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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  

As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. I am headed to Turkey and Romania for the next twelve days. As you have already given and prayed for our missionaries in both locations, I know you will be praying for me. Here are a few specific suggestions.   For me – take the verse from 2 Timothy 4 that is…

Alexander MacLaren’s beautiful comment on John 14:26 where Jesus says But the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.   There is something altogether unique in the incorruption and germinant power of all His deeds and of all His words. This Carpenter…

10 out of 24. Last night I was with a group of about 24 RBC people. “Has anybody had a chance to share Jesus with somebody recently?” was my question. About 10 people shared that they had. That’s pretty good. But I want to get to 24 out of 24.   This short article shows that…

If you are a slow but steady reader you can read 200 words a minute. If you read 15 minutes a day (just 15 minutes!) you will read 5,475 minutes in a year. Multiply that by 200 words a minute and you get 1,095,000 words that you will read in a year. The average book has about 360 words per page and…