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Chosen of The LORD!

"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...

The Wednesday Word

  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 ...