Walls are rising
And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Continue ReadingLo, I hear the voice of my Beloved! He speaks to me! Fair weather is smiling upon the face of the earth, and He would not have me spiritually asleep while nature is all around me awaking from her winter's rest. He bids me "Rise up," and well He may, for I have long enough been lying among the pots of worldliness. He is risen, I am risen in Him, why then should I cleave unto the dust? From lower loves, desires, pursuits, and aspirations, I would rise towards Him. He calls me by the sweet title of "My love," and counts me fair; this is a good argument for my rising. If He has thus exalted me, and thinks me thus comely, how can I linger in the tents of Kedar and find congenial associates among the sons of men? He bids me "Come away." Further and further from everything selfish, grovelling, worldly, sinful, He calls me; yea, from the outwardly religious world which knows Him not, and has no sympathy with the mystery of the higher life, He calls me. "Come away" has no harsh sound in it to my ear, for what is there to hold me in this wilderness of vanity and sin? O my Lord, would that I could come away, but I am taken among the thorns, and cannot escape from them as I would. I would, if it were possible, have neither eyes, nor ears, nor heart for sin. Thou callest me to Thyself by saying "Come away," and this is a melodious call indeed. To come to Thee is to come home from exile, to come to land out of the raging storm, to come to rest after long labour, to come to the goal of my desires and the summit of my wishes. But Lord, how can a stone rise, how can a lump of clay come away from the horrible pit? O raise me, draw me. Thy grace can do it. Send forth Thy Holy Spirit to kindle sacred flames of love in my heart, and I will continue to rise until I leave life and time behind me, and indeed come away.
Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind
And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Continue ReadingPaul and Marina Briggs tell of their work with the New Tribes Mission in West Africa.
Continue ReadingDate: Sun PM 15th November 2015
Preacher: Mr. Paul Briggs, New Tribes Mission
Bible Reference: Deuteronomy 7v9
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Date: Sun AM 15th November 2015
Preacher: Mr. Paul Briggs, New Tribes Mission
Bible Reference: Judges 4v4-5
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind