I add my agreement with Faith's prayer, Lord, and thank You for Your merciful care of our president and our nation to date. All glory resounds to You, for You alone are good, just, and true.
"Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! Psalms 95:2"
Agreeing with you in prayer, Faith.
Amen. May the Lord hear our prayers, and he may He guide and protect the President and the troops.
AMEN FAITH AND AMEN ALL!
GOD LORD'S DAY AND GRACE TO YOU!
Ps 92:1 A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night,
3 On an instrument of ten strings, On the lute, And on the harp, With harmonious sound.
4 For You, LORD, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands.
5 O LORD, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep.
6 A senseless man does not know, Nor does a fool understand this.
7 When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever.
8 But You, LORD, are on high forevermore.
9 For behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For behold, Your enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.
11 My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies; My ears hear my desire on the wicked Who rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing,
15 To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
(NKJV)
"For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth
that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth."
- 3 John 3
The truth was in Gaius, and Gaius walked in the truth. If the first had
not been the case, the second could never have occurred; and if the second
could not be said of him the first would have been a mere pretence. Truth
must enter into the soul, penetrate and saturate it, or else it is of no
value. Doctrines held as a matter of creed are like bread in the hand,
which ministers no nourishment to the frame; but doctrine accepted by the
heart, is as food digested, which, by assimilation, sustains and builds up
the body. In us truth must be a living force, an active energy, an
indwelling reality, a part of the woof and warp of our being. If it be in
us, we cannot henceforth part with it. A man may lose his garments or his
limbs, but his inward parts are vital, and cannot be torn away without
absolute loss of life. A Christian can die, but he cannot deny the truth.
Now it is a rule of nature that the inward affects the outward, as light
shines from the centre of the lantern through the glass: when, therefore,
the truth is kindled within, its brightness soon beams forth in the
outward life and conversation. It is said that the food of certain worms
colours the cocoons of silk which they spin: and just so the nutriment
upon which a man's inward nature lives gives a tinge to every word and
deed proceeding from him. To walk in the truth, imports a life of
integrity, holiness, faithfulness, and simplicity-the natural product of
those principles of truth which the gospel teaches, and which the Spirit
of God enables us to receive.
We may judge of the secrets of the soul by their manifestation in the
man's conversation.
Be it ours to-day, O gracious Spirit, to be ruled and governed by thy
divine authority, so that nothing false or sinful may reign in our hearts,
lest it extend its malignant influence to our daily walk among men.
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!