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C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Wednesday April 30, 2025
"How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God."-Psalm 139:17
Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside His mind from us, has us always before His eyes; and this is precisely as we would have it, for it would be dreadful to exist for a moment beyond the observation of our heavenly Father. His thoughts are always tender, loving, wise, prudent, far-reaching, and they bring to us countless benefits: hence it is a choice delight to remember them. The Lord always did think upon His people: hence their election and the covenant of grace by which their salvation is secured; He always will think upon them: hence their final perseverance by which they shall be brought safely to their final rest. In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore fixed upon us-we never roam beyond the Shepherd's eye. In our sorrows He observes us incessantly, and not a pang escapes Him; in our toils He marks all our weariness, and writes in His book all the struggles of His faithful ones. These thoughts of the Lord encompass us in all our paths, and penetrate the innermost region of our being. Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel, of our bodily organization is uncared for; all the littles of our little world are thought upon by the great God.
Dear reader, is this precious to you? then hold to it. Never be led astray by those philosophic fools who preach up an impersonal God, and talk of self-existent, self-governing matter. The Lord liveth and thinketh upon us, this is a truth far too precious for us to be lightly robbed of it. The notice of a nobleman is valued so highly that he who has it counts his fortune made; but what is it to be thought of by the King of kings! If the Lord thinketh upon us, all is well, and we may rejoice evermore.
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.