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Unesco recommends adding Venice to endangered list - BBC News

Nearly 400 Pakistani migrants rescued in eastern Libya from trafficking warehouses | Fox News

Worthy Brief - July 31, 2023 Your commander has enlisted you! 1 Chronicles 12:1 Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helpers in the war, 2 Timothy 2:4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. When David was a fugitive from Saul, the men who followed him recognized his rightful place as King of Israel, and they developed a deep loyalty to him, this little band. As we read yesterday, these men were transformed from distress, debt, and discontentment [1 Sam. 22:1-2] into becoming mighty men of war. Having joined David, they quickly realized that they were joining a conflict. But new believers may not immediately realize that they have recently entered the greatest war of all-time  -- the war between good and evil! Claiming the faith of Yeshua (Jesus), they are instantaneously thrust into a bat...

Today's Daily Encounter Monday, July 31, 2023 Swimming Against the Tide "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."1 And as James says about a double-minded person: he is "unstable in all he does."2 Someone has explained how, in the frigid waters around Greenland, "Countless icebergs float around. Some are tiny; others tower skyward. At times the small ones move in one direction while their gigantic counterparts go in another. Why is this? The small ones are pushed around by the winds blowing on the surface of the water, but the huge ice masses are carried along by deep ocean currents."3 In our day there is great pressure to go with the crowd, to be politically correct, to do the convenient thing regardless whether it is right or not. The reality is, however, unless we have deep roots in God, we too...

This Day's Verse 31st July 2023 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.  It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. Isaiah 35:1-2 The King James Version https://thisdaysthought.org/

This Day's Thought 31st July 2023 Acceptances says, “True, this is my situation at the moment.  I’ll look unblinkingly at the reality of it.  But I’ll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.” Catherine Marshall https://thisdaysthought.org/

Bake — Le’afot | International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

Prisoners of Hope | International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for July 31 “An Appeal; Deliverance ” This is a promise indeed! Here is an urgent occasion -- "the day of trouble." It is dark at noon on such a day, and every hour seems blacker than the one which came before it. Then is this promise in season: it is written for the cloudy day. Here is condescending advice, "Call upon me." We ought not to need the exhortation: it should be our constant habit all the day and every day. What a mercy to have liberty to call upon God! What wisdom to make good use of it! How foolish to go running about to men! The LORD invites us to lay our case before Him, and surely we will not hesitate to do so. Here is reassuring encouragement: "I will deliver thee." Whatever the trouble may be, the LORD makes no exceptions but promises full, sure, happy deliverance. He will Himself work out our deliverance by His own hand. We believe it, and the LORD honors faith. Here is...

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for July 31 Tozer in the Morning Unseen Realities Let us not be shocked by the suggestion that there are disadvantages to the life in Christ. There most certainly are. Abel was murdered. Joseph was sold into slavery, Daniel was thrown into the den of lions, Stephen was stoned to death, Paul was beheaded, and a noble army of martyrs was put to death by various painful methods down the long centuries. And where the hostility did not lead to such violence (and mostly it did not and does not) the sons of this world nevertheless managed to make it tough for the children of God in a thousand cruel ways. Everyone who has lived for Christ in a Christless world has suffered some losses and endured some pains that he could have avoided by the simple expedient of laying down his cross. However, the pains are short and the losses inconsequential compared with the glory that will follow, "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worket...

What Confession Really Means

Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 31st July 2023 July 31 Acts 17:26-28 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' While Paul was preaching in Berea, the Jews again stirred up opposition toward him. The brothers escorted him from there to Athens. Paul was disturbed at all the idolatry he saw there and began using every opportunity to speak about Jesus. When we see problems in our world, do we look for opportunities to share the answer we have found? The philosophers of Athens invited Paul to address them. The Holy Spirit spoke through Paul in a way that these Greeks could relate. He even used quotes that they ...

A Bible Devotional 31st July 2023 If You Don't Know What To Believe JOHN 17:17 NKJ 17 ". . . Your word is truth. According to Jesus, the Word of God is truth. Yet many people proclaim quite different messages -- all using the Bible as their text. How can you know who to believe? Jesus also told us that continuing to abide in the Word of God would produce freedom -- not bondage. JOHN 8:31-32 NKJ 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." So, look at the fruit produced by the message proclaimed. Is it freedom? If not, then it must not be the ACCURATE message of Jesus Christ. The true message of Jesus Christ will set people free -- not put them in bondage. It truly is good news, and makes people happy when they correctly understand it. JOHN 10:10 NKJ 10 "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have...

Just Then

Quotemeal for Monday, July 31, 2023

Isaiah 30:18 — Daily Wisdom for Monday, July 31, 2023

'Watch Out for False Messiahs and Prophets' — Mark 13:21-23 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

Morning, July 31st (Spurgeon's Devotional)

When the Holy Spirit Groans in Prayer

John 1:12-13 (Complete Jewish Bible) But to as many as did receive him, to those who put their trust in his person and power, he gave the right to become children of God, not because of bloodline, physical impulse or human intention, but because of God. https://www.biblegateway.com/

Plane crashes into sea by busy New Hampshire beach - BBC News

Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan suicide bombing - The Jerusalem Post

Ukraine and Croatia agree on use of Croatian ports for grain exports - The Jerusalem Post

Sebastián Marset: Thousands hunt for alleged drug trafficker - BBC News

Ukraine war: Girl, 10, and her mother among five dead in Russian missile strike on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's home city | World News | Sky News

Niger military junta arrests ministers, party says - The Jerusalem Post

Two dead and thousands flee homes as heavy rain batters China after Typhoon Doksuri | ITV News

Niger coup: Ousted President Mohamed Bazoum meets Chad's leader - BBC News

China floods: Man rescued from overturned car - BBC News

Pakistan explosion: Eyewitness describes doomsday scenes - BBC News

Mysterious object found on Australian beach is identified | World News | Sky News

15 Israelis lightly injured in minibus collision near Netanya - The Jerusalem Post

No hope of survivors from MRH-90 helicopter crash in Australia - BBC News

China says will launch joint air force training with UAE in August - The Jerusalem Post

Sudan extends airspace closure until Aug. 15 due to conflict - The Jerusalem Post

Denmark considers banning protests burning Quran and other religious texts - BBC News

Six killed at Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon - BBC News

Bicycling — Rechivah al Oph’naim | International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

Never Lose Hope | International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional: July 30th “Promise of Future Meeting ” - John 16:22 Surely He will come a second time, and then, when He sees us and we see Him, there will be rejoicings indeed. Oh, for that joyous return! But this promise is being dainty fulfilled in another sense. Our gracious LORD has many "agains" in His dealings with us. He gave us pardon, and He sees us again and repeats the absolving word as fresh sins cause us grief. He has revealed to us our acceptance before God, and when our faith in that blessing grows a little dim, He comes to us again and again and says, "Peace be unto you," and our hearts are glad. Beloved, all our past mercies are tokens of future mercies. If Jesus has been with us, He will see us again. Look upon no former favor as a dead and buried thing, to be mourned over; but regard it as a seed sown, which will grow, and push its head up from the dust, and cry, "I will see you again....

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for July 30 Tozer in the Morning The Cross is a Radical Thing The cross of Christ is the most revolutionary thing ever to appear among men. The cross of the Roman times knew no compromise; it never made concessions. It won all its arguments by killing its opponent and silencing him for good. It spared not Christ, by slew Him the same as the rest. He was alive when they hung Him on that cross and completely dead when they took him down six hours later. That was the cross the first time it appeared in Christian history. After Christ was risen from the dead the apostles went out to preach His message, and what they preached was the cross. And wherever they went into the wide world they carried the cross, and the same revolutionary power went with them. The radical message of the cross transformed Saul of Tarsus and changed him from a persecutor of Christians to a tender believer and an apostle of the faith. Its power changed bad men into good...

Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 30th July 2023 July 30 Acts 17:2-4, 11 2As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ," he said. 4Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women. 11Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Paul usually began working in a city from a Jewish synagogue. It was a place where he could speak to people with some background in prophecies about the Messiah. His approach was to show the people that the prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth. He explained that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah. To explain why Jesus had...

A Bible Devotional 30th July 2023 Prayer Strengthens You ISAIAH 40:31 NKJ 31 But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength... Too many people think of prayer only as asking God for what they want. But prayer is much more than that. Prayer is communication and communion with Almighty God. Somehow, in the act of prayer we receive a transfusion of God's strength. LUKE 22:46 NKJ 46 ..."pray, lest you enter into temptation." Being strong enables you to not enter into temptation. Time spent in prayer strengthens you spiritually. (Temptation strikes us all. But we decide whether to yield to the temptation, or not.) JUDE 1:20 NKJ 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, According to Jude, praying builds you up, or edifies you. Prayer is a spiritual exercise; the more you do it the stronger you get spiritually. Some may protest that they don't know how to pray. Just begin to talk to God. And listen for His res...

No Ministry Too Small

Christian Quote of the Day - Wondrous, Matchless Grace! Wondrous, matchless grace!  We cannot for a moment look outside the grace of God for any motive or reason why He should ever have noticed us, still less had respect unto such ungodly wretches. — A. W. Pink (1886-1952) More quotes from A. W. Pink - https://christianquoteemail.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/chrquote/427860264341/90178c6a09873f28a65c0421752a8b5a/ https://christianquote.com

Daily Christian Quote 30th July 2023 Jake Kaill July 30, 2023 Scripture is never meant to be used as a means to control or manipulate another person. Consider this: when the Word of God gets separated from the heart of God and the Spirit of God, it is no longer the Word of God, and you are not obligated to obey it. “The letter kills but the Spirit gives life” (2 Corinthians 3:6). Jesus showed that we don’t have to obey a Scripture when it is quoted to us by the devil. We must learn to discern the spirit behind the words, not just the content of the words. Rejecting spiritual abuse is not disobeying God; it is resisting the devil! https://dailychristianquote.com

Quotemeal for Sunday, July 30, 2023

Proverbs 12:11 — Daily Wisdom for Sunday, July 30, 2023

'Avoid People Who Cause Divisions' — Romans 16:17-18 GNT (Spiritual Warfare)

Morning, July 30th (Spurgeon's Devotional)

Redemption of Our Bodies

Matthew 5:14,16 (Complete Jewish Bible) “You are light for the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. https://www.biblegateway.com/

Voice of the Martyrs on Twitter: "UGANDA: Pray for Christian converts receiving vocational training after being rejected by their families. https://t.co/APHaRw4kYj" / X

Niger coup backers wave Russian flags and attack French embassy as Wagner mercenary boss offers support | World News | Sky News

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Pakistan explosion: At least 40 dead in blast at political rally in northwest province - reports | World News | Sky News

Russia storm: High winds kill 10 in central Volga region - BBC News

Niger coup leader warns regional and Western powers against military intervention - BBC News

Australia grounds MRH-90 helicopter fleet after crash - BBC News

Moscow drone attack briefly shuts Vnukovo airport - BBC News

Scottish climber, 80-year-old, dies after falling from 3,000ft mountain | Fox News

Vladimir Putin says African and Chinese initiatives could be basis for peace in Ukraine | World News | Sky News

Europe fires: The Canadair water bombers battling Mediterranean blazes - BBC News

Adam Boulton: Netanyahu's power grab is tearing society apart and delighting Israel's enemies | World News | Sky News

(3) USGS Tweet Earthquake Dispatch on Twitter: "Prelim M5.6 Earthquake off the coast of Central America Jul-30 01:10 UTC, updates https://t.co/rRbrG47U5Q" / X

An American woman and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, organization says

Firefighter dies battling wildfire in northeastern B.C. | CTV News

Rotterdam: Three injured in shooting in Dutch city | World News | Sky News

Putin: Russia does not reject talks with Ukraine and will not intensify - The Jerusalem Post

Covid test sales have increased by a third, says Boots #itvnews #covid19 - YouTube

Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional: July 29th “He Routs Our Enemy ” - Zephaniah 3:15 What a casting out was that! Satan has lost his throne in our nature even as he lost his seat in heaven. Our LORD Jesus has destroyed the enemy’s reigning power over us. He may worry us, but he cannot claim us as his own. His bonds are no longer upon our spirits: the Son has made us free, and we are free indeed. Still is the archenemy the accuser of the brethren; but even from this position our LORD has driven him. Our Advocate silences our accuser. The LORD rebukes our enemies and pleads the causes of our soul, so that no harm comes of all the devil’s revilings. As a tempter, the evil spirit still assails us and insinuates himself into our minds; but thence also is he cast out as to his former preeminence. He wriggles about like a serpent, but he cannot rule like a sovereign. He hurls in blasphemous thoughts when he has opportunity; but what a relief it is when he is t...

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for July 29 Tozer in the Morning CHEAP RELIGION What passes for Christianity in our day is cheap religion! To listen to the current concepts of Christianity, we would conclude it is little more than bits of beautiful poetry, a man-made bouquet of fragrant flowers, a kindly smile for our neighbor and a couple of good deeds on behalf of a brother or sister. When I consider some of the elements now offered in Christianity as acceptable religion, I have to restrain myself lest I speak too disapprovingly. I fear my words would be so strong that I would have to repent of them! And I read in the Scriptures that there are some things God does not want us to say even about the devil. What do we find surfacing in much of our Christian fellowship? The complaint that God takes a long time to work out His will. We do not want to take the time to plow and cultivate. We want the fruit and the harvest right away. We do not want to be engaged in any spirit...

Coming Clean

Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional July 29 Acts 16:25-26, 33 25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose. 33At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized. The Holy Spirit guided Paul and Silas by forbidding them to go in certain directions and through a night vision. In Philippi they found some Jewish women who accepted the Word and believed. After Paul had cast a spirit of divination out of a young lady, those who had used her to make money stirred up the town against them. They were whipped and thrown into prison. The prisoners must have been amazed to hear these men who had been beaten and sat in stocks singing praise to God. At midnight an earthquake opened the pr...

(1) Maranatha777 on Twitter: ""You don't know the day or the hour," doesn't stand alone. It comes accompanied by a verb/action which is: "WATCH". This is a command given by Jesus. It's not an expression of giving up; it means the total opposite - it means to give strict attention to, be cautious, and active!… https://t.co/eLHgPcOoHn" / X

Quotemeal for Saturday, July 29, 2023

2 Corinthians 5:17 — Daily Wisdom for Saturday, July 29, 2023

'Stay Strong in Jesus Without Being Deceived' — Colossians 2:4-5 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

Morning, July 29th (Spurgeon's Devotional)

A Bible Devotional 29th July 2023 Fight The Good Fight Of Faith 1 TIMOTHY 6:12 NKJ 12 Fight the good fight of faith . . . . Christians are supposed to fight -- just not with each other. Our struggle is about our faith. The devil wants our faith in God to wither and die. God wants our faith to grow stronger. The battlefield is your mind. The devil tries to keep his evidence foremost in your thoughts: negative circumstances and what your senses tell you. God's evidence is contained in His unchanging Word: the Bible. We must choose to feed the truths of the Bible into our thinking to keep our faith strong. The devil still tells mankind his old lie, "Has God said?" which we could modernize as, "Did God really mean that?" Yes, God meant what He said and said what He meant. "Then why doesn't it seem that way when I look around at my circumstances?" Because you are supposed to fight the good fight of faith and actively receive the promised blessings. God ...

Simply Showing Up

Daily Christian Quote 29th Julu 2023 Faith is not about moving God. Faith is about moving you into a place of receiving from God. William Wood https://dailychristianquote.com

Christian Quote of the Day - Bible Study The longer you read the Bible, the more you will like it; it will grow sweeter and sweeter; and the more you get into the spirit of it, the more you will get into the spirit of Christ. -- William Romaine (1714-1795) More quotes from William Romaine - https://christianquoteemail.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/chrquote/509428278740/ee10d2815b595f15b0d3fcec7754673d/ https://christianquote.com

Psalm 119:93 (Complete Jewish Bible) I will never forget your precepts, for with them you have made me alive. https://www.biblegateway.com/

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(1) Open Doors UK on Twitter: ""May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you." (1 Thessalonians 3:12) #VerseOfTheDay" / X

Elephant on the loose spotted outside supermarket in southern Italy - BBC News

Four killed in Turkish drone strike against PKK members in Iraq - The Jerusalem Post

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Australia helicopter crash: Four military aircrew missing - BBC News

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US to provide Taiwan with military aid, White House says - The Jerusalem Post

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Missile hits residential building in Ukrainian city of Dnipro - The Jerusalem Post

Wiktionary's word of the day: 28th July 2023 urbane: 1. Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave. 2. Of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners; elegant, sophisticated. 3. Obsolete spelling of urban (“of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a city or town, or life in such a place; living in a city or town; having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town”) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/urbane

Today's selected anniversaries: 28th July 2023 1821: Peruvian War of Independence: Argentine general José de San Martín declared the independence of Peru from the Spanish Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_San_Mart%C3%ADn 1917: In New York City, the NAACP and church and community leaders organized a silent march (newsreel footage featured) of at least 8,000 people to protest violence directed towards African Americans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Parade 1976: An earthquake registering 7.6 Mw, one of the deadliest in history, devastated Tangshan, China, and killed at least 240,000 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tangshan_earthquake 2001: At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe  became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single FINA world championship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Thorpe

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Worthy Brief - July 28, 2023 Peter, you are free to rest! Deut. 5:14-15 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. When the children of Israel were enslaved under Pharaoh, they were forced to labor seven days a week, working relentlessly without a break. Can you imagine doing hard labor for years on end without a break? This was Israel’s reality in Egypt. In His great mercy, God sent Moses to free them from bondage. He gave them ten commandments, one of them being to take a Sabbath ...

Today's Daily Encounter Friday, July 28, 2023 Keep Giving Cornelius stared at him in fear. "What is it, Lord?" he asked. The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God."1 When my children were younger, we ministered regularly to homeless and under-privileged families. My kids got used to "giving to the poor" and never missed an opportunity to help someone out. One day, while in the car, we pulled up to a stoplight and came upon a man holding a sign that simply read, "Hungry". Having just picked up some fast food, my son immediately thought of sharing a burger with this person. But when he reached his small hand out the window to hand over the treat, the "hungry" man scowled as he took the food without appreciation. That action was enough to discourage my son from wanting to help a needy person again.     Feeling as if a gift has been wasted can keep us from giving in the future...

This Day's Verse 28th July 2023 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.  For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 The King James Version https://thisdaysthought.org/

This Day's Thought 28th July 2023 When we yield to discouragement, it is usually because we give too much thought to the past or to the future. Therese of Lisieux https://thisdaysthought.org/

Roller skating — Le’hachlik Roller | International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

The Greatest Light | International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional: July 28th “Bow Down; Be Lifted Up ” - 1 Peter 5:6 This is tantamount to a promise: if we will bow down, the LORD will lift us up. Humility leads to honor; submission is the way to exaltation. That same hand of God which presses us down is waiting to raise us up when we are prepared to bear the blessing. We stoop to conquer. Many cringe before men and yet miss the patronage they crave; but he that humbles himself under the hand of God shall not fail to be enriched, uplifted, sustained, and comforted by the ever-gracious One. It is a habit of Jehovah to cast down the proud and lift up the lowly. Yet there is a time for the LORD’s working. We ought now to humble ourselves, even at this present moment; and we are bound to keep on doing so whether the LORD lays His afflicting hand upon us or not. When the LORD smites, it is our special duty to accept the chastisement with profound submission. But as for the LORD’s exaltati...

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for July 28 Tozer in the Morning WHO IS YOUR EXAMPLE? The Christian churches of our day have suffered a great loss in rejecting the example of good men, choosing instead the "celebrity of the hour" for their pattern. We must agree that it is altogether unlikely that we know who our "greatest" men are. One thing is sure, however-the greatest man alive today is the best man alive today. That is not open to debate. Spiritual virtues run deep and silent. The holy and humble man will not advertise himself nor allow others to do it for him. The Christian who is zealous to promote the cause of Christ can begin by living in the power of God's Spirit, and so reproducing the life of Christ in the sight of men. In deep humility and without ostentation he can let his light shine. To sum it all up: the most effective argument for Christianity is still the good lives of those who profess it! Tozer in the Evening Devotion to Thing...

The Blessing of Forgiveness

Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 28th July 2023 July 28 Acts 15:1-2, 28 1Some men came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the brothers: "Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved." 2This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. 28It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: Some of the group of the Pharisees had come to believe in Jesus as Messiah. They brought with them their intense desire to see that everyone obeyed the laws of Moses. When some of them visited Antioch, where many Gentile believers worshiped, they insisted that they learn all the details of the law. They even taught that unless they keep the law, they could not be saved. At that point Paul and Barnabas began to debate wi...