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The High Calling

"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." -Colossians 3:2 [KJV]          Everything upon earth, as viewed by the eyes of the Majesty of heaven, is low and paltry. Earth is after all but a huge clod of dust, and as such, apart from its having been once the place of the Redeemer's sufferings and sacrifice, being now the habitation of His suffering people, and to be hereafter the scene of His glory, as insignificant in the eyes of its Maker as the small dust of the balance or the drop of the bucket. What, then, are its highest objects, its loftiest aims, its grandest pursuits, its noblest employments, short of the grace of the gospel, in the sight of Him who inhabits eternity, but mean and worthless? Nay, even in our eyes is there not one consideration that when felt stamps vanity upon them all?—that all earth's pursuits, whatever high attainments men may reach in this life, be it of wealth, rank, learning, power, or pleasure, ...
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Great Encouragement in Christ JESUS ~ 23 May, 2026 A.D.

     "In Christ, there is no further perfection to attain.   In Christ, a sinner is made to be everything that God requires him to be.   In Christ, wisdom is complete, righteousness is complete, sanctification is complete, and redemption is complete.   To know Him is to know it all and to have Him is to have it all.   In Christ, we are as perfectly complete as we will ever be."       -preacher Gabe Stalnaker  
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Partakers of the Inheritance

  WHAT A MYSTERY TO ME     O what a mystery it is That I would have a place; Among the people of our God,  A loved and chosen race. O what a mystery it is That God my soul would save; That He would love this sinner so, That His Own Son He gave.   O what a mystery it is, That Christ my place would take; To satisfy the law of God, And full atonement make. O what a mystery it is, That He would die for me; To rescue me from guilt and shame, From sin to set me free.   O what a mystery it is, The Spirit worked within; And then on Jesus I believed, To save me from my sin. O what a mystery it is, That God would care for me; Ordain that I should dwell with Him, Throughout eternity.  Tune:  “There is a Fountain” CM/double Words by Jim Byrd     -------O-------         “The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.  The LORD trieth the rig...
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HONORING THE LORD

"Honour the LORD with thy substance." -Proverbs of Solomon 3:9 [KJV] O may this be the daily study of our hearts, and the constant practice of our lives! “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to the Lord: for the marriage of the Lamb is come”   (Revelation 19:7.) He is our Husband: we are espoused to Him by faith. Consider the work of honouring the Lord, and the reasons for it. (1st.) The work. What! can I, a worm of the earth, honour the Lord of heaven: Yes; thou art called to it, and formed for it. This honour have all His saints. It is our greatest honour on earth to honour our Lord in heaven . “All Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and Thy saints shall bless Thee. They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy power: to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.”   -Psalm 145:10-12 So they honoured the Lord of old, in displaying the glory of His grace. This work you are called to, if you h...
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Keeping Silence Before The LORD God of Heaven

"There was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." -Revelation 8:1 [KJV] This is a very striking scripture, and records as striking an event, when took place on the opening of the seventh seal  silence in heaven; not a suspension or interruption to the happiness of the place, but the silent adoration of God and the Lamb. This must be the sense of the passage, if by heaven we are to understand the place where dwell "the spirits of just men made perfect."  But as it is more than probable that it refers to the events of the kingdom of Christ upon earth, which are here spoken of under prophetical representations, the silence may rather be supposed to mean, that the church of God, both in heaven and on earth, are waiting in solemn expectation of what events the sounding of the seventh trumpet will bring forth. But there are some sweet instructions to be taken from what is here said, of silence in heaven by the space of half an hour, which in the...
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Trusting Almighty GOD

"Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him." -Psalm 62:8 [KJV] Have we not sometimes been enabled to pour out our hearts at a throne of grace, and tell the Lord what we really wanted, what we really asked for, and tell Him that nothing but that which He alone could give would satisfy our souls? There have been such times of access to the God of grace. And afterwards perhaps we have forgotten the things we told Him of; we have been heedless of the prayers we laid at His feet; and though very earnest at the time in seeking after certain blessings, we left them at the Lord's feet and forgot them all. But the Lord does not forget them; they are treasured up in His heart and memory; and in His own time He brings them to light, and gives the fulfilment of them. But before He does it, He will bring us into the spot where we want them again; and then we have to tell Him, and supplicate and ask Him again, ashamed of ourselves perhaps that w...
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Weekend Gospel Message to Follow for All Hands (22-24MAY26 A.D.)

“Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.” -James 4:8-10 [KJV]  -------0------- Bless God the Father of our Lord, To Him all blessings trace; He chose us in His precious Son, to save us by His grace. Predestinated in His love, to be a holy seed; We were adopted to be sons, this God Himself decreed.  In Christ God chose to save our souls, Through Him all blessings flow; He came into this world of shame, because God loved us so. We have forgiveness through His blood,  Redemption’s price He paid; For by His death on Calvary, Atonement Jesus made. God sent His Spirit to our hearts, to seal us by His grace; He is the Earnest giv’n to all, the chosen, ransomed race. So sing the praises of our God, The praise of Christ who ...
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