Guess what I did this afternoon!

We had a walk up Scout Scar near Kendal and found quite a lot of fossils. I'm always amazed by God's creative genius. My nephew and I in particular, love finding fossils. We came back with probably at least 20 rocks. I really enjoyed it. We found some pretty interesting specimens!!

Sweetness

"Some day of days, some dawning yet to be,
I shall be clothed with immortality;
And in that day I shall not greatly care
That Jane spilt candle-grease upon the stair.
It will not vex me then, as once it did,
That careless hands have chipped my teapot lid;
So for that day I lay me at Thy feet,
Then keep me sweet, my Saviour, keep me sweet."
by Fay Inchfawn

I thought this was a really great reminder of the necessity to keep our speech sweet. I've been challenged by this quite a lot lately! Sometimes, I think its best just to slap my hand over my mouth before anything "un-edifying" can come out!

"...sound speech that cannot be condemned" Titus 2:8


 ^"Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one." Colossians 4:6


"...speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,  giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." Ephesians 5:19+20.




"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything!"


Thoughts anyone??

An excerpt from a sermon by Spurgeon

If he forgive thee, all thy transgressions shall be as though they had never been. He will make clean work of it, blotting out every record of thy sin, so that in God’s book there shall be no grieving memory of thy having been a sinner at all. So powerful is the atoning blood that all manner of sin and transgression shall be forgiven unto men for its sake. Sins against a holy God, sins against Christ’s love and blood, sins against conscience, sins against the law, sins against the gospel, sins which have lain in your bones from your youth up, sins of your middle age, sins of your old age, aggravated sins, black sins, damnable sins, all are gone when he saith, “I have blotted out thy sins like a cloud, and as a thick cloud thy transgressions.” 

From a sermon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon entitled "A Prince And A Savior," delivered June 25, 1876.


What a great reminder!!

Amazing Love

I heard this quite a long while ago, and thought it was about time I shared it with you. I really like it.
What do you think of it?

June's Prayers and Promises and Verse a Day

How remiss of me not to post this sooner!! I trust you will be encouraged and blessed as you read His Word.

June 1st	Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in Thee. Psalm 33:22	The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him. Psalm 103:27
2nd	Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon Thee. Psalm 31:17	Thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for Me. Isaiah 49:23
3rd	Teach me good judgment and knowledge.  Psalm 119:66	The meek will He guide in judgment. Psalm 25:9
4th	Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. Psalm 71:9	Even to your old age I am He: and even to hoar hairs will I carry you. Isaiah 46:4
5th	Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings. Psalm 17:8	He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust. Psalm 91:4
6th	Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7	Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18
7th	O send out Thy light and truth: let them lead me. Psalm 43:3	Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32
8th	Lord God, what wilt Thou give me? Genesis 15:2	The Lord God is a sun and shield, the Lord will give grace and glory. Psalm 84:11
9th	Awake to help me, and behold. Psalm 59:4	The righteous Lord loveth righteousness; His countenance doth behold the upright. Psalm 11:7
10th	Arise, O Lord, into Thy rest; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength. Psalm 132:8	In all places where I record My Name, I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. Exodus 20:24
11th	Make me to hear joy and gladness. Psalm 51:8	The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and all the upright in heart shall glory. Psalm 64:10
12th	God be merciful unto us, and bless us: and cause His face to shine upon us. Psalm 67:1	The Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. Isaiah 60:2
13th	Teach them (Thy people) the good way wherein they should walk. 1 Kings 8:36	I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way thou shouldest go.  Isaiah 48:17
14th	Let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. Psalm 69:29	He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks. Isaiah 33:16
15th	Have compassion on us, and help us. Mark 9:22	And it shall come to pass, that I will return and have compassion on them Jeremiah 12:15
16th	Let Thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let Thy saints rejoice in goodness. 2 Chronicles 6:41	I will clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. Psalm 132:16
17th	For Thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. Psalm 31:3	The Lord shall guide thee continually. Isaiah 58:11
18th	O my God, let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. Psalm 25:2	When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.  Isaiah 59:19
19th	When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:2	The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Proverbs 18:10
20th	Let Thy tender mercies speedily prevent us. Psalm 79:8	Thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness. Psalm 21:3
21st	I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me. Genesis 32:26	In blessing, I will bless thee. Genesis 22:17
22nd	See if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:24	I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment. Proverbs 8:20
23rd	Look down from Thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Thy people Israel. Deuteronomy 26:15	The Lord will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel. Psalm 115:12
24th	Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed. Jeremiah 17:14	Behold, I will heal thee. 2 Kings 20:5
25th	O when wilt Thou come unto me? Psalm 101:2	Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Hebrews 10:37
26th	Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Psalm 82:4	He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. Psalm 109:31
27th	O Lord, according to all Thy righteousness, I beseech Thee, let Thine anger and Thy fury be turned away. Daniel 9:16	Mine anger is turned away from him. Hosea 14:4
28th	Lord, bow down Thine ear, and hear; open, Lord, Thine eyes and see. 2 Kings 19:16	The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry. Psalm 34:15
29th	Comfort me. Song of Solomon 2:5	I will comfort you, and ye shall be comforted. Isaiah 66:13
30th	Oh that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest. Psalm 55:6	Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Verse a Day
Jun 1	Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! Psalm 72:18
2	And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen. Psalm 72:19
3	…But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11
4	The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. Psalm 18:46
5	Or 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? 1 Corinthians 6:19
6	For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:20
7	And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14
8	For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 2 Peter 1:16
9	He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. Psalm 62:2
10	Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. 2 Timothy 4:8
11	In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Psalm 62:7
12	Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. Psalm 62:8
13	And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen! 2 Timothy 4:18
14	God has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God. Psalm 62:11
15	Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; For You render to each one according to his work. Psalm 62:12
16	For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, Titus 2:11
17	… teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, Titus 2:12
18	…looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, Titus 2:13
19	…who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. Titus 2:14
20	But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works. Psalm 73:28
21	To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 Peter 1:1
22	Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 2 Peter 1:2
23	…as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 2 Peter 1:3
24	…by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1:4
25	I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. Psalm 73:23
26	You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. Psalm 73:24
27	Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. Psalm 73:25
28	My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26
29	Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14
30	Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1+2