...Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends...
...Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee Haggai 1:12—2:3...
The writer of Proverbs says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” That’s the same important message we receive in this study from the Old Testament prophet Haggai who reminds us to obey and fear God in all we do.
...Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee Dr. J. Vernon McGee...
The Gospel Of Work
This prophet Haggai carried around with him a measuring stick or ruler, a yardstick. He measured off everything because they were going to rebuild the temple, and you need to measure things off. And you need to get right down to the earth; right where the rubber meets the road, friends. And so, this man has a hammer in one hand and a saw in the other. He’s ready to go to work. And my friend, if you’re not ready to go to work, Bible study really is not going to help you very much. And if you’re not willing to do what God wants you to do, whatever that might be. And God believes in work! This is the gospel of work.
https://www.oneplace.com/ministries/thru-the-bible-minute-with-mcgee/
...Daily Promises...
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; (Hebrews 5:9)
Once Christ obtained His human perfection, He became the source of eternal life. Eternal life is given to those who obediently accept the gift given to them by God.
...He Really Knows You...
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. -- Psalm 139:1
If we want to remove the distractions that get in the way of being close to God, we should ask Him to help us remove them.
https://digginganotherwell.substack.com/p/he-really-knows-you
The Behavioral Architect...How Nikita Bier spent a decade perfecting psychological control on teenagers — and now deploys it on everyone at X
https://eko.substack.com/p/the-behavioral-architect
I would describe a demagogue as a politician who don’t keep his promises …
Huey Long
...Today's Wins...
1 Spencer Davis - Privateers and the Cartels: Letters of Marque for Our Century...“Better, perhaps, to unleash a few bold men with vision than to drown quietly in bureaucracy.”
https://www.takimag.com/article/privateers-and-the-cartels-letters-of-marque-for-our-century/
2 James Howard Kunstler - Insurrection Anyone?
https://www.kunstler.com/p/insurrection-anyone
3 Ann Coulter - Exciting New TV Show Uncontaminated by Facts...“If they were smart, Democrats would insist on this “no facts” ground rule all the time.”
https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/exciting-new-tv-show-uncontaminated
4 Prioritizing An Eternal Crown: Congress Honors Pageant Winner As ‘Modern Day Esther’ After Biblical Stand Stipped Her Of The Crown
5 Mike Robertson - America is Back: ICE Raids, Crushing Cartels, and Confronting Venezuela...We are so back
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C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (October 17th)
"He shall gather the lambs with His arm." — Isaiah 40:11
Our good Shepherd has in His flock a variety of experiences, some are strong in the Lord, and others are weak in faith, but He is impartial in His care for all His sheep, and the weakest lamb is as dear to Him as the most advanced of the flock. Lambs are wont to lag behind, prone to wander, and apt to grow weary, but from all the danger of these infirmities the Shepherd protects them with His arm of power. He finds new-born souls, like young lambs, ready to perish-He nourishes them till life becomes vigorous; He finds weak minds ready to faint and die-He consoles them and renews their strength. All the little ones He gathers, for it is not the will of our heavenly Father that one of them should perish. What a quick eye He must have to see them all! What a tender heart to care for them all! What a far- reaching and potent arm, to gather them all! In His lifetime on earth He was a great gatherer of the weaker sort, and now that He dwells in heaven, His loving heart yearns towards the meek and contrite, the timid and feeble, the fearful and fainting here below. How gently did He gather me to Himself, to His truth, to His blood, to His love, to His church! With what effectual grace did He compel me to come to Himself! Since my first conversion, how frequently has He restored me from my wanderings, and once again folded me within the circle of His everlasting arm! The best of all is, that He does it all Himself personally, not delegating the task of love, but condescending Himself to rescue and preserve His most unworthy servant. How shall I love Him enough or serve Him worthily? I would fain make His name great unto the ends of the earth, but what can my feebleness do for Him? Great Shepherd, add to Thy mercies this one other, a heart to love Thee more truly as I ought.
C. H. Spurgeon's Morning Reading (October 18th)
"Thy paths drop fatness." — Psalm 65:11
Many are "the paths of the Lord" which "drop fatness," but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, "My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me." Starving souls live at a distance from the mercy- seat, and become like the parched fields in times of drought. Prevalence with God in wrestling prayer is sure to make the believer strong-if not happy. The nearest place to the gate of heaven is the throne of the heavenly grace. Much alone, and you will have much assurance; little alone with Jesus, your religion will be shallow, polluted with many doubts and fears, and not sparkling with the joy of the Lord. Since the soul-enriching path of prayer is open to the very weakest saint; since no high attainments are required; since you are not bidden to come because you are an advanced saint, but freely invited if you be a saint at all; see to it, dear reader, that you are often in the way of private devotion. Be much on your knees, for so Elijah drew the rain upon famished Israel's fields.
There is another especial path dropping with fatness to those who walk therein, it is the secret walk of communion. Oh! the delights of fellowship with Jesus! Earth hath no words which can set forth the holy calm of a soul leaning on Jesus' bosom. Few Christians understand it, they live in the lowlands and seldom climb to the top of Nebo: they live in the outer court, they enter not the holy place, they take not up the privilege of priesthood. At a distance they see the sacrifice, but they sit not down with the priest to eat thereof, and to enjoy the fat of the burnt offering. But, reader, sit thou ever under the shadow of Jesus; come up to that palm tree, and take hold of the branches thereof; let thy beloved be unto thee as the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, and thou shalt be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. O Jesus, visit us with Thy salvation!