Joining in Prayer...God Bless and Amen!
In 19th-century Scotland, a young mother observed her 3-year-old son’s inquisitive nature. It seemed he was curious about everything that moved or made a noise. James Clerk Maxwell would carry his boyhood wonder with him into a remarkable career in science. He went on to do groundbreaking work in electricity and magnetism. Years later, Albert Einstein would say of Maxwell’s work that it was “the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton.”
From early childhood, religion touched all aspects of Maxwell’s life. As a committed Christian, he prayed: “Teach us to study the works of Thy hands . . . and strengthen our reason for Thy service.” The boyhood cultivation of Maxwell’s spiritual life and curiosity resulted in a lifetime of using science in service to the Creator.
The community of faith has always had the responsibility to nurture the talent of the younger generation and to orient their lives to the Lord, “that they may arise and declare [God’s law] to their children, that they may set their hope in God” (Ps. 78:6-7).
Finding ways to encourage children’s love for learning while establishing them in the faith is an important investment in the future.
Amen and Good Morning!
I hope all have a wonderful day with Christ at you side.
God bless our warriors and their Commander-in-Chief, Rush, er President Bush.
AMEN SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
“Fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great
nation: I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring
thee up again.”
- Genesis 46:3,4
Jacob must have shuddered at the thought of leaving the land of his
father’s sojourning, and dwelling among heathen strangers. It was a new
scene, and likely to be a trying one: who shall venture among couriers of
a foreign monarch without anxiety? Yet the way was evidently appointed for
him, and therefore he resolved to go. This is frequently the position of
believers now-they are called to perils and temptations altogether
untried: at such seasons let them imitate Jacob’s example by offering
sacrifices of prayer unto God, and seeking his direction; let them not
take a step until they have waited upon the Lord for his blessing: then
they will have Jacob’s companion to be their friend and helper. How
blessed to feel assured that the Lord is with us in all our ways, and
condescends to go down into our humiliations and banishments with us! Even
beyond the ocean our Father’s love beams like the sun in its strength. We
cannot hesitate to go where Jehovah promises his presence; even the valley
of deathshade grows bright with the radiance of this assurance. Marching
onwards with faith in their God, believers shall have Jacob’s promise.
They shall be brought up again, whether it be from the troubles of life or
the chambers of death. Jacob’s seed came out of Egypt in due time, and so
shall all the faithful pass unscathed through the tribulation of life, and
the terror of death. Let us exercise Jacob’s confidence. “Fear not,” is
the Lord’s command and his divine encouragement to those who at his
bidding are launching upon new seas; the divine presence and preservation
forbid so much as one unbelieving fear.
Without our God we should fear to move; but when he bids us to, it would
be dangerous to tarry.
Reader, go forward, and fear not.
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!