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C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
Friday June 6, 2025
"Behold, I am vile."-Job 40:4
One cheering word, poor lost sinner, for thee! You think you must not come to God because YOU are vile. Now, there is not a saint living on earth but has been made to feel that he is vile. If Job, and Isaiah, and Paul were all obliged to say "I am vile," oh, poor sinner, wilt thou be ashamed to join in the same confession? If divine grace does not eradicate all sin from the believer, how dost thou hope to do it thyself? and if God loves His people while they are yet vile, dost thou think thy vileness will prevent His loving thee? Believe on Jesus, thou outcast of the world's society! Jesus calls thee, and such as thou art.
"Not the righteous, not the righteous;
Sinners, Jesus came to call."
Even now say, "Thou hast died for sinners; I am a sinner, Lord Jesus, sprinkle Thy blood on me"; if thou wilt confess thy sin thou shalt find pardon. If, now, with all thy heart, thou wilt say, "I am vile, wash me," thou shalt be washed now. If the Holy Spirit shall enable thee from thy heart to cry
Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bidd'st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come!"
thou shalt rise from reading this morning's portion with all thy sins pardoned; and though thou didst wake this morning with every sin that man hath ever committed on thy head, thou shalt rest to-night accepted in the Beloved; though once degraded with the rags of sin, thou shalt be adorned with a robe of righteousness, and appear white as the angels are. For "now," mark it, "Now is the accepted time." If thou "believest on Him who justifieth the ungodly thou art saved." Oh! may the Holy Spirit give thee saving faith in Him who receives the vilest.
I can't wait to see this movie. I have seen the other God's Not Dead movies and loved them.
New Movie - God's Not Dead: We The People!
Short Synopsis:
In the words of Ronald Reagan, “Freedom is a fragile thing”. Individual
freedoms and liberties are at the center of this passionate and
emotional story, and it runs from the heart of the country to the
corridors of Washington. Who will decide what a child needs to know for
generations to come? Will God be left behind?
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER shares the story of returning
war veteran SFC Travis Fox (TC Stallings) who has one more battle to
fight - PTSD. Fox and his best friend SFC Ron “Preach” Pearcy (Joey
Lawrence) are in their 6th combat deployment when Preach and his entire
Ranger platoon are killed in a deadly improvised explosive device
attack. Travis returns to his hometown to settle the affairs of his
parents who had passed away years before. In searching for answers about
his parents, he also discovers a new obstacle in PTSD. He finds support
from church counselor, Tiffany Robertson (Keshia Knight-Pulliam) and
slowly begins to rediscover his faith in God, until he discovers a
secret. Travis uncovers a secret hidden by his best friend Donnie Berry
(Robert Ri’chard) that threatens his new-found faith, restores his
guilt, and causes him to consider the unthinkable.
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER was directed by Kevan Otto (A
QUESTION OF FAITH, FORGIVEN) and written by US Army Veteran Ty Manns (A
QUESTION OF FAITH, THE 5TH QUARTER). The film stars TC Stallings (WAR
ROOM, A QUESTION OF FAITH), Joey Lawrence (Melissa & Joey, Blossom,
Ha-waii Five-0), Robert Ri’chard (COACH CARTER, Empire), and Keshia
Knight Pulliam (The Cosby Show).
This movie was very moving. Travis is suffering from PTSD. Heads back home to accompany a friend's body and finds an other friend involved in illegal things. This movie is rated PG-13 and I would say if younger children do watch this there may be a few scenes that Travis has a gun held to his head. The scenes are @ 1) 29:00-29:30, 2) 1:10:25-1:10:40, 3) 1:12:00-1:12:11. All and all this is an excellent movie.