​J.C. Ryle

J.C. Ryle

All About Doing, Never About Believing

How painfully self–righteous are many! They can talk complacently about having “done their duty,” and being “kind to everybody,” and having always “kept to their church,” and having “never been so very bad” as some, and therefore they seem to think they must go to heaven!

And as to deep sense of sin and simple faith in Christ’s blood and sacrifice, it seems to have no place in their religion. Their talk is all of doing and never of believing. And will such self–righteousness as this land anyone in heaven? Never! Without faith, without Christ! ~ J.C. Ryle

​Streams in the Desert – September 21

Streams in the Desert – September 21
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“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord” (Phil. 3:8).
This is the happy season of ripening cornfields, of the merry song of the reapers, of the secured and garnered grain. But let me hearken to the sermon of the field. This is its solemn word to me. You must die in order to live. You must refuse to consult your own case and well-being. You must be crucified, not only in desires and habits which are sinful, but in many more which appear innocent and right. If you would save others, you cannot save yourself. If you would bear much fruit, you must be buried in darkness and solitude.
My heart fails me as I listen. But, when Jesus asks it, let me tell myself that it is my high dignity to enter into the fellowship of His sufferings; and thus I am in the best of company. And let me tell myself again that it is all meant to make me a vessel meet for His use. His own Calvary has blossomed into fertility; and so shall mine.
Plenty out of pain, life out of death: is it not the law of the Kingdom?

–In the Hour of Silence
Do we call it dying when the bud bursts into flower?

–Selected
“Finding, following, keeping, struggling,

Is He sure to bless?

Saints, apostles, prophets, martyrs,

Answer, ‘Yes.”

Oswald Chambers

The Missionary’s Predestined PurposeBy Oswald Chambers
Now the Lord says, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant… —Isaiah 49:5
   
The first thing that happens after we recognize our election by God in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our preconceived ideas, our narrow-minded thinking, and all of our other allegiances— we are turned solely into servants of God’s own purpose. The entire human race was created to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. Sin has diverted the human race onto another course, but it has not altered God’s purpose to the slightest degree. And when we are born again we are brought into the realization of God’s great purpose for the human race, namely, that He created us for Himself. This realization of our election by God is the most joyful on earth, and we must learn to rely on this tremendous creative purpose of God. The first thing God will do is force the interests of the whole world through the channel of our hearts. The love of God, and even His very nature, is introduced into us. And we see the nature of Almighty God purely focused inJohn 3:16— “For God so loved the world….”
We must continually keep our soul open to the fact of God’s creative purpose, and never confuse or cloud it with our own intentions. If we do, God will have to force our intentions aside no matter how much it may hurt. A missionary is created for the purpose of being God’s servant, one in whom God is glorified. Once we realize that it is through the salvation of Jesus Christ that we are made perfectly fit for the purpose of God, we will understand why Jesus Christ is so strict and relentless in His demands. He demands absolute righteousness from His servants, because He has put into them the very nature of God.
Beware lest you forget God’s purpose for your life.
   
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WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
“I have chosen you” (John 15:16). Keep that note of greatness in your creed. It is not that you have got God, but that He has got you.  My Utmost for His Highest, October 25, 837 R

​Stephen ThomasWords to Ponder

Stephen Thomas

Words to Ponder

Whenever you put happiness before righteousness, you will be doomed to misery. That is the great message of the Bible from beginning to end. They alone are truly happy who are seeking to be righteous. – David Lloyd-jones

​Chaplain Bill Herrmann

Chaplain Bill Herrmann

Why are there 100,000 Russian Military Troops in Syria? Why are there 100,000 Missiles and Rockets aimed at the State of Israel from Syria and Southern Lebanon? Why Is Turkey massing Tanks and Armor and Troops on it’s Borders with Syria? Why does the Islamic Republic of Iran have 100,000 Troops,Militia,

and Revolutionary Guard Forces poised to Attack Israel ? Why is President Bashir Al-Assad ordering Syrian Regime Military Forces to give Russia and Iran and Hezbollah free reign and access to the Syrian Borders of Israel? Why is North Korea and Kim Jong Um so Hellbent on a Military Nuclear and Thermonuclear Confrontation with the United States of America? Could it not be possible North Korea is intent on tying up American Military Forces in the Western Pacific Rim ,to give North Korea’s Ally Iran freedom to Unleash War against Israel in the Middle East?

Are We about to Witness Isaiah 17 be Totally Fulfilled? Is this the prelude to the Ezekiel 38 & 39 Prophecy being Totally Fulfilled? The Answer is in the Prophetic Scriptures. The Answer is in the Bible…Watch Events over the next 7 Days….

Pray,Read Your Bible…and Look to the Middle East….Look to Israel….

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​Michael Hunt

Michael Hunt

With all that is happening around us and much talk about the Second Coming of Christ — I thought I would post this song

“Days Of Elijah”

“These are the days of Elijah, Declaring the word of the Lord,

And these are the days of Your servant, Moses, Righteousness being restored.

These are the days of great trials, Of famine and darkness and sword

Still we are the voice in the desert crying,

“Prepare ye the way of the Lord!” Behold He comes, riding on the clouds,

Shining like the sun, at the trumpet’s call!

Lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee,

Out of Zion’s hill, salvation comes.

And these are the days of Ezekiel The dry bones becoming as flesh

And these are the days of Your servant, David,

Rebuilding the temple of praise.

And these are the days of the harvest,

The fields are all white in the world. And we are the laborers that are in Your vineyard,

Declaring the Word of the Lord!

Behold He comes, riding on the clouds

Shining like the sun at the trumpet’s call

Lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee Out of Zion’s hill, salvation comes!

Behold He comes, riding on the clouds

Shining like the sun at the trumpet’s call

Lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee

Out of Zion’s hill, salvation comes! —Donnie McClurkin

​Marc Roy

Marc Roy

I ONCE ATTENDED A SERVICE AT WHAT I

NOW KNOW WAS A VERY LUKEWARM

CHURCH. THEY HAD SPECIAL GUESTS

LEADING “WORSHIP” THAT NIGHT, AND

SELLING THEIR CD’S. HOWEVER, AFTER

THEY HAD PLAYED A VERY WELL KNOWN

ROCK & ROLL SONG, MY WIFE AND I GOT

UP AND LEFT IMMEDIATELY. MANY

OTHERS LEFT ALSO, AND SOME

DEMANDED THEIR MONEY BACK FOR THE

CD’S THEY HAD PURCHASED FROM THESE

REBELS. THIS WAS NOT A SMALL STIR

UP. PRAISE GOD THAT SOME HAVE EARS

TO EAR, AND A MOUTH TO REBUKE THE

WICKED.

​Paula Maillet

Paula Maillet

* * * As the woman in the constellation is

going into labor,

we have hurricane Jose and hurricane Maria

coming toward America.

Jose – Joseph

Maria – Mary

A woman going into labor, and Mary and

Joseph are brought to our attention as they

portend the coming pains of labor as will be

shown in the constellation on Saturday the

23rd.

Interesting: the European model for tracking

these two hurricanes predict they will join

and land on America …… on September 23.

What if the Maji had ignored the star in the

constellations that led them to Christ’s first

coming?