“I ADORE THE PLENITUDE OF THE SCRIPTURES,

in which every letter is a word,

and every word is a verse,

and every verse is a chapter,

and every chapter is a book,

and every book is a Bible;

—————-

in which every twig is a branch,

and every branch is a tree,

and every tree a forest,

——————–

in which every drop is  a rivulet,

and every rivulet a river,

and every river a bay,

and every bay an ocean,

and every ocean all waters.” –

Tertullian

“Whoso is armed with the text, the same is a right worker, and my best advice and counsel is, that we draw water out of the True Fountain, that is, diligently to read the Bible. He is learned that is well grounded in the Bible, for one text and sentence out of it is of far more esteem and value than many writings and glosses, which neither are strong, sound, nor armour of proof .” –

Martin Luther

“Christianity:  entrance fee – nothing: annual subscription – everything.” –

Daily Readings from the Works of Martyn Lloyd-Jones page 154.

“GOD ALWAYS ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS BY GIVING US WHAT WE ASK,  OR, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE REQUESTED IF WE COULD SEE AS HE SEES!”

This is the last paragraph from the outstanding devotional I read in the JUNE 2010 Prayer Bulletin of the United Maori  Mission. You should read it!

What do you believe?

“I believe in myself and in the fact that our life is what  we make it. If we want something very much then this is what will happen.” – Sylwia Gruchala

“I believe in the Lord Jesus!” – Werner Dekarski

If you want to “eat fresh”, you go to “Subway.”

At Subway you can also have “A Fresh Start To Your Day.” “Breakfast Made Before Your Eyes.”

Breakfast is “available until 11AM every day.” How I like that, late breakfast. And that is not all. You have a choice of four meals. In the near future  I must go there to have the Value Meal called “Western Egg Omelette.” Breakfast made before my eyes.

Do we eat every day? I hear you say, “Yes!” We need to eat to keep on living!

Subway also says: “We bake our own bread.”

But listen to what we read in the Bible, the Word of the Living God:

And these are now the words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: “It is written: ‘ Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”

Let us make every day a fresh start with the Word of the Living God! We do have in our house a good number of the little booklets called “Every Day with Jesus.” Not long ago I picked them up and perused some of them. Just now I am looking at one “Every Day with Jesus” booklet with the title “None other Name.” John 6:68 is also written on the front cover.

And listen to what we read in the well known Psalm 23! Psalm 23:5: ” You prepare a table before me…”

PRAISE THE LORD

I am reading here about a 68 year old man from Cambridge in New Zealand who ran – not the Devenport ferry and the Interislander – from CAPE REINGA (North of  New Zealand)

to

BLUFF (South of New Zealand)

in 40 days. He averaged 50 km a day and did not miss a single day!

Hubbards Clipboard Issue 111

As you can read on the signpost the distance from Cape Reinga to Bluff is 1452 km. (784 nm)

*****************

IS IT A CHALLENGE FOR US, TO READ THE BIBLE, THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD, FOR 40 DAYS WITHOUT MISSING A SINGLE DAY?