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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

If a man sets out to excel this generation of ministers, he will find it easier to preach than to pray. In the stern reality of the secret place a dagger is placed in his hands. Timid men shrink back from using it. When a man will plunge the knife into self-pleasing, self-confidence, and self-interest, and will wrestle alone with God for His glory, the world will see God working openly, and granting victory on the field of battle.
Walter Chantry

Grace frees us from having to earn God’s acceptance by meeting others’ expectations, and it also frees us from the unholy pride and prejudice of determining others’ acceptance by God on the basis of our own wisdom.
Bryan Chapell

    • Bible Reading: OCT24: Luke 6-7

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    In chapter 6:1-11 Jesus answers the question
    concerning the Sabbath; in verses 12-19 the twelve are
    chosen; and verses 20-49 record the Beatitudes. Many of the
    teachings recorded here are in the Sermon on the Mount
    (Matthew 5–7), and are commonly taken to be an abbreviated
    form of the Sermon on the Mount. However, since the records
    are somewhat different, we cannot be sure whether they are
    different reports of the same sermon or substantially the
    same sermon delivered on different occasions. Jesus was
    teaching continually, and it is likely that He uttered some
    of these words, in varying forms, hundreds of times. This
    may be a collection of His representative sayings, or a
    sort of summary of His main teachings. In any event, the
    literary beauty, as well as the matchless teaching, is
    unexcelled in literature.

    In today’s reading the love, compassion, and power
    of Jesus are demonstrated. Jesus not only ministered to the
    crowds; He also ministered to the individual. He died for
    the world; yet He also specifically died for you and me,
    individually. There is no color, creed, or nationality in
    God’s love and grace. He is not willing that any should
    perish, but that all should come to repentance. True, He is
    the God of the universe, but He is also the God of every
    person who will come to Him through faith. God’s love for
    us is wrapped up in one person. That person is His Son,
    Jesus Christ.

    We need to reach this world for Christ. We need to
    know how to win souls to Christ. Will you be one who will
    say, “Lord, I want to be a soul-winner. Please help me to
    do so.” Proverbs 11:30 tells us, “…and he that winneth
    souls is wise.” Do you want to be a wise Christian? Do you
    want to have the blessing of God upon your life? Then
    invest your life in the lives of others, and through
    compassionate understanding and love for your fellow man
    share Christ, who is the only lasting hope.

    MEMORY VERSE FOR TODAY:
    Man now can be:
    Forgiven.
    Acts 13:38
    Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is
    preached unto you the forgiveness of sins.

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