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Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee Jonah 1:11—2:2
Did Jonah really get swallowed by a big fish? In this study, Dr. McGee answers that important question and shows how God used the storm in the life of Jonah and the pagan sailors onboard the ship traveling to Tarshish.
Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee Dr. J. Vernon McGee
How To Know You’re A Child Of God
I personally don’t think you can have real assurance—that is, down deep in the heart—unless you are obedient unto God. And I believe that you can know beyond the peradventure of a doubt that you are a child of God. The Lord Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice.” And if you are His sheep, you’ll hear His voice. And you’re not boasting, you see, when you say that you know you’re saved. What you’re saying is, “I have a wonderful Shepherd.” You’re not saying you are wonderful; you’re saying Your Shepherd is wonderful. And that is the important thing. And He says that, “My Sheep shall never, never perish.” What a wonderful truth that is that we have.
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Daily Promises
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psalm 112:1)
Blessed is the man who repents and believes! God shall give Him that rest promised from the beginning. Yes, the believer shall receive blessing upon blessing in the very gospel promise of Christ Himself. By His obedience unto righteousness, even we to be made righteous. By His death unto the cross, even we are made just. By His resurrection unto life, even we are made unto new life. And by His ascension to His heavenly throne, even we are exalted to His right hand. His eternal Sabbath rest is the Sabbath rest of we, His people. Indeed, we are blessed! Beyond imagining are we blessed!
The Lowest Of Lows
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. -- Psalm 88:6
The challenges of life leave all of us struggling from time to time, but maybe this is the worst it has ever been for you.
https://digginganotherwell.substack.com/p/the-lowest-of-lows
“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
Today's Wins
1 James Howard Kunstler - The Widening Gyre...“The Caliphate looms; it is inevitable, and the road to its gates is paved with the skulls of English children.” Peachy Keenan
https://www.kunstler.com/p/the-widening-gyre
2 The Historic Texas Legislation Re-Introducing God’s Laws In School Sparks Rage Among Democrats
3 Following ADF Lawsuit, Vermont Amends Law To No Longer Openly Discriminate Against Pro-Life Centers
4 'Boise Pride Season Kickoff' canceled for low attendance: 'It takes showing up'
https://www.christianpost.com/news/boise-pride-season-kickoff-canceled-for-low-attendance.html
5 First Lady Welcomes Foster and Adoptive Families to the White House
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C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (June 2nd)
"Good Master." — Matthew 19:16
If the young man in the gospel used this title in speaking to our Lord, how much more fitly may I thus address Him! He is indeed my Master in both senses, a ruling Master and a teaching Master. I delight to run upon His errands, and to sit at His feet. I am both His servant and His disciple, and count it my highest honour to own the double character. If He should ask me why I call Him "good," I should have a ready answer. It is true that "there is none good but one, that is, God," but then He is God, and all the goodness of Deity shines forth in Him. In my experience, I have found Him good, so good, indeed, that all the good I have has come to me through Him. He was good to me when I was dead in sin, for He raised me by His Spirit's power; He has been good to me in all my needs, trials, struggles, and sorrows. Never could there be a better Master, for His service is freedom, His rule is love: I wish I were one thousandth part as good a servant. When He teaches me as my Rabbi, He is unspeakably good, His doctrine is divine, His manner is condescending, His spirit is gentleness itself. No error mingles with His instruction-pure is the golden truth which He brings forth, and all His teachings lead to goodness, sanctifying as well as edifying the disciple. Angels find Him a good Master and delight to pay their homage at His footstool. The ancient saints proved Him to be a good Master, and each of them rejoiced to sing, "I am Thy servant, O Lord!" My own humble testimony must certainly be to the same effect. I will bear this witness before my friends and neighbours, for possibly they may be led by my testimony to seek my Lord Jesus as their Master. O that they would do so! They would never repent so wise a deed. If they would but take His easy yoke, they would find themselves in so royal a service that they would enlist in it for ever.
C. H. Spurgeon's Morning Reading (June 3rd)
"These were potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work." — 1 Chronicles 4:23
Potters were the very highest grade of workers, but "the king" needed potters, and therefore they were in royal service, although the material upon which they worked was nothing but clay. We, too, may be engaged in the most menial part of the Lord's work, but it is a great privilege to do anything for "the king"; and therefore we will abide in our calling, hoping that, "although we have lien among the pots, yet shall we be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold." The text tells us of those who dwelt among plants and hedges, having rough, rustic, hedging and ditching work to do. They may have desired to live in the city, amid its life, society, and refinement, but they kept their appointed places, for they also were doing the king's work. The place of our habitation is fixed, and we are not to remove from it out of whim and caprice, but seek to serve the Lord in it, by being a blessing to those among whom we reside. These potters and gardeners had royal company, for they dwelt "with the king" and although among hedges and plants, they dwelt with the king there. No lawful place, or gracious occupation, however mean, can debar us from communion with our divine Lord. In visiting hovels, swarming lodging-houses, workhouses, or gaols, we may go with the king. In all works of faith we may count upon Jesus' fellowship. It is when we are in His work that we may reckon upon His smile. Ye unknown workers who are occupied for your Lord amid the dirt and wretchedness of the lowest of the low, be of good cheer, for jewels have been found upon dunghills ere now, earthen pots have been filled with heavenly treasure, and ill weeds have been transformed into precious flowers. Dwell ye with the King for His work, and when He writes His chronicles your name shall be recorded.