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Psalm 23:2He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. This Verse describes a heart at peace with God’s provision – Notice the heart is at peace – it is a resting, trusting, contented heart. The Psalmist is able to lie down. He could rest in the Lord. He knew that waiting on the Lord can be a joy and a relief, not just a task and a burden.…

If, after yesterday’s sermon, you want to study further on the subject of Contentment —   Twenty Bible Verses to meditate on here: http://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/bible-verses-about-contentment/ From John MacArthur at Grace to You: http://www.gty.org/resources/questions/QA149/what-is-the-secret-to-contentment From John Piper at Desiring God:…

From Jonathan Edward’s sermon Love is Contrary to a Selfish Spirit —   In seeking the glory of God and the good of your fellow creatures, you take the surest way to have God seek your interests and promote your welfare. — If you will devote yourself to God, as making a sacrifice of all your own interests to him, you will not throw yourself away. Though you seem…

Take a few minutes, slow down, draw near to God and confess your sin. This meditation on Psalm 27:7 from Paul Tripp will help you. You and I need this. Every day.     “Hear my voice when I call, O Lord; be merciful to me and answer me.” (Psalm 27:7) I have no resume to hold before you, no track record of accomplishments, no letters of commendation,…

What a great missions conference we had this last weekend! We heard and saw so much … here are some ideas for following up with prayer.   Missions – The Invested Life Making Disciples Praise and thank God for the gospel. and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the…

This article, by Paul Tripp, should serve you well as a follow up to yesterday’s sermon. Psalm 27:5 “…he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon on rock.” We all look for it. We all refuse to live without it. We all think we’ve found it, but it can only really be found one place. What is it that I’m talking about?…

In connection with the sermon on Psalm 1:2 Sunday July 3, here are a few additional resources — Articles & Videos –  https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/2015/05/15/17-ways-to-meditate-on-scripture/ http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/warm-yourself-at-the-fires-of-meditation     Books —  Praying the Bible, Donald Whitney…

Here is a prayer guide that we used in our recent elder meeting. We took the Scriptures from our 2 main Bible teaching times (Pulpit and ABF) and turned those passages into prayers. We love to pray for you. And there is no better way to pray for you than with the Word of God.   Pulpit = Prayer for RBC people from each verse of Psalm one Psalm 1:1 – Resist the constant…

Horatius Bonar writing on Sturdy Doctrine and Strong Zeal in Missions–   What we need as the true stimulus to missionary action, and the true power of missionary endurance and bravery, is not the Arminian dogma of aimless benevolence, but the Calvinistic recognition of an irresistible divine purpose.   It is this that must form the basis of our working plans,…

  Upon a Life I have not lived, Upon a Death I did not die, Another’s Life; Another’s Death, I stake my whole eternity. Not on the tears which I have shed, Not on the sorrows I have known, Another’s tears; Another’s griefs, On these I rest, on these alone. — Horatius Bonar