Saturday, March 21, 2020

3-21-20 Some Thoughts and Suggestions as We Navigate Through this Pandemic

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COVID-19 Pandemic

From the Louisburg Christian Church
Louisburg MO

To Whom It May Concern,

We have cancelled all Services and Bible Studies from 3-20-2020 to 4-3-2020 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. We will evaluate the situation on 4-3-2020 and decide if we will resume our Services and Bible Studies. If you need help you can walk next door to the Parsonage and talk with David Miller, our minister, or call 417-752-1611. Check this blog for updates and YouTube links.

As we go through this Pandemic let us look to the Lord for help, grace, and comfort. As we call out to Him He hears us. Below are some passages to consider:

Who is Jesus, what has He done, and what are we called to do?

Hebrews 12:1-3 (NKJV) Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, (2) looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (3) For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.

Does God care for us?

Matthew 6:25-34 (NKJV)  Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? (26) Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? (27) Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? (28) "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; (29) and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (30) Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? (31) "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' (32) For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. (33) But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (34) Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

And, here is a reminder for all of us:

2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
May God's Blessings of Grace strengthen us

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.
— Luke 24:27 NASB

Sunday, February 9, 2020

The Bible

Read the Bible.
Pray the Bible.
Live the Bible.
Speak the Bible.

Complaining and the Remedy

Complaining sends an emotional virus into the air that others breathe and become infected with.

The remedy:

Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

— 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NASB

- from a Devotion about Word Fasting

Friday, February 7, 2020

Luke 12:3

Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
— Luke 12:3 NASB

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

A Faithful Believer

A faithful believer will in all circumstances meditate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God.
- John Calvin

Saturday, January 25, 2020

The Counsel of the Lord Will Stand

Many plans are in a man’s heart, 
But the counsel of the Lord will stand.
Proverbs 19:21 NASB

Friday, January 24, 2020

The Armor of God

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
— Ephesians 6:10-20 NASB

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Psalm 2:11-12 Worship the Lord

Worship the Lord with reverence
And rejoice with trembling.
Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
— Psalm 2:11-12 NASB

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

2 Peter 1:1-11 NASB

Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
— 2 Peter 1:1-11 NASB