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God Spot
This Christian Resource Blog has been created by a group of friends from around the world. Our purpose is to provide links to useful resources, some commentary on topical or doctrinal issues, a place where anyone can come with questions and a means whereby we can share our faith. And above all, to grow and encourage each other. As Christians, we believe we bear God's image in this world, and seek to glorify God's name in this endeavour. Any Christian who wants to join with us is very welcome!

Saturday, November 29, 2003

Special Morning at BSF

This morning as usual, the men discussion leaders and children's leaders of North Balwyn Evening Men's bible study got together at 6.30 am to pray and go over this week's questions. But it's our last study before a two-month Christmas break, and we had a time of BSF "fellowship" after the usual group session. That is, we had breakfast and a time of sharing.

BTW, Grant chose that hymn "Great is Thy Faithfulness" (the one with the line I was thinking of yesterday morning, "sun, moon and stars in their courses above"). Truly great, how God affirms so much to us so often.

Craig, our secretary (and I hope soon to join us on the blog) shared how, before he spoke to us men on faith that Saturday morning a few weeks ago (see below, Nov 10th - but I'll repeat it below here), he was sitting at his desk, at a loss for the words. He prayed, got up, and there on his bookshelf right before his eyes was the book by Spurgeon on faith. Craig opened it to find what he shared, and what has so inspired a few of us. Thank God, and also for faithful intermediaries like Craig on that occasion, who God can use to get His message to us!

Then Craig's dad, Garry (note: 2 r's!), a children's leader, spoke of how on the odd occasion when he's been preparing the children's talk on the subject and he's felt this time he understands it all, got it all down pat, how he's been surprised that those are the times kids have been yawning, and it's all been flat. But other times when Garry's not felt so capable, and needed to pray a lot, that's when it's been inspirational (somehow!) for the kids!

And Pak Ting, another children's leader, shared from this week's study of king Jehu, how we can quickly judge others' lives (especially guys like Jehu), and see that he was obedient in those things that he wanted to be, but do we really judge ourselves in the same way - what are the things that we're clinging to, disobediently, while feeling comfortable that we're obeying God in certain areas that it actually suits us to? May expand this, but time is short. The BSF notes compare Jehu (king of Israel, invariably the bad half of the dual kindoms of Israel/Judah) with the message in Rev to the church of Pergamon.

Special guys, these children's leaders.

And our blogging friend, Gary, would appreciate our prayers for him this week and for his son, Andrew who returns after a year or so in Canada, that Andrew will gain financial security and settle back peacefully into the family.

Here's Spurgeon again on fathfully claiming God's promises from scripture as our own:
Spurgeon tells of faith as taking the promises that God gives us for our own. We put our name to those promises that we discover in God's word, and in so doing we attain a blessing from God's word.

Spurgeon went on to describe it as placing the promise before the Lord (in prayer), like presenting a cheque to the bank. We plead it by prayer, expecting to receive. And if we come to the bank on the right date, we cash the cheque! If the cheque is post-dated, we count it as we will have it surely.

# posted by geoff @ 11:30 am

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