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21 hours ago

PROVIDENCE, PATIENCE, PRAYER, PRAISE

“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.”
—Romans 12:12

HOW OFTEN DO you become discontent and angry with what God providentially sends into your life? Discontentment is one of the Christian’s greatest sins, and it is displayed by our complaining and murmuring against the providence of God. “Why have you done this to me?” or “Go … See MoreSee Less

PROVIDENCE, PATIENCE, PRAYER, PRAISE

“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.”
---Romans 12:12

HOW OFTEN DO you become discontent and angry with what God providentially sends into your life? Discontentment is one of the Christian’s greatest sins, and it is displayed by our complaining and murmuring against the providence of God. “Why have you done this to me?” or “God must not love me – look what He’s doing to my life!” That is how many Christians talk when trials and tribulation come upon them. How often have you complained against God about all the problems in your life?

OUR GREATEST TESTIMONY to the unbelieving world should be our patience in tribulation. Remember Job? God sent tribulation upon him that most of us will never have to bear. In one day, he lost 500 oxen, 500 donkeys, 3,000 camels, 7,000 sheep, 7 sons, 3 daughters and many servants. But Scripture testifies that Job accepted it patiently without murmuring or complaining. “Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said, Naked I came from my mothers womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD” (Job 1:20-21).

WOULD YOU RESPOND TO these devastating events in the same manner? If you returned home after a trip and found that all your blessings from God have been stolen or destroyed would you fall down and worship God or would you curse Him? Our calling as believers is to patiently bear the tribulation that God sends upon us. We are to conform our will to the will of God and faithfully pray to the Lord, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” We need to be heard singing the words of the hymn, “Whate’er my God ordains is right.” Yes, it is hard! So, we cry out to the Lord for strength amidst suffering.

THAT’S HOW JESUS responded when He faced the greatest tribulation of all –eternal damnation. He said, “Father, take this cup from Me; nevertheless, not My will but Thy will be done. If there’s no other way to redeem sinners except by suffering eternal wrath on the cross, then “Thy will be done!” Jesus came to do His Father’s will. Would you pray “Thy will be done” if you knew God’s will for you included persecution, sickness, cancer, or death? What would you say to the Lord if He said of you what he said of the Apostle Paul in Acts 9:16, “I must show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake”? Would you then say, “Lord, your will be done”? Would you be found “praying and singing hymns to God” as the Apostle Paul and Silas when they were suffering in prison? (Acts 16:25).

MOST BELIEVERS PRAY the Lord’s Prayer every Sunday. Well, do we mean what we pray or are we just going through the motions? Sitting and pouting or murmuring and complaining about the things God sends upon us in this life is NOT being patient in tribulation. Rather, patience in tribulation is demonstrated by praying, “Father, thy will be done” –for “whate’er my God ordains is right.” Ask the Lord this day to give you a greater measure of endurance in order that you might glorify Him in the trials, tribulation, and difficulties that He sends into your life for His glory and your eternal good.

Tuesday Encouragement: April 8, 2025
In Christ,
Pastor S. Henry

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Hope Reformed Church

3 days ago

A CHRISTIAN'S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God,

You are Almighty God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
You are the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God, Who ordains all things that come to pass.
You are the One who upholds all things that You have created.
You are the Great Sustainer!
You are holy, righteous, and just, and therefore You are the God who punishes sin.

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A CHRISTIANS SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God,

You are Almighty God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
You are the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God, Who ordains all things that come to pass.
You are the One who upholds all things that You have created.
You are the Great Sustainer!
You are holy, righteous, and just, and therefore You are the God who punishes sin.

Yet You are the God of mercy and grace and therefore You forgive the iniquity of thousands of generations.
As it is written, For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments (Exodus 20:5-6).

For Your glory and the good of Your sheep, You forgive the sins of Your people. You have forgiven my sins, even me!
And You do so because of the person and work of Jesus Christ, Who satisfies the justice of God against the sins of His people.
And now that I am forgiven in a legal sense, I daily come to You in a relational sense and confess my sins, struggles, and temptations in my daily walk of sanctification.

Now, as one who is born of the Holy Spirit and raised up to newness of life, I struggle against remaining sin.
I realize there are times and seasons in life.
There are times that I fight hard against sins, and there are seasons where I dont seem to fight as hard.
O my God, keep me in the way of righteousness, keep me walking in the path of truth.

Keep me looking to Jesus as my only Sin-Bearer!
Do not let me sin against You, O Lord!
Dont let me go my own way.
Dont let me wander. Dont let my love for You grow cold.
I know that if You withdrew Your hand from me, I would return to the vomit of the world like a dog returns to his own vomit after throwing out what caused unrest and sickness in its stomach.

I know, O Lord, if You loosened Your hand from me I would run back to the muck and mire of this world like a pig that had previously been washed returns to the filthy mud.
O heavenly Father, O Lord Jesus, blessed Holy Spirit, I need You every moment of every day!
I need help!
I need strength!
I need zeal!
I need faithfulness!
I need greater resolve!
For I feel my weakness against the pull of sin and temptation in my life.

As the hymn writer wrote:
Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to the cross I cling;
naked, come to thee for dress; helpless, look to thee for grace;
foul, I to the fountain fly; wash me, Savior, or I die.
Bless Your people this Lords Day as we gather for corporate worship.

Bless the preachers of the Word to preach Jesus Christ.
Bless Your people to bow to Your Word.
Bless us to sing out the honor of Your name.
O Father, cause Christ to be exalted among us for in this You are well pleased.
Strengthen me this day to serve You for I am Your slave.
Cause me to decrease and cause Christ to increase.

All this I ask in Jesus wondrous name!
Amen!

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