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For those who desire to stand on the truth of Scripture, we must play the long game.

Cultures change, hot-takes disappear, ideologies rise and fall, fads fade away, but when the dust settles, God's mandate remains, "Preach the Word!"

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7 reasons to praise God on this Monday:

1. He redeems you (Rm 5:8)
2. He promises you a home (Jn 14:3)
3. He loves you forever (Ps 107:1)
4. He gifts you faith (Ep 2:8)
5. He gives you His Word (2 Ti 3:16)
6. He provides your needs (Ph 4:19)
7. He secures your joy (Rm 5:2)

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Worship isn’t a spectator sport.

In Christ, God invites us behind the veil to join with a community of redeemed saints to bring glory to His name.

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The final sentence of Charles Spurgeon's last sermon:

“These forty years and more have I served him, blessed be his name, and I have had nothing but love from him.”

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Don't give me a "gospel" from your cultural fascinations.

The gospel has ONE text:
The Word of God

The gospel has ONE message:
Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

The gospel has ONE goal:
The salvation of sinners bound for hell.

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What were we made for?
To know God.

What aim should we have in life?
To know God.

What is eternal life that Jesus gives?
To know God.

What is the best thing in life?
To know God.

What in humans gives God most pleasure?
Knowledge of Himself.

J.I. Packer

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“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” Jim Elliot

Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Pete Fleming, Roger Youderian, and Ed McCully — missionaries to the Auca people — were killed on this date in 1956.

HT @BryanCBailey

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It was possible for Jesus to die. But it was not possible for him to stay dead.

“God raised up Jesus from the dead, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it." Acts 2:24

Our life hangs on this possibility and impossibility.

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Spiritual gifts are for service, not self-advancement.

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The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears. This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.

Sinclair Ferguson

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“It is better, a thousand times, to die in God’s favour than to live under his wrath.” — Matthew Henry

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Prayers for your family in 2020:

1. Jesus would be their joy.
2. Love would be their language.
3. Mercy would be their attitude.
4. Faithfulness would be their aim.
5. Truth would be their drive.
6. Gentleness would be their actions.
7. Glory would be their goal.

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As you consider a 2020 Bible reading plan, you’ll be tempted to think, “Surely I know enough of the Bible to get through.”

Remember the words of Charles H. Spurgeon: “Nobody ever outgrows Scripture, the book widens and deepens with our years.”

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J.C. Ryle’s 4 thoughts on reading the Bible:

1. Read with an earnest desire to understand it.

2. Read with simple childlike faith and humility.

3. Read with a spirit of obedience and self-application.

4. Read Scripture every day.

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"On that day the Lord their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!” Zechariah 9:16-17

Again: “How great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!”

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When God touches earth, the place is holy. When God appears in history, the time is holy.

There was never a more holy place than the city of Bethlehem, where the Word became flesh.

R.C. Sproul

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Born in an insignificant manger in an insignificant village to a lowly mother and a tradesman father — the beauty of the Word becoming flesh.