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[Pastor Eriab Muluuta. @EriabMuluuta2]

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“Backsliding begins with dusty Bibles.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“The shortcomings of others are no excuses for us.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Bible Truth Daily @bibletruth0]

The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.

Psalm 145:18

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“He who never seeks for mercy has certainly never found it.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Reformed1563 @Heidel_bro1563]

“No heart will ever rise to genuine prayer that does not at the same time long for holiness.”

-John Calvin

[Bible Truth Daily @bibletruth0]

When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

— Psalm 56:3

[Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala @StanysBujakera]

#RDC : le ministre Banza Lunda lance le second acte de sa « caravane infrastructurelle » pour désenclaver le corridor Banana-Kinshasa

Après un premier périple de près de 2 900 kilomètres à travers l'Ouest, le Centre et le Sud-Est du pays jusqu'à Sakania, le ministre des Infrastructures et Travaux Publics, John Banza Lunda, a lancé depuis Muanda, au Kongo-Central, l'Acte 2 de sa « Caravane infrastructurelle », consacré à l'axe stratégique Muanda-Kinshasa. Le ministre a annoncé qu'une fois Banana reliée à Kinshasa, l'ensemble du corridor Banana-Sakania, long de 3 300 kilomètres, sera opérationnel d'ici un an et demi.

Le chantier prioritaire de cette phase, la route Muanda-Yema en 2x2 voies, doit connecter la ville au futur port en eaux profondes de Banana tout en l'ouvrant vers les ports angolais de Cabinda et congolais de Pointe-Noire.

Selon le Directeur général de l'Agence Congolaise des Grands Travaux, Nico Nzau Nzau, ce chantier n'est toutefois exécuté qu'à 60 %, freiné notamment par l'enchevêtrement de réseaux existants et l'érosion côtière, le ministre ayant convoqué un arbitrage gouvernemental pour lever ces blocages d'ici fin septembre, afin de tenir le délai de livraison de la première phase du port de Banana, prévue en mars 2027.

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Psalm 37:5

[Reformed1563 @Heidel_bro1563]

“God Himself supplies the necessary condition to come to Jesus. That's why it is Sola Gratia."

-R.C. Sproul

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

Dive into the Bible in One year series at https://t.co/Yrg5F0E7Fx for the reading guide and to catch up on previous posts. #BibleInOneYear #BibleStudy. Hebrew Meaning of Hosanna, Psalm 118

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“God's mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water or deprive the sun of its light than diminish the great mercy of God.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Reformed1563 @Heidel_bro1563]

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”

1 John 1:8

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“The bleeding, dying, rising Savior is the only star of hope to a sinner.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” —John 15:5

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

Paul summarized his apostolic resumé by detailing his scars, not by spotlighting his successes.

Jesus had said of this former persecutor, “I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name” (Acts 9:16). And he meant it.

For instance, to the Corinthians, Paul says he was “afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies” (2 Cor. 4:8-10).

Psalm 116 reads like the counterpart to Paul’s words. The poet was brought low, but God saved him (116:6). He was in danger of stumbling into death, but the Lord delivered him to walk in the land of the living (116:6-9).

In the face of great affliction, he nevertheless remained a faithful confessor, “I believed, even when I spoke: ‘I am greatly afflicted’” (116:10).

Paul resonated so much with these words that he quoted them after he detailed his sufferings to the Corinthians, “Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, ‘I believed, and so I spoke,’ we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence” (2 Cor. 4:13-14).

No matter how loud our current sufferings, the laughter of the coming resurrection drowns them out.

So neither Paul nor we “lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:16-18).

Chief among those “unseen things” is our resurrected Lord, who will one day welcome us home.
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We read Psalm 116 today in Bible in One Year, and are reading 2 Corinthians alongside the Psalms. https://t.co/XxNvEtNH7e

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

God is High and Low, Psalm 113. Dive into the Bible in One year series at https://t.co/Yrg5F0EFv5 for the reading guide and to catch up on previous posts. #BibleInOneYear #BibleStudy

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

The fastest way to become articulate on a topic is to write until you're no longer confused.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.” Hebrews 3:6

Never let go of the thrill of hope. Especially when death is near.

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“Jesus stood in our place. God will not exact payment both from us and from our Substitute.”

— Charles Spurgeon