Sunday, March 27, 2011

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Reading Assignment for March 20th - 26th

Psalms 23-29
I Kings 1-5
Luke 12-16

"The Lord is my shepherd..." To whom does the Psalmist refer? To The Lord! The ruler and creator of all that is! The ONE who spoke the worlds into existence, the ONE who knew us before ever we were! THE LORD, there is no other. The Lord IS! The Psalmist says not only that the Lord was, but that the Lord IS! He is ever present, ever existent. The Lord is MY... There is a personal relationship that we enter into with Him in which we are His and He is ours. The Lord is my SHEPHERD! The One who cares for us, protects us, provides for us, loves us! He is the One who laid down His life for us! The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. What more could I possibly need?

May the Lord bless you as you read and heed His word this week!

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Reading Assignment for March 13th-19th

Psalms 16-22
II Samuel 20-24
Luke 7-11

The Following Excerpt is taken from page 199 of Our Daily Homily by F. B. Meyer

Cleanse Thou me from secret faults. Psalm 19:12


"It is not likely that we shall be kept from the great transgression unless we are preserved from presumptuous sins; and these in turn will befall us unless we have been cleansed from hidden faults. Just as the germ of disease taken into the system will presently reveal itself in an outburst of malignant fever, so hidden faults flower out into presumptuous sins, and these into great transgression. "Then lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin; and the sin, when it is full-grown bringeth forth death."

First, we need forgiveness for secret sins. The Jewish law made large provisions for sins of ignorance. A man might unawares walk across a grave, or touch some article of furniture which was ceremonially unclean, and so become defiled. Even though unconscious of actual transgression, he would find his communion with God broken. Thus, after the holiest day we have ever spent we need to ask for cleansing in the precious blood, for sins which God has discerned, but which in the twilight of our ignorance, and because we compared ourselves with those beneath us in spiritual attainment, have escaped notice.

Next, we need deliverance from the love and power of sin, in lower depths than we have ever realized. We desire to pass muster at the bar, not only of our neighbors and ourselves, but of God. Wee desire that the Spirit should antagonize the flesh in depths below the reach of the plumb-line of our consciousness. We desire the inner purity of heart. But this is peculiarly God's prerogative. It is his work to cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of His Holy Spirit. "Cleanse THOU me."

Monday, March 7, 2011

Reading Assignment for March 6th-12th

Psalms 9-15
II Samuel 15-19
Luke 2-6

Sorry about the delay in posting this. I had a very busy/productive weekend and didn't get a chance to post the assignment until this morning. Have a blessed week!