Tremble at the Presence of the Lord

1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. Psalm 114 (KJV)

Morning Exhortation

Good feelings are like sugar. Sweet feelings are pleasing to the palate of the soul, but not essential. Right thoughts, on the other hand, provide the essential nutrients absolutely necessary for a soul to thrive. If the will is set firmly in faith to believe the truth, fullness of joy will come to the believer sooner or later. Some seem to be sweep up into the third heaven almost immediately, while others seem to linger in the lowlands for many months and years. If the promised joy is currently missing, do NOT take a backward step. God means to bless you in His perfect timing. Continue to fan the flame of love until God fully sets your heart on fire. This is the testimony we have from countless saints who came before us. Faith in God alone is enough to always be content. Pray first. The grace of God is abundantly more than sufficient for every need. Everyone born again has accepted the grace of God for salvation. The second touch of Christ is learning to continue in His grace. Jesus Christ our Lord is the vine, we are the branches, and God our Father is the gardener. Grace is the precious sap that flows from our heavenly vine causing us to produce and bare much fruit. How much is up to God. One thing for sure, He is able to cause you to bloom wherever He has planted you.

Today’s Bible Reading

2 Chronicles 1; 1 John 1

Micah 7; Luke 16

The Prayer Appointed for This Week from the Book of Common Prayer

Almighty God, give all of us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.