From: Suzianty Herawati "The love of the Lord." --Hosea 3:1
Believer, _look back_ through all thine experience, and think of the way whereby the Lord thy God has led thee in the wilderness, and how He hath fed and clothed thee every day--how He hath borne with thine ill manners--how He hath put up with all thy murmurings, and all thy longings after the flesh-pots of Egypt--how He has opened the rock to supply thee, and fed thee with manna that came down from heaven. Think of how His grace has been sufficient for thee in all thy troubles--how His blood has been a pardon to thee in all thy sins--how His rod and His staff have comforted thee. When thou hast thus looked back upon the love of the Lord, then let faith survey His love in the future, for remember that Christ's covenant and blood have something more in them than the past. He who has loved thee and pardoned thee, shall never cease to love and pardon. He is Alpha, and He shall be Omega also: He is first, and He shall be last. Therefore, bethink thee, when thou shalt pass through the valley of the shadow of death, thou needest fear no evil, for He is with thee. When thou shalt stand in the cold floods of Jordan, thou needest not fear, for death cannot separate thee from His love; and when thou shalt come into the mysteries of eternity thou needest not tremble, "For I am persuaded, that neither death; nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Now, soul, is not thy love refreshed? Does not this make thee love Jesus? Doth not a flight through illimitable plains of the ether of love inflame thy heart and compel thee to delight thyself in the Lord thy God? Surely as we meditate on "the love of the Lord," our hearts burn within us, and we long to love Him more. CH Spurgeon =================================================== From: Suzianty Herawati How many are mine iniquities and sins? --Job 13:23 Have you ever really weighed and considered how great the sin of God's people is? Think how heinous is your own transgression, and you will find that not only does a sin here and there tower up like an alp, but that your iniquities are heaped upon each other, as in the old fable of the giants who piled Pelian upon Ossa, mountain upon mountain. What an aggregate of sin there is in the life of one of the most sanctified of God's children! Attempt to multiply this, the sin of one only, by the multitude of the redeemed, "a number which no man can number," and you will have some conception of the great mass of the guilt of the people for whom Jesus shed His blood. But we arrive at a more adequate idea of the magnitude of sin by the greatness of the remedy provided. It is the blood of Jesus Christ, God's only and well-beloved Son. God's Son! Angels cast their crowns before Him! All the choral symphonies of heaven surround His glorious throne. "God over all, blessed for ever. Amen." And yet He takes upon Himself the form of a servant, and is scourged and pierced, bruised and torn, and at last slain; since nothing but the blood of the incarna te Son of God could make atonement for our offences. No human mind can adequately estimate the infinite value of the divine sacrifice, for great as is the sin of God's people, the atonement which takes it away is immeasurably greater. Therefore, the believer, even when sin rolls like a black flood, and the remembrance of the past is bitter, can yet stand before the blazing throne of the great and holy God, and cry, "Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died; yea rather, that hath risen again." While the recollection of his sin fills him with shame and sorrow, he at the same time makes it a foil to show the brightness of mercy--guilt is the dark night in which the fair star of divine love shines with serene splendour. CH Spurgeon ======================================================= From: yunike andreas Our Land Pray For The Nation by True Worshippers I pray for the people I pray for the nation For us to bow before You And humble ourselves and pray You hear our prayer from Heaven. You heal our land today You turn our hearts >From all the wicked ways I kneel right now before You I lift my hands towards the heavens I pray yes i pray for the mercy and grace over us You're seated on the highest throne You're lifted up above all things Exalted and adored. I worship you in awe. Be glorified and magnified There's now no more condemnation. Over this land no more. There's now no more no more curses Over our lives over our family over our church Today We humble our selves and pray ( You hear our prayer from heaven ) We turn from our wicked ways ( You heal our land today ) They so blessed me with this song. When i hear this song, again and again, replay it more,..i more love this lyrics..It is God's heart for us to be His hand in our land. We can pray for our land. Furthermore, we must pray not in words only, but everyday, pray with our acts, our daily life. I believe, when we try harder to be what God want us to be, His grace helps us to do everything for His great plans in our land. Let it happened through our life, our daily life, our words, our actions (these are become our real prayer)...to God be the glory. ============================================== From: yunike andreas Arrogance Today, when i was talking with Him, i reviewed my day, i found that, sometimes i act wrong as christian.Christian means Christ's followers. Follow His rules, His Words and His lifestyle. When i was talking with my friend, i tried to show up whatever things best of my acts with wrong motivation. After told friend about that, i feel accepted by him/her. That's it. I became too proud about myself. Pedantically.Unconsciously, say in my mind : that's all what i have done. Tonight, i just realize it again, God would feel a heavy heart. Again, if i do the same bad thing tomorrow. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. Because all good things come from HIM only. Not from our own. I just realize it, thats we name it arrogance. Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
