Archive for July 2009
A Quote from Thomas Watson
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 at 3:25 PM by David Zavadil
"Ministers may set the food of the word before you, and carve it out to you; but it is only Christ can cause you to taste it (Watson, Gleanings , 93)."
Thomas Watson 
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What is in a Name?
Posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 11:20 AM by David Zavadil
As I have been reading and praying over the last few weeks, I have become convinced of a frightening problem in the Church. We have a boat load of people who know of God but do not really know God. They can share a few facts here and there, though many couldn't tell you where they could be found in Scripture, they can sing a popular song that mentions God, but they know very little about the attributes of God.
In ancient days, your name meant something. Even up until relatively recent history, your name was a billboard of sorts, telling people what you did as an occupation or where you lived. The Tanners worked with animal skins, the Coopers made barrels the Taylors made clothing and on and on. In the Old Testament you find over 230 different names for God. Each name brings out a different nuance of the character of God. As I desire to know God deeper, I want to see our people know Him deeper. To that end we will begin to study the names of God. Join us in this study. We will be beginning with Elohim. Read Genesis 1 and Psalm 104 and begin to get a picture of God, Elohim.
Edited on: Monday, July 13, 2009 11:20 AMPosted in Bible Study (RSS)
How to Read God's Word
Posted on Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 10:34 AM by David Zavadil
"Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night" - Psalm 1:1,2
Here are some simple rules for Bible reading.
Read God's Word with great reverence. Meditate a moment in silence on the thought that the words come from God Himself. Bow in deep reverence. Be silent before the Lord. Let Him reveal His Word in your heart.
Read with careful attention. If you read the words carelessly, thinking that you can grasp their meaning with your human understanding, you will use the words superficially and not enter into their depths. When someone tries to explain anything wonderful or beautiful to us, we give it our entire attention to try to understand what is said. how much higher and deeper are God's thoughts than our thoughts. "As the heaven is higher than the earth, so My thoughts higher than your thoughts." We need to give our undivided attention to understand even the superficial meaning of the words How much harder one should attempt to grasp the spiritual meaning.
Read with the expectation of the guidance of God's Spirit. It is God's Spirit alone who can make the Word a living power in our hearts and lives. Read Psalm 119. Notice how earnestly David prays that God will teach him, and open his eyes, and give him understanding, and incline his heart to God's ways. As you read, remember that God's Word and God's Spirit are inseparable.
Read with the firm purpose of keeping the Word day and night in your heart and in your life. The whole heart and the whole life must come under the influence of the Word. David said, "Oh how I love Thy law; it is my meditation all the day." And so in the mids of his daily work, the believer can cherish God's Word in his heart and meditate on it. Read Psalm 119 again, until you accept God's Word with all your heart, and pray that God may teach you to understand it and to carry out its precepts in your life. - Andrew Murray, The Secret of Fellowship Day 7
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Another Gem from Tozier
Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 11:41 AM by David Zavadil
"In my opinion, the great single need of the moment is that light-hearted superficial religionists be struck down with a vision of God high and lifted up, with His train filling the temple. The holy art of worship seems to have passed away like the Shekinah glory from the tabernacle. As a result, we are left to our own devices and forced to make up the lack of spontaneous worship by bringing in countless cheap and tawdry activities to hold the attention of the church people."
A. W. Tozer 
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