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 Today's selected anniversaries: 5th April 2025 1614: Pocahontas, a Native American woman, married English colonist John Rolfe, leading to a period of peace between the Powhatan people and the inhabitants of Jamestown, Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas 1944: Siegfried Lederer, a Czech Jew, escaped from Auschwitz with the aid of an SS officer who opposed the Holocaust. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Lederer%27s_escape_from_Auschwitz 1986: The Libyan secret service bombed a discotheque in West Berlin, resulting in three deaths and 229 others injured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombing 2009: The North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 was launched from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-2

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 True Vine Devotional: April 5th “ And Every Branch That Beareth Fruit, He Cleanseth, That it May Bear More Fruit ” - John 15:2 The thought of fruit is so prominent in the eye of Him who sees things as they are, fruit is so truly the one thing God has set His heart upon, that our Lord, after having said that the branch that bears no fruit is taken away, at once adds: and where there is fruit, the one desire of the Husbandman is more fruit. As the gift of His grace, as the token of spiritual vigor, as the showing forth of the glory of God and of Christ, as the only way for satisfying the need of the world, God longs and fits for, more fruit. More Fruit—This is a very searching word. As churches and individuals we are in danger of nothing so much as self-contentment. The secret spirit of Laodicea—we are rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing—may prevail where it is not suspected. The divine warning—poor and wretched and miserable—finds little response just where it is ...

 Streams in the Desert Devotional: April 5th "Thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons" (2 Kings 4:4). They were to be alone with God, for they were not dealing with the laws of nature, nor human government, nor the church, nor the priesthood, nor even with the great prophet of God, but they must needs be isolated from all creatures, from all leaning circumstances, from all props of human reason, and swung off, as it were, into the vast blue inter-stellar space, hanging on God alone, in touch with the fountain of miracles. Here is a part in the programme of God’s dealings, a secret chamber of isolation in prayer and faith which every soul must enter that is very fruitful. There are times and places where God will form a mysterious wall around us, and cut away all props, and all the ordinary ways of doing things, and shut us up to something Divine, which is utterly new and unexpected, something that old circumstances do not fit into, where we do not know just what ...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional: April 5th “Many shall be purified and made white and tried” (Daniel 12:10) This is the promise for the Lord’s coming. It is more than purity. It is to be made white, lustrous, or bright. To be purified is to have the sin burned out; to be made white is to have the glory of the Lord burned in. The one is cleansing, the other is illumination and glorification. The Lord has both for us, but in order for us to have both, we must be put into the fire to be tried, and to be led into difficult and peculiar places where Christ shall be more to us because of the very extremity of the situation. We are approaching these days. Indeed, they are already around us, and they are the precursors of the Lord’s coming. Blessed is he that keepeth his garments lest he walk naked. There are voices in the air, filling men with hope and fear; There are signals everywhere that the end is drawing near, There are warnings to prepare, for the King will soon be here; O it m...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional: April 5th Morning “A soft answer turneth away wrath.” Judges 8:1-3 , Judges 8:22-27 , Judges 8:32-35 Judges 8:1 When there is a success, everybody thinks that he ought to have been in it, and blames somebody else that he was away. It is not quite so clear that had these complainers been invited they would have welcomed the invitation. Those who grow angry because they cannot claim a share in the honour, are usually the very persons who would have had least taste for the conflict. Judges 8:3 A soft answer turneth away wrath. It showed a noble spirit in Gideon, that though the sole conqueror by right, he covets no monopoly of the praise, but even magnifies the exploits of others beyond his own. Better yield to absurd people, than engender strife among brethren. Judges 8:22 , Judges 8:23 Here again Gideon shines. He had no eye to a dynasty, his eye was single for the Lord only. At the same time, it is natural that our d...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional: April 5th “Not Forgotten ” - Isaiah 44:21 Our Jehovah cannot so forget His servants as to cease to love them. He chose them not for a time but forever. He knew what they would be when He called them into the divine family. He blots out their sins like a cloud; and we may be sure that He will not turn them out of doors for iniquities which He has blotted out. It would be blasphemy to imagine such a thing. He will not forget them so as to cease to think of them. One forgetful moment on the part of our God would be our ruin. Therefore He says, "Thou shalt not be forgotten of me," Men forget us; those whom we have benefited turn against us. We have no abiding place in the fickle hearts of men; but God will never forget one of His true servants. He binds Himself to us not by what we do for Him but by what He has done for us. We have been loved too long and bought at too great a price to be now forgotten. Jesus s...

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional: April 5th Tozer in the Morning Making the Most of Opportunities God has also given us a wealth of opportunities. An opportunity may be defined as a providential circumstance which permits us to turn our time, our money and our talents to account. Of all gifts this is the most common, and it is the one which makes the other gifts of value to us and to mankind. The wise Christian will watch for opportunities to do good, to speak the life-bringing word to sinners, to pray the rescuing prayer of intercession. The foe of opportunity is preoccupation. Just when God sends along a chance to turn a great victory for mankind, some of us are too busy puttering around to notice it. Or we notice it when it is too late. The old Greeks said that opportunity had a forelock but was close-shaven behind; if a man missed grabbing for her as she approached, he would reach for her in vain after she had passed. Possibly the worst effect of waste is the men...

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 5th April 2025 4/5 John 5:22-23 22 "The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him." Here, once again, we find Jesus making claims that would sound like lunacy coming from anyone else. First, He claimed that all judgment about right and wrong in every life is His to make. Those who believe in Jesus are very glad that this is so. He is the One who said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34). He has walked in our shoes and knows the struggles we are facing. Even more comforting is the fact that He was willing to take our sins and give us His righteousness. He judges us on His resume, not ours, if you have made that exchange. The second claim was that if you don't honor Him, you don't honor God. That implies that Jesus' message and deeds are consis...

Signs of Jesus’ Return | Matthew 24:3 - Daily Devotions From Greg Laurie - Omny.fm

'God Comforts Us so We Can Comfort Others' — 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

"Not Letting Little Things Ruin the Main Thing" — Song of Solomon 2:15 (Together in Christ)

Philippians 4:5 — Today's Verse for Saturday, April 5, 2025

"Tender Power" — Matthew 8:14-15 (What Jesus Did!)

Proverbs 20:15 — Daily Wisdom for Saturday, April 5, 2025

'A Matter of the Heart' — Romans 2:28-29 ESV (God's Holy Fire)

Quotemeal for Saturday, April 5, 2025

'My Body an Instrument' — 1 Corinthians 6:14-20 (Praying with Paul)

'Be My Rock of Protection' (Passion for Praise)

Bad News

On the Shoulders of Giants

Adopted Children of God

 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Complete Jewish Bible 14 For the Messiah’s love has hold of us, because we are convinced that one man died on behalf of all mankind (which implies that all mankind was already dead), 15 and that he died on behalf of all in order that those who live should not live any longer for themselves but for the one who on their behalf died and was raised. https://biblegateway.com

 Worthy Brief - April 4, 2025 Busy, busy, busy! Daniel 6:10  And when he had learned that the document was signed, Daniel went to his house. And his windows were open in his roof room toward Jerusalem; and he kneeled on his knees three times a day and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.  Let us take a moment to reflect on the life of Daniel. He was far from an ordinary man simply trying to manage the routine challenges of daily life. Rather, Daniel served in some of the most powerful empires of his time—Babylon and Persia—holding positions of immense influence and authority. He was entrusted with the affairs of kings, oversaw critical aspects of government, and was actively engaged in matters that shaped the course of entire kingdoms. If anyone had a justifiable reason to say he was too busy to pray, indeed, it would have been Daniel. And yet, what do we find? Despite the immense pressure of his position and the constant demands on his time, Daniel m...

Daily Encounter: Down But Not Out for Friday, April 4, 2025

 This Day's Verse 4th April 2025 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. Isaiah 48:17 The King James Version https://thisdaysthought.org/

 This Day's Thought 4th April 2025 The church needs people who are doers of the Word and not just hearers. Warren Wiersbe https://thisdaysthought.org/

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Bitter herbs — Maror - IFCJ

Open Your Heart and Ears - Holy Land Moments Devotional

 True Vine Devotional: April 4th “ Every Branch in me that Beareth Not Fruit, He taketh It away ” - John 15:2 Fruit.—This is the next great word we have: the Vine, the Husbandman, the branch, the fruit. What has our Lord to say to us of fruit? Simply this—that fruit is the one thing the branch is for, and that if it bear not fruit, the husbandman takes it away. The vine is the glory of the husbandman; the branch is the glory of the vine; the fruit is the glory of the branch; if the branch bring not forth fruit, there is no glory or worth in it; it is an offense and a hindrance; the husbandman takes it away. The one reason for the existence of a branch, the one mark of being a true branch of the heavenly Vine, the one condition of being allowed by the divine Husbandman to share the life the Vine is—bearing fruit. And what is fruit? Something that the branch bears, not for itself, but for its owner; something that is to be gathered, and taken away. The branch does indeed receive it f...

 Streams in the Desert Devotional: April 4th "Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see" (2 Kings 6:17). This is the prayer we need to pray for ourselves and for one another, "Lord, open our eyes that we may see"; for the world all around us, as well as around the prophet, is full of God’s horses and chariots, waiting to carry us to places of glorious victory. And when our eyes are thus opened, we shall see in all events of life, whether great or small, whether joyful or sad, a "chariot" for our souls. Everything that comes to us becomes a chariot the moment we treat it as such; and, on the other hand, even the smallest trial may be a Juggernaut car to crush us into misery or despair if we consider it. It lies with each of us to choose which they shall be. It all depends, not upon what these events are, but upon how we take them. If we lie down under them, and let them roll over us and crush us, they become Juggernaut cars,...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional: April 4th “Resist the devil and he will flee” (James 4:7) Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. This is a promise, and God will keep it to us. If we resist the adversary, He will compel him to flee, and will give us the victory. We can, at all times, fearlessly stand up in defiance, in resistance to the enemy, and claim the protection of our heavenly King just as a citizen would claim the protection of the government against an outrage or injustice on the part of violent men. At the same time we are not to stand on the adversary’s ground anywhere by any attitude or disobedience, or we give him a terrible power over us, which, while God will restrain in great mercy and kindness, He will not fully remove until we get fully on holy ground. Therefore, we must be armed with the breastplate of righteousness, as well as the shield of faith, if we would successfully resist the prince of darkness and the principalities in heavenly places. Your ful...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional: April 4th Morning “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” Judges 6:33-40 Judges 6:33-34 When the enemy moved, the Lord moved his chosen servant to meet them, and at his signal many of the downtrodden people plucked up courage and came forth from their hiding places to face the enemy. Judges 6:35 The Lord’s people are willing in the day of his power. Judges 6:36-40 See how tenderly the Lord condescends to the weakness of his servant’s faith, and doubly strengthens his confidence. The Lord gives to us similar signs to confirm our faith. Sometimes under the ordinances we are bedewed with grace when others are not, and at other times we feel our natural gracelessness in the very place where others rejoice in abundance of grace. If our religion were mechanical, we could arrange its force; if it were formal, we could maintain its sameness; but since it is of the Lord, it is dependent upon his sovereig...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional: April 4th “God’s Hornets ” - Exodus 23:28 What the hornets were we need not consider. They were God’s own army which He sent before His people to sting their enemies and render Israel’s conquest easy. Our God by His own chosen means will fight for His people and gall their foes before they come into the actual battle. Often He confounds the adversaries of truth by methods in which reformers themselves have no hand. The air is full of mysterious influences which harass Israel’s foes. We read in the Apocalypse that "the earth helped the woman." Let us never fear. The stars in their courses fight against the enemies of our souls. Oftentimes when we march to the conflict we find no host to contend with. "The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace." God’s hornets can do more than our weapons. We could never dream of the victory being won by such means as Jehovah will use. We must obey o...

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional: April 4th Tozer in the Morning Mistaking Effect for Cause No matter how sincere they may be, ministers without discernment are sure to err. Their conclusions are inevitably false because their reasoning is mechanical and without inspiration. I hear their error in our pulpits and read it in our religious periodicals; and it all sounds alike: revived churches engage in foreign missions; hence let us plunge into missionary activity and spiritual refreshing is sure to follow. The healthy church wins souls; let us begin to win souls and we will surely be revived. The early Church enjoyed miracles, so let?s begin to expect mighty signs and wonders and we will soon be like the early Church. We have neglected the ?social implications? of the gospel; let us engage in political activities and charitable endeavors and all will be well again. Miserable counselors these, and physicians of no value. Their advice is not only poor; it is spiritually...

Jesus Cleanses the Temple | Mark 11:15–16 - Daily Devotions From Greg Laurie - Omny.fm

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 4th April 2025 4/4 John 5:2 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. The Sheep Gate was one of the entrances to the Temple Mount through which people brought sheep for sacrifices. Some critics of the Bible said this pool must have been an invention of John's imagination to coincide with the five books of Moses. An archeologist did discover this pool, or I should say pools, as it was two rectangular pools divided by a dam. The fifth colonnade was over the dam. The upper pool held water from a spring and slowly released it into a lower pool, which was for Jewish ritual cleansing (mikva'ot). This was near the traditional location of Jesus' grandparents' home. It was believed that an angel stirred the water of the upper pool and whoever entered it first would be healed. A great number of afflicted people waited for their chance. Among them was a paralyzed man who had ...

'Put God First and He Will See to Your Needs' — Matthew 6:33-34 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

"Unselfish Submission to Bless and Protect" — 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 (Together in Christ)

Philippians 4:4 — Today's Verse for Friday, April 4, 2025

"Faith" — Matthew 8:10-13 (What Jesus Did!)

'My Body a Temple' — 1 Corinthians 6:12-13 (Praying with Paul)

Proverbs 2:21-22 — Daily Wisdom for Friday, April 4, 2025

'Everyone on Earth' (Passion for Praise)

Enjoy Life

Wipe Away the Tears

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The Supremacy of Jesus Christ

 Ephesians 1:7 Complete Jewish Bible 7 In union with him, through the shedding of his blood, we are set free — our sins are forgiven; this accords with the wealth of the grace https://biblegateway.com

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Denmark and Greenland show united front against US 'annexation' threats - BBC News

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M 5.4 - Reykjanes Ridge

 Worthy Brief - April 3, 2025 Have a victor mentality! 1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. In 2nd Samuel chapter 9, we read the story of King David and Mephibosheth. Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan and the grandson of the first king of Israel, King Saul. After Jonathan's death, David went forth to show kindness to Saul's house. Mephibosheth had become lame at the young age of five -- he had lived his entire life as a cripple. When David calls him forth, Mephibosheth replies "What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?" His identity was completely based on his disability when in fact, he was the grandson of a king! He had forgotten his royal lineage and was wallowing in self-pity. Yet David looked beyond his disability and recognizing who he was, offered him a place at the King's table. How much time do we spend wallowing in our own self-pit...

Daily Encounter: An Expression of Love for Thursday, April 3, 2025

The Telling — Magid - IFCJ

A Testimony to God’s Covenant - Holy Land Moments Devotional

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for April 3 Tozer in the Morning DO THINGS POSSESS US? I think a lot of people in our congregations get confused when some learned brother advises us that we must all join in a fervent fight against "materialism." If men and women do not know what materialism is, how can they be expected to join the battle? Materialism in its crisis form occurs when men and women created in the image of God accept and look upon matter as "the ultimate"-the only reality. The advice, "We must fight materialism," does not mean that everyone should get a sword, and run after a fellow named Material, and cut him down. What it does mean is that we should start believing in the fact of God's Creation and that matter is only a creature of the all-wise and ever-loving God! The believer is not deceived into believing that the physical things we know and enjoy are the ultimate end, in themselves. Tozer in the Evening GOD KNOWS MY PR...

 True Vine Devotional for April 3 “ Every Branch in me that Beareth Not Fruit, He taketh It away ” - John 15:2 Here we have one of the chief words of the parable—branch. A vine needs branches: without branches it can do nothing, can bear no fruit. As important as it is to know about the Vine, and the Husbandman, it is to realize what the branch is. Before we listen to what Christ has to say about it, let us first of all take in what a branch is, and what it teaches us of our life in Christ. A branch is simply a bit of wood, brought forth by the vine for the one purpose of serving it in bearing its fruit. It is of the very same nature as the vine, and has one life and one spirit with it. Just think a moment of the lessons this suggests. There is the lesson of entire consecration. The branch has but one object for which it exists, one purpose to which it is entirely given up. That is, to bear the fruit the vine wishes to bring forth. And so the believer has but one reason for his bei...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for April 3 “Sensitive to Warning ” - 2 Kings 22:19 Many despise warning and perish. Happy is he who trembles at the Word of God. Josiah did so, and he was spared the sight of the evil which the LORD determined to send upon Judah because of her great sins. Have you this tenderness? Do you practice this self-humiliation? Then you also shall be spared in the evil day. God sets a mark upon the men that sigh and cry because of the sin of the times. The destroying angel is commanded to keep his sword in its sheath till the elect of God are sheltered: these are best known by their godly fear and their trembling at the Word of the LORD. Are the times threatening? Does infidelity advance with great strides, and do you dread national chastisement upon this polluted nation? Well you may. Yet rest in this promise: "Thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace: and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which l will bring u...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for April 3 Morning “My grace is sufficient for Thee.” Judges 6:1-16 Judges 6:1 We commonly say that a burnt child dreads the fire, but Israel, after smarting again and again as the result of her sin, returned to it the moment the chastisement was removed, or the judge was dead. Such is the strange infatuation of men: Judges 6:1 This nation was but a puny enemy, and yet it was too much for sinful Israel. The tribes had formerly reduced the Midianites to a very low condition, and now they are themselves unable to stand before them. See how sin weakens men. Judges 6:5 , Judges 6:6 These wandering plunderers were hard to grapple with, and must have been a dreadful scourge. It is to such marauders that much of the present deserted condition of Palestine is due. Judges 6:7 , Judges 6:8 The sending of faithful ministers to a people is a token for good from the Lord, even though their testimony should be rather a rebuke than...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for April 3 “My expectation is from Him” (Psalms 62:5). When we believe for a blessing, we must take the attitude of faith, and begin to act and pray as if we had our blessing. We must treat God as if He had given us our request. We must lean our weight over upon Him for the thing that we have claimed, and just take it for granted that He gives it, and is going to continue to give it. This is the attitude of trust. When the wife is married, she at once falls into a new attitude, and acts in accordance with the fact, and so when we take Christ as a Saviour, as a Sanctifier, as a Healer, or as a Deliverer, He expects us to fall into the attitude of recognizing Him in the capacity that we have claimed, and expect Him to be to us all that we have trusted Him for. You may bring Him ev’ry care and burden, You may tell Him ev’ry need in pray’r, You may trust Him for the darkest moment, He is caring, wherefore need you care? Faith can never reach its con...

 Streams in the Desert Devotional for April 3 "Glorify ye the Lord in the fires" (Isaiah 24:15). Mark the little word "in"! We are to honor Him in the trial-- in that which is an affliction indeed and though there have been cases where God did not let His saints feel the fire, yet, ordinarily, fire hurts. But just here we are to glorify Him by our perfect faith in His goodness and love that has permitted all this to come upon us. And more than that, we are to believe that out of this is coming something more for His praise than could have come but for this fiery trial. We can only go through some fires with a large faith; little faith will fail. We must have the victory in the furnace. -- Margaret Bottome A man has as much religion as he can show in times of trouble. The men who were cast into the fiery furnace came out as they went in-- except their bonds. How often in some furnace of affliction God strikes them off! Their bodies were unhurt-- their skin not even b...

No Fruit | Mark 11:12–14 - Daily Devotions From Greg Laurie - Omny.fm

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 3rd April 2025 4/3 John 4:42 42 They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world." Jesus stopped to rest at a well in Samaria while the disciples went to buy food. While He rested alone there at midday, a woman came out to draw water. Jesus' words convinced her that He was the Messiah. The Samaritans, like the Jews, looked forward to a coming Messiah. She ran to the nearby village and told everyone that this man at the well must be the Messiah, for He told her all that she had done. The Samaritans came out to see Jesus for themselves and invited Him to stay for a while in their town. This must have made the disciples very uncomfortable because Jews believed the Samaritans were evil and evil could enter into a person through touching things they had touched. After a few days, the Samaritans in that village were convince...

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 Today's selected anniversaries: 3rd April 2025 1984: Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to be launched into space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakesh_Sharma 1996:   A U.S. Air Force CT-43 crashed into a mountainside while attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing all 35 people on board, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Croatia_USAF_CT-43_crash 2009: A gunman opened fire at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York, U.S., killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Binghamton_shooting 2013: The northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, experienced several flash floods that killed at least 100 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Argentina_floods

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'Conceit Blinds You to Your Own Faults' — Psalm 36:1-3 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

"Living Holy Lives in a Sex-Saturated World" — 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 & Ephesians 5:21 (Together in Christ)

Philippians 4:9 — Today's Verse for Thursday, April 3, 2025

'Life-Giving Spirit' — 1 Corinthians 15:45 NLT (God's Holy Fire)

"For Those on Earth! (Part 2)" — Matthew 8:5-9 (What Jesus Did!)

'Conciliation' — 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 (Praying with Paul)

Proverbs 20:22 — Daily Wisdom for Thursday, April 3, 2025

Quotemeal for Thursday, April 3, 2025

'To Your Sacred Home' (Passion for Praise)

Is Desiring To Be Rich Wrong?

The Best Kind of Uncertainty

All that Jesus Continues to Do

 Hebrews 12:2 Complete Jewish Bible 2 looking away to the Initiator and Completer of that trusting,[a] Yeshua — who, in exchange for obtaining the joy set before him, endured execution on a stake as a criminal, scorning the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.[b] Footnotes Hebrews 12:2 Habakkuk 2:4 Hebrews 12:2 Psalm 110:1 https://biblegateway.com

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 Worthy Brief - April 2, 2025 Prfection is coming! Matthew 6:30-34 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? O you of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, "What shall we eat?" or, "What shall we drink?" or, "What shall we wear?" For after all these things do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. In Biblical Hebrew, the verb tenses are not like our "past", "present", and "future" – there are only two: "perfect" and "imperfect." The "imperfect" tense is that which is not yet, not done, or not completed. The "perfect" is that...

Daily Encounter: A Loving and Compassionate God for Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Exodus — Yetziat Hamonit - IFCJ

The One True Purpose - Holy Land Moments Devotional

Jesus Is The Resurrection

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for April 2 Tozer in the Morning Marching in Place God in His conscending love and kindness often sends a Moses, or maybe a Joshua or an Isaiah, or in latter times a Luther or Wesley to show us that the work of the Lord is not progressing. Times are bad in the kingdom and getting worse. The tendency is to settle into a rut, and we must get out of it. The time has come to arise and go on from here because God's will is as broad as the land He gave to the Israelites--"in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates" (Deuteronomy 1:7). . . . I am quite sure that when the man of God thundered, "You have stayed long enough in this place. You are going around in circles. Get you out and take what is given to you by the hand of your God," nobody got up and said, "Mr. Chairman, let's eat something....

 Streams in the Desert Devotional for April 2 "They looked? and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud" (Exodus 16:10). Get into the habit of looking for the silver lining of the cloud and when you have found it, continue to look at it, rather than at the leaden gray in the middle. Do not yield to discouragement no matter how sorely pressed or beset you may be. A discouraged soul is helpless. He can neither resist the wiles of the enemy himself, while in this state, nor can he prevail in prayer for others. Flee from every symptom of this deadly foe as you would flee from a viper. And be not slow in turning your back on it, unless you want to bite the dust in bitter defeat. Search out God’s promises and say aloud of each one: "This promise is mine." If you still experience a feeling of doubt and discouragement, pour out your heart to God and ask Him to rebuke the adversary who is so mercilessly nagging you. The very instant you whole-heartedly turn away ...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for April 2 “He shall dwell on high” (Isaiah 33:16) It is easier for a consecrated Christian to live an out and out life for God than to live a mixed life. A soul redeemed and sanctified by Christ is too large for the shoals and sands of a selfish, worldly, sinful life. The great steamship, St. Paul, could sail in deep water without an effort, but she could make no progress in the shallow pool, or on the Long Branch sands; the smallest tugboat is worth a dozen of her there; but out in mid-ocean she could distance them in an hour. Beloved, your life is too large, too glorious, too divine for the small place that you are trying to live in. Your purpose is too petty; arise and dwell on high in the resurrection life of Jesus, and the inspiring hope of His blessed coming. Rise with thy risen Lord, Ascend with Christ above, And in the heavenlies walk with Him, Whom seeing not, you love. Walk as a heavenly race, Princes of royal blood; Walk as the child...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for April 2 “True Heart-Energy ” - 1 Timothy 4:15 This is, practically, a promise that, by diligent meditation and the giving up of our whole mind to our work for the LORD we shall make a progress which all can see. Not by hasty reading but by deep meditation we profit by the Word of God. Not by doing a great deal of work in a slovenly manner, but by giving our best thought to what we attempt, we shall get real profit. "In all labor there is profit" but not in fuss and hurry without true heart-energy. If we divide ourselves between God and mammon, or Christ and self, we shall make no progress. We must give ourselves wholly to holy things, or else we shall be poor traders in heavenly business, and at our stocktaking no profit will be shown. Am I a minister? Let me be a minister wholly and not spend my energies upon secondary concerns. What have I to do with party politics or vain amusements? Am I a Christian?...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for April 2 Morning “The right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.” Judges 5:19-31 Let us now take the remainder of Deborah’s noble song Judges 5:19 They were ready volunteers. Their hatred of Israel made them eager for the battle. They sought no other reward than that which they found in oppressing the nation they so much abhorred. Satan has his volunteers shall any of us need pressing to serve the Lord? Judges 5:20 The heavenly hosts entered the lists. The elements took Israel’s side. The rainy constellations were in the ascendant. The clouds blazed with lightning, and tremendous water-floods poured from them. Judges 5:21 The torrent-bed being suddenly swollen, washed away whole armies of men. Judges 5:22 The frighted horses pranced till their unshod hoofs failed them. Sisera’s boasted cavalry became useless, and his chariots of iron an encumbrance to his army. Judges 5:23 The laggards of Meroz are cursed, not for wha...

 True Vine Devotional for April 2 “And My Father is the Husbandman” - John 15:1 A vine must have a husbandman to plant and watch over it, to receive and rejoice in its fruit. Jesus says: “My Father is the husbandman.” He was “the vine of God’s planting.” All He was and did, He owed to the Father; in all He only sought the Father’s will and glory. He had become man to show us what a creature ought to be to its Creator. He took our place, and the spirit of His life before the Father was ever what He seeks to make ours: “Of him, and through him, and to him are all things.” He became the true Vine, that we might be true branches. Both in regard to Christ and ourselves the words teach us the two lessons of absolute dependence and perfect confidence. My Father is the Husbandman.—Christ ever lived in the spirit of what He once said: “The Son can do nothing of himself.” As dependent as a vine is on a husbandman for the place where it is to grow, for its fencing in and watering and pruning....

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 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 2nd April 2025 4/2 John 3:17 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. America's most influential export is agnostic secularism that is hostile toward the gospel. Its proponents come unglued when they hear the words "sin" or "hell." They believe the teaching of Christianity is a perversion of the words of Jesus. They would gladly accept the first of our verses for today, but would suggest to us that other peoples added the second. In their mind, if there is a heaven, we are all going there, with the possible exceptions of Hitler and Mao. Our loving God sent Jesus to rescue us from certain judgment. All that is required is our believing faith in Him. But when we trust Him, we acknowledge that...

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 Matthew 20:17-19 Complete Jewish Bible 17 As Yeshua was going up to Yerushalayim, he took the twelve talmidim aside by themselves and said to them, as they went on their way, 18 “We are now going up to Yerushalayim, where the Son of Man will be handed over to the head cohanim and Torah-teachers. They will sentence him to death 19 and turn him over to the Goyim, who will jeer at him, beat him and execute him on a stake as a criminal. But on the third day, he will be raised.” https://biblegateway.com

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 Worthy Brief - April 1, 2025 Speak up already! Hebrews 4:12: For the word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. An elderly lady was returning home after a church service when she was surprised by an intruder. She discovered a man robbing her home. "Stop!" she shouted, "Acts 2:38!" (Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins). The burglar froze in place, allowing the woman to call the police and report the burglary calmly. When the police arrived and detained the man, the officer curiously asked him, "Why did you stop when she cited scripture?" The burglar, still shaken, replied, "Scripture? I thought she said she had an ax and two .38s!" While the story brings a smile, it also highlights a profound truth—we frequently underestimate the power of...