tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310Sat, 29 Feb 2020 04:54:18 +0000Internet Ministries NewsVideosFeatured Internet Ministry ContentsBlogsMemory VerseAudioFeatured Ministry EventsWebsiteBroadcastsDocumentsQuotableaudiobooGeneral Interest Newsfaithforgivenessgods faithfulnessgospelsalvationhttp://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)Blogger2920125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-5023221597211903289Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:37:00 +00002015-04-25T12:37:17.221-07:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <div style='background-color:transparent;' data-iframestyle='background-color:transparent; display:block; min-width:300px; max-width:700px;' data-boourl='http://audioboom.com/boos/3121156-you-don-t-have-to-do-anything-http-bit-ly-1exietv/embed/v3?eid=AQAAAOzsO1UEoC8A' class='ab-player'><a href='http://audioboom.com/boos/3121156-you-don-t-have-to-do-anything-http-bit-ly-1exietv'>listen to ‘You Don't Have To Do Anything - http://bit.ly/1eXiETV’ on audioBoom</a></div><script type='text/javascript'>(function() { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/cdn/embed.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();</script><br /> </div><br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2015/04/you-don-have-to-do-anything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-1145372569484379366Sat, 18 Apr 2015 19:52:00 +00002015-04-18T12:52:16.043-07:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <div style='background-color:transparent;' data-iframestyle='background-color:transparent; display:block; min-width:300px; max-width:700px;' data-boourl='http://audioboom.com/boos/3098121-when-you-were-god-s-enemy-http-bit-ly-1exietv/embed/v3?eid=AQAAAO-1MlUJRi8A' class='ab-player'><a href='http://audioboom.com/boos/3098121-when-you-were-god-s-enemy-http-bit-ly-1exietv'>listen to ‘When You Were God's Enemy... (http://bit.ly/1eXiETV)’ on audioBoom</a></div><script type='text/javascript'>(function() { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/cdn/embed.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();</script><br /> </div><br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2015/04/when-you-were-god-enemy-httpbitly1exietv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-6372271307019185251Sat, 11 Apr 2015 22:38:00 +00002015-04-11T15:38:32.395-07:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <div style='background-color:transparent;' data-iframestyle='background-color:transparent; display:block; min-width:300px; max-width:700px;' data-boourl='http://audioboom.com/boos/3075312-why-suffer-http-bit-ly-1mgritb/embed/v3?eid=AQAAAGiiKVXw7C4A' class='ab-player'><a href='http://audioboom.com/boos/3075312-why-suffer-http-bit-ly-1mgritb'>listen to ‘Why Suffer? - http://bit.ly/1mgRitb’ on audioBoom</a></div><script type='text/javascript'>(function() { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/cdn/embed.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();</script><br /> </div><br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2015/04/why-suffer-httpbitly1mgritb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-3188328594719219491Sat, 04 Apr 2015 20:24:00 +00002015-04-04T13:24:26.576-07:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <div style='background-color:transparent;' data-iframestyle='background-color:transparent; display:block; min-width:300px; max-width:700px;' data-boourl='http://audioboom.com/boos/3054347-who-did-jesus-die-for-http-bit-ly-1mgritb/embed/v3?eid=AQAAAHpIIFULmy4A' class='ab-player'><a href='http://audioboom.com/boos/3054347-who-did-jesus-die-for-http-bit-ly-1mgritb'>listen to ‘Who Did Jesus Die For? - http://bit.ly/1mgRitb’ on audioBoom</a></div><script type='text/javascript'>(function() { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/cdn/embed.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();</script><br /> </div><br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2015/04/who-did-jesus-die-for-httpbitly1mgritb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-4122296001405964829Sat, 28 Mar 2015 22:02:00 +00002015-03-28T15:02:55.146-07:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <div style='background-color:transparent;' data-iframestyle='background-color:transparent; display:block; min-width:300px; max-width:700px;' data-boourl='http://audioboom.com/boos/3033778-you-were-made-for-jesus-http-bit-ly-1mgritb/embed/v3?eid=AQAAAPgkF1WySi4A' class='ab-player'><a href='http://audioboom.com/boos/3033778-you-were-made-for-jesus-http-bit-ly-1mgritb'>listen to ‘You Were Made For Jesus - http://bit.ly/1mgRitb’ on audioBoom</a></div><script type='text/javascript'>(function() { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/cdn/embed.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();</script><br /> </div><br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2015/03/you-were-made-for-jesus-httpbitly1mgritb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-8112638095666756318Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:50:00 +00002014-12-27T14:50:21.221-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <div style='background-color:transparent;' data-iframestyle='background-color:transparent; display:block; min-width:300px; max-width:700px;' data-boourl='http://audioboom.com/boos/2759480-do-you-want-justice-http-bit-ly-1mgritb/embed/v3?eid=AQAAAK03n1Q4GyoA' class='ab-player'><a href='http://audioboom.com/boos/2759480-do-you-want-justice-http-bit-ly-1mgritb'>listen to ‘Do You Want Justice? - http://bit.ly/1mgRitb’ on audioBoom</a></div><script type='text/javascript'>(function() { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/cdn/embed.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();</script><br /> </div><br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/do-you-want-justice-httpbitly1mgritb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-2627249318885106456Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:53:00 +00002014-12-11T22:53:40.745-08:00<div id="spurgeon-evening-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"They have dealt treacherously against the Lord." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=ho+5%3A7">ho 5:7</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>Believer, here is a sorrowful truth! Thou art the beloved of the Lord, redeemed by blood, called by grace, preserved in Christ Jesus, accepted in the Beloved, on thy way to heaven, and yet, "thou hast dealt treacherously" with God, thy best friend; treacherously with Jesus, whose thou art; treacherously with the Holy Spirit, by whom thou hast been quickened unto life eternal! How treacherous you have been in the matter of vows and promises. Do you remember the love of your espousals, that happy time-the springtime of your spiritual life? Oh, how closely did you cling to your Master then! saying, "He shall never charge me with indifference; my feet shall never grow slow in the way of his service; I will not suffer my heart to wander after other loves; in him is every store of sweetness ineffable. I give all up for my Lord Jesus' sake." Has it been so? Alas! if conscience speak, it will say, "He who promised so well has performed most ill. Prayer has oftentimes been slurred-it has been short, but not sweet; brief, but not fervent. Communion with Christ has been forgotten. Instead of a heavenly mind, there have been carnal cares, worldly vanities and thoughts of evil. Instead of service, there has been disobedience; instead of fervency, lukewarmness; instead of patience, petulance; instead of faith, confidence in an arm of flesh; and as a soldier of the cross there has been cowardice, disobedience, and desertion, to a very shameful degree." "Thou hast dealt treacherously." Treachery to Jesus! what words shall be used in denouncing it? Words little avail: let our penitent thoughts execrate the sin which is so surely in us. Treacherous to thy wounds, O Jesus! Forgive us, and let us not sin again! How shameful to be treacherous to him who never forgets us, but who this day stands with our names engraven on his breastplate before the eternal throne. <P></p><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-evening/~4/VuqPpb4-OUc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-evening/~3/VuqPpb4-OUc/1212-pm.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-evening-of-fri-december-12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-2006694666302151986Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:53:00 +00002014-12-11T21:53:31.503-08:00<div id="spurgeon-evening-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"Ye serve the Lord Christ." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=col+3%3A24">col 3:24</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>To what choice order of officials was this word spoken? To kings who proudly boast a right divine? Ah, no! too often do they serve themselves or Satan, and forget the God whose sufferance permits them to wear their mimic majesty for their little hour. Speaks then the apostle to those so-called "right reverend fathers in God," the bishops, or "the venerable the archdeacons"? No, indeed, Paul knew nothing of these mere inventions of man. Not even to pastors and teachers, or to the wealthy and esteemed among believers, was this word spoken, but to servants, aye, and to slaves. Among the toiling multitudes, the journeymen, the day labourers, the domestic servants, the drudges of the kitchen, the apostle found, as we find still, some of the Lord's chosen, and to them he says, "Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ." This saying ennobles the weary routine of earthly employments, and sheds a halo around the most humble occupations. To wash feet may be servile, but to wash his feet is royal work. To unloose the shoe-latchet is poor employ, but to unloose the great Master's shoe is a princely privilege. The shop, the barn, the scullery, and the smithy become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God! Then "divine service" is not a thing of a few hours and a few places, but all life becomes holiness unto the Lord, and every place and thing, as consecrated as the tabernacle and its golden candlestick. <P>"Teach me, my God and King, in all things thee to see;<BR>And what I do in anything to do it as to thee.<BR>All may of thee partake, nothing can be so mean,<BR>Which with this tincture, for thy sake, will not grow bright and clean.<BR>A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine;<BR>Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine."<BR></p><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-evening/~4/nHQD9IyrXs8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-evening/~3/nHQD9IyrXs8/1211-pm.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-evening-of-thu-december-11_89.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-8063116269966265673Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:54:00 +00002014-12-09T22:54:12.027-08:00<div id="spurgeon-morning-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"So shall we ever be with the Lord." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=1th+4%3A17">1th 4:17</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>Even the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they are-and how transitory! One moment our eyes see him, and we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, but again a little time and we do not see him, for our beloved withdraws himself from us; like a roe or a young hart he leaps over the mountains of division; he is gone to the land of spices, and feeds no more among the lilies. <P>"If to-day he deigns to bless us<BR>With a sense of pardoned sin,<BR>He to-morrow may distress us,<BR>Make us feel the plague within."<BR><P>Oh, how sweet the prospect of the time when we shall not behold him at a distance, but see him face to face: when he shall not be as a wayfaring man tarrying but for a night, but shall eternally enfold us in the bosom of his glory. We shall not see him for a little season, but <P>"Millions of years our wondering eyes,<BR>Shall o'er our Saviour's beauties rove;<BR>And myriad ages we'll adore,<BR>The wonders of his love."<BR><P>In heaven there shall be no interruptions from care or sin; no weeping shall dim our eyes; no earthly business shall distract our happy thoughts; we shall have nothing to hinder us from gazing for ever on the Sun of Righteousness with unwearied eyes. Oh, if it be so sweet to see him now and then, how sweet to gaze on that blessed face for aye, and never have a cloud rolling between, and never have to turn one's eyes away to look on a world of weariness and woe! Blest day, when wilt thou dawn? Rise, O unsetting sun! The joys of sense may leave us as soon as they will, for this shall make glorious amends. If to die is but to enter into uninterrupted communion with Jesus, then death is indeed gain, and the black drop is swallowed up in a sea of victory. <P></P><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~4/Qahv5mNJVjE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~3/Qahv5mNJVjE/1210-am.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-morning-of-wed-december-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-8117824239217770142Tue, 09 Dec 2014 06:54:00 +00002014-12-08T22:54:08.187-08:00<div id="spurgeon-morning-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"Therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=isa+30%3A18">isa 30:18</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>God often DELAYS IN ANSWERING PRAYER. We have several instances of this in sacred Scripture. Jacob did not get the blessing from the angel until near the dawn of day-he had to wrestle all night for it. The poor woman of Syrophenicia was answered not a word for a long while. Paul besought the Lord thrice that "the thorn in the flesh" might be taken from him, and he received no assurance that it should be taken away, but instead thereof a promise that God's grace should be sufficient for him. If thou hast been knocking at the gate of mercy, and hast received no answer, shall I tell thee why the mighty Maker hath not opened the door and let thee in? Our Father has reasons peculiar to himself for thus keeping us waiting. Sometimes it is to show his power and his sovereignty, that men may know that Jehovah has a right to give or to withhold. More frequently the delay is for our profit. Thou art perhaps kept waiting in order that thy desires may be more fervent. God knows that delay will quicken and increase desire, and that if he keeps thee waiting thou wilt see thy necessity more clearly, and wilt seek more earnestly; and that thou wilt prize the mercy all the more for its long tarrying. There may also be something wrong in thee which has need to be removed, before the joy of the Lord is given. Perhaps thy views of the Gospel plan are confused, or thou mayest be placing some little reliance on thyself, instead of trusting simply and entirely to the Lord Jesus. Or, God makes thee tarry awhile that he may the more fully display the riches of his grace to thee at last. Thy prayers are all filed in heaven, and if not immediately answered they are certainly not forgotten, but in a little while shall be fulfilled to thy delight and satisfaction. Let not despair make thee silent, but continue instant in earnest supplication. <P></P><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~4/dbPzJFLProE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~3/dbPzJFLProE/1209-am.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-morning-of-tue-december-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-1363877168314080808Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:54:00 +00002014-12-07T22:54:11.118-08:00<div id="spurgeon-morning-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=re+3%3A4">re 3:4</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>We may understand this to refer to justification. "They shall walk in white"; that is, they shall enjoy a constant sense of their own justification by faith; they shall understand that the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them, that they have all been washed and made whiter than the newly-fallen snow. <P>Again, it refers to joy and gladness: for white robes were holiday dresses among the Jews. They who have not defiled their garments shall have their faces always bright; they shall understand what Solomon meant when he said "Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart. Let thy garments be always white, for God hath accepted thy works." He who is accepted of God shall wear white garments of joy and gladness, while he walks in sweet communion with the Lord Jesus. Whence so many doubts, so much misery, and mourning? It is because so many believers defile their garments with sin and error, and hence they lose the joy of their salvation, and the comfortable fellowship of the Lord Jesus, they do not here below walk in white. <P>The promise also refers to walking in white before the throne of God. Those who have not defiled their garments here shall most certainly walk in white up yonder, where the white-robed hosts sing perpetual hallelujahs to the Most High. They shall possess joys inconceivable, happiness beyond a dream, bliss which imagination knoweth not, blessedness which even the stretch of desire hath not reached. The "undefiled in the way" shall have all this-not of merit, nor of works, but of grace. They shall walk with Christ in white, for he has made them "worthy." In his sweet company they shall drink of the living fountains of waters. <P></P><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~4/ZArnz2sdXk0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~3/ZArnz2sdXk0/1208-am.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-morning-of-mon-december-8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-2031400857478322346Mon, 08 Dec 2014 03:54:00 +00002014-12-07T19:54:47.250-08:00We see that believers, when faced with opposition, look to the Lord for His help, remind ourselves of His past mercies to renew our hope of mercy in the present, resolve to obey Him no matter how many turn against us, and, in a sense, will despise unbelievers for their disobedience. That disobedience will provoke us to love God&#39;s Law more and our desire to keep it. The unbeliever doesn&#39;t want to know what God commands, and so won&#39;t receive His help. <br /><br /> <a href="http://gcmodesto.sermons.io/sermons/how-the-believer-and-the-unbeliever-differ">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/how-believer-and-unbeliever-differ.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-1063833115793467087Sun, 07 Dec 2014 20:54:00 +00002014-12-07T12:54:44.398-08:00If you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, He is transforming you into His image by His Holy Spirit. <br /><br /> <a href="https://gcmodesto.sermons.io/sermons/transformed-into-his-image">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/transformed-into-his-image.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-8192042568555433793Sun, 07 Dec 2014 08:52:00 +00002014-12-07T00:52:13.654-08:00Ephesians 5:21 - The Christian is to be different; no longer like the world; but filled with the Spirit; the importance of our relationships; individual but not individualistic; the dangers of self-centredness and its manifestations; knowing the truth about ourselves; the key to solving our relationship problems; a part of the whole; the body of Christ; the error of seeing this verse in an ecumenical context; submit yourselves one to another. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/living-grace/subscribe/podcast/submission-in-the-spirit-434369.mp3">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/submission-in-spirit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-7356388387739533293Sun, 07 Dec 2014 06:54:00 +00002014-12-06T22:54:06.652-08:00<div id="spurgeon-morning-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"Base things of the world hath God chosen." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=1co+1%3A28">1co 1:28</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>Walk the streets by moonlight, if you dare, and you will see sinners then. Watch when the night is dark, and the wind is howling, and the picklock is grating in the door, and you will see sinners then. Go to yon jail, and walk through the wards, and mark the men with heavy over-hanging brows, men whom you would not like to meet at night, and there are sinners there. Go to the Reformatories, and note those who have betrayed a rampant juvenile depravity, and you will see sinners there. Go across the seas to the place where a man will gnaw a bone upon which is reeking human flesh, and there is a sinner there. Go where you will, you need not ransack earth to find sinners, for they are common enough; you may find them in every lane and street of every city, and town, and village, and hamlet. It is for such that Jesus died. If you will select me the grossest specimen of humanity, if he be but born of woman, I will have hope of him yet, because Jesus Christ is come to seek and to save sinners. Electing love has selected some of the worst to be made the best. Pebbles of the brook grace turns into jewels for the crown-royal. Worthless dross he transforms into pure gold. Redeeming love has set apart many of the worst of mankind to be the reward of the Saviour's passion. Effectual grace calls forth many of the vilest of the vile to sit at the table of mercy, and therefore let none despair. <P>Reader, by that love looking out of Jesus' tearful eyes, by that love streaming from those bleeding wounds, by that faithful love, that strong love, that pure, disinterested, and abiding love; by the heart and by the bowels of the Saviour's compassion, we conjure you turn not away as though it were nothing to you; but believe on him and you shall be saved. Trust your soul with him and he will bring you to his Father's right hand in glory everlasting. <P></P><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. 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December 07, 2014 Service 10:00 AM 6:00 PM Meditation Ephesians 1:3-4 Romans 8:3-4 Call & Invocation Psalm 17 Psalm 19:7-14 Hymn 330: "Holy Ghost, Dispel Our Sadness" 152: "The Law of the Lord Is Perfect" Reading Romans 8:1-14 Hymn 493: "We Have Not Known Thee As We Ought" Offering, followed by Prayer Sermon <div style="clear:both;padding-top:0.2em;"><a title="Add to FaceBook" href="https://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/2/80357687/gracechurchscribd"><img height="20" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.feedblitz.com/i/fbshare20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a>&#160;<a title="Like on Facebook" href="https://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/28/80357687/gracechurchscribd"><img height="20" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.feedblitz.com/i/fblike20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a>&#160;<a title="Share on Google+" href="https://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/30/80357687/gracechurchscribd"><img height="20" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.feedblitz.com/i/googleplus20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a>&#160;<a title="Pin it!" href="https://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/29/80357687/gracechurchscribd,"><img height="20" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.feedblitz.com/i/pinterest20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a>&#160;<a title="Tweet This" href="https://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/24/80357687/gracechurchscribd"><img height="20" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.feedblitz.com/i/twitter20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a>&#160;<a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="https://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/20/80357687/gracechurchscribd"><img height="20" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.feedblitz.com/i/rss20.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></a>&nbsp;&#160;</div> <br /><br /> <a href="https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/80357687/0/gracechurchscribd~Bulletin-for-Sunday-December-th">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/bulletin-for-sunday-december-7th-2014.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-3301548907326578956Sat, 06 Dec 2014 06:54:00 +00002014-12-05T22:54:05.067-08:00<div id="spurgeon-morning-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=1co+15%3A48">1co 15:48</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>The head and members are of one nature, and not like that monstrous image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream. The head was of fine gold, but the belly and thighs were of brass, the legs of iron, and the feet, part of iron and part of clay. Christ's mystical body is no absurd combination of opposites; the members were mortal, and therefore Jesus died; the glorified head is immortal, and therefore the body is immortal too, for thus the record stands, "Because I live, ye shall live also." As is our loving Head, such is the body, and every member in particular. A chosen Head and chosen members; an accepted Head, and accepted members; a living Head, and living members. If the head be pure gold, all the parts of the body are of pure gold also. Thus is there a double union of nature as a basis for the closest communion. Pause here, devout reader, and see if thou canst without ecstatic amazement, contemplate the infinite condescension of the Son of God in thus exalting thy wretchedness into blessed union with his glory. Thou art so mean that in remembrance of thy mortality, thou mayest say to corruption, "Thou art my father," and to the worm, "Thou art my sister"; and yet in Christ thou art so honoured that thou canst say to the Almighty, "Abba, Father," and to the Incarnate God, "Thou art my brother and my husband." Surely if relationships to ancient and noble families make men think highly of themselves, we have whereof to glory over the heads of them all. Let the poorest and most despised believer lay hold upon this privilege; let not a senseless indolence make him negligent to trace his pedigree, and let him suffer no foolish attachment to present vanities to occupy his thoughts to the exclusion of this glorious, this heavenly honour of union with Christ. <P></P><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~4/_LtQpCfkaM8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~3/_LtQpCfkaM8/1206-am.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-morning-of-sat-december-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-489917331184248125Sat, 06 Dec 2014 06:53:00 +00002014-12-05T22:53:27.745-08:00<div id="spurgeon-evening-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"Girt about the paps with a golden girdle." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=re+1%3A13">re 1:13</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>"One like unto the Son of Man" appeared to John in Patmos, and the beloved disciple marked that he wore a girdle of gold. A girdle, for Jesus never was ungirt while upon earth, but stood always ready for service, and now before the eternal throne he stays not is holy ministry, but as a priest is girt about with "the curious girdle of the ephod." Well it is for us that he has not ceased to fulfil his offices of love for us, since this is one of our choicest safeguards that he ever liveth to make intercession for us. Jesus is never an idler; his garments are never loose as though his offices were ended; he diligently carries on the cause of his people. A golden girdle, to manifest the superiority of his service, the royalty of his person, the dignity of his state, the glory of his reward. No longer does he cry out of the dust, but he pleads with authority, a King as well as a Priest. Safe enough is our cause in the hands of our enthroned Melchizedek. <P>Our Lord presents all his people with an example. We must never unbind our girdles. This is not the time for lying down at ease, it is the season of service and warfare. We need to bind the girdle of truth more and more tightly around our loins. It is a golden girdle, and so will be our richest ornament, and we greatly need it, for a heart that is not well braced up with the truth as it is in Jesus, and with the fidelity which is wrought of the Spirit, will be easily entangled with the things of this life, and tripped up by the snares of temptation. It is in vain that we possess the Scriptures unless we bind them around us like a girdle, surrounding our entire nature, keeping each part of our character in order, and giving compactness to our whole man. If in heaven Jesus unbinds not the girdle, much less may we upon earth. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth. <P></p><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-evening/~4/Tp2I8OeCegw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-evening/~3/Tp2I8OeCegw/1206-pm.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-evening-of-sat-december-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-6172743221623593301Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:54:00 +00002014-12-04T22:54:05.912-08:00<div id="spurgeon-morning-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"Ask, and it shall be given you." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=mt+7%3A7">mt 7:7</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>We know of a place in England still existing, where a dole of bread is served to every passerby who chooses to ask for it. Whoever the traveller may be, he has but to knock at the door of St. Cross Hospital, and there is the dole of bread for him. Jesus Christ so loveth sinners that he has built a St. Cross Hospital, so that whenever a sinner is hungry, he has but to knock and have his wants supplied. Nay, he has done better; he has attached to this Hospital of the Cross a bath; and whenever a soul is black and filthy, it has but to go there and be washed. The fountain is always full, always efficacious. No sinner ever went into it and found that it could not wash away his stains. Sins which were scarlet and crimson have all disappeared, and the sinner has been whiter than snow. As if this were not enough, there is attached to this Hospital of the Cross a wardrobe, and a sinner making application simply as a sinner, may be clothed from head to foot; and if he wishes to be a soldier, he may not merely have a garment for ordinary wear, but armour which shall cover him from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. If he asks for a sword, he shall have that given to him, and a shield too. Nothing that is good for him shall be denied him. He shall have spending-money so long as he lives, and he shall have an eternal heritage of glorious treasure when he enters into the joy of his Lord. <P>If all these things are to be had by merely knocking at mercy's door, O my soul, knock hard this morning, and ask large things of thy generous Lord. Leave not the throne of grace till all thy wants have been spread before the Lord, and until by faith thou hast a comfortable prospect that they shall be all supplied. No bashfulness need retard when Jesus invites. No unbelief should hinder when Jesus promises. No cold-heartedness should restrain when such blessings are to be obtained. <P></P><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~4/AmgYO1LSRXI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~3/AmgYO1LSRXI/1205-am.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-morning-of-fri-december-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-67796426931198355Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:53:00 +00002014-12-04T22:53:27.905-08:00<div id="spurgeon-evening-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"And the Lord shewed me four carpenters." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=zec+1%3A20">zec 1:20</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>In the vision described in this chapter, the prophet saw four terrible horns. They were pushing this way and that way, dashing down the strongest and the mightiest; and the prophet asked, "What are these?" The answer was, "These are the horns which have scattered Israel." He saw before him a representation of those powers which had oppressed the church of God. There were four horns; for the church is attacked from all quarters. Well might the prophet have felt dismayed; but on a sudden there appeared before him four carpenters. He asked, "What shall these do?" These are the men whom God hath found to break those horns in pieces. God will always find men for his work, and he will find them at the right time. The prophet did not see the carpenters first, when there was nothing to do, but first the "horns," and then the "carpenters." Moreover, the Lord finds enough men. He did not find three carpenters, but four; there were four horns, and there must be four workmen. God finds the right men; not four men with pens to write; not four architects to draw plans; but four carpenters to do rough work. Rest assured, you who tremble for the ark of God, that when the "horns" grow troublesome, the "carpenters" will be found. You need not fret concerning the weakness of the church of God at any moment; there may be growing up in obscurity the valiant reformer who will shake the nations: Chrysostoms may come forth from our Ragged Schools, and Augustines from the thickest darkness of London's poverty. The Lord knows where to find his servants. He hath in ambush a multitude of mighty men, and at his word they shall start up to the battle; "for the battle is the Lord's," and he shall get to himself the victory. Let us abide faithful to Christ, and he, in the right time, will raise up for us a defence, whether it be in the day of our personal need, or in the season of peril to his Church. <P></p><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-evening/~4/LnfFKCVpYq8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-evening/~3/LnfFKCVpYq8/1205-pm.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-evening-of-fri-december-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-7208608064146113585Thu, 04 Dec 2014 06:54:00 +00002014-12-03T22:54:13.453-08:00<div id="spurgeon-morning-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"I have much people in this city." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=ac+18%3A10">ac 18:10</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>This should be a great encouragement to try to do good, since God has among the vilest of the vile, the most reprobate, the most debauched and drunken, an elect people who must be saved. When you take the Word to them, you do so because God has ordained you to be the messenger of life to their souls, and they must receive it, for so the decree of predestination runs. They are as much redeemed by blood as the saints before the eternal throne. They are Christ's property, and yet perhaps they are lovers of the ale-house, and haters of holiness; but if Jesus Christ purchased them he will have them. God is not unfaithful to forget the price which his Son has paid. He will not suffer his substitution to be in any case an ineffectual, dead thing. Tens of thousands of redeemed ones are not regenerated yet, but regenerated they must be; and this is our comfort when we go forth to them with the quickening Word of God. <P>Nay, more, these ungodly ones are prayed for by Christ before the throne. "Neither pray I for these alone," saith the great Intercessor, "but for them also which shall believe on me through their word." Poor, ignorant souls, they know nothing about prayer for themselves, but Jesus prays for them. Their names are on his breastplate, and ere long they must bow their stubborn knee, breathing the penitential sigh before the throne of grace. "The time of figs is not yet." The predestinated moment has not struck; but, when it comes, they shall obey, for God will have his own; they must, for the Spirit is not to be withstood when he cometh forth with fulness of power-they must become the willing servants of the living God. "My people shall be willing in the day of my power." "He shall justify many." "He shall see of the travail of his soul." "I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong." <P></P><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. All rights reserved.</P></div></div><img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~4/WhT8zkLDm2c" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <br /><br /> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-spurgeon-morning/~3/WhT8zkLDm2c/1204-am.html">Click here to go to source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/?action=view&amp;current=internet.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h348/gopcmodesto/th_internet.png" border="0"/></a></div>http://graceopcmodesto.blogspot.com/2014/12/thought-for-morning-of-thu-december-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GraceOPC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4908984415098936310.post-6320745217540909283Thu, 04 Dec 2014 06:53:00 +00002014-12-03T22:53:35.361-08:00<div id="spurgeon-evening-item"><h4>Verse</h4><div class="verse">"Even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." </div><P>&#8212; <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=ro+8%3A23">ro 8:23</a></P><h4>Thought</h4><P>This groaning is universal among the saints: to a greater or less extent we all feel it. It is not the groan of murmuring or complaint: it is rather the note of desire than of distress. Having received an earnest, we desire the whole of our portion; we are sighing that our entire manhood, in its trinity of spirit, soul, and body, may be set free from the last vestige of the fall; we long to put off corruption, weakness, and dishonour, and to wrap ourselves in incorruption, in immortality, in glory, in the spiritual body which the Lord Jesus will bestow upon his people. We long for the manifestation of our adoption as the children of God. "We groan," but it is "within ourselves." It is not the hypocrite's groan, by which he would make men believe that he is a saint because he is wretched. Our sighs are sacred things, too hallowed for us to tell abroad. We keep our longings to our Lord alone. Then the apostle says we are "waiting," by which we learn that we are not to be petulant, like Jonah or Elijah, when they said, "Let me die"; nor are we to whimper and sigh for the end of life because we are tired of work, nor wish to escape from our present sufferings till the will of the Lord is done. We are to groan for glorification, but we are to wait patiently for it, knowing that what the Lord appoints is best. Waiting implies being ready. We are to stand at the door expecting the Beloved to open it and take us away to himself. This "groaning" is a test. You may judge of a man by what he groans after. Some men groan after wealth-they worship Mammon; some groan continually under the troubles of life-they are merely impatient; but the man who sighs after God, who is uneasy till he is made like Christ, that is the blessed man. May God help us to groan for the coming of the Lord, and the resurrection which he will bring to us. <P></p><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. 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As if the thought occurred to the Bridegroom that the carping world would insinuate that he had only mentioned her comely parts, and had purposely omitted those features which were deformed or defiled, he sums up all by declaring her universally and entirely fair, and utterly devoid of stain. A spot may soon be removed, and is the very least thing that can disfigure beauty, but even from this little blemish the believer is delivered in his Lord's sight. If he had said there is no hideous scar, no horrible deformity, no deadly ulcer, we might even then have marvelled; but when he testifies that she is free from the slightest spot, all these other forms of defilement are included, and the depth of wonder is increased. If he had but promised to remove all spots by-and-by, we should have had eternal reason for joy; but when he speaks of it as already done, who can restrain the most intense emotions of satisfaction and delight? O my soul, here is marrow and fatness for thee; eat thy full, and be satisfied with royal dainties. <P>Christ Jesus has no quarrel with his spouse. She often wanders from him, and grieves his Holy Spirit, but he does not allow her faults to affect his love. He sometimes chides, but it is always in the tenderest manner, with the kindest intentions: it is "my love" even then. There is no remembrance of our follies, he does not cherish ill thoughts of us, but he pardons and loves as well after the offence as before it. It is well for us it is so, for if Jesus were as mindful of injuries as we are, how could he commune with us? Many a time a believer will put himself out of humour with the Lord for some slight turn in providence, but our precious Husband knows our silly hearts too well to take any offence at our ill manners. <P></P><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. 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For them, the Lord Jesus upon Calvary routed every foe, breaking all the weapons of the enemy in pieces by his finished work of satisfactory obedience; by his triumphant resurrection and ascension he completely overturned the hopes of hell, leading captivity captive, making a show of our enemies openly, triumphing over them by his cross. Every arrow of guilt which Satan might have shot at us is broken, for who can lay anything to the charge of God's elect? Vain are the sharp swords of infernal malice, and the perpetual battles of the serpent's seed, for in the midst of the church the lame take the prey, and the feeblest warriors are crowned. <P>The saved may well adore their Lord for his conquests in them, since the arrows of their natural hatred are snapped, and the weapons of their rebellion broken. What victories has grace won in our evil hearts! How glorious is Jesus when the will is subdued, and sin dethroned! As for our remaining corruptions, they shall sustain an equally sure defeat, and every temptation, and doubt, and fear, shall be utterly destroyed. In the Salem of our peaceful hearts, the name of Jesus is great beyond compare: he has won our love, and he shall wear it. Even thus securely may we look for victories by us. We are more than conquerors through him that loved us. We shall cast down the powers of darkness which are in the world, by our faith, and zeal, and holiness; we shall win sinners to Jesus, we shall overturn false systems, we shall convert nations, for God is with us, and none shall stand before us. This evening let the Christian warrior chant the war song, and prepare for to-morrow's fight. Greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world. <P></p><div><P>Devotional provided by <a href="http://www.heartlight.org">Heartlight</a>^&reg;<br>&copy; 1996-2014. 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