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By the Holy Spirit’s application of our Lord’s merits believers are completely cleansed, and there remains neither spot nor wrinkle on their acceptance with Him. But though a man may be perfectly clean who leaves his bath, yet his feet may be soiled as he goes to his room and he needs again to wash them.…

An illustration from Dr. James Merritt

Monday, August 20, 2007 FOOTBALL QUOTES Subject: FOOTBALL PHILOSOPHY At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any." Erik Russell / Georgia Southern. "Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas." Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior…

You may take a lantern that has no candle in it, and you may clean the exterior as long as you like, but it will not guide you through the darkness. There must be a candle placed within, or else it will be useless to you, cleanse it as you may. And within man’s set nature there must be put the divine…

Where does a man begin cleansing and reforming? Why, in his own house, of course. He might perhaps feel that he must have some filth in the farmyard, but not in his own sitting room. There may be much evil abroad that he cannot remove, yet he can begin cleaning up at home. If we want to do any good in…

A holy man was accustomed to carry with him a book that had three leaves in it, but never a word. The first leaf was black, and this showed his sin. The second was red, and this reminded him of the way of cleansing by blood. The third was white to show how clean the Lord can make us. I beg you just now…

If Niagara could suddenly be made to leap upward instead of forever dashing downward from its rocky height, it would not be such a miracle as to change the perverse will and the raging passions of men. To wash the Ethiopian white, or remove the leopard’s spots, is proverbially a difficulty, yet these…

Good morning Brothers and Sisters Our Scripture reading this morning is from 1 John 1 vs 7 "If we walk in the light as He is in the light then We have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin" Cleaning and sanitising have become buzzwords in South Africa and…

Following Caron McBride’s wedding she did what many brides do, she took on her husband’s last name. However, when she did, she learned that she had a felony charge on her record. When she investigated, she learned that “The Movie Place,” a movie rental store in Norman, OK that went out of business in…

During the COVID-19 pandemic Pope Francis told the planet’s 1.2 billion Catholics that if they can’t confess in person to a priest during the pandemic, they should “speak directly to God.” That is what protestants have been telling people since the reformation. I am glad the Pope recognizes God can hear…

Ambrosia is a Silicon Valley startup. Their business is selling transfusions of blood plasma from young donors to wealthy, aging customers hoping to reinvigorate themselves. The transfusions cost $8,000 per liter. The FDA has sent out a warning that the blood from young people has “no proven clinical…

An Iowa man received an unexpected post card from his sister and was surprised to discover the note had originally been mailed in 1987. Paul Willis said the postcard appeared in his mailbox. It came from his sister and had a picture of her hiking in the Grand Canyon in 1987. He noticed the card a postmark…

In his book, Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You, Andy Stanley writes, "Secrets lose their power when exposed to light. The light that exposes our secrets and frees the heart from the oppressive power of guilt is confession." –Jim L. Wilson Enemies of the Heart,…

Danny Holmes is guilty of robbery, kidnapping, murder, and a few other crimes. He has been in jail for a while now; he committed the crimes in 2016. One day recently he looked at a notebook on which he’d written the lyrics to the song “Redeemed” by Big Daddy Weave. The words were, “Then you look at this…

We have all heard the saying, “If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” Well new research reported in the New York Times indicates what makes momma happy. The paper reported that their research shows “the happiest of all wives in America are religious conservatives, followed by their religious progressive…

Kim Hyon-hui was a young student in 1987 when the North Korean government took her out of school and trained her for a special mission. After months of training, agents gave her a time bomb shaped like a radio. Her mission; put the bomb aboard a South Korean Airliner headed for Seoul then leave the plane…

El Capitan is a legendary mountain in Yosemite National Park. It boasts a 3,000 foot vertical granite wall that attracts elite climbers from around the world. It was first climbed in 1958, and it took 46 days of climbing spread over 16 months. Today the average climber takes several days to complete…

In China, officials are forgiving the fine for minor driving offenses if the driver confesses to the error on social media and gets 20 likes. —Jim L. Wilson https://www.npr.org/2018/04/19/603844682/avoid-traffic-fines-by-confessing-online The old adage says that “confession is good for the soul,” in…

Reddit invites people to post the epiphanies people have while taking a shower. One that caught my attention was WiiSportsEnthusiasts’ observation that “Patience is something you admire in the person behind you, but never in the person ahead of you.” —Jim L. Wilson https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shower-thoughts-reddit-march-2018-part-one_us_5a994910e4b089ec35394cbc…

It started with something as simple as a pet owner who decided it was time to get rid of their pet snake. They released the snake into the wild to make its own way. Now there are an estimated 100,000 pythons loose in the Everglades. The giant Burmese python grows so large even the alligators cannot match…

Dwight Howard entered the NBA desiring to add the shadow of the cross to the NBA Logo. He wanted to glorify God and lift up Jesus Christ in his life. But getting away from home and into the world he quickly went astray. His lifestyle became one no Christian could be proud of. After a while, the new Dwight…

Tarek and Christina El Moussa of the hit reality show Flip or Flop were, by all appearances, the perfect couple. That was until reports revealed they had separated from each other during several months of season 3’s filming. It seems that reality television is hardly reality at all. Producers of the…

In Saratoga Springs, New York, a European company has established the first divorce hotel in the United States. Using a pattern first established in Amsterdam in 2012 a couple can check into the Gideon Putnam Resort on Friday as a married couple, and check out on Sunday, Single. What God intended as…

At a computer security conference, the Apple Corporation announced that it is joining companies like Google, Facebook, and others who offer rewards to hackers who come forward with information about security flaws in their software. Apple said they would offer cash rewards of up to $200,000 for the insight…

Larry Ripple stole $3000 from a Kansas City bank at gunpoint. Then he sat down in the bank lobby, told a security guard, “I am the guy you are looking for,” and waited for police. He then confessed to police that he had earlier argued with his wife and told her “he’d rather be in jail than at home.”…