Very Precious!!

Oh, that I had power to speak of His preciousness as it ought to be spoken of. None but an angelic speaker to tell out all of His worth. Jesus is essentially precious. He possesses an intrinsic worth. He must be precious, who is infinite God. To every sinner who feels his sin, Jesus is precious. To every saved child of God, the Savior must forever be the fairest among the fair.

To every heir of Heaven who has experienced the sweetness of His saving grace, Jesus is "the chief among ten thousand, and the altogether lovely One." (Song of Solomon 5:10,16) Had it not been for our Savior' sin-atoning death on the cross, we would forever have been cast into eternal Hell.

Jesus is so precious that He cannot be bought. If a man should give all the substance of his house to purchase a saving interest in Jesus, it would be utterly despised. Rich men might gather together all their precious things; yes, India might be exhausted of its wealth, Peru drained of its silver, and California of its gold; but no part nor lot in Jesus could be bought.

He gives Himself away right freely, according to the riches of His grace. But He is utterly unpurchasable, for He is so precious that He cannot even be priced. A whole world can never compare to Him; any more than a single grain of dust could compare to the universe. Jesus is so precious because He is immeasurable. There is no measuring line which could measure Him; He is infinite, and finite minds will never be able to comprehend His unutterable value.

He is God's unspeakable gift. Heaven itself is nothing as compared with Him; and if a man had to wade chest deep through a thousand Hells to come to Jesus, it would be well worth the venture, if at the last he might but say, "My Beloved is mine, and I am His." (Song of Solomon 2:16)

Jesus is so precious that He cannot be matched. There is none like Him. The fairest of the fair are unlovely and deformed when compared with Him. If you were able to ransack time and space, you could find none that could equal Him.

Miss Him as your Savior, and you have lost the only salvation possible. Gain Him, and you will need no other. Jesus is our "wisdom, righteousness, holiness, and redemption." He is all your souls can need or desire. If Heaven and earth were sold, you could not match Jesus in any market. If you search eternity and ransack immensity, you could never find one fit to be second to Him, He is so precious.

Jesus is precious to us, because He cannot be lost. All the precious things in this world are losable. The jewels may be stolen, the house may be broken into by the thief, and the treasure may be taken away. But Jesus is such a jewel that even Satan himself can never rob the soul of Him when once it has Him. Is not Jesus a priceless, precious jewel, since He cannot be lost?

Though men have tried to focus the fires of persecution upon the Christian, they have never been able to separate him from the love of Jesus; and though earth and Hell have stirred up their malice, and the furnace has been heated seven times hotter, and the child of God has been tossed into it, and apparently deserted to the fury of his enemies yet never in a single case has the precious gem of Jesus in the heart been destroyed.

See the preciousness of Jesus the intrinsic preciousness, the essential preciousness:  He cannot be bought.  He cannot be priced.  He cannot be matched.  He cannot be lost.  He cannot be separated from His redeemed people.

Happy and rich beyond expression are those who can truly say, "Yes, He is very precious to us who believe." (1 Peter 2:7)

 [Charles H. Spurgeon]

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Direction For the Perplexed

You have his Word consult it; make it your counselor, your directory and your guide.

You have his promise believe it; He says, "I will teach you and instruct you in the way which you shall go, I will guide you with my eye."

You have his throne of grace flee to it and plead with Him as a man pleads with his friend.

And, while you consult his Word, believe his promise, and pray for direction watch his hand. Providence is God working; working to accomplish his purposes, to fulfill his promises, and answer the prayers of his people.

In his Word He speaks to us; on his throne He listens to us, by his providence He works for us, and those who keep their eye open will be sure to see his hand.

While you watch his hand seek grace to submit to his will. He wills to do you good, the greatest good; and if his will crosses yours, depend upon it, it is just because it is most for your benefit.

Gratefully acknowledge his favors as you receive them. Remember that, as sinful creatures, being criminals and traitors, we have no "rights". Consequently, everything short of hell is a mercy, everything but eternal punishment is a favor. How many favors you receive and how few praises you render! How many mercies are given you — and how few acknowledgments you make!

He who habitually consults God's holy Word, believes his faithful promises, pleads at his gracious throne for direction, watches his working hand, submits to his righteous will, and gratefully acknowledges his sovereign favors will never be allowed to go far wrong, or to go wrong for long.

[James Smith]

Proverbs 3:5-6 ...  Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 8:33 ...  Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.  ❤

"Victory"

When the battle feels heavy, put your praise on the front lines. Victory begins when the singers led the way. The breakthrough often happens when we choose to worship before we even see the solution. Your praise isn't just a response to victory: it’s a proactive weapon that shifts the atmosphere.

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2 Chronicles 20:22 ... And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

2 Samuel 22:4 ... I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Psalm 104:35 ... Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord. ❤

Known By ...

A man is known by the company he keeps. 

 [Aesop Proverb]

2 Corinthians 6:14 ... Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

1 Thessalonians 5:5 ... Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Ephesians 5:11 ... And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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Leaning on Paul's Instruction

You don't have to go to a church to be Born Again.  You don't have to tithe for God to bless you. You don't have to dress in a certain way to please your Heavenly Father.

Once you understand how Grace works and how Christ changed what we couldn't, then you will fully understand how God simply want our fellowship, not our allegiance. 

This is why we lean on what Paul instructed, that every person walk according to their own conscious and work out one’s own salvation with fear and trembling. But resting in the fact that Christ is easy and his yolk is light.

[Christopher Gregory]

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Philippians 2:12-13 ... Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.  For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Matthew 11:29-30 ... Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Galatians 5:1-4 ... Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. ❤

One Bite At a Time!

I had a vision of a mighty elephant being surrounded, not by lions, which would make sense, but by a huge pack of wolves. That alone struck me. Elephants roam African terrain; wolves do not belong there. Yet there they were, biting him piece by piece. It was painful to watch. I felt compassion. I felt grief. It reminded me of the movie Black Hawk Down when the helicopter went down in enemy territory. That soldier fought until his last breath, firing as the enemy swarmed him. I remember the camera panning over the scene as the mob rushed in. Watching that scene, I felt such sorrow for that warrior who stood his ground until the very end.

That same sorrow filled me in this vision.

The elephant, strong, massive, powerful, was being attacked from every side. One wolf would bite the back leg, and as the elephant turned to defend itself, another would clamp onto the front. They had him spinning in confusion, reacting instead of advancing. It wasn’t one fatal blow. It was “one bite at a time.”

Scripture says in Acts 20:29 that “grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.” Wolves do not attack with honor. They attack with strategy. They look for vulnerability. They isolate. They exhaust.

And 1 Peter 5:8 warns us:

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” Notice, seeking whom he may devour. The elephant is not weak. It is powerful. But even the strongest can be overcome when surrounded and distracted.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, “A threefold cord is not quickly broken.” The opposite is also true, division creates vulnerability. Jesus said in Mark 3:25, “If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”

What I saw was not just external attack, but confusion. Spinning. Reacting. Losing focus. The strategy was exhaustion through constant biting. The enemy understands strength. The way to bring down something strong is not always with one massive strike, but through relentless pressure, narrative shaping, accusation, internal fracture, and distraction. One bite at a time.

But here is what I also know: The elephant carries weight. It carries memory. It carries endurance. And Scripture reminds us in Isaiah 59:19, “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” This is not a call to fear. It is a call to discernment. To vigilance. To unity. To prayer. Because wolves gather when they sense opportunity. And strength must remain steady, not spinning in confusion, but standing firm, sober, and unified.

For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear what the spirit of the Lord is saying.

[Ricardo Colon silentpreacher.net]

Loving and Hating What He Does!!

God's people are called to rejoice in His vengeance upon the wicked, as it displays His justice "Rejoice over her, O Heaven! Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets! For God has judged her for the way she treated you!" (Revelation 18:20)

The saints in glory will rejoice in God's perfect justice, including His righteous judgment on the wicked.

The redeemed in Heaven shall be free from all sin-tainted sentimentality and hence will regard the doom of the ungodly from the standpoint of God's righteous government. The just punishment of the finally rebellious, will cause them no anguish.

They will praise God for executing justice upon the wicked. "After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in Heaven shouting, Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for true and just are His judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of His servants. And again, they shouted, Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever!" (Revelation 19:1-3)

Believers in Heaven do not rejoice in human suffering itself, but they rejoice in the manifestation of God's perfect justice and holiness. The damnation of the wicked is part of God's righteous rule and in eternity the saints will fully align with God's will, loving all that He loves, and hating all that He hates!

On earth, our emotions are mixed with sin, sentimentality, and clouded understanding. But in Heaven, we will have glorified minds and hearts, perfectly aligned with God's will. When God, in His perfect holiness, decrees eternal punishment for the wicked, the redeemed will fully agree and delight in His righteous decision.

The eternal punishment of the wicked stands as an everlasting testimony to God's justice; just as the eternal salvation of the godly stands as an everlasting testimony to His mercy.

The final judgment is not merely about rebellious sinners receiving their due, but about God being glorified in all of His attributes His holiness, justice, wrath and righteousness.

God is so holy that He will not spare the guilty. He is so just that He will by no means clear the impenitent. The Judge of all the earth must do right. Though Hell is dreadful, it is not unjust.

[Charles H. Spurgeon]

Romans 12:9 ...  Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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Berakah

בְּרָכָה

Blessing.

Genesis 12:2-3 ... And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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Preaching Into Heaven ...

Most ministers dare not speak hard truths, for fear of offending but it is better to offend men, than to flatter them into Hell! It has become tragically common that, no matter how a person has lived whether in open rebellion against God, mockery of His Word, or a life utterly void of repentance and faith the minister preaches him into Heaven at his funeral.  This betrayal is not merely a sentimental error it is a grievous sin against God, a deception to the living, and a dishonor to the truth of the gospel.

God has solemnly charged His ministers to proclaim the truth without fear or favor. Yet too many of them care more about their paychecks and pleasing men than in pleasing the God who sees and judges all things in truth.  They comfort the hearers with lies, rather than confront them with the solemn realities of death, judgment, and eternity. Ministers who love popularity and money more than truth, will always preach the kind of gospel that fills pews and Hell!  To tell the unconverted that they are safe while they continue in sin, is to murder their souls with a lie!

The prophet Jeremiah condemned the false prophets of his day who committed the same evil: "From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit! They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. 'Peace, peace!' they say, when there is no peace!" (Jeremiah 6:13-14) Those who mocked God and His Word while they lived are not "at peace" after they die. They are damned, and their condemnation is just.

"This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?" (Ezekiel 34:2) Such ministers have no true concern for the perishing people whom they teach. They do not fear God they fear man. They are like those of whom God says: "The prophets prophesy lies...and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?" (Jeremiah 5:31) Yes, what will they do in the end when they must give their account to the all-knowing and inexorably just Judge of the universe?

Genuine love always speaks truth. A faithful minister must declare, even at a funeral, that "man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment!" (Hebrews 9:27) Eternity is too serious to deceive men with false hopes and lies!  May God raise up men who will proclaim His Word with holy fear and fearless faithfulness.

[Charles H. Spurgeon]

Galatians 1:10 ...  For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

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Ride!!

Dear friends and cow folk,

In those dark hours when all seems lost and pain and sorrow surround us, we might think we’re all alone and without hope. It is then our ever-present God lays His hand upon us, holding us in His right hand and leading us from that terrible night into His bright and shining light. He is always with us!

Jesus is Lord!

Ride straight, ride strong, ride true, ride with love for one another and always ride for the Brand!

In Jesus’ name.

[ K & D ~ Cowboys for Christ]

Psalm 139:1-12 .... O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.  Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.  For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?  If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.  If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. ❤

"Renewed"

Bless the Lord, O my soul! 

Sometimes we forget how much He’s done for us. Today, let’s take a moment to list the benefits: He forgives, He heals, and He crowns us with love and compassion. Your soul is being renewed like the eagle’s!

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Isaiah 40:29-31 ... He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.  Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:  But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. ❤