WORK FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING,

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” John 9:4-5 (all scripture quoted is from the King James Version)   “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, [...]

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Sacrificial Love in God’s Creatures, a Devotion for 18 May 2018 Anno Domini

“ I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” John 10:11 (KJV) INTRO: I am not sure how many of our modern marvels of ministry would lay down their lives for another. I do know that there are some very humble and devout ministers of God who would do so, [...]

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THE HANDS OF CHRIST

THE HANDS OF CHRIST Devotion for 17 May 2018 Anno Domini (taken from Pearls, Points, and Parables, by F.E. Marsh 1908   "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.” [...]

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HATTERAS JOE, a Devotion for 16 May 2018 Anno Domini

Some introductory observations on this beautiful lesson of a great Eagle: God uses the Eagel often in Scripture to illustrate the nature of the Elect of His choosing. He speaks of the eagle’s great speed and unsurpassed vision; of its ability to fly directly toward the sun to avoid the archers aim; of its making [...]

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GIVE TO THE WINDS THY FEARS, a Hymn Devotion for 15 May 2018 Anno Domini (Ides of May)

St. Andrews Parsih Church, Enterprise, Alabama (USA) “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”  John 3:8 ( all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) This beautiful and [...]

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THE THREE QUESTIONS, a Devotion for 11 May 2018 Anno Domini

INTRODUCTION: Yesterday, we had a temporary power outage in my hometown which lasted several hours. I was unable to use my laptop to write my devotions, so I took the opportunity to pull my Fifth Grade Reader off the shelf and do some reading and remembering. These kinds of readings are my own devotional times. [...]

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Devotion on the Looking Glass, 9 May 2018 Anno Domini (reprint from August 2014)

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:  For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of [...]

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WE PLOUGH THE FIELD AND SCATTER, a Hymn Devotion for Rogationtide, 8 May 2018 Anno Domini St. Andrews Parish Church

“And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.  For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.  And [...]

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A GREAT HYMN-WRITER and Minister of the Past, a Devotion for 1 May (May Day), 2018 Anno Domini

“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” (Revelation 14:13: all scripture quoted is from the King James Version)   HORATIUS BONAR – the [...]

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PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS, a Devotion for 27 April 2018 Anno Domini

“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” (Jeremiah 31:3; all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) I will begin this devotion with a story: “The BEE has been aptly described as “busy.” To produce one [...]

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