Month: December 2022
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A Spurgeon Snapshot: “Come Lord Jesus” and “Come Ye Sinners” (Revelation 22:17-21)
17 The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. 20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! In the last chapter of Revelation, the verb “come” is used…
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The Game Changer for My Prayer Life This Year
Lots of people are posting about their favorite books of 2022. I’ll share the one I’ve read 12 times this year. This is the Illuminated Scripture Journal of the book of Psalms. Between each page of biblical text, there is a blank page for note taking, journaling, and writing out prayers. You can order it…
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Day 364: Is And Was (Revelation 16:5)
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.”Revelation 11:17 ESV 5 And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say,“ Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments. Revelation 16:5 Through the Bible: Revelation…
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A Spurgeon Snapshot: How the Holy Spirit Adds to My Prayers (Revelation 8:3)
“Another angel, with a golden incense burner, came and stood at the altar. He was given a large amount of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar in front of the throne. The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up in the presence…
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Day 363: Tamil, Too (Revelation 7:9-10)
9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to…
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Day 362: How to Read Revelation (Revelation 1:1)
“The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,” Revelation 1:1 ESV It was the day after Christmas. We were snowed in at my in-laws house in Kentucky, with nothing to…
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Day 361: No Greater Joy (3 John 4)
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. (3 John 4) Through the Bible: 2 John, 3 John My pick for “favorite Christmas present” this year goes to the Spurgeon Study Bible my wife got me. I’m not generally a fan of study Bibles in which all the…
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Revering the Irrelevant (Matthew 1:18-25)
Christmas Day sermon, December 25, 2022 Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, Alabama Grateful appreciation to Steven Ferber, a Lutheran pastor in Minnesota, whose sermon, “Mr Irrelevant” was the inspiration for this sermon. Good morning! Please open your Bibles to Matthew 1. Well, this is the beginning of the last week of 2022, which means, of course,…
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Day 360: It is the Lord’s Command (1 John 4:7-8)
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:7-8) Through the Bible: 1 John 1-5 John Stott, in his commentary on the letters of John, recounts this story from St.…
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Day 359: Integrity at The End of the World (2 Peter 3:10-12)
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. 11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought…
