me earth and hell combine,
But on my side is power divine;
Jesus is all, and He is mine!"

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♥ <(((>< †   ><)))> ♥
“The true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, 
not in its fashion and manner, 
but in the truth which it contains.”


Reflection and inspiration from the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 
Copyright Statement, This resource was produced before 1923 and therefore
 is considered in the "Public Domain". 
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The purpose of these pages is to share the precious word of God, without acquiring any monetary reward. God gave me the salvation for free, so I share the gospel of his word the same way ..
( NO ADVERTISEMENTS ) ... 

 ♥♥♥ 
Blessings to all of You, rejoice in the sublime and infallible word of God 
♥♥♥ 

 PRAYER 

Father, I ask  You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.. 
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. 
Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. 
Amen. 

You can see only one post at the time, please go to the bottom and look for the "Blog Archive", there is many more, sometimes I do many during the day as the time permits.... 

 DO YOU ENJOY THIS BLOG ? .. 
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ENGLISH: 
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http://jesusmightywarrior.blogspot.com/ 
http://elshaddaitheallsufficientone.blogspot.com/ 
SPANISH:
http://poderosoguerrerodejesus.blogspot.com/ 
TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE FOR ALL LANGUAGES... 
TRADUCTOR AL ESPAÑOL Y OTROS LENGUAJES.... 
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