PSALMS
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Psalms 29; 30 and 31

Psalms 29
The mighty and honourable of the earth are especially bound to honour and worship HIM; but, alas, few attempt to worship HIM in the beauty of holiness.

When we come before HIM as the Redeemer of sinners, in repentance faith, and love, HE will accept our defective services, pardon the sin that cleaves to them, and approve of that measure of holiness which the HOLY SPIRIT enables us to exercise.

We have here the nature of religious worship; it is giving to the LORD the glory due to HIS name. We must be holy in all our religious services, devoted to GOD, and to HIS will and glory.

There is a beauty in holiness, and that puts beauty upon all acts of worship. The psalmist here sets forth GOD’s dominion in the kingdom of nature. In the thunder, and lightning, and storm, we may see and hear HIS glory.

Let our hearts be thereby filled with great, and high, and honourable thoughts of GOD, in the holy adoring of whom, the power of godliness so much consists. O LORD our GOD, THOU art very great! The power of the lightning equals the terror of the thunder. The fear caused by these effects of the Divine power, should remind us of the mighty power of GOD, of man’s weakness, and of the defenceless and desperate condition of the wicked in the Day of Judgment. But the effects of the Divine Word upon the souls of men, under the power of the HOLY SPIRIT, are far greater than those of thunder storms in the nature world. Thereby the stoutest are made to tremble, the proudest are cast down, the secrets of the heart are brought to light, sinners are converted, the savage, sensual, and unclean, become harmless, gentle, and pure.

If we have heard GOD’s voice, and have fled for refuge to the hope set before us, let us remember that children need not fear their FATHER’s voice, when HE speaks in anger to his enemies. While those tremble who are without shelter, let those who abide in HIS appointed refuge bless HIM for their security, looking forward to the Day of Judgment without dismay, safe as Noah in the ark.

OLD TESTAMENT
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2 Chronicles 17: 1 – 19

2 Chronicles 17: 9
They taught …The book of the law.

A spiritual revival will not happen, if it is not based solidly upon the Word of GOD and an earnest commitment to follow its teachings. This is as true under the new covenant as it was under the old.

Any spiritual movement not firmly based on the original and fundamental revelation of CHRIST and the apostles is doomed to failure, or prone to emotionalism or humanism.

NEW TESTAMENT
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John 21: 1 – 25

John 21: 6
Cast the net on the right side.
It is crucial to receive guidance from the LORD in all our work. If we live without CHRIST’s presence and guiding hand, then much of what we do becomes empty failure and wasted effort.