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September 23
"The infinite Jehovah is much more pleased with the gentle melting of a broken heart,
and the pious breathings of humble love, than all the noise and clamor in the world."
From the journal of Joseph Pilmoor.
"The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of
fools" Ecclesiastes 9:17; "But I have stilled and quieted my soul" (Psalm
131:2a); "In quietness and trust is [our] strength" (Isaiah 30:15b). God wants
an untroubled heart in His kingdom. He is the Author of peace, not the noise and
disorientation we have today.
September 24
"The lessons I have culled from the crucible of real life, whatever I know about the
undoing of nations and the triumph of man, teach me that as long as hope pulsates within
us like blood, redemption is possible, like survival itself, for a society, for a people,
for an individual, even for a child without parents, without means, without education,
without health, even in conditions that stagger the mind." Of Blood and Hope, Samuel
Pisar.
Pisar somehow came through the Holocaust and wrote one of the more uplifting and
educational books about that terrible age in history. We only think we have suffered; the
survivors of the concentration camps did, and still hoped.
Pat Nordman ©
Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions With links to the entire devotion |
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Spurgeon's Morning for September 23 |
Spurgeon's Evening for September 23 |
| "Let Israel rejoice in him." - Psalm 149:2 |
"Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe." - Mark 9:23 |
Saviour! Rejoice then, believer, in this: thou art accepted "in the beloved." Thou lookest within, and thou sayest, "There is nothing acceptable here!" But look at Christ, and see if there is not everything acceptable there. |
Faith standeth in God’s power, and is robed in God’s majesty; it weareth the royal apparel, and rideth on the King’s horse, for it is the grace which the King delighteth to honour. |
| Spurgeon's Morning for September 24 | Spurgeon's Evening for September 24 |
| "For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him." - Ezra 8:22 |
"I sleep, but my heart waketh." - Song of Solomon 5:2 |
It is a most blessed thing to have no props and no buttresses, but to stand upright on the Rock of Ages, upheld by the Lord alone. |
It is to be feared that many believers lose their strength as Samson lost his locks, while sleeping on the lap of carnal security. |
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September 23 Am 6:1 - Ob 1:21 |
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But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
Freedom by Cathy Vinson
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This is not always easy, especially for the brethren with the weak conscience, those who walk a very narrow path hewn in both sides by guilt and self-criticism. Life must follow predetermined actions. Any fluctuation opens up to the wide playing field of guilt. We might be those who watch others and try as they to laugh freely, speak freely, eat freely, spend freely, but do so with difficulty. There is always a yoke of slavery nearby. We may try hard to fit in a church or group by following written and unwritten norms, to be acceptable to a stern God, a demanding leader we idolize, or to just live up to the dictates of a weak conscience. Another way is to say we are legalistic. As the Pharisee, we tend to meet situations with "Is it lawful...?" We can limit life to a series of decisions between good and evil. Our life is described as "the man who does these things shall live IN them" (Gal 3:12). We search for life in our deeds rather than faith. What is our hope for the freedom Jesus brought? Our deliverance begins with knowing how much Jesus wants to set us free..."Come unto Me you who labor and are heavy laden..." (Think of how Galatians and Romans 7-8 were written with us in mind.) We already know we cannot stack up. The schoolmaster of the law has done his job well; we are ripened; we are ready for the sweet deliverance from ourselves through Jesus Christ our Lord (Rom 7:24). "It is GOOD for our heart to be strengthened by grace..." (Heb 13:9). We need a change of diet. We need to be fed and strengthed by grace rather than our works. Grace will teach us about the One who loves us not according to what we deserve. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free..." Freedom was a worthy goal in which to set our feet. It provides a roomy stance. Stand in it and stay in it as we "do not let ourselves be burdened" again. Cathy Vinson© Send a note to Cathy Vinson , the writer of this devotion. |
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