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Age & Maturity

Age & Maturity

Age & Maturity

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2021 May 31

"Like a shock of corn fully ripe" (Job_5:26).

A gentleman, writing about the breaking up of old ships, recently said that it is not the age alone which improves the quality of the fiber in the wood of an old vessel, but the straining and wrenching of the vessel by the sea, the chemical action of the bilge water, and of many kinds of cargoes.

Some planks and veneers made from an oak beam which had been part of a ship eighty years old were exhibited a few years ago at a fashionable furniture store on Broadway, New York, and attracted general notice for the exquisite coloring and beautiful grain.

Equally striking were some beams of mahogany taken from a bark which sailed the seas sixty years ago. The years and the traffic had contracted the pores and deepened the color, until it looked as superb in its chromatic intensity as an antique Chinese vase. It was made into a cabinet, and has today a place of honor in the drawing-room of a wealthy New York family.

So there is a vast difference between the quality of old people who have lived flabby, self-indulgent, useless lives, and the fiber of those who have sailed all seas and carried all cargoes as the servants of God and the helpers of their fellow men.

Not only the wrenching and straining of life, but also something of the sweetness of the cargoes carried get into the very pores and fiber of character. -- Louis Albert Banks

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Whom we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we ourselves boast in the hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also boast in tribulations, realizing that tribulation brings forth endurance, And endurance brings forth character, and character brings forth hope. And the hope of God never makes us ashamed because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, which has been given to us. For even when we were without strength, at the appointed time Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, although perhaps someone might have the courage even to die for a good man.
(Rom 5:1-7 AFV)

When the sun goes below the horizon he is not set; the heavens glow for a full hour after his departure. And when a great and good man sets, the sky of this world is luminous long after he is out of sight. Such a man cannot die out of this world. When he goes he leaves behind him much of himself. Being dead, he speaks.

-- Beecher

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure of his heart brings forth that which is wicked; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
(Luk 6:45 AFV)

When Victor Hugo was past eighty years of age he gave expression to his religious faith in these sublime sentences: "I feel in myself the future life. I am like a forest which has been more than once cut down. The new shoots are livelier than ever. I am rising toward the sky. The sunshine is on my head. The earth gives me its generous sap, but Heaven lights me with its unknown worlds.

Winter

Winter

Winter

"You say the soul is nothing but the resultant of the bodily powers. Why, then, is my soul more luminous when my bodily powers begin to fail? Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the violets, and the roses as at twenty years. The nearer I approach the end the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. It is marvelous, yet simple."

You will increase my greatness and surround and comfort me on every side. I will also praise You with the harp for Your truth, O my God; I will sing praises unto you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, and my life, which You have redeemed. My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long, for those who seek my hurt are confounded; they are brought to shame.
(Psa 71:21-24 AFV)


I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will speak of Your righteousness, even of Yours alone. O God, You have taught me from my youth; and until now I have declared Your wonderful works. But now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me until I have declared Your strength to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.
(Psa 71:16-18 AFV)




 

Morning & Evening

Posted on 14 Aug 2022 by fertiileground

Charles H Spurgeon

Atonement

2022 August 14

Christ’s Atonement

Morning
“Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work.” — Psa_92:4
Do you believe that your sins are forgiven, and that Christ has made a full atonement for them? Then what a joyful Christian you ought to be! How you should live above the common trials and troubles of the world! Since sin is forgiven, can it matter what happens to you now? Luther said, “Smite, Lord, smite, for my sin is forgiven; if thou hast but forgiven me, smite as hard as thou wilt”; and in a similar spirit you may say, “Send sickness, poverty, losses, crosses, persecution, what thou wilt, thou hast forgiven me, and my soul is glad.” Christian, if thou art thus saved, whilst thou art glad, be grateful and loving. Cling to that cross which took thy sin away; serve thou him who served thee. “I beseech you therefore, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Let not your zeal evaporate in some little ebullition of song. Show your love in expressive tokens. Love the brethren of him who loved you. If there be a Mephibosheth anywhere who is lame or halt, help him for Jonathan’s sake. If there be a poor tried believer, weep with him, and bear his cross for the sake of him who wept for thee and carried thy sins. Since thou art thus forgiven freely for Christ’s sake, go and tell to others the joyful news of pardoning mercy. Be not contented with this unspeakable blessing for thyself alone, but publish abroad the story of the cross. Holy gladness and holy boldness will make you a good preacher, and all the world will be a pulpit for you to preach in. Cheerful holiness is the most forcible of sermons, but the Lord must give it you. Seek it this morning before you go into the world. When it is the Lord’s work in which we rejoice, we need not be afraid of being too glad.

Feasts & Seasons of the Lord

Evening
“I know their sorrows.” — Exo_3:7
The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows”; and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband knows all about us?

The Potter & the Clay

The Potter & the Clay

The Potter & the Clay

The Potter & the Clay

1. He is the Physician, and if he knows all, there is no need that the patient should know. Hush, thou silly, fluttering heart, prying, peeping, and suspecting! What thou knowest not now, thou shalt know hereafter, and meanwhile Jesus, the beloved Physician, knows thy soul in adversities. Why need the patient analyse all the medicine, or estimate all the symptoms? This is the Physician’s work, not mine; it is my business to trust, and his to prescribe. If he shall write his prescription in uncouth characters which I cannot read, I will not be uneasy on that account, but rely upon his unfailing skill to make all plain in the result, however mysterious in the working.
2. He is the Master, and his knowledge is to serve us instead of our own; we are to obey, not to judge: “The servant knoweth not what his lord doeth.” Shall the architect explain his plans to every hodman on the works? If he knows his own intent, is it not enough? The vessel on the wheel cannot guess to what pattern it shall be conformed, but if the potter understands his art, what matters the ignorance of the clay? My Lord must not be cross-questioned any more by one so ignorant as I am.
3. He is the Head. All understanding centres there. What judgment has the arm? What comprehension has the foot? All the power to know lies in the head. Why should the member have a brain of its own when the head fulfils for it every intellectual office? Here, then, must the believer rest his comfort in sickness, not that he himself can see the end, but that Jesus knows all. Sweet Lord, be thou for ever eye, and soul, and head for us, and let us be content to know only what thou choosest to reveal.

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Jesus Reigns

In the Netherlands

The Netherlands

This word was given towards the end of December 2021.While praying with Roaring Lions Ministries, apostolic intercession. Here are some facts and prayer pointers. The Lord still reigns over the Netherlands, no matter what the enemy wishes to do. There is still grace for you and your peoples. Your nation, the nation of the Netherlands, still has an important role to play, for the furtherance of God’s Kingdom.

Some Facts

1. The sixth (6th) largest economy in European Union (EU.)
2. The fifth (5th) largest exporter of goods.
3. The second (2nd) largest exporter of agricultural food.
4. Dutch engineering expertise, globally in demand.
5. Long history of immigration
6. 20% Dutch population immigrants
7. Large Chinese community
8. Founder of the East India Company

Church & State

• Strictly separated
• Secularisation
• Less than a third (1/3) have religious faith
• Decrease in Church Membership

References

Is Israel a servant? Or is he a servant of the house? Why has he become a prey? The young lions roared against him; they gave their voice. And they made his land a waste; his cities are ruined, without inhabitant. Also the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes have fed on your crown. Have you not done this to yourself by your forsaking Jehovah your God when He led you by the way? And now what is for you toward the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? Or what for you toward Assyria, to drink the waters of the River? Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your apostasies shall reprove you. Know, then, and see that your forsaking Jehovah your God is evil and bitter; and My fear is not in you, declares the Lord Jehovah of Hosts. For long ago you broke your yoke and tore up your bonds. And you said, I will not transgress, when on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down like a harlot. Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly a true seed. How then have you turned into the deviant shoots of an alien vine to Me?
(Jer 2:14-21 LITV)

Jer 3:6; 5:6, 14:7; Jer14:7; Jer 31:22; Is 53:7; Hos 11:7; Jer 15:19; Hos 14:1-7; Mal 3:7-18

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
(Isa 37:14-34 KJV)

See also: – Scriptures

Is 55:1-13; Is 57:1-21; Hos 14:1-9; Hos 11:1-12;Jer 31:1-40 & Jer 17:5-27!

Motto; The Netherlands

“I WILL UPHOLD!”

The Netherlands, A Word

Hear the Trumpet Sound

It is Time to Seek the Lord

Awake From You Slumber

“How long, Netherlands; shall you still slumber or sleep! Have I not done great things in your midst? How long are you still going to play the harlot? How long shall the enemy deceive you? Awake from your Slumber! Return to Me! Shall a mother forget her child, who she suckled? Though she may forget _ _ _ I shall not forget! Netherlands, Holland, What happened to you? You were doing well_ _ – ‘ti iniquity had been found in your heart.

A Call to Repentance!

A Call To Repentance! Turn From Your Wicked Ways! Seek The Lord, While He May Still Be Found! Behold I Stand At The Door And Knock! Open Up! Open Up! Open Up Your Hearts! Then We Shall Feed With You! Return! Return To Me From Your Backslidings! I Am Married To The Backslider! Call Upon Me! Call Upon Me In The Time Of Trouble! Call Upon Me! Call Upon Me, In The Time Of Your Trouble! Then I Shall Hear From Heaven And Heal Your Land!

Seek the Lord

It is time to seek the Lord! Shaking! Shaking! Shaking! That which is Pure shall remain! When you were still small_ _ _! You Cried! I heard your call! Return! Return! Return to Me_ _ – !” Says the Lord; “O Netherlands, call upon Me! I shall uphold My Righteousness! Harden not hearts as of Old! When I called you to uphold My Righteousness! My Righteous Cause!”

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2022 July 27

Scripture

Ephesians 2:10 (TPT)

Joined to Jesus

"We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfil the destiny he has given, each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfil it!"

Called

- Each of us is called greatness. We are individual melodies to harmonize and unite in God's calling for us. We were called to excellence, to be His masterpieces in whatever He planned for us.

 No Longer Conformed

- Let us no longer be conformed to the broken world to serve as its speakers and be part of the problem but let us instead be transformed into His divine representatives of Jesus showing hope, faith and most importantly love, so that more may know the truth and be made free by the working of the Holy Spirit within.

Honour God

- Our testimonies are our life stories giving honour to God showing the result of His glory in, through and over us.

Prayer

Thank you, Father, for filling us for more and shaping us to your desired perfection. In Jesus' Name. Amen

Being Humble

 Matthew 18:2-4 (NKJV)

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"Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

In Christ we become like children to receive God's kingdom with;

- Childlike trust and belief, expecting good without doubt.

- Childlike love, unprejudiced, unconditional and untarnished.

- Childlike openheartedness, free from strongholds. 

- Childlike hunger for more, being teachable.

- Childlike innocence, realising our new identities in Him.

- Childlike parental dependence, as that of our heavenly Father.

- Childlike surrender to, consumption of and interest in God's Kingdom and all that is new while rejecting any distractions.

- Childlike receiving and acceptance of the gift of salvation without prerequisites.

Be humble, like children, to receive the impartation of God's divine fullness in each of us.

Prayer

Thank you, Father, for giving me a clear mind and desire to know you more. In Jesus Name. Amen

Being Confident in the Lord

Being Confident 

Hebrews 13:6 (TPT) "So we can say with great confidence: “I know the Lord is for me and I will never be afraid of what people may do to me!”" 

- We no longer live in fear as those who lack knowledge, insight, wisdom or understanding as God's unconditional and unlimited love is revealed in and to us through the movement of the Holy Spirit within.

- We trust in Him and thrive according to His promises manifesting in and over our lives in line with our individual purposes and reasons of our calling. 

Prayer 

Thank you, Father, for assuring us of your presence and protection whatever we may go through. In Jesus Name. Amen. 

We remain confident in this very thing; the work which our Lord started in us ; He shall surely complete. He establishes His Kingdom. T His Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom. He rules and reigns from Eternity to Eternity.

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