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The Good Shepherd

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“I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.”

- John 12:46

The Good Shepherd (English)

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The Good Shepherd

05 Dec, 01:49

“We must be holy because this is the most likely way to do good to others. We cannot live only for ourselves in this world. Our lives will always be doing either good or harm to those who see them. They are a silent sermon that everyone can read. It is sad indeed when they are a sermon for the devil’s cause and not for God’s. I believe that far more is done for Christ’s kingdom by the holy living of believers than we are aware of. There is a reality about such living that makes people see and compels them to think. It carries a weight and influence with it that nothing else can give. It makes Christianity beautiful and draws people to consider it, like a lighthouse seen afar off. ”

- JC Ryle, ‘Holiness’
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The Good Shepherd

05 Dec, 01:41

“Certainly that person must be in an unhealthy state of soul who can think of all that Jesus suffered, and yet cling to those sins for which that suffering occurred. It was sin that wove the crown of thorns; it was sin that pierced our Lord’s hands, feet, and side; it was sin that brought Him to Gethsemane and Calvary, to the cross and to the grave. Our hearts must be cold if we do not hate sin and labor to get rid of it, even though we may have to cut off the right hand and pluck out the right eye in doing it (Matthew 5:29-30).”

- JC Ryle, ‘Holiness’
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The Good Shepherd

05 Dec, 00:18

“It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon crooked courses for our own security. The believing fear of God preserves against the disquieting fear of man.”

- Matthew Henry
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The Good Shepherd

04 Dec, 11:16

Good morning, Jesus is Lord ☕️ ☀️

“Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”

1 John 4:4
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The Good Shepherd

04 Dec, 01:24

“We might enjoy much peace, if we did not busy our minds with what others do and say, in which we have no concern. But how is it possible for that man to dwell long in peace, who continually intermeddles in the affairs of another: who runs abroad seeking occasions of disquietude, and never or but seldom turns to God in the retirement of a recollected spirit? Blessed are the meek and single-hearted, they shall possess the abundance of peace.”

- Thomas á Kempis, ‘The Imitation of Christ’
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The Good Shepherd

04 Dec, 00:33

“Faith is absolutely necessary to quiet and compose the mind in trials.”

- Matthew Henry
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The Good Shepherd

03 Dec, 18:24

“For another thing, let us not expect too much from our own hearts here below. At our best, we will find in ourselves daily cause for humbling ourselves, discovering that we are needy debtors to mercy and grace every hour. The more light we have, the more we will see our own imperfection. We were sinners when we began, and we will find ourselves to be sinners still as we go on; we may be renewed, pardoned, and justified, yet we remain sinners to the very end. Our absolute perfection is yet to come…”

- JC Ryle, ‘Holiness’
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The Good Shepherd

03 Dec, 17:15

Count the Cost | Luke 14

Patrick Hines
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The Good Shepherd

03 Dec, 11:02

Good morning, Jesus is Lord ☕️ ☀️

“Christ will never be found to be the Savior of those who know nothing of following His example. Saving faith and real converting grace will always produce some conformity to the image of Jesus. Being clothed with the new man, who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one that created him (Colossians 3:10).”

- JC Ryle, ‘Holiness’
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The Good Shepherd

03 Dec, 02:20

“I must plainly say that I do not think this subject is sufficiently considered by Christians. The passive graces are no doubt harder to attain than the active ones, but they are precisely the graces that have the greatest influence on the world. Of one thing I feel very sure – it is nonsense to pretend to desire sanctification unless we follow after the meekness, gentleness, longsuffering, and forgiveness of which the Bible makes so much. People who are habitually giving way to irritable and grouchy tempers in daily life and are constantly harsh with their tongues and disagreeable to all around them – spiteful people, vindictive people, revengeful people, malicious people – of whom, sadly, the world is only too full – they do not know much about sanctification.”


- JC Ryle, ‘Holiness’
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The Good Shepherd

03 Dec, 02:05

It is sad with a soul, when, instead of the grapes of humility, meekness, love, patience, and contempt of the world, for which God looks, there are the wild grapes of pride, passion, discontent, and malice, and contempt of God; instead of the grapes of praying and praising, the wild grapes of cursing and swearing. Let us bring forth fruit with patience, that in the end we may obtain everlasting life.

- Matthew Henry, ‘Commentary on Isaiah 5:1-7’
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The Good Shepherd

02 Dec, 21:38

“A sanctified person will try to do good in the world. He will try to lessen the sorrow and increase the happiness of all around him. He will strive to be like his Master, full of kindness and love to everyone – not in word only, by calling people “dear,” but by deeds and actions and self-denying work, according as he has opportunity.”

- JC Ryle, ‘Holiness’
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The Good Shepherd

02 Dec, 18:17

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”

Galatians 5:22-24
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The Good Shepherd

02 Dec, 16:27

“The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.”

Isaiah 2:11
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The Good Shepherd

02 Dec, 02:57

“Let no one deceive himself on this point. If anything is certain about the future, it is certain that there will be a judgment; and if anything is certain about judgment, it is certain that our works and actions will be considered and examined in it (John 5:29; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 20:13). Anyone who thinks that works are of no importance because they cannot justify us is a very ignorant Christian. Unless he opens his eyes, he will find, to his harm, that if he goes to the judgment seat of God without some evidence of grace, it would have been better for him to have never been born.”

- JC Ryle, ‘Holiness’
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The Good Shepherd

01 Dec, 22:14

“The moment a man gives way to inordinate desire, disquietude and torment take possession of his heart. The proud and the covetous are never at rest: but the humble and poor in spirit, possess their souls in the plenitude of peace.”

- Thomas á Kempis, ‘The Imitation of Christ’
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The Good Shepherd

01 Dec, 19:10

But God | Ephesians 2

Alex Tunnicliff | Redemption Hill
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The Good Shepherd

01 Dec, 14:20

Born Again Sunday
December 1, 2024

“The Word That Grows”

Links:
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The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

Acts 6:7

All Glory to God and Praise Jesus!
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The Good Shepherd

30 Nov, 22:27

“Sanctification depends greatly on a diligent use of scriptural means. When I speak of “means,” I am referring to Bible reading, private prayer, regular attendance on public worship, regular hearing of God’s Word, and regular reception of the Lord’s Supper. I lay it down as a simple matter of fact that no one who is careless about such things must ever expect to make much progress in sanctification.”

- JC Ryle, ‘Holiness’
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The Good Shepherd

30 Nov, 14:47

“Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!”

Psalm 25:4-7
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The Good Shepherd

16 Nov, 19:25

We may hence learn the great difference between performing duties in the way of the covenant of works and in that of the covenant of grace. According to the first covenant, sinners perform duties in order that these may entitle them to life; but, according to the second, saints perform them because they already have a title to life. According to the former, unregenerate men do them in their own strength; but according to the latter, regenerate persons perform them in the strength of grace derived from the second Adam. The motives of obedience, under the covenant of works, are the slavish fear of hell and the servile hope of heaven; whereas the motives of duty in the covenant of grace are love and gratitude to God not only as the Creator and preserver of His people but as the God and Redeemer of His people (2 Cor. 5:14-15).

- John Colquhoun, ‘The Law and The Gospel’
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The Good Shepherd

16 Nov, 16:08

“As we believe in one God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, so we firmly believe that from the beginning there has been, now is, and to the end of the world shall be, one Kirk, that is to say, one company and multitude of men chosen by God, who rightly worship and embrace him by true faith in Jesus Christ, who is the only Head of the Kirk, even as it is the body and spouse of Christ Jesus. This Kirk is catholic, that is, universal, because it contains the chosen of all ages, of all realms, nations, and tongues, be they of the Jews or be they of the Gentiles, who have communion and society with God the Father, and with his Son, Christ Jesus, through the sanctification of his Holy Spirit.”

- Scots Confession, ‘chapter 16; The Kirk’
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The Good Shepherd

16 Nov, 01:25

To the law as a rule in the hand of Christ belongs also a threatening of paternal chastisements. In order to deter believers from disobedience, as well as to promote in them the mortification of sin, the Lord threatens that although He will not cast them into hell for their sins, yet He will permit hell, as it were, to enter their consciences; that He will visit them with a series of outward afflictions; that He will deprive them of that sensible communion with Him which they sometime enjoyed; and that He will afflict them with bitterness instead of sweetness and with terror instead of comfort (Ps. 89:30-33; 1 Cor. 11:30-32; Heb. 12:6-11). These chastisements are, to a believer, no less awful and much more forcible restraints from sin than even the prospect of vindictive wrath would be. A filial fear of them will do more to influence him to the practice of holiness than all the slavish fears of hell can do.

- John Colquhoun, ‘The Law and The Gospel’
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The Good Shepherd

15 Nov, 20:57

https://theopolisinstitute.com/conversations/ancient-wisdom-for-christian-dissidents%ef%bf%bc/
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The Good Shepherd

15 Nov, 20:15

“He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.”

Psalm 112:7-8
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The Good Shepherd

15 Nov, 03:19

The great design of God in giving this law in the hand of Christ to His people is not that by their obedience to it they may procure for themselves a right to eternal life, but that it may direct and oblige them to walk worthy of their union with Christ, of their justification in Him, of their legal title to and begun possession of life eternal, and of God Himself as their God in Him. Their conformity of heart and life to its commands, instead of procuring their title to salvation, is a principal part of their salvation already begun and a necessary preparative for the consummation of it through eternity (Heb. 12:28; 1 Peter 2:9).

- John Colquhoun, ‘The Law and The Gospel’
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The Good Shepherd

14 Nov, 14:39

“The wise Sirach counsels the same: ’Hate not laborious work’ (Ecclesiasticus vii. 15). For this is the very foundation of the whole of inner warfare. The more you love this hard toil, or this pitiless driving of yourself, the more quick and complete will be your victory over yourself and over that in yourself, which resists the higher good. And through this you will be filled with every virtue and good disposition, and God’s peace will come to dwell in you.”

- Theophan the Recluse, ‘Unseen Warfare’
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The Good Shepherd

14 Nov, 12:29

“What we can draw from all this information is that Adam and Eve were supposed to be patient. They were to feed on the Tree of Life, and become gradually built up in wisdom and understanding. Then, when they were strong enough and wise enough, God would let them eat of the Tree of Knowledge, and would invest them with authority.”


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The Good Shepherd

14 Nov, 10:52

My soul, what do you say—are you so vain as to hope to be an exception to the heavenly rule? Do you hope for reward without work, or honor without endeavor? Dismiss the idle expectation, and be content with the despised things for the sake of the sweet love of Jesus, which will more than repay you. In such a spirit, working and suffering, you will find afflictions grow sweet and hard things easy. Like Jacob, your years of service will seem like only a few days on account of the love you have for Jesus; and when the dear hour of the wedding feast shall come, all your toils will be as though they never happened—an hour with Jesus will make up for years of pain and toil.

- Charles Spurgeon
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The Good Shepherd

14 Nov, 01:24

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.”

John 15:18
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The Good Shepherd

13 Nov, 20:38

Eating With The Risen Lord | Father Mark Brians

Theopolis Institute
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The Good Shepherd

13 Nov, 16:37

The obligation of the natural law on mankind, then, as resulting from the nature of God and from the relations between God and man, is such that even God Himself cannot dispense with it. It cannot cease to bind as long as God continues to be God and man to be man, God to be the sovereign Creator and man to be His dependent creature. Since the authority of that law is divine, the obligation flowing from it is eternal and immutable. It must continue forever without the smallest diminution, and that on all men, whether saints or sinners; at all times, from the moment of man's creation before the covenant of works, under the covenant of works, under the covenant of grace, and even through all eternity. Man has no being, no life, no activity without God. As long, therefore, as man continues in existence, he is bound to have no being but for God and no activity but such as is according to His will.

That fair copy of the natural law which had been transcribed into the nature of the first man in his creation was by the fall much obliterated, and it continues still to be, in a great degree, defaced and even obliterated in the minds of all his unregenerate offspring. And, indeed, if it was not in a great measure obliterated, what need could there be of inscribing it anew on the hearts of the elect? What occasion for such a promise as this: "I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts" (Heb. 8:10)? What necessity could there be of writing it in the Sacred Volume in order to make it known to men in all their generations? Indeed, so obliterated was it that the Lord saw it necessary to make it known to His people by both external and internal revelation.

- John Colquhoun, ‘The Law and The Gospel’
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The Good Shepherd

13 Nov, 14:44

Death has no hold on one nourished by the word of God, which is Jesus. The word of God called the habitable land from the dark chaotic waters on the third day. God calls forth Jesus from the cursed ground on the third day. God preserved Noah and his family in a wooden ark through the surging flood. Similarly Jesus preserves those who cling to him, the tree of Life, the firstborn lamb on the cross.

- Scott Fairbanks
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The Good Shepherd

13 Nov, 12:02

“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”

Revelation 21:3
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The Good Shepherd

13 Nov, 02:49

“O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.”

Psalm 15
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The Good Shepherd

12 Nov, 14:49

Really thought provoking article from Theopolis Institute ^
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12 Nov, 02:32

“If someone proved to me that Christ is outside the truth and that in reality the truth were outside of Christ, then I should prefer to remain with Christ rather than with the truth.”

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Good Shepherd

10 Nov, 22:23

“Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.”

John 6:15
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The Good Shepherd

10 Nov, 21:58

Prayer for Spiritual Strength | Ephesians 1;15-19

Alex Tunnicliff | Redemption Hill
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The Good Shepherd

10 Nov, 14:05

Born Again Sunday
November 10, 2024

“Fear and Grace”

Links:
Desiring God
Christ Church
Housefires

And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.

Acts 5:11

All Glory to God and Praise Jesus!
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The Good Shepherd

10 Nov, 03:32

“A man who is moved towards doing one thing or another purely by the consciousness of God’s will and the desire to please Him, never prefers one activity to another, even if one is great and lofty, and another petty and insignificant; but he has his will equally disposed towards either, so long as they are pleasing to God. So whether he does something lofty and great or petty and insignificant, he remains equally calm and content; for he has but one intention and one aim, to the exclusion of all else — to please God always and in all he does…”

- Theophan the Recluse, ‘Unseen Warfare’
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09 Nov, 23:07

“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”

John 1:17
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09 Nov, 14:28

“I set apart this day for fasting and prayer to God for his grace, especially to prepare me for the work of the ministry, to give me divine aid and direction in my preparations for that great work, and in his own time to 'send me into his harvest'. Accordingly, in morning, endeavored to plead for the divine presence for the day, and not without some life. In the forenoon, I felt a power of intercession for precious immortal souls, for the advancement of the kingdom of my dear Lord and Savior in the world; and withal, a most sweet resignation, and even consolation and joy in the thoughts of suffering hardships, distresses, and even death itself, in the promotion of it; and had special enlargement in pleading for the enlightening and conversion of the poor heathen.”

- The Diary of David Brainerd
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The Good Shepherd

08 Nov, 17:56

“So if a man does not watch himself well, he may begin some activity with the sole purpose of pleasing the Lord, but later, little by little, introduce into it a self-interest, which makes him find in it also a satisfaction of his own desires, and this to such an extent that the will of God becomes completely forgotten. Then he becomes so tightly bound by enjoyment of the work, that if God Himself were to hinder him in this practice, either through some illness, or through temptations from men or demons, or by some other means, he is filled with indignation, often blames one man or another for having interfered in the course of things he so loves, and sometimes even murmurs against God Himself. This is a sure sign that the disposition of his heart did not come from God, but has sprung from the rotten and corrupted root of self-love.”

- Theophan the Recluse, ‘Unseen Warfare’
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08 Nov, 13:54

“Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.” -Luke 22:3

Judas ought to serve as a stark reminder to all of us, that it is only Jesus Christ’s protection which separates us from the same fate. Shortly after this in scripture we see Jesus tell Peter that Satan would have sifted him like wheat, were it not for Jesus’ prayers on Peter’s behalf.

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” - Luke 22:31-32
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The Good Shepherd

07 Nov, 15:21

“Let tales of the past and news of the present pass you by, and let all the changes in the world and its kingdoms be for you as though they did not exist at all. If anyone brings you such news, disregard it and turn it away from your heart and imagination. Listen to what St. Basil says: ‘Let listening to worldly news be bitter food for you, and let the words of saintly men be as combs filled with honey.” Listen also to the words of David: ‘ The proud have dug pits for me, which are not after thy law’ (Ps. cxix. 85). Love to hear only of spiritual and heavenly things and to study them, and wish to know nothing in the world save our Lord ‘Jesus Christ, and him crucified’ (I Cor. ii. 2), save His life and death and what He demands of you.“

- Theophan the Recluse, ‘Unseen Warfare’
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The Good Shepherd

07 Nov, 02:04

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.”

Numbers 6:24-26
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The Good Shepherd

06 Nov, 23:52

“We will only maintain our stability and unshakeable confidence if we keep our focus on the unchanging God and take every rising or receding tide as a work of infinite wisdom for the accomplishment of God’s Holy purposes.”

- John Piper, “A Hunger for God”
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The Good Shepherd

05 Nov, 11:45

Good morning, Jesus is Lord ☕️ ☀️

“And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God, but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.”

Luke 12:8-9
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The Good Shepherd

05 Nov, 01:08

What is the cry? What was the cry of the early church? The cry of the early church was, "Come, Lord Jesus!" It is no mere coincidence that the very last words of the Bible are first the words of the Lord, "Surely I am coming soon," and then the response of the church: "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!" (Revelation 22:20). This is the cry that the whole Bible is meant to leave in the hearts of the elect.

- John Piper, ‘A Hunger for God’

Piper goes on to discuss how Anna the prophetess, in Luke chapter 2, spent decades scarcely leaving the temple, fasting and praying for the coming of the messiah, and should we, with such a clearer and more profound understanding of who He is, not look to His final coming with more anticipation and longing!?
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04 Nov, 19:50

“But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 10:41-42
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The Good Shepherd

04 Nov, 03:28

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”

John 10:27
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03 Nov, 20:28

“As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.”

Luke 8:15
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The Good Shepherd

03 Nov, 19:51

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (part 4) | Ephesians 1

Alex Tunnicliff | Redemption Hill
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The Good Shepherd

03 Nov, 13:58

Born Again Sunday
November 3, 2024

“Joy”

Links:
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The Lord your God is in your midst,
A victorious warrior.
He will exult over you with joy,
He will be quiet in His love,
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

Zephaniah 3:17

All Glory to God and Praise Jesus!
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The Good Shepherd

02 Nov, 23:03

“And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.”

Luke 2:36-37
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02 Nov, 00:17

“for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

Luke 1:15-17
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01 Nov, 13:52

“You must sacrifice everything to God and do only His will. Yet you will meet in yourself as many wills as you have powers and wants, which all clamour for satisfaction, irrespective of whether it is in accordance with the will of God or not. Therefore, to reach your desired aim, it is first of all necessary to stifle your own wills and finally to extinguish and kill them altogether. And in order to succeed in this, you must constantly oppose all evil in yourself and urge yourself towards good. In other words, you must ceaselessly fight against yourself and against everything that panders to your own wills, that incites and supports them.”

- Theophan The Recluse, ‘Unseen Warfare’
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The Good Shepherd

31 Oct, 20:18

“I will tell you plainly: the greatest and most perfect thing a man may desire to attain is to come near to God and dwell, in union with Him.”

- Theophan the Recluse, ‘Unseen Warfare’
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31 Oct, 19:23

“The believer’s life is not regulated by the fashions, methods, maxims, and pursuits of the world, but by Christ who has left us an example that we should follow His steps.”

- Arthur Pink
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The Good Shepherd

31 Oct, 18:30

“What are we slaves to? What are we most hungry for—food or God? Fasting is God's testing ground— and healing ground. Will we murmur as the Israelites murmured in the absence of bread? For Jesus the question was: Would he leave the path of sacrificial obedience and turn stones into bread? Or would he "live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God"? Fasting is a way of revealing to ourselves and confessing to our God what is in our hearts. Where do we find our deepest satisfaction—in God or in his gifts?

And the aim of fasting is that we come to rely less on food and more on God. That's the meaning of the words in Matthew 4:4, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes trom the mouth of God." Every time we fast we are saying with Jesus, "Not by bread alone, but by you, Lord. Not by bread alone, but by you, Lord."

- John Piper, ‘A Hunger for God’
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31 Oct, 11:40

Good morning, Jesus is Lord ☀️ ☕️

“And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.”

Isaiah 32:17
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The Good Shepherd

31 Oct, 00:05

“The unregenerate are termed “children of disobedience.” They have no respect for God’s law, they refuse to submit themselves to His authority, they are more concerned about their own interests than they are with the glory of God. But those who have been begotten by the Spirit “yield their members as instruments of righteousness” and God’s Word. They recognize that they are no more their own, but have been bought with a price. They have been “created in Christ Jesus unto good works” (Eph 2:10).”

- Arthur Pink
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30 Oct, 11:30

“Rising early is a kind of fast. And coming to pray when it is hard to get there is another kind of fast. When we make such choices, we make war on the deceitfulness of our desires and declare the preciousness of prayer and the all-surpassing worth of God.”

- John Piper, ‘A Hunger For God’
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30 Oct, 10:02

Good morning, Jesus is Lord ☀️ ☕️

“See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 7:29
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The Good Shepherd

29 Oct, 05:08

“Stagnation breeds disease and death. A limb that is never used becomes paralyzed. Life evidences itself by growth, hence we are exhorted, “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby” (1Pe 2:2). As we feed upon the Bread of life, our spiritual nature is developed and the inward man is renewed day by day. As we live by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord, we become strong in His strength and the power of His might. The life of the regenerate is a going on from strength to strength and from glory to glory. “The path of the just...shineth more and more unto the perfect day” (Pro 4:18). Here, then, is our standard of measurement. Are we becoming more Christlike?”

- Arthur Pink
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The Good Shepherd

28 Oct, 01:40

“The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.”

Mark 1:12-13
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The Good Shepherd

28 Oct, 00:12

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (part 3) | Ephesians 1

Alex Tunnicliff | Redemption Hill
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The Good Shepherd

27 Oct, 20:23

“Abraham lived 175 years; just one hundred years after he came to Canaan; so long he was a sojourner in a strange country. Whether our stay in this life be long or short, it matters but little, provided we leave behind us a testimony to the faithfulness and goodness of the Lord, and a good example to our families.”

- Matthew Henry
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The Good Shepherd

27 Oct, 13:32

Born Again Sunday
October 27, 2024

“God's Hand”

Links:
I’ll Be Honest
Christ Church
Sovereign Grace Music

For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.

Acts 4:27-28

All Glory to God and Praise Jesus!
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The Good Shepherd

26 Oct, 14:02

Good morning, Jesus is Lord ☀️ ☕️

Men are born to die: Everything is hurry, worry, and vexation of spirit. Friend of the unchanging Jesus, what a joy it is to reflect upon your changeless heritage, your sea of bliss that will be forever full since God Himself shall pour eternal rivers of pleasure into it.

- Charles Spurgeon
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The Good Shepherd

26 Oct, 01:09

“For many are called, but few are chosen.” - Matthew 22:14

If then you set aside all that make a profession of religion, but the temper of whose spirits and the tenour of whose conversation are a constant contradiction to it; if you set aside all the profane, and all the hypocritical, you will find that they are few, very few, that are chosen; many called to the wedding feast, but few chosen to the wedding garment, that is, to salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit. This is the strait gate, and narrow way, which few find.

- Matthew Henry, ‘commentary on Matthew 22:14’
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The Good Shepherd

25 Oct, 02:56

“Oh, that more of our preachers would follow the example of Ezekiel, and say unto the dead bones all around them, “Hear the Word of the LORD” (Eze 37:4), then should we see the miracle of spiritual resurrection occurring more often than we now do. Believe and preach the Word of God, for by it, and it alone, are dead souls born again.”

- Arthur Pink
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The Good Shepherd

24 Oct, 00:43

“Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

Matthew 16:24-25
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The Good Shepherd

23 Oct, 00:51

“And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. And he shall be their peace...”

Micah 5:4-5
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The Good Shepherd

22 Oct, 00:38

“He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore; but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.”

Micah 4:3-4
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The Good Shepherd

21 Oct, 20:21

“Sinner, in a little while at most you will be lying upon your deathbed (if deathbed you have). Then, it will matter nothing how large the fortune you have accumulated, how considerable the learning you may have acquired, nor how great the popularity or fame to which you may have attained; all that will matter then will be, Have you been “born again?”

- Arthur Pink
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The Good Shepherd

21 Oct, 12:47

Take Your Soul’s Groaning to God

Sermon Thoughts
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The Good Shepherd

20 Oct, 18:14

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (part 2) | Ephesians 1

Alex Tunnicliff | Redemption Hill
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The Good Shepherd

20 Oct, 13:20

Born Again Sunday
October 20, 2024

“Out of the Whirlwind”

Links:
I’ll Be Honest
Christ Church
Sovereign Grace Music

For behold, the Lord will come in fire
And His chariots like the whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.

Isaiah 66:15

All Glory to God and Praise Jesus!
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The Good Shepherd

19 Oct, 17:38

“And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.” Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.”

Genesis 21:17-21
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The Good Shepherd

19 Oct, 09:37

“Religion cannot take the place of the new birth. Spurgeon said: “It is difficult to say how far a man may go in religion and yet die in his sins.” The Pharisees read the Scriptures, fasted oft, gave tithes, and made long prayers, and yet they rejected the counsel of God. It is possible to have one’s name inscribed upon a church register, and yet not have it written in the Lamb’s book of life. No performance of religious duties can take the place of the new birth. How many there are who rely upon the fact that they say their prayers, read their Bibles, attend church, and partake of the Lord’s Supper, but who, nevertheless, are building upon the sand, rather than the Rock which is Christ!”

- Arthur Pink
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The Good Shepherd

18 Oct, 20:35

“Man is a fallen creature. It is not that a few leaves have faded, but that the entire tree has become rotten, root and branch. There is in every one that which is radically wrong. The word “radical,” comes from a Latin word which means “the root” so that when we say a man is radically wrong, we mean that there is in him, in the very root and fiber of his being, that which is intrinsically corrupt and incurably evil. Sins are merely the fruit; there must of necessity be a root from which springs the fruit. We sin because we are sinful by nature; we are sinful by nature because we are fallen creatures. It follows, then, as a natural consequence, that man needs the aid of a Higher Power to effect a radical change. There is only One who can effect the change. God created man, and God alone can re-create him. Hence the imperative demand, “Ye must be born again.” 

- Arthur Pink
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The Good Shepherd

16 Oct, 23:26

“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.”

Psalm 62:1
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The Good Shepherd

14 Oct, 15:29

“Nowhere else did Jesus Christ put a single statement so strongly or insist upon it with such emphatic repetition. Said He, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” And again, “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” And yet again, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again” (Joh 3:3, 5-7). On other occasions He threw wide open the door of mercy—“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”—but here He deliberately bars the gate of heaven against all the unregenerate.”

- Arthur Pink
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The Good Shepherd

13 Oct, 18:21

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow | Ephesians 1;3

Alex Tunnicliff | Redemption Hill
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The Good Shepherd

13 Oct, 13:14

Born Again Sunday
October 13, 2024

“No Other Name”

Links:
Desiring God
Christ Church
Poor Bishop Hooper

And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.

Acts 4:12

All Glory to God and Praise Jesus!
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The Good Shepherd

10 Oct, 14:07

“In all occasions of fiery trial, let us maintain our souls in patience.”

- Charles Spurgeon
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10 Oct, 01:23

A deeper sense of sin may be given to you instead of a sense of pardon, and in such a case you will need patience to bear the heavy blow. Poor heart, though Christ beat and bruise you, or even slay you, trust Him; even if He should give you an angry word, believe in the love of His heart. I urge you, do not give up seeking or trusting my Master because you have not yet obtained the conscious joy that you long for. Cast yourself on Him, and perseveringly depend even when you cannot rejoicingly hope.

- Charles Spurgeon
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The Good Shepherd

09 Oct, 02:11

Forsake the World

Father Spyridon
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The Good Shepherd

08 Oct, 13:39

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

Ephesians 2:10
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The Good Shepherd

07 Oct, 02:47

“While conventional wisdom may suggest that recognizing one's strengths and abilities is sufficient, a deeper examination according to God's judgment reveals a different reality. The more one scrutinizes oneself through the lens of divine assessment, the more evident one's inadequacies become. Rather than fostering confidence, this introspection induces humility, leading to the realization that human effort is insufficient for righteous living.”

- John Calvin, ‘Institutes of the Christian Religion’
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The Good Shepherd

06 Oct, 18:52

Grace and Peace | Ephesians 1;1-2

Alex Tunnicliff | Redemption Hill
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The Good Shepherd

06 Oct, 13:14

Born Again Sunday
October 6, 2024

“Times of Refreshing”

Links:
Desiring God
Christ Church
Boyce Worship Collective

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.

Acts 3:19

All Glory to God and Praise Jesus!
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The Good Shepherd

05 Oct, 01:29

“Thus the man who entrusts himself to Providence, lets God be the pilot of his ark, floats tranquilly on the ocean of life in the midst of storm and tempest, while those who try to guide themselves are in continual unrest, and their only pilot being their own blind and inconstant will, they are tossed about by sea and wind until they end in shipwreck.”

- Saint Claude de la Colombière
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