Sunday Post September 21, 2014

Articles/Illustrations of Faith, Quotes, poetry and devotions…shepherd sheep slider

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Sunday September 21, 2014
Robertson County, Tenn.

“The Sunday Post” is a column comprised of articles of Faith, poetry and devotions…

Sheep..

Jesus ShepherdDr. Andrew Bonar told me how, in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they couldn’t get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then they can’t jump back again, and the shepherd hears them bleating in distress. They may be there for days, until they have eaten all the grass. The shepherd will wait until they are so faint they cannot stand, and then they will put a rope around him, and he will go over and pull that sheep up out of the jaws of death. “Why don’t they go down there when the sheep first gets there?” I asked. “Ah!” He said, “they are so very foolish they would dash right over the precipice and be killed if they did!” And that is the way with men; they won’t go back to God till they have no friends and have lost everything. If you are a wanderer I tell you that the Good Shepherd will bring you back the moment you have given up trying to save yourself and are willing to let Him save you His own way.

Moody’s Anecdotes, pp. 70-71.

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Marked BibleMark Your Bible

Mark it with your pen and your highlighter. Make notes in the margin. Mark it with coffee at breakfast and again with your ice tea at lunch. Mark it with your fingerprints and with your tears and a few drops of warm milk at bedtime.

2 Timothy 2:15 – Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth

Joshua 1:8 – This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

One could spend a lifetime in the study of false teachers and cults and never come to the end of it. Rather let him come to know his Bible and his Lord so well, that no false teaching can lead him astray. 

– Vance Havner

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The Future Of America..

George Washington
George Washington

In 1789, after being sworn in as our first president, George Washington, accompanied by the Members of Congress, proceeded to St. Paul’s Chapel where he offered a prayer of dedication to God on America’s behalf which included these words…

“No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States.

We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained…”

– George Washington -April 30th, 1789

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 

2 Chronicles 7:14  

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This week’s Bible Quiz

“In the beginning was the word” John 1:1…… Who is the word?

Answer to the last Bible Quiz –

I was a gift to the one but poison to the others, I was a favored sign but also a hated symbol, Some say that of many I was not short, While others talk of two that were far too long, I was stolen and then torn , And became something to mourn, I am in the Bible – what am I?

Answer: Joseph’s long sleeve coat

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Book: What on Earth Is God Doing?

book what on earth is God DoingBy: Renald E. Showers

FRIENDS OF ISRAEL GOSPEL MINISTRY / 2003 / PAPERBACK 144 pages

Walk from creation to eternity and gain a better understanding of the conflict with the devil, Israel, and the Lord from the fall of man up to the present and how that conflict has affected history, including the persecution of Jewish people and Christians.

RENALD E. SHOWERS is widely recognized as one of the most distinguished theologians in America today. His work is known around the world, and he is in great demand as a visiting professor in colleges and seminaries.

Also, a recommended DVD: TIME CHANGER 

Time changer pic*This movie came out in 2002 but if you haven’t seen it….

The year is 1890 and Bible professor Russell Carlisle (D. David Morin) has written a new manuscript “The Changing Times.” His book is about to receive a unanimous endorsement from the board members of the Grace Bible Seminary until his colleague Dr. Norris Anderson (Gavin MacLeod) raises an objection. Dr. Anderson believes that what Carlisle has written could greatly affect the future of coming generations. Using a secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle over 100 years into the future, offering him a glimpse of where his beliefs will lead. Rated PG (for thematic elements). Closed-captioned. Approx. 90 minutes.

Movie Quote: “The devil is not against good morals, he is against Jesus Christ!”

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He is not hear He is risen pic

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My House

accused of being a christian picI think that many of us, when Christ has enabled us to overcome one or two sins that were an obvious nuisance, are inclined to feel (though we do not put it into words) that we are now good enough. He has done all we wanted him to do, and we should be obliged if he would leave us alone. But the question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what he intended us to be when he made us…

Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what he is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on. You knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised.

But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is he up to? The explanation is that he is building quite a different house from the one you thought of — throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards.

You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage, but he is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself.

– C.S. Lewis.

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This is a great reminder that NOW is the time to accept Jesus, for in just a blink of an eye it could be too late!!!!!!!!

Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Fellowship Of the Unashamed

I am a part of the “Fellowship of the Unashamed.” The die has been cast. The decision has been made. I have stepped over the line. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away or be still.

My past is redeemed, my present makes sense and my future is secure. I’m finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, cheap giving and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits or popularity. I don’t have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on His presence, love with patience, live by prayer and labor with power.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my Guide is reliable and my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity or meander in the maze of mediocrity.

I won’t give up, shut up, let up or slow up until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up and spoken up for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of Jesus. I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know and work till He stops me. And when He comes for His own, He will have no problem recognizing me. My banner is clear: I am a part of the “Fellowship of the Unashamed.”

Romans 1:16  – For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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