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AMEN KAYAK AND AMEN ALL!
GRACE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL BRETHREN!

Lord God Almighty,

I ask not to be enrolled amongst the earthly

great and rich,

but to be numbered with the spiritually blessed.

Make it my present, supreme, persevering concern

to obtain those blessings which are

spiritual in their nature,

eternal in their continuance,

satisfying in their possession.

Preserve me from a false estimate of the whole

or a part of my character;

May I pay regard to

my principles as well as my conduct,

my motives as well as my actions.

Help me

never to mistake the excitement of my passions

for the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

never to judge my religion by occasional

impressions and impulses, but by my

constant and prevailing disposition.

May my heart be right with thee,

and my life as becometh the gospel.

May I maintain a supreme regard to another

and better world,

and feel and confess myself a stranger

and a pilgrim here.

Afford me all the direction, defence, support,

and consolation my journey hence requires,

and grant me a mind stayed upon thee.

Give me large abundance of the supply of

the Spirit of Jesus,

that I may be prepared for every duty,

love thee in all my mercies,

submit to thee in every trial,

trust thee when walking in darkness,

have peace in thee amidst life’s changes.

Lord, I believe, help thou my unbelief

and uncertainties.

A PURITANS PRAYER!

DEAR LORD,
We thankyou for Your infinite mercy on this nation,that today Your servant george walker bush will be sworn in to a second term.
We pray for his safety and the safety of his family and counsel.
We pray that the next four years will have this land be more centered on You.

"Abel was a keeper of sheep."
- Genesis 4:2

As a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a
sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto Abel and
his offering. This early type of our Lord is exceedingly clear and
distinct. Like the first streak of light which tinges the east at sunrise,
it does not reveal everything, but it clearly manifests the great fact
that the sun is coming. As we see Abel, a shepherd and yet a priest,
offering a sacrifice of sweet smell unto God, we discern our Lord, who
brings before his Father a sacrifice to which Jehovah ever hath respect.
Abel was hated by his brother-hated without a cause; and even so was the
Saviour: the natural and carnal man hated the accepted man in whom the
Spirit of grace was found, and rested not until his blood had been shed.
Abel fell, and sprinkled his altar and sacrifice with his own blood, and
therein sets forth the Lord Jesus slain by the enmity of man while serving
as a priest before the Lord. "The good Shepherd layeth down his life for
the sheep." Let us weep over him as we view him slain by the hatred of
mankind, staining the horns of his altar with his own blood. Abel's blood
speaketh. "The Lord said unto Cain, 'The voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from the ground.'" The blood of Jesus hath a mighty tongue,
and the import of its prevailing cry is not vengeance but mercy. It is
precious beyond all preciousness to stand at the altar of our good
Shepherd! to see him bleeding there as the slaughtered priest, and then to
hear his blood speaking peace to all his flock, peace in our conscience,
peace between Jew and Gentile, peace between man and his offended Maker,
peace all down the ages of eternity for blood-washed men.
Abel is the first shepherd in order of time, but our hearts shall ever
place Jesus first in order of excellence.
Thou great Keeper of the sheep, we the people of thy pasture bless thee
with our whole hearts when we see thee slain for us.

C.H.SPURGEON

SOLI DEO GLORIA!