October 1, 2017

HYMN OF THE DAY
Perfect Peace
Isaiah 26:3

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Whose mind is stayed on Thee.
Peace that passeth understanding
Christ has given to me.

O, let not my heart be troubled;
Christ is my Prince of Peace.
The Lord has made peace through His blood.
Now in Him God forgives.

Of this peace God is the author.
He'll keep your mind and heart.
His peace will flow like a river;
It never shall depart.

Christ will make my unrest to cease.
He bore my chastisement.
With the Father and for His sheep,
He is the Atonement.

Be sure this peace is not of man;
For man has not known peace.
'Tis only given to His own:
Grace of God, Perfect Peace.

Tune: At The Cross (no chorus) #129
by Gary Spreacker

Revive Us Again
Ps. 86:5

“Wilt not thou revive us again: that we may rejoice in thee?”

When the religious world talks about revival they mean an emotional series of meetings that will win souls and get backslidden church members to rededicate their lives to an impotent Jesus.

But the psalmist prays and asks the Lord; “Wilt thou not revive us again”?

I believe we desperately need for God to revive us…to stir up our hearts...to awaken us out of our stupor. To keep us from just going through the motions when we meet together…to please not let us be mechanical in our services.

O God revive us…save us from our presumptions of we must be alright, after all we have the right doctrine, we have a preacher and a good building to meet in, we know we are sinners and Christ is the only Savior…so we are all fine.

Will you please cause our hearts to burn within us for Love for our Lord Jesus? Will you please teach us to pray from our hearts? Will you please give us a burden for the word of the Lord?

Would please wean us from the world…from self-seeking…from materialism…wanting to be recognized…and from our vain glory?

O Lord revive us give us the Spirit that quickens us when we meet…that will keep our minds from wandering…and worrying about things that in the end don’t matter.

Will you revive us so that our relationship with you and the Son of your love will mean more to us than anything else in this world? Then we will truly “rejoice in thee”. - Pastor

“To Stir Up Your Pure Minds . . .” – II Peter 3:1

The dictionary defines ‘pure’ as: ‘free from mixture, clear’. What a good description of the mind which God hath given to His people (let this mind be in you).

By the grace and regenerating power of God every child of God has been given a new mind that is free from mixture and clear. There is no mixing of law and grace in a believer’s mind. There is no mixing of God’s work and man’s works. There is no mixing of God’s will and man’s will. The unbelieving religious world is all mixed up when it comes to what they think about God and salvation. Not God’s people. Their minds are made up (by God Himself). Their minds are clear. Their minds are made up (and nothing and no one can change them). For they have all been taught of God. They ALL know that salvation is pure grace . . . not of works lest any man should boast. They ALL know that God worketh ALL THINGS after the counsel of HIS WILL. They ALL know that God alone has free will and man’s will is only sinful. They ALL know that salvation is of the Lord; that He thought it, bought it, and brought it; that He purposed it, purchased it, and applies it. They all know that their salvation is completely in and of the Lord Jesus Christ; that He is their righteousness before a Holy God, that He is their sin-sacrifice, that He is their High Priest, Mediator, Covenant Head, Redeemer, Law-Keeper, Lord and King. The faith, the heart, the mind of every believer is purely of Christ. His mind is made up, settled and clear, Christ is all! – Pastor Paul Mahan

Lord, Thou madest us for Thyself and we can find
no rest till we find rest in Thee. - Augustine

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