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Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee...Micah 6:16—7:5
Is there a sign that will tell us if we’re living in the end of the age? Witness the prophet Micah’s distress about the difficult judgments God calls him to proclaim against Israel.
Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee Dr. J. Vernon McGee
What To Do To Be Saved
We’ve got the thing all backwards today. What must I do to be saved? And they came to the Lord Jesus—“What must we do, that we might work the works of God?” And the Lord Jesus said, “This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent” And He is saying, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” That’s the only work God’s asking you to do. Believe. Faith is just about the opposite of works. Now saving faith produces works, as we have seen. But it certainly doesn’t originate. It doesn’t originate salvation. Works, your works have nothing to do with your salvation.
References: Micah 6:6-8
Daily Promises
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
God, through His love and grace, promises to forgive us every time we confess our sins to Him! He does not cut us off when we continually sin, but instead loves to lavish His unending grace on us.
Get Up And Go!
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. -- Isaiah 60:1
What does it take for God to get us to get up and go? Do we listen to Him the first time we are asked?
https://digginganotherwell.substack.com/p/get-up-and-go
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In right knowledge the study of man must proceed on parallel lines with the study of the world, and the study of the world must run parallel with the study of man.
G.I. Gurdjieff
Today's Wins
1 Now in Effect: Arkansas Law Prohibits Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases
2 Now in Effect: Arkansas Law Expands Gold and Silver Legal Tender Act
3 New Hampshire Enacts Protections for Minors From Gender Transition Surgeries, Hormones...Minors will now be protected from gender transition procedures that cause irreversible, harmful effects.
4 Shh! Chinese solar firms sacked one-third of their workers — 87,000 solar jobs gone
5 The Presidential Fitness Test Gets Reinstated...President Donald Trump is doing away with Barack Obama’s FitnessGram and bringing back a familiar physical health program to complement the MAHA agenda.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/119647-the-presidential-fitness-test-gets-reinstated-2025-08-05
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C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (August 5th)
"Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?" — Numbers 32:6
Kindred has its obligations. The Reubenites and Gadites would have been unbrotherly if they had claimed the land which had been conquered, and had left the rest of the people to fight for their portions alone. We have received much by means of the efforts and sufferings of the saints in years gone by, and if we do not make some return to the church of Christ by giving her our best energies, we are unworthy to be enrolled in her ranks. Others are combating the errors of the age manfully, or excavating perishing ones from amid the ruins of the fall, and if we fold our hands in idleness we had need be warned, lest the curse of Meroz fall upon us. The Master of the vineyard saith, "Why stand ye here all the day idle?" What is the idler's excuse? Personal service of Jesus becomes all the more the duty of all because it is cheerfully and abundantly rendered by some. The toils of devoted missionaries and fervent ministers shame us if we sit still in indolence. Shrinking from trial is the temptation of those who are at ease in Zion: they would fain escape the cross and yet wear the crown; to them the question for this evening's meditation is very applicable. If the most precious are tried in the fire, are we to escape the crucible? If the diamond must be vexed upon the wheel, are we to be made perfect without suffering? Who hath commanded the wind to cease from blowing because our bark is on the deep? Why and wherefore should we be treated better than our Lord? The firstborn felt the rod, and why not the younger brethren? It is a cowardly pride which would choose a downy pillow and a silken couch for a soldier of the cross. Wiser far is he who, being first resigned to the divine will, groweth by the energy of grace to be pleased with it, and so learns to gather lilies at the cross foot, and, like Samson, to find honey in the lion.
C. H. Spurgeon's Morning Reading (August 6th)
"Watchman, what of the night?" — Isaiah 21:11
What enemies are abroad? Errors are a numerous horde, and new ones appear every hour: against what heresy am I to be on my guard? Sins creep from their lurking places when the darkness reigns; I must myself mount the watch-tower, and watch unto prayer. Our heavenly Protector foresees all the attacks which are about to be made upon us, and when as yet the evil designed us is but in the desire of Satan, He prays for us that our faith fail not, when we are sifted as wheat. Continue O gracious Watchman, to forewarn us of our foes, and for Zion's sake hold not thy peace.
"Watchman, what of the night?" What weather is coming for the Church? Are the clouds lowering, or is it all clear and fair overhead? We must care for the Church of God with anxious love; and now that Popery and infidelity are both threatening, let us observe the signs of the times and prepare for conflict.
"Watchman, what of the night?" What stars are visible? What precious promises suit our present case? You sound the alarm, give us the consolation also. Christ, the polestar, is ever fixed in His place, and all the stars are secure in the right hand of their Lord.
But watchman, when comes the morning? The Bridegroom tarries. Are there no signs of His coming forth as the Sun of Righteousness? Has not the morning star arisen as the pledge of day? When will the day dawn, and the shadows flee away? O Jesus, if Thou come not in person to Thy waiting Church this day, yet come in Spirit to my sighing heart, and make it sing for joy.
"Now all the earth is bright and glad
With the fresh morn;
But all my heart is cold, and dark and sad:
Sun of the soul, let me behold Thy dawn!
Come, Jesus, Lord,
O quickly come, according to Thy word."
I don’t want to “beat” them, I just want them to be honest and earnest with righteous intentions, and the farther this all goes, the more it seems like that option is about as realistic as the Easter Bunny.
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https://greatawakening.win/p/19Bt2SQyLy/ask-ai--what-sort-of-positive-ac/
"that option is about as realistic as the Easter Bunny."
...one can always crusade against glaciers...
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