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Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee 3 John 3—7
In his letter to Gaius, John expresses his joy over believers who are sharing God’s Word and walking in truth. He also commends him on receiving and entertaining the true teachers of the Word. Learn more about how to identify true teachers and support those who give out the Word of God and walk in love.
Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee Dr. J. Vernon McGee
How Big Is God
Friends, whatever God does, He does it to an infinite degree—or may I use the common colloquialism of the day. “Whatever God does, He does it in a big way.” When He loves, He loves to an infinite degree. When God brings wisdom to bear, it is infinite wisdom. And space does not have any limits as far as we know. In other words, space as man knows it today, there are no limits that are known. But God has no limits, known or unknown. He is infinite. He’s above His creation. It is impossible for a finite creature to know God because of the fact God is infinite.
Daily Promises
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Revelation 3:19)
Praise be to our ever-loving Father that He will always be faithful to chasten His children to correction. His discipline is of a caring love toward us-it is for our benefit, gracious and merciful. The Lord wants what is best for us and kindly prompts us to return to Him. Praise the Lord for His involvement.
In Control Of It All
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. — Psalm 47:7
Keep your eyes on the one who is in control of it all.
https://digginganotherwell.substack.com/p/in-control-of-it-all
Without free speech, no search for truth is possible; without free speech, no discovery of truth is useful.
Charles Bradlaugh
Today's Wins
1 James Howard Kunstler - An Offer He Can't Refuse...“This is not our war. The US is not in a war. Ukraine is in a war. . .”Marco Rubio
https://www.kunstler.com/p/an-offer-he-cant-refuse
2 Melania Trump’s Letter to Putin Stands Up for Abducted Children...The Russia-Ukraine fight is bigger than borders
3 Three Big Moves in Washington and Not a Single Leak...One of President Donald Trump’s biggest political strengths is his unpredictability.
4 Arlington bans wokeness...Donald Trump now has the Reconciliation Monument headed back to Arlington.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/arlington_bans_wokeness.html
5 Precedent Setting Lawsuit Could Upend Abortion Pill Industry, Making Fathers Of Unborn Children A Protected Class Of Plaintiff
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C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (August 18th)
"And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but He received it not." — Mark 15:23
A golden truth is couched in the fact that the Saviour put the myrrhed wine-cup from His lips. On the heights of heaven the Son of God stood of old, and as He looked down upon our globe He measured the long descent to the utmost depths of human misery; He cast up the sum total of all the agonies which expiation would require, and abated not a jot. He solemnly determined that to offer a sufficient atoning sacrifice He must go the whole way, from the highest to the lowest, from the throne of highest glory to the cross of deepest woe. This myrrhed cup, with its soporific influence, would have stayed Him within a little of the utmost limit of misery, therefore He refused it. He would not stop short of all He had undertaken to suffer for His people. Ah, how many of us have pined after reliefs to our grief which would have been injurious to us! Reader, did you never pray for a discharge from hard service or suffering with a petulant and wilful eagerness? Providence has taken from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Say, Christian, if it had been said, "If you so desire it, that loved one of yours shall live, but God will be dishonoured," could you have put away the temptation, and said, "Thy will be done"? Oh, it is sweet to be able to say, "My Lord, if for other reasons I need not suffer, yet if I can honour Thee more by suffering, and if the loss of my earthly all will bring Thee glory, then so let it be. I refuse the comfort, if it comes in the way of Thine honour." O that we thus walked more in the footsteps of our Lord, cheerfully enduring trial for His sake, promptly and willingly putting away the thought of self and comfort when it would interfere with our finishing the work which He has given us to do. Great grace is needed, but great grace is provided.
C. H. Spurgeon's Morning Reading (August 19th)
"He shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord." — Micah 5:4
Christ's reign in His Church is that of a shepherd-king. He has supremacy, but it is the superiority of a wise and tender shepherd over his needy and loving flock; He commands and receives obedience, but it is the willing obedience of the well-cared-for sheep, rendered joyfully to their beloved Shepherd, whose voice they know so well. He rules by the force of love and the energy of goodness.
His reign is practical in its character. It is said, "He shall stand and feed." The great Head of the Church is actively engaged in providing for His people. He does not sit down upon the throne in empty state, or hold a sceptre without wielding it in government. No, He stands and feeds. The expression "feed," in the original, is like an analogous one in the Greek, which means to shepherdize, to do everything expected of a shepherd: to guide, to watch, to preserve, to restore, to tend, as well as to feed.
His reign is continual in its duration. It is said, "He shall stand and feed"; not "He shall feed now and then, and leave His position"; not, "He shall one day grant a revival, and then next day leave His Church to barrenness." His eyes never slumber, and His hands never rest; His heart never ceases to beat with love, and His shoulders are never weary of carrying His people's burdens.
His reign is effectually powerful in its action; "He shall feed in the strength of Jehovah." Wherever Christ is, there is God; and whatever Christ does is the act of the Most High. Oh! it is a joyful truth to consider that He who stands to-day representing the interests of His people is very God of very God, to whom every knee shall bow. Happy are we who belong to such a shepherd, whose humanity communes with us, and whose divinity protects us. Let us worship and bow down before Him as the people of His pasture.