OCTOBER 1

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Micah 6:8

“He has shown you, O man, what is good;

And what does the Lord require of you

But to do justly,

To love mercy,

And to walk humbly with your God”

“Genesis 5:24

And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.”

Genesis 6:9

“…..Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.”

Luke 10:29

“And she had a sister called Mary, who was also seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word.”

John 13:23

“Lying back on Jesus’ chest was one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.”

1 Corinthians 2:9

“ but just as it is written:

“Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,

And which have not entered the human heart,

All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

This month we will read choices from Charles Spurgeon’s (known affectionately as the “prince of preachers”)  devotional, “Beside Still Waters.”   It’s no secret that this world system is getting more evil by the day.  We have to stand strong in the Lord and look to Him more than ever to get through, and to be guided through, what is in the future……..known and allowed  by Him alone…..as well as whatever personal things we are experiencing in our lives.

PASTOR SPURGEON:

There is a bottomless well of delight for every Christian who fellowships with God.  When we enter God’s love, it enters us.  When we habitually walk with God our joy is like the Jordan at harvest; our banks overflow.

Do you know what it means to walk with God as Enoch did for 300 years?   Do you know what it means to sit at Jesus’ feet  as Martha’s sister Mary did?  Do you know what it means to lean your head on Jesus’ bosom as John did at the last supper?

Fellowship with the Lord is not mere talk.  We have known this fellowship in affliction.  We have known this fellowship in the solitude of many nights of broken rest.  We have known this fellowship beneath discouragement, under sorrow, and in all sorts of ills.   We reckon that one drop of Christ’s fellowship is enough to sweeten an ocean of trials.  Just to know that He is near, to  enjoy His presence and to see His gleaming eye, would transform even hell into heaven.

The animals in the meadow do not know the far-reaching thoughts of Him who counts the number of the stars and calls them all by name (Psalm 147:4).  The unsaved cannot even guess at the things God has prepared for those who love Him.  God reveals this to believers by His Holy Spirit.

Fellowship with the Father and with His son Jesus Christ is the joy of the Lord.  The habit of fellowship is the life of happiness.

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