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November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 admin RJ RUSHDOONY

Excuses

By R. J. Rushdoony “Be sure of this, then, that God accepts no excuses for lack of faith and obedience, for failure

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November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 admin Scott Henry

LIVING THANKFUL

“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”—1 Thessalonians 5:18 THE BIBLE GIVES us

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November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God!You are my God, the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.You are awesome in holiness, majestic in

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November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 admin Scott Henry

STOP COMPLAINING

“Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning

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November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 admin Scott Henry

GOD IS FAITHFUL

“I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. Let, I pray, Your merciful

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November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 admin Scott Henry

SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR SALVATION

My Father and My God, You are the Sovereign of this universe: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, ruling and reigning according to

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November 7, 2025November 7, 2025 admin Scott Henry

OUR REFUGE AND FORTRESS

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say

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November 4, 2025November 4, 2025 admin Scott Henry

GOD’S LIGHT AND LAMP

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”—Psalm 119:105 OUR TEXT should be the confession of

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November 2, 2025November 2, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SIMPLE SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God,How Great Thou Art! Heavenly Father, with all that I am able, I thank You for redemption!I need

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October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 admin Scott Henry

THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

“The entrance of Your Word gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”—Psalm 119:130 BY NATURE, all people walk in darkness, and

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THE MARK OF A TRUE DISCIPLE OF CHRIST (PART 2)

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.”
—Matthew 16:24

In Matthew 16:21, Jesus said, "I have to go to Jerusalem to be killed and be raised the third day." But the disciples did not hear the words, “be raised the third day.” All they heard was "be killed." Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!" But Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan.” Jesus was not saying that Peter was Satan. Peter was just the instrument of Satan’s attack. Satan had been trying to turn Christ away from the cross since the first temptation in the wilderness. Jesus knew where this attack was coming from. Jesus then says at the end of vs. 23, "You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." Peter was thinking the way of the world. He was thinking about the crown without the cross, glory without suffering, reward without the sacrifice.

And so, once again, Jesus teaches His disciples the principle of self-denial. The word "deny" in our text means to disown or renounce oneself. Jesus is teaching His disciples what it means to be in union with Him. In other words, to be a believer is to be spiritually united to Jesus Christ by true faith, and because of this union you now live a different life. You are a new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17), born from above by the Spirit of God (John 3), a true branch engrafted into the vine (John 15). Simply put, you now belong to Christ and as a result you begin a life-long journey of forsaking your sinful passions and desires to follow Jesus. As a true disciple of Christ, you recognize you are not your own, but you belong to your faithful Savior Jesus Christ, who with His precious blood has fully satisfied for all your sins (Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 1). “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's” (1 Cor. 6:19-20). Does your life demonstrate that you are a true disciple of Jesus Christ? "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.”

Friday Devotional: March 6, 2026
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