For The Good

 

  All things work together for good to them that love God

        Rom. 8:28

If our circumstances find us in God, we shall find God in all our circumstances.

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Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

No matter our walk in life, when following the will of the lord, all things we experience are turned to the grace of God's good pleasure and a blessing for us.

May the good Lord Bless and Keep you safe.

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Always present

 

  Their eyes were holden … Their eyes were opened

        Luke 24:16, 31

There is much precious significance in this. The Lord is often present in our lives in things that we do not dream possess any significance. We are asking God about something which needs His mighty working, and the very instrument by which He is to work is by our side, perhaps for weeks and months and years all unrecognized, until suddenly, some day it grows luminous and glorious with the very presence of the Lord, and becomes the mighty instrument of His victorious working. He loves to show His hand through the unexpected. Often he keeps us from seeing His way until just before He opens it, and then, immediately that it is unfolded, we find that He was walking by our side in the very thing, long before we even suspected its meaning.

A. B. Simpson

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

Often the hand of the Lord is recognized well after the day He was experienced. It is the way he often does things to show us His presence and teach us His ways. Be ever alert to what you do, say and think for He is ever present.

May the good Lord Bless you and keep you safe.

Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Happy Easter

 

  Having … boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus … let us draw near with a true heart

        Heb. 10:19, 22

Oh, the glory of the message! For fifteen centuries Israel had a sanctuary with a Holiest of All, into which, under pain of death, no one might enter. Its one witness was: Man cannot dwell in God’s presence; cannot abide in His fellowship. And now how changed is all! As then the warning sounded: “No admittance! enter not!” so now the call goes forth: “Enter in! the veil is rent; the Holiest is open; God waits to welcome you to His bosom; henceforth you are to live with Him.” This is the message. Child! thy Father longs for thee to enter, to dwell, and to go out no more forever.

Andrew Murray

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

HAPPY EASTER

Renew your Spirit and Thank the good Lord always for the blessing of His presence in the days and years to come. May He bless and keep you safe.

It is done

 Isaiah 52:13-53:12

  Lo, I am with you all the days

        Matt. 28:20 (R.V., margin)

“ALL THE DAYS”—in winter days, when joys are fled; in sunless days, when the clouds return again and again after rain; in days of sickness and pain; in days of temptation and perplexity, as much as in days when the heart is as full of joy as the woodlands in spring are full of song. That day never comes when the Lord Jesus is not at the side of His saints. Lover and friend may stand afar, but He walks with them through the fires; He fords with them the rivers; He stands by them when face to face with the lion. We can never be alone. We must always add His resources to our own when making our calculations.

F. B. Meyer

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

It is not just on Easter Sunday that mankind should be aware of the sacrifice of our Lord but every day of our existence. It is not just Easter when we are forgiven of our sins but every day of our existence. It is not our attendance at church on Easter Sunday when we remember His sacrifice but every day of our existence. Every day is a holy day of forgiveness because of His sacrifice.

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

Remember to "Remember To Always Love The Details."

Eagles Wings

 

  They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not faint

        Isa. 40:31

The eagle that soars in the upper air does not worry itself as to how it is to cross rivers.

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Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

What better way to soar than to have Jesus as your friend. His strength becomes our strength. With Him the path is ever clear.

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Names

 

  Come behind in no gift

        1 Cor. 1:7

The Scripture gives four names to Christians, taken from the four cardinal graces so essential to man’s salvation: Saints for their holiness, believers for their faith, brethren for their love, disciples for their knowledge.

Thomas Fuller

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

Which of these are you? 

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Unseen

 

  Ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witness unto me                                                                    Acts 1:8

Look at it! Think of it! A hundred and twenty men and women having no patronage, no promise of any earthly favor, no endowment, no wealth—a company of men and women having to get their living by common daily toil, and busied with all the household duties of daily life and yet they are to begin the conquest of Christianity! To them is entrusted a work which is to turn the world upside down. None so exalted but the influence of this lowly company shall reach to them, until the throne of the Caesars is claimed for Christ. None so far off but the power of this little band gathered in an upper room shall extend to them until the whole world is knit into a brotherhood! Not a force is there on the earth, either of men or devils, but they shall overcome it, until every knee shall bow to their Master, and every tongue shall confess that He is Lord.

A thing impossible, absurd, look at it as you will, until you admit this—they are to be filled with the Holy Ghost. Then difficulties melt into the empty air. Then there is no limit to their hopes, for there is no limit to their power. Their strength is not only “as the strength of ten,” it is as the strength of the Almighty.

This is Christ’s idea of Christianity; the idea not of man—it is infinitely too sublime—the idea of God!

                                                                Mark Guy Pearse

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

No visible trace of the Holy Spirit is more visible than the loving presence of those who host it. It is the word manifest in a human host.

Lent

  He that sent me is with me; the Father hath not left me alone, for I do always those things that please him

                                                                John 8:29

He who holds nearest communion with Heaven can best discharge the duties of everyday life.

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Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

At this time of deep considerations and conversations with our Lord it is of great importance to remember the sacrifice He blessed us with. It was selfless sacrifice that gave us the grace of life which we did not earn or deserve. What we received is not ours to keep but, to in turn, give to others.

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

Remember to 'Always Love The Details."

Brought low, Not defeated

 

  As captain at the host of the Lord am I now come

Josh. 5:14

Surely Israel might now face the foe with unwavering confidence, and sing of victory even before the battle was gained. And so may the Christian. It is to no conflict of uncertain issue that he advances; the result of the battle is not doubtful. The struggle may be severe, the warfare long; he may sometimes, like the pilgrim, be beaten to the ground, and well-nigh lose his sword; but “though cast down” he is “not destroyed.” The Captain of salvation is on his side, and in the midst of sharpest conflict he can say, “Thanks be unto God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

                                                                    S. A. Blackwood

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

The path through life is fraught with many troubles and snares. They make us stumble. They cause us to fall. It is by the grace of our Lord that our victory is assured and not our own strength. Humility and faith are our salvation. 

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

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Mistakes

 

  Forgetting those things which are behind … I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus

                                                   Phil. 3:13, 14

It is not by regretting what is irreparable that true work is to be done, but by making the best of what we are. It is not by complaining that we have not the right tools, but by using well the tools we have. What we are and where we are, is God’s providential arrangement—God’s doing, though it may be man’s misdoing. Life is a series of mistakes, and he is not the best Christian who makes the fewest false steps. He is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes.

                                                F. W. Robertson

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

Our lives are often a string of mistakes, failures and shortcomings. When we look back, we realize they cannot be undone so we press on. With those mistakes in mind, we press on in the hope of greater results than those of the past. Mistakes forgotten are mistakes repeated. Love of the Lord and His word is a sure footing in the way of life. 

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

 Remember to "Always Love The Details."