"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God." -Hebrews 4:9  [KJV] Blessed motto for the close of the month, or the day, or year; after being fatigued with the thoughts, and cares, and anxieties of life. My soul, delight thyself in the thought of it, look forward to the speedy enjoyment of it. Like the prophet's vision, it will come; wait for it.   No sorrow you have gone through will ever come over again. No persecution already felt shall exactly be again practised. The same trial shall not be again known, Every day, every hour of the day, we are nearer home. Precious consideration. And Jesus is the rest of His people. Lord, in Thee alone I find rest; be Thou my hope, and be Thou my portion for ever.   -preacher Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.)   October 31st, THE POOR MAN'S MORNING PORTION    

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (29-31OCT21) Heads-Up, Please find enclosed encouragement in SO GREAT SALVATION by the perfect and finished work of our LORD Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace - Almighty God's unmerited favor to save us from our sins and from Hell: STRONG CONSOLATION “ In all their affliction  H e was afflicted, and the angel of  H is presence saved them: in  H is love and in  H is pity  H e redeemed them; and  H e bare them, and carried them all the days of old.” -Isa iah  63:9  [KJV] Who is the angel of God’s presence spoken of here in this verse quoted?  It is none other than the same  P erson who speaks in verse 1 of this same chapter;  “I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”  It is none other than our blessed God and Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. This angel is not a created angel but rather the Mediator and  M essenger of the everlasting covenant of grace  ( see  Mal achi  3:1) . Who e

"Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you." 1 Peter 5:7 Yes, blessed Jesus, I would cast all upon thee: sins, sorrows, trials, temptations. Thou art the Almighty Burden-bearer of thy people; for the Lord Jehovah hath laid on thee the iniquity of us all. And as thou bearest all our sins, so thou carriest all our sorrows. And dost thou not bear all the persons of thy redeemed? Dost thou not bear all our troubles, all our exercises, all our temptations, trials, difficulties? The government is upon thy shoulder; the care of the churches is all with thee.  And shall I not cast all my care upon thee? Shall I be careful for many things, while Jesus saith, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee?" Oh for grace to sit loose to all things, and to leave all things with thee. Lord, do thou bear me up when I am falling, support me when weak, uphold me against all mine enemies, carry me safe through a life of grace here—and, finally, bring me home

"I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away." -Isaiah 41:9  [KJV] Is this thy portion, my soul? Hath the Lord thy God indeed chosen thee? Hath He manifested His love to thee in so distinguishing a way? Take comfort, then, in all thine exercises, when seasons of darkness .and discouragement are around; think of God's choice, and venture on God's love. Art thou distressed, exercised, afflicted? Dost thou call on God, and find no answer? Doth the enemy tempt thee to doubt? Doth thine own unbelieving heart misgive thee? Still recollect, Jesus knows all. He chose thee—and He that chose thee knows all thine exercises; nay, He Himself hath appointed them.  And remember, thou wast not forced upon Him. It was His own free choice first made thee His; and His own love will be the security of thy present dependence. Jesus resteth in His love; He hateth putting away. Cast down as thou art, thou art not cast off. Though fallen, He can raise. Though dejected, He can and will comfor

  Refreshment in the Gospel. by D.G. Miles McKee   One of the wonderful qualities of the gospel is that it brings refreshment to the believers who listen.  My friend Daniel E Parks of Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands wrote the following very refreshing piece saying,  “Jesus Christ possessed both the divine and the human natures. His  divine  nature  is inherent to Him , for He is expressly declared to be God from eternity. His  human  nature  was assumed by Him  when “God was manifested in the flesh.” Jesus Christ is, therefore, the one and only  God-Man . “We find many proofs of both the divine and the human natures in Jesus Christ, God manifested in the flesh. For example: Jesus’  hands  were human hands, but they had divine ability. He could touch lepers and not become unclean (Matthew 8:3). He could with but His touch cure people of fever (Matthew 8:15), restore sight to the blind (Matthew 20:34; Mark 8:22-25), and restore an ear that had been cut off (Luke 22:50f). He could break a

"He went on frowardly in the way of his heart; I have seen his ways, and will heal him." -Isaiah 57:17, 18  [KJV] Pause, my soul, over this sweet scripture; and while thou readest it, wilt thou not cry out with David, in the contemplation of the overwhelming mercy: "And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD." -II Samuel 7:19. Think, Oh my soul, how it was with thee, when in the days of thy unregeneracy thou wentest on frowardly in the way of thy perverse heart.  Who could have stopped thee, had not sovereign grace? And how justly might the Lord have said, I have seen thy ways, and will punish thee; I will give thee over to a reprobate mind, and forsake thee for ever! Oh the riches of grace, when, from my very unworthiness, the Lord took occasion to magnify His love and mercy. O Lord Jesus, do Thou incline the heart that Thou hast healed to live to Thy praise, and let the life Thou hast saved from destruction, be spent in Thy service.   -preacher Robert Hawker (175

"My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi."  -Song of Solomon 1:14  [KJV] How full, indeed how infinitely full, abundant, and soul-satisfying is Jesus, in all that concerns life, light, grace, glory! A cluster of all is Christ; whether the medicine to heal, or of sweetness to satisfy, or of riches to enlarge, or salvation to impart. Every way, and in every thing that is lovely or desirable, Jesus is a cluster indeed to His people. And whether we meet Him in the valley or in the mount, in the plains of Jericho, or in the vineyards of Engedi, neither place nor situation, neither state nor circumstances, make any alteration in our Beloved; He is, He must be, Jesus, and that is always lovely.   -preacher Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.) October 25th, THE POOR MAN'S MORNING PORTION    

"And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people, as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men." -Micah 5:7  [KJV] Observe, my soul, the character given of Jacob's seed, and bless the Lord for being included in the number.—For so saith the apostle, "If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Mark then their characters. They are a remnant. But they are God's remnant, being in covenant with God in Christ, and as such, distinguished and separated from the world. "They are a people that dwell alone, and not reckoned among the nations." They are in the midst of many people, but belong to none of them. For though living in the world, they are not of the world, but chosen out of the world. They are, moreover, as a dew from the Lord. Beautiful resemblance! For as the dew is from heaven, so believers in Christ are born from

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (22-24OCT21) Heads-Up --- Please find enclosed encouragement in  SO GREAT SALVATION  by the perfect and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace - Almighty   God's unmerited favor to save us from our sins and from Hell: HOW SINFUL ARE WE? We can read the Scriptures which declare, “ There is none good, no not one… every imagination of man’s heart is only evil continually… our righteousnesses are as filthy rags… man at his best state is altogether vanity;”  but what makes this question difficult to answer is the fact that we have such little understanding of true holiness. We compare ourselves with ourselves and arrive at a weak, perverted view of sin. A man’s conception of sin is determined by his understanding of TRUE HOLINESS. I declare,  without reservation, that a man will never come to an understanding of the exceeding sinfulness of sin until he sees the hol