The Word

Revelation 2. 7

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;

To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life,

which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”

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S D Herron quote

Laws of Spiritual Fruitage:

Humbling – “Constantly, carefully reject tendency to rely on the flesh.”

Hiding – “No one knows the seed is in the ground.”

Hurting – “There are no painless births.” “It hurts to share the hurt of the world.”

– Steve D Herron, message, 10/2/1980

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CHAIN of COMMAND in BIBLE

Exo 18.17…Moses’ father in law said…“Provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness & place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, & rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, & rulers of tens.” Jos 1.10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people… – officers were in charge of the people  Joh 6.11…Jesus took the loaves; & when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, & the disciples to them… Mar 6.40…They sat down in ranks, by hundreds, & by fifties.  – one reason we know there were 5000 fed  Luk 9.14 He said to His disciples “Make them sit down by fifties in a company.” – Christ told disciples, disciples told crowd

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PARADOX

 

The way to go east is to go west.

The way up is down.

The way to have a spiritual feast,

Is to share what you have found.

The way to be big is to be small enough,

To do a lowly task.

The hardest thing is the fluff,

Behind the shallow mask.   

– eab, Apr. ’81

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Come into Christ’s presence

as often as you can.  I do not mean being inside the walls of a church; though such can happen there.  I refer to being open to and sensing the “company of God” in the everyday walk.  I mean so living that we find it easy to slip into His presence.  If we will take the time now, if we will make efforts at informal worship now, we will (I believe) come unworthily but comfortably before Him in eternity.

Bless His Wonderful Name.

– eab, 4/7/16

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