Romans 1:16-17 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Psalm 97 Author: Harriet Auber Tune: Just as I am
1. JEHOVAH reigns! O earth, rejoice; Ye ransom’d isles, exalt your voice: Make every hill and vale around Responsive to the welcome sound
2. Though far removed from mortal eye, He reigns in glorious majesty; Himself in awful clouds conceal’d, His truth, His justice stands reveal’d.
3. Yes, Jesus reigns! the gospel’s light Beams with mild radiance on our sight; And fallen man, redeem’d, forgiven, May lift his heart, his hopes to heaven.
4. Oh, then, obey His sacred Word, All ye who love and fear the Lord; Go, publish through His wide domains The glorious truth, Jehovah reigns! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your Future? Your future path has all been marked out in the great decrees of God’s predestination. You shall not tread a step which is not mapped out in the great chart of God’s decree. Your “troubles” have been already weighed for you in the scales of His love. Your “labor” is already set aside for you to accomplish by the hand of his wisdom. Remember, you are not a child of chance. If you were, you might indeed fear. You will go nowhere next year except where God shall send you. You shall perhaps be thrust into the hot coals of the fire, but God shall put you there. You shall perhaps be much depressed in spirit, but that heaviness shall be for your good, and shall come from your Father. You shall have the rod, but it shall not be the rod of the wicked--it shall be in God's hand. Oh! how comfortable the thought that EVERYTHING is in the hand of God, and that all that may occur to me during the future years of my life is foreordained and overruled by the great Jehovah, who is my Father and my friend! --C.H. Spurgeon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mysteries and Perplexities “…Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.” Matthew 6:32 What a rest is this for weary, burdened wayfarers! It is the assurance not only of a 'needs be' in whatever befalls them; but that all are the appointments of their heavenly Father. “Your heavenly Father!” With tender care for the minute and lowly, He. . .makes grass to grow for the cattle, pencils the flower, sculptures the snow wreath, watches the sparrows fall, and feeds the young ravens. The unslumbering Shepherd keeps watch and ward continually, whether under the infinite blue of day, or under night with its starry galaxies. Though mysteries and perplexities are on every side, yet we can rely on the assurance that His are no arbitrary dealings, swayed by caprice, marked and misdirected by human blindness and ignorance; but the dictates of unerring wisdom and of unchanging everlasting love. Mark the Savior’s words. They are not “My heavenly Father;” but “your heavenly Father.” He would have each child to know His individual, particular affection and pity; and, despite baffling providences, to cleave to the unforgetting love of God. All which befalls His people is meted out by One who is too kind to mingle an unnecessary or superfluous drop in their cup of sorrow. “To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest;…” Isaiah 28:12 --John MacDuff
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Daily Readings November 17-23 17- Ezekiel 5-7 Hebrews 12 18- Ezekiel 8-10; Hebrews 13 19- Ezekiel 11-13; James 1 20- Ezekiel 14-15; James 2 21- Ezekiel 16-17; James 3 22- Ezekiel 18-19; James 4 23- Ezekiel 20-21; James 5
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