Robert Murray M’Cheyne wrote:
“If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me. " - Robert Murray M’Cheyne, ed Andrew Bonar (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth: 1960), 179
One of our new elders, Rick Cupples, will be preaching this Sunday. Pray for him. Pray for us all. Pray that we will be imitators of our praying God.
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The ultimate reason to be thankful: God remains faithful... to Himself... forever!
"God is the one Being in the entire universe for whom self-centeredness, or the pursuit of his own glory, is the ultimately loving act. For him, self-exaltation is the highest virtue. When he does all things "for the praise of his glory," he preserves for us and offers to us, the only thing in the entire world, which can satisfy our longings. God is for us, and therefore has been, is now and always will be, first, for himself. I urge you not to resent the centrality of God in his own affections, but to experience it as the fountain of your everlasting joy." - John Piper
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2 Corinthians 2:14 (NASB)
Praying with you that our Thanksgiving will be Godward and that Christ's aroma will rise from us in "every place."
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Excerpt:
"Be informed that we will cut your heads and leave your dead bodies with no organs and no heads in your stores and houses. We know your houses and we know your family. We will kill you one after the other. Depart the Muslim areas."
Read the whole thing.
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The Nigeria team is home safe. We're looking forward to hearing the report of the Lord's work among the Hausa. Soli Deo Gloria!
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"We are back from bush...everything went well. thank u for praying...look forward 2 seeing each of you soon Lord willing."
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JC Ryle's Sermon, "Duties of Parents" is an excellent read! I'm planning to lean on portions of it Sunday.
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As I'm preparing for Sunday's sermon, I was reminded of a post I saved a while back...
From Anthony Carter:
Most of you know that my wife and I homeschool our children.
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Black Friday is a product of, and contributing factor towards, Christless American consumerism. The Advent Conspiracy is an attempt to fight the cultural sin that sweeps away millions into into its ocean of stupid debt. Join the conspiracy!
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Some people say big things about things are actually small. They overexaggerate. But then, sometimes, people don't overexaggerate. They are spot-on. Like when Tozer said in The Knowledge of the Holy, "Every man's greatest need is a greater view of God." That's true. That's not wow-factor talk. Nothing is more important than God. Nothing is more needed than knowing Him through Christ.
That lead me to suggest a great Christmas gift. Samuel Rutherford's The Loveliness of Christ. Get it. Give it away. It's not a 'normal book'. It can be read in about 1 hour.
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“The cost for the recipient of God’s grace is nothing - and no price could be higher for arrogant people to pay.”
- Dan Allender, as quoted in Gospel Transformation
HT: FI
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"This is Nathan again. All is well and we are very much encouraged in the Lord. We are set to leave for the bush tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers and your family sends their love."
A couple of attempted explanatory notes:
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Continue praying fervently for the Nigeria mission team. Remember that tonight (Tuesday) they will begin sleeping in the "bush" (three nights). This, I trust, will be tremendously profitable in the advance of meaningful partnerships and the expanse of the gospel.
Please
pray also for today's TCT Network meeting that I'm a part of in
Minneapolis. This meeting (all day yesterday and today) has been
devoted to dreaming, planning, and praying through the Lord's
intentions to use us to become a church planting movement. So far today
we've heard visions from planters aiming at planting reproducing
churches in St. Paul, San Deigo, and South Africa (and reaching into
the pre-modern portions of the African Continent).
Oh Lord, let the nations rejoice and be glad in Jesus!
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"This is Nathan Sawyer...we have arrived in Nigeria and are awaiting our luggage...not sure how much we will be able to communicate...thx for your prayers."
Amen. May Jesus be embraced by, and advanced through, the team!
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The Nigeria mission team leaves tomorrow evening (Friday) and is scheduled to return next Sunday, November 23.
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Check out all five parts...again and again! (start at the bottom and work up)
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The sufficiency of the God-Man, Jesus Christ, is the theme of the current meetings at Grace, and He is the theme song of all who know Him as Lord. From the far-reaching corners of the expanse of galaxies, to the intricate detials of sub-atomic particles, Christ sustains everything, and everyone, by the word of His power.
Oh my soul, can He not fill you with His limitless sufficiency?
If you are in the Memphis area, I hope you will join us Wednesday evening at 6:30PM at Bridges for the final (application) sermon in the series, "The Majesty & Glory of Jesus Christ."
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Come join Grace any evenings this week you're able. Hope to see you tonight. We're meeting at Bridges (our normal spot).
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With a praying heart for God's Self-revelation, gaze upon the beauty of Christ in the Word. Here are the songs that will be used in corporate worship tomorrow morning:
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Nine and 1/2 reasons Grace is hosting "The Majesty and Glory of Jesus Christ" Services beginning this Sunday morning through Wednesday evening (details here).
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Ligon Duncan will be at Riveroaks Presbyterian Church in Memphis
Saturday-Sunday, November 8-9 as the guest speaker for their
Reformation Conference. I strongly urge you to attend!!
It looks like the two Saturday sessions will be at 5:00PM & 7:00PM
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Please join the countless army now praying for my good friend, Scott Attebery, who will be burying his wife, Jill, today (details here). Scott is continuing well, by the grace of God. Today will be especially tough for him.
The church Scott serves as pastor, Wyatt Baptist in El Dorado, has asked that I come back this weekend to preach Sunday morning. I covet your prayers as I prepare to do so.
O DEATH WHERE IS THY STING
A quote from Edward Payson's, Legacy of a Legend."The power of death, the last enemy, is destroyed, as it respects all who believe in Christ. Instead of being the jailer of hell and the grave, he is now, as it respects Christ's people, the porter of paradise. All he can now do is to cause them to sleep in Jesus, release their immortal spirits from the fetters which bind them to earth, and deposit their weary bodies in the tomb, as a place of rest, till Christ comes at the last day, to raise them incorruptible, glorious and immortal; and reunite them to their souls in a state of perfect, never-ending felicity."
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Derek Webb has stated the point well in his song, 'A King & A Kingdom.' Even calling the notion 'one of the two greatest lies I've ever heard' (The greatest being, 'If you eat this fruit, you will not surely die').
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