#may we all go forth and prosper. like worms

[corpsentry]

WHALE TIME

#my art #my stuff #art #digital art #study #DRAMATIZED STUYD #i stabbed myself with a staple while trying to yank this 1966 canada dollar out of its cardboard prison and it wont stop bleeding #so this is the same building from earlier except i was like i want to make a print of it and it looks boring as fuck with jst the buildingn #so after staring at it for like three days and one 3 hour long stream and lots of toxic relationshipcore crying #whale. there she is. jonathan #jonathan uses any pronouns. they are a giant fucking flying whale and they Do Not Care about worldly things #i also do not care about worldly things as it is fall break and everything is dead #may we all go forth and prosper. like worms #likes rbs appreciated #ill stick this up on my inprnt in a bit. thank u for ur patience and love #whale

[tipsycad147]

What Is a Storm Moon?

By Patti Wigington

Updated January 12, 2019

As the saying goes, March rolls in like a lion, and if we're really lucky, it might go out like a lamb. It's the time of the Storm Moon, the month when Spring finally arrives, around the time of the Equinox, and we see new life begin to spring forth. As the Wheel of the Year turns once more, heavy rains and gray skies abound — the earth is being showered with the life-giving water it needs to have a fertile and healthy growing season. This is also a time of equal parts light and darkness, and so a time of balance.

Depending on where you live, this moon may be called the Seed Moon, Lenten Moon, or Chaste Moon. Anglo-Saxons called it Hraed-monat (rugged month), or Hlyd-monat (stormy month). A stormy March was an omen of poor crops, while a dry March indicated a rich harvest.

According to the Farmer's Almanac, this month's moon is sometimes called the Full Sap Moon and the Worm Moon — and no wonder, since after a storm, there are worms all over the place!

As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation.

As the weather can be anything but predictable, the month of March in your area might not see the same weather as other locations, because your environment depends on a number of factors. If you need to adapt March's magical correspondences to those of a different month, then feel free to do so.

Correspondences

Colors: Use green, yellow, and light purple to represent the colors of the season. This is a great time to explore magic with pastel colors.

Gemstones: Bloodstone and aquamarine are often associated with early spring, the vernal equinox, and the month of March.

Trees: Dogwood, honeysuckle, lilacs, and cherry blossoms are just beginning to bloom this time of year in many areas, so find a way to incorporate them into your workings as needed.

Gods: Work with Isis, the Morrighan, Artemis, and Cybele, all of whom are considered powerful during this time of year.

Herbs: High John, pennyroyal, wood betony, and apple blossom can often be found during this season, depending on where you live.

Element: Water is the element most closely associated with the Storm Moon — after all, it's one of the wettest time of the year, thanks to thunderstorms rolling through.

Storm Moon Magic

Use this month for magical workings related to rebirth and regrowth. New life is blooming during this phase of the moon, as is prosperity and fertility. Here are some things you can do this month and plan accordingly.

Begin planning your magical herb garden for the year. What would you like to grow? Consider whether you want specifically medicinal and healing herbs, or if you're going for a variety of magical purposes.

Are you thinking about making a change in your career? Now is the time to tidy up that resume and get it up to date. Start researching the companies you'd really like to work for and figure out what you need to do to make it happen. Make phone calls, network, send in applications, and take control of the reinvention of your career.

Got a storm rolling in? Place a jar or bucket outside so you can gather rain water for use in ritual (bonus magical points to you if it's collected during a lightning storm!).

Spring tends to be the time of year to begin thinking about going back to school in the fall — partly because for many colleges and universities, this is the season when acceptances are finalized. If you're thinking about continuing your education, get those admissions forms completed.

If you've ever thought about changing your life (haven't we all?), especially by making big changes, now is the time to plant the seeds for those efforts.

Place your magical tools outside for cleansing during the Storm Moon.

Keeping Track of the Weather

If you don't have a copy of the Farmer's Almanac, it really is worthwhile to invest in one -- they're less than $10. You can also visit their site online and see what the weather and agricultural markers are for your zip code on any given date.

https://www.learnreligions.com/storm-moon-2562395

[afoiafrp]

The beginning; The End; The story.

Below you will find the story premise to A future of Ice and Fire: An RP group here on Tumblr as well as Discord. This story splits from the show and the books at around the end of Season *six*. If you have no interest, then there’s no reason to continue reading.

A future of Ice and Fire: The rekindling of the great houses and the Seven Kingdoms.

 Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, and Lord Varys warned her of the Night king… Of aiding the North, yet her allies, Olenna Tyrell, Yara Greyjoy, and Ellaria Sand pleaded with her to take the Iron Throne. This was the juncture in which this world splits from what is known.

 Who knows the under workings of King’s Landing better than Davos Seaworth and Tyrion Lannister, after all? And with the combined armies of all, and Yara’s warning about Euron’s Iron Fleet, there was enough combined knowledge to take the Iron Throne with minimal civilian casualty. After all, she had three dragons, and the Lannisters had only one Scorpion, not quite powerful enough to pierce the armored hide of a dragon.

A siege of the city would occur, where the majority of the forces would be used to distract the Lannisters, while Seaworth and The Hound [Whom would never turn down an opportunity to ahem ‘distract’ his older Brother in all his undead glory] led a small contingency of men into the back entrance of the Keep; the crypt where the skull of Baelerion the dread watched the darkness. The dragons burned the iron fleet, and the Lannisters; Jaime and Cersei included; were taken prisoner. The Hound and the Mountain both perished in the ensuing madness, and those Kingsguard that stood by the former queen Cersei perished defending their queen. With the keep taken, the Lannister army surrendered, Dany landed Drogon in the courtyard of the red keep with her army close behind, and her Allies; those heads of Four great houses [Stark, Tyrell, Martell, and Greyjoy] came forth to speak for her. “The time of war against our brothers and sisters is over” She announced to them, and the spectating civillians who had seen many monarchs rise and fall in their liftetime alone, but knew nothing other than the name of this new Queen. “But another war is on our doorstep; and the enemy is death itself. The stories your grandmothers and grandfathers told you to scare you are true; and the army of the dead marches against the wall, which will not hold for long. Dragons alone cannot stop this oncoming storm, and if we are to keep death from enveloping the seven kingdoms, we need to unite to protect. Those who cannot fight may find work; coin to feed your families so that we may mine the dragonglass to arm our fighters; farmers to tend the crops and livestock to feed them, and workers to build the walls and battlements that will keep you safe. None will be forced, but all will be asked, and no man, woman, or child will go hungry or without shelter. We have won this war, but now, we must win the Last war.” And that promise was kept. Laborers; men and woman alike lent their hands and backs to prepare every great house and army for this battle; starting with Winterfell and the North. Every one of them was fed and paid and roofs put over their heads. Their children were safe. Olenna Tyrell gladly paid forth from her treasury to protect the realm and the crown, and as  words of the horrors of what the Nights Watch faced at the wall reached south, Even the ornery house Tarly bent the knee to their new Queen; realizing the fate that befell all of the seven kingdoms if they did not put aside their quarrel. The Kingslayer himself; eager to prove his honor in spite of his crimes, accepted the choice to take the black; if only to do what is right for once in his life. His sister; pregnant with his child, was given safe house arrest under constant guard, would be under no harm so as to keep her child from suffering for her mothers’ crime. Such is the merciful heart of a mother [Daenerys] who loved her own children dearly would give to another mother. The wall bought them time; time enough for Jon Snow to get to know his new Queen; how she ached for the suffering of the simple folk, and loved her children; wild and dangerous as they seemed. Time enough to fall in love with her, and her him in turn. The dragons that so fascinated the world took to him as well, and that trust between them all was what kept the rift from separating them when they were faced with the reality of their situation… That Jon Snow was Aegon Targaryen; son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. With reassurance that all he wanted from knowing that was knowing that he had a mother that loved him, who had a name, and that he had no desire for the throne, the only ache between them was that they were related, and being raised by Northmen, bedding ones family was not something that could be done… But he loved her, and she him. Winterfell and the north held off the army of the dead and the Night king as long as they could. They’d managed to get the civilian population south to the next Great house and further; Bran and Sansa as well, but they’d lost many in the process; including Viseryon. The death shook the Dragonqueen, who mourned from Riverrun, where Edmure Tully prepared the armies for the next defense… But even the riverlands fell, and as the army of the dead moved into the Crownlands and passed the Vale, desperation set in. The Red Priestess continued to preach of Azor Ahai, and it was before the battlements of King’s Landing, between the falling armies of the living and the ever growing forces of the dead, that the sacrifice had to be made. Willingly,  after seeing the fall of Rhaegal; her second of three to die at the hands of the dead, did  Daenerys give her life to Jon Snow, making him swear to reveal himself and sit on the Iron Throne, so that a man with a good heart and a good mind could lead the people to prosperity. He plunged the sword into her heart, and pulled forth Lightbringer, to which he was able to help push back the forces of the dead, and end the Night king. Thus started the Reign of Aegon VII Targaryen, first of his name.Though Drogon mourned the passing of his mother, so too did he stay at the side of the man she loved. He’d have a new rider, apparently, though he had little use for war. Gendry, having been legitimized by Daenerys before him, was henceforth warden of the Stormlands, and for his efforts and through the urging of Tyrion Lannister, Bronn of the Blackwater was given the Twins. [What would be better than one castle? Why, two castles of course.] Olenna named her Bastard Grandson, whom she was fond of, as Lord of the Reach, and a legitimate Tyrell so that the house could survive.

 The efforts to rebuild what had been lost took much of Aegons adult life, and in the process, he agreed to a political marriage with Obara Martell; as requested by Ellaria Martell [Both Legitimized by Daenerys as well for her service to the crown during the Targaryen-Lannister war.]. They had four children, two girl and two boys, of which the eldest boy, sweet and thoughtful like his father, would take the throne after him.

 After the birth of her Daughter, Cersei Lannister was put to trial for her crimes against house Tyrell, House Stark, and the many innocents that were needlessly slaughtered when she blew up the Sept of Baelor, and sentenced to death. Her daughter was given to Tyrion to care for, and it would be she that would head house Lannister, as Tyrion insisted he do not take a wife, though he was the longest living Hand of the King in History, and saw the honor and pride of his house and Casterly rock Restored. What was left of the Dothraki after the long Winter returned to their home in the Dothraki Sea to return to their way of life; having fulfilled their promise and more, and the Unsullied were free to return to what lands they were stolen from. Missandei and Grey Worm did travel to Naath together, so that they could live their lives in peace, and mourn the loss of their queen, while others remained to serve the crown, some turned to trades, or to their homes where they were born to see if there was anything left of their families in Essos. A relative era of Peace was returned to Westeros, with the rebuilding not only rekindling the cities, but the people as well. Those eras saw their share of troubles, as most would, but some 150 years after the Long Winter, all those that were known during that time remained only in memory on paper, or on walls and statues. Stories that old crones told their grandchildren, or anyone that might listen; of the fall and rise of House Targaryen, and what had almost been an endless night. King Vaegon II and his wife Olarra gave birth to two children; two Sons: Aegon VIII Targaryen, the elder, and Valarr. The great houses survived this long, but Turmoil ever stirs when the ambitions of others grow too large. Drogon was old by now; Too old to fight. Large as a mountain, he remained a figurehead of the family. Not far from the keep did he stay; the last of his kind, having not seen war since the days of his mother, but from generation to generation did he show his affection to the descendants of her house. All know the day would come when his life would end, but here he could remain a wonder and a reminder of times long since passed. Every so often he would disappear for years at a time, but always did he return to the keep where his family resided.

#ASOIAF RP #GOT RP #AFOIAFRP #Applicants welcome #Fire and Blood

[dailybiblelessons]

Saturday: Preparation for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This week's blog post is here. It has a review of The Message Bible translation, the fate of the rich in God's kingdom, background on Lazarus, information on Job's friends, and more.

Complementary Hebrew Scripture from the Minor Prophets: Amos 3:13-4:5

Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,  says the Lord God, the God of hosts: On the day I punish Israel for its transgressions,  I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off  and fall to the ground. I will tear down the winter house as well as the summer house;  and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end,    says the Lord.

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan  who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,  who say to their husbands, “Bring something to drink!” The Lord God has sworn by his holiness:  The time is surely coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks,  even the last of you with fishhooks. Through breaches in the wall you shall leave,  each one straight ahead;  and you shall be flung out into Harmon,    says the Lord.

Come to Bethel—and transgress;  to Gilgal—and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning,  your tithes every three days; bring a thank-offering of leavened bread,  and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them;  for so you love to do, O people of Israel!    says the Lord God.

Semi-continuous Hebrew Scripture from the Writings: Job 20

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: “Pay attention! My thoughts urge me to answer,  because of the agitation within me. I hear censure that insults me,  and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me. Do you not know this from of old,  ever since mortals were placed on earth, that the exulting of the wicked is short,  and the joy of the godless is but for a moment? Even though they mount up high as the heavens,  and their head reaches to the clouds, they will perish forever like their own dung;  those who have seen them will say, ‘Where are they?’ They will fly away like a dream, and not be found;  they will be chased away like a vision of the night. The eye that saw them will see them no more,  nor will their place behold them any longer. Their children will seek the favor of the poor,  and their hands will give back their wealth. Their bodies, once full of youth,  will lie down in the dust with them.

“Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth,  though they hide it under their tongues, though they are loath to let it go,  and hold it in their mouths, yet their food is turned in their stomachs;  it is the venom of asps within them. They swallow down riches and vomit them up again;  God casts them out of their bellies. They will suck the poison of asps;  the tongue of a viper will kill them. They will not look on the rivers,  the streams flowing with honey and curds. They will give back the fruit of their toil,  and will not swallow it down; from the profit of their trading  they will get no enjoyment. For they have crushed and abandoned the poor,  they have seized a house that they did not build.

“They knew no quiet in their bellies;  in their greed they let nothing escape. There was nothing left after they had eaten;  therefore their prosperity will not endure. In full sufficiency they will be in distress;  all the force of misery will come upon them. To fill their belly to the full  God will send his fierce anger into them,  and rain it upon them as their food. They will flee from an iron weapon;  a bronze arrow will strike them through. It is drawn forth and comes out of their body,  and the glittering point comes out of their gall;  terrors come upon them. Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures;  a fire fanned by no one will devour them;  what is left in their tent will be consumed. The heavens will reveal their iniquity,  and the earth will rise up against them. The possessions of their house will be carried away,  dragged off in the day of God's wrath. This is the portion of the wicked from God,  the heritage decreed for them by God.”

Complementary Psalm 90:12-17

So teach us to count our days  that we may gain a wise heart.

Turn, O Lord! How long?  Have compassion on your servants! Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,  so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us,  and as many years as we have seen evil. Let your work be manifest to your servants,  and your glorious power to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,  and prosper for us the work of our hands—  O prosper the work of our hands!

Semi-continuous Psalm 22:1-15

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?¹ Why are you so far from helping me,  from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day,  but you do not answer;  and by night, but find no rest. Yet you are holy,  enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our ancestors trusted;  they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried, and were saved;  in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.

But I am a worm, and not human;  scorned by others,  and despised by the people. All who see me mock at me;  they make mouths at me, they shake their heads; “Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver—  let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”²

Yet it was you who took me from the womb;  you kept me safe on my mother's breast. On you I was cast from my birth,  and since my mother bore me you have been my God. Do not be far from me,  for trouble is near  and there is no one to help.

Many bulls encircle me,  strong bulls of Bashan surround me; they open wide their mouths at me,  like a ravening and roaring lion.

I am poured out like water,  and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax;  it is melted within my breast; my mouth is dried up like a potsherd,  and my tongue sticks to my jaws;  you lay me in the dust of death.

¹Jesus, on the cross as he is dying, says these words, as recorded in Matthew 27:45-56 and Mark 15:33-41 ²This passage, starting with “All those who see me mock me” is reflected in accounts of the crucifixion in Luke 23:35-36 and Matthew 27:39-44.

New Testament Gospel Lesson: Matthew 15:1-9¹

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat.” He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’² and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’³ But you say that whoever tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God,’ then that person need not honor the father. So, for the sake of your tradition, you make void the word of God. You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly about you when he said:

‘This people honors me with their lips,  but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me,  teaching human precepts as doctrines.’”*

¹There is a parallel passage at Mark 7:1-23. ²Exodus 20:12 and Deuteronomy 5:16   ³Exodus 21:17 and Leviticus 20:9    *Isaiah 29:13

Year B Ordinary 28 Saturday

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#B Ordinary 28 Saturday #God #Jesus #Pharisees #heavens #mother #sake #mouths #evil #Lord God #hands #guilt #punishment #Zophar #Job

[rene-a-martinez4]

Trust and believe that Thee days are getting ready just starting right onward for END days for Thee SECOND COMING Of CHRIST

JESUS/YASHUA Tribulation HAS STARTED JUSSssssssssss (("LOOK Regional Terror's Pestelanses LIKE COVID19 And Now Rumor's Of War WITH Thee TALIBAN O Dear listen to Me YOUR KIN YOUR Brother/Hermano Reconcile With GOD And Live With HIM JUSSssss AS YOU ONCE HAD")) SHALOM Mean's PEACE (("SO MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU")) Adonadoni I say Foonward to my reward for mine BELOVED DOING Mine Selfish DEED's..... . ....

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

Romans6:8KJV

Now I Ask For Prayer For The Blasphemers That Do So Upon The Holy Spirit That We May Be FORGIVEN With All That You Are Pray Even If You Are A None Believer Juss seconds Of Prayer Will Do O

ISAIAH65:24KJV.  24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. ISAIAH65:24KJV

UNDERSTANDING  HOW  YOU  DOING AND HOW TO BE MADE AWARE THAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH LIFE WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GOD TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER BELIVE AS YOU ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOUR LIFE WILL BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY AND ALL WAYS THAT YOU CAN DIRECT TO THIS IS A CHOICE TO MAKE UP ON TO IETJER ALLOW YOUR DAYS THINKING ABOUT THEE RIGHT THING AND SO ALLOW THIS CAN BE AND WILL BE A 2nd OR 1st SIGN THAT GOD IS CALLING YOU.................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MATTHEW4:17KJV.  17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.  MATTHEW4:17KJV.          Establish a Act with GOD and your Dreams will BE Made Real For their is A GOD and HIS Ways are Correct plan your story to a righteous Land KIN20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?    

ROMANS9:20KJV.  20Though you are strong make yourself weak for the LORD because in doing so you will gain power and richess.  ROMANS9:20KJV. 

REVELATIONS1:3KJV.  3Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. REVELATIONS1:3KJV 

19For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.  ROMANS5:19KJV.           I PRAY THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER YOUR WELL BEING AND SUBUDE TO GOD FOR LIFE TO BE MADE EASY SO FULL OF GALENT WE LOVE HE AFTER HE US

ISAIAH54:17KJV.  17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. ISAIAH54:17KJV.          

ROMANS6:8KJV.  8Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: ROMANS6:8KJV

ROMANS5:19KJV. 

19For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.  ROMANS5:19KJV.        I PRAY THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER YOUR WELL BEING AND SUBUDE TO GOD FOR LIFE TO BE MADE EASY SO FULL OF GALENT WE LOVE HE AFTER HE US.  

1JOHN5:3KJV.  3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.1JOHN5:3KJV.          Please pray for the BLASPHEME against the HOLY SPIRIT that the people who BLASPHEME against HIM may be FORGIVEN for it is not ower fun nor do to.

ISAIAH54:17KJV.  17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.ISAIAH54:17KJV

1JOHN1:8-10.  8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.1John1:8‭-‬10KJV.          

PROVIDE YOURSELF WITH A NEW BEGING THAT NEVER GETTEM NEVER TURN'S OLD NOR THERE IS ANY THOUGHT TRUSTED ORIGIN, HIS ORIGIN.         IS OF UNKNOWN.     WELL I AM A SIGN THAT YOU FROM GOD TELLING YOU YOU URE LIFE IS IN DANGEROUSLY TRACK BECAUSE EACH DAY WE LIVE AND DIE AT NIGHT AS WE GO TO BEDTIME.     SURE QUALITY OF LIFE LEARNINGS ARE YET SPEAKING OUT SISTER/HERMANA OR HERMANO/BROTHER ITS TIME CHECK OUT THIS VERSE QUOTE FROM THEE HOLY BIBLE.        

2CORINTHIANS4:3KJV.  3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:  2CORINTHIANS4:3KJV.       

THEN THAIR IS THUS THEE TRUTH ASIT STATTS IN THIS QUOTE VERSE OF THE HOLY BIBLE.       

PROVERBS22:4KJV.  4By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, and honour, and life.  PROVERBS22:4KJV.      

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ISAIAH51:1‭-‬23KJV.  1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. 3For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. 4Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. 5My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. 7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 10Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 11Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; 13and forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? 14The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. 15But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. 16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. 17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 18There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. 19These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. 21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: 22thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: 23but I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. ISAIAH51:1‭-‬23KJV

20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Romans9:20KJV

Though you are strong make yourself weak for the LORD because in doing so you will gain power and richess19For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Romans5:19 I PRAY THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER YOUR WELL BEING AND SUBUDE TO GOD FOR LIFE TO BE MADE EASY SO FULL OF GALENT WE LOVE HE AFTER HE US

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Isaiah 65:24 KJV

I tell you to listen to this sign and I Say RECOGNIZE/HEED MINE CALL LISTEN to with you hear and BE !!!!Aware!!!! Aware of what you see also. This Is A Sign That God Want's You At HIS Side Not Away From HIM..........

For yes 1JOHN4:19 Statt's That: We love GOD, because HE loved us first.

There you have it TWICE....................

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Pastor. Johnraj Lamech, India

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Greetings in the matchless Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Topic: What to speak when we suffer as we will have to give account of it on the day of judgement?

Rhema Word: Matthew 12:35-37 “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Let’s pray. Our Gracious Loving Father, thank you for giving us an opportunity to meditate your Word today. Thank you Holy Spirit for helping us to understand your Words which are living and active. Please help us to live a life as per your Word Lord. We give all the Glory and Honour to you Lord. We pray in the mighty Name of your beloved Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Apostle James while talking about qualities needed in trials says in James 1:19-20 “My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” If patience is the mark of perfection, patience in words is the crown of a perfect life. Most of our troubles are due to our carelessness in words. Relationships are damaged by hasty and harsh words. Fellowship with God is also disturbed by impatient words. God is angered more by our words than our deeds.

Controlling the tongue when everything is calm and we are composed is easy, and it requires no special effort. But when we are agitated with anger and agonizing in anguish, we speak out what we are not supposed to. God does not ignore what we speak in such moments. Rather He takes a serious view of it. The Book of Job vividly illustrates this point. What God said at the end of the story is a sober truth. He told Eliphaz, ”I am angry with you and with your two friends, for you have not been right in what you said about Me, as My servant was” (Job 42:7).

No one other than Jesus suffered mentally and physically like Job. The Bible admonishes us to follow the “patience of Job” in James 5:10-11 ”My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. Indeed, we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.” What Job spoke when he suffered is worthy of close meditation. Based on his words approved and appreciated by the Almighty, we need to make following confessions as we go through the furnace of suffering and fires of testing.

1] Praise God for everything!

The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Praise the Name of the Lord! (Job 1:21(b)). When the lips of Job gave birth to these words, it was an absolutely real confession, which sprang from a heart of honesty. The losses of Job were by no means ordinary. Death of his cattle, their caretakers and his children, all in quick succession! (Job 1:13-19). To worsen the situation, he became sick with an abominable disease.

In the very next verse of the narrative the Holy Spirit has recorded, “In all of this, Job said nothing wrong!” (Job 2:10(b)). Job’s understanding was that God was supreme and sovereign; Satan was simply His servant! How profound was the theology of this patriarch! It was this knowledge that made Job praise God for everything in every situation.

In Acts 16 the Holy Spirit has recorded another incident wherein how Paul and Silas were praising and praying when they were thrown into prison. Acts 16:19-26 ”When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.” The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.”

We are taught to “be always thankful, no matter what happens, for this is God’s will for us who belong to Christ Jesus” (1 Thes.5:18). We may not “feel” like praising God while we are crushed by pain and problems. It doesn’t matter, praise God anyway. Praise God when you don’t feel like praising Him. Keep on praising Him until you feel like praising Him!

2] Accept whatever God allows!

Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” (Job 2:10).

The Bible records in Ecclesiastes 7:14 ”When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.”

In the life of Jonah, the Bible says in Jonah 4:6-11 “Then the Lord God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.” But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.” But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

Let us check ourselves…How many times we behaved like Jonah in our lives? Let us also see the compassionate heart of our loving God towards His concern for the great city of Nineveh. Yes, God is having concern for everyone and permits certain things in our lives to make us understand His heart.

Only when we are thoroughly convinced of the sovereignty of God and that nothing goes beyond His control and happens without His permission, we can sing with apostle Paul that all things work together for good even if it is calamity or danger (Romans 8:28,35). This conviction leads us to unshakable confidence and we are enabled to “be patient in trouble” (Romans 12:12). Folks may guess and say hundred and one things about our suffering. But we can assure ourselves by asking, “Who does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?” (Job 12:9).

Remember, what God says in Isaiah 45:5-7 ”I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me, so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other. I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.”

3] Be open to correction!

”Teach me, and I will be silent; and show me how I have erred.” (Job 6:24).

God has no pleasure in our suffering. If we sinful people desire that our children should be happy and healthy, how much more will our heavenly Father desire so for His children! But if suffering is an incomparable means to correct us and teach us His ways, will the Heavenly Father spoil us by sparing that rod?

The testimony of Psalmist David is that of all prophets, patriarchs and people who walked closely with God in their generations. He confessed to God, “The suffering You sent was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to Your principles…I used to wander off until You disciplined me; but now I closely follow Your word” (Psalm 119:71,67). Our lips may not instantly utter such words when adverse winds blow on us. But if we recollect the outcome of the sufferings of the past, we will stay patient instead of turning bitter. The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews has written for us these timeless words: “No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening – it is painful! But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way” (Hebrews 12:11).

Remember, life’s lessons are not learnt overnight. For God, He never changes and he is not in a hurry. Times are in His hands. Patience and perseverance are inevitable. No wonder the saints of old called “suffering” a school!

4] We are unworthy of God’s favour!

”What is man that You magnify him, and that You are concerned about him?” (Job 7:17)

We may be asking lot of questions. Have I not walked in integrity? Why then does God let me suffer like this? Have I not served Him faithfully all these years? Why then did He allow this calamity in my life? Have I not been unselfish and sacrificial in my dealings with people? Why then did He permit this loss in my business? Have I not loved Him so dearly that I never enjoyed any ungodly pastime? Why then does He punish me like this in displeasure? These questions flood our minds and fill our mouths when we suffer.

Though these questions may appear sensible, they are wrong. We need to correct our thinking. We don’t add anything to God by our offerings or service. He is absolutely absolute in Himself and He does not need anything from us. Acts 17:25 says “And He is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything. Rather, He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” Psalmist Asaph also says in Psalm 50:7-13 ”“Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God. I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me. I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?”

Remember, He won’t feel miserable or helpless if we desert Him. We don’t do Him favour by serving Him. Rather, we are fortunate to be called by Him. He doesn’t in the strict sense need us; we need Him. The right confession would be what a man like Paul made in 1 Corinthians 15:9-10 ”For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” Further he says in Ephesians 3:7-8 ”I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ.”

Job seems to have had a better understanding of God’s grace than we who are living in the dispensation of grace. He said in Job 9:14-15 ”“How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him? Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.” Paul says in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 “But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

5] Trust God in darkness!

Job 9:10-11 “He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.”

Remember, it is the “why” and “what” questions which disturb our equilibrium and make us pour out words of impatience while suffering. There will be calm in spite of storm if only we know “who” is in control.

God is light and He is in the light. This is only one side of divine revelation. Solomon the wise had known the other side. He once prayed, “O Lord, You have said that You would live in thick darkness” (1 Kings 8:12). Psalmist says in Psalms 97:1-2 ”The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.”

Christian life is comparable to a walk from the outer court to the innermost sanctuary through the holy place of the Tabernacle. There is sunlight in the outer court, candlelight in the inner court, but no light in the innermost court. One has to walk there only in faith and not by sight or any other sense (2 Corinthians 5:7). In heavenly Jerusalem also there will be no lamplight or sunlight, but the Lord Himself will be the light (Revelation 22:5). When we walk in faith, quit asking questions, and quiet the turbulent mind, it will be heaven on earth even if the times would be worst ever.

In our humanness we may cry out, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?” But we should quickly commit ourselves to Him, saying, “Father, I entrust My spirit into Your hands!” (Matthew 27:46, Luke 23:46). Isaiah says in Isaiah 50:10 “Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God.”

6] Serve a God worth suffering for!

Job 13:15 “Though God slay me, I will hope in Him”

Bless God when He blesses you; but curse Him when He crushes you!” This was the philosophy of Mrs. Job (Job 2:8-10). Sadly, many believers are ruled by this philosophy. We may not actually “curse” God, but what do we do when we don’t praise Him? If we follow Jesus only “because of” the blessings we receive from Him, our relationship and religion are utilitarian. Following Him “in spite of” buffetings and brickbats is true service and pure worship.

What the three Hebrew young men spoke before King Nebuchadnezzar weakened his strategy. They politely but firmly said, “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. But even if He does not, Your Majesty can be sure that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up!” (Daniel 3:17-18). The early disciples had the same spirit. The Bibles says in Acts 5:40-42 ” And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.”

As we approach the end of end times, our days of adversity seem to outnumber the days of prosperity. That will be no excuse for our murmuring and complaints. Because, in the very first instance we are called not only to believe on Christ but also to suffer for Him (Phil.1:29). The New Living Translation renders it as the “Privilege of suffering!” An active Christian earns the frown of the devil. The devil will attack him in all areas of his life – physical, mental, spiritual, financial and social. If Christ died for us, no suffering of ours will be too much, and no sacrifice too great!

7] Look forward to the future glory!

Job 19:25-27 “I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; and after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!

What lies beyond death and grave is the greatest strengthener of our feeble hands and weak knees. We have every reason to be agitated and lose patience in suffering if there is no life after death. How many long hours we sometimes wait in visa issuing offices to travel overseas! How much we rejoice when the visa is finally stamped on our passports! How much more patient should we be today for the glory land we would enter tomorrow! Yes, that is why Paul says in Romans 8:18 “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”

When we lose patience in any situation, virtues leave us one by one, and vices lift up their ugly heads. We suddenly realize that we have spoken detestable words which are too many to be taken back. If we are quiet and confident, we can declare as Job declared in Job 23:10, “God knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.”

8] Rewards of Patience and remorse of impatience we learn from The Bible!

Abraham complicated matters and delayed the fulfilment of God’s promises because of his impatience.

Moses’ impatience cost him entry into the Land of Promise.

Jacob’s shortcuts and schemes were ultimately to his disadvantage.

Joseph’s patience for many long years was rewarded with glorious exaltation.

The young widow Ruth won the heart of Boaz because she waited patiently according to her mother-in-law’s instructions.

King Saul lost his crown and anointing because of impatience.

David waited patiently for his time and God made him the most celebrated King of Israel.

Elisha patiently served Prophet Elijah and received the mantle of double anointing.

Nehemiah patiently continued his work in spite of threats and discouragements, and completed the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem for the glory of God and the good of His people.

The patient trust and confidence of Mordecai on the God of Salvation brought joy and honour to the Jews.

Daniel’s patience in prayer brought splendid revelations of the endtime.

Because of impatience Prophet Jonah was out of step with the God of patience.

The patience of Jesus as we observe in the Gospels, is amazing. He was patience personified. No wonder the most beloved disciple called himself as the “companion of the patience of Jesus” (Rev. 1:9).

Remember, there will be no Bible history if God had not been patient. He never gave up on man. The repentances of every sinner celebrates the patience of God in the portals of Heaven.

Remember, no other virtue like patience needs so much patience to cultivate it. When we lose patience, we lose everything. All the good things we have done can be destroyed by one act of impatience.

Shall we declare as Paul says in Romans 5:2(b)-5 ”And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”?

Shall we make following confessions as we go through the furnace of suffering and fires of testing?

Shall we praise God for everything?

Shall we accept whatever God allows in our lives?

Shall we open to corrections by God?

Shall we humble ourselves as we are unworthy of God’s favour?

Shall we trust our God in darkness too?

Shall we serve our God with whole heart though He slays us?

Shall we look forward to the future glory as Job saw in his vision?

Shall we confess as Psalmist that it was good for us to be afflicted so that we might learn God’s decrees?

Shall we glorify our Lord in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope as hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us?

Let us Pray: Heavenly Gracious Father, we thank you for helping us to understand about “What to speak when we suffer as we will have to give account of it in the day of judgement” Lord. Please help us to praise you for ever thing happening in our lives, to accept whatever You allow in our lives, to open ourselves for corrections, to humble ourselves before you Lord, to trust you in our darkest moments as well Lord, to serve you with our whole heart though you slay us Lord and to look forward to the future glory Lord when you come. Please help us to be patient and stand firm as the Lord’s coming is so near and run our race by fixing our eyes on you Lord. We give all praise, glory and honour to your Holy Name Lord. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

God bless you all..

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We cannot ignore The truth that millennials are also a generation of uncertainties and fluctuations. They can be the technology who likes to help keep switching their devices. They grew up with technology the place everything was at their fingertips. It gets frustrating for them to not get what they need once they want it. Most of the factors are already handed to them on the silver spoon. This helps make them experience entitled to acquire what they need with out putting in much effort and hard work.

Though They may be the major workforce of the companies today, they don't believe in lifelong employment. Lifelong commitment is a fairy tale for the millennials. They usually leap from on career to a different mainly because they are constantly seeking some thing new and greater. These substantial anticipations become their downfall and helps make them fewer fiscally steady than their mothers and fathers.

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With all the advancement of innovation, it's got gotten crucial that you persistently discover, unlearn, and relearn to extinguish the thirst of grave obstacle. In contrast to customary time, the action of bookkeepers is not constrained to keeping up thick registers. With robotization, the thought of manual bookkeeping has become an outsider phrase and now, an unlimited piece of bookkeeping do the job could be handled bookkeeping programming, by way of example, QuickBooks programming.

With this blog, We are going to mention a percentage of the significant specialised capability and skills to change into a professional Accountant now and constantly:

Basic Wondering

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At the point whenever we look at the bookkeeping contacting, we should always take into consideration fundamental capabilities, such as, getting the vital information on the bookkeeping calling. In any scenario, presently the problem has been modified and people are alluding applicants with the ability to burrow additional to have a gander whatsoever viewpoints with the quantities and the information just as recognizing styles and examples to learn the Tale inside. Be that as it might, this potential cannot be grown medium-time period. This is a sort of fragile aptitudes that you can study above a timespan, via successfully on the lookout for knowledge Using the do the job. In contrast to accomplishing things which ring a bell, attempt to consider creative and out in the container arrangements. Look into, assess, and Imagine once you practical experience a difficulty to concoct by far the most achievable and modern preparations.

Get hold of Technological Skills

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As indicated by Entrepreneur.com, cloud bookkeeping will likely be introduced in over ninety% corporations. Mechanization has gotten inalienably essential to help while in the company. With innovation, one example is, the cloud, it really is at this time very simple to appreciate the unpredictable info also to get to them from anyplace on the planet with barely any snaps. The cloud has become the most recent sample for the bookkeeping company.

With cloud facilitating it happens to be A great deal less complicated for that companies to work cooperatively without the need of trading off the security issue. Moreover, dealing with the cloud give nonstop accessibility of the information from any remote corner of the globe. Appropriately, the fascination to get a bookkeeper having specialized abilities will be the best selection above the group.

Information on Govt Laws

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Thanks to differed new and reconsidered pointers, The work of bookkeepers has On top of that altered. From the year 2020, knowing the stray parts of these progressions will get principal for bookkeepers. As indicated by experts during the bookkeeping organization, new govt guidelines and compliances will likely be consistently actualized to advance straightforwardness in business enterprise. In this manner It will probably be A lot more simple to the bookkeepers to have the knowledge on new and existing govt guidelines and guidelines. Thus, it is suggested to makeover your latest mastery time allowing, and to improve a vital chosen position around others.

Relational Skills

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You must have the choice to liaise with diverse divisions, traders and The purchasers. For this, bookkeepers are anticipated to possess strong relational skills, such as, customer the executives, arrangement aptitudes, compassion, and so forth.

Presently, the activity on the bookkeepers are usually not limited to the calculating, it contains customary gatherings with industry experts, consumers, and associates to fit their preferences. On this manner, having every one of such talents will contain while in the do the job efficiency and accomplishment of the bookkeeper. As an example, it is prescribed never to make the most of inside abbreviations or specialised language although responding to inquiries of The purchasers. Acquiring great relational aptitudes will construct sound connections and to carry purchasers and to draw in new clients. This is a big aptitude to have.

Data Analytics

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Smarts would be the people who can fathom the information, even so a lot more astute are those who could make it being used. To analyze the knowledge and to think of a plausible arrangement, it is significant for that bookkeepers to learn the intricate facts of the information. Having Each one of those aptitudes will make you mindful with the current fascination from the consumers and consumers. Greedy the innovation and embellishment of our arrangement of qualities According to the need of some time will probably enable.

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IV. The Procession of Palms

Before the procession is formed, the following shall be said Priest: The multitudes with branches go forth to meet their Redeemer and give worthy homage to the triumphant Conqueror

People: The Gentiles with their lips proclaim the Son of God: and in their praise of Christ, the Redeemer King, their voices thunder through the sky: Hosanna in the highest.

The entire congregation is solemnly invited by the priest at the altar to take part in the procession in this manner, Priest: Let us go forth in peace.

People: In the Name of Christ

THE INTROIT: Domine ne longe.Psalm 22.Psalm 22. BE not thou far from me, O Lord: thou art my succour, haste thee to help me. Save me from the lion's mouth: thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns. Psalm 22. My God, my God, look upon me; why hast: thou forsaken me: and art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint? Be not...

THE COLLECT:ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility; Mercifully grant, that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. This Collect only is said. This Collect is to be said every day, after the Collect appointed for the day, until Good Friday.

THE EPISTLE:Phippians 2:5ff:

LET this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: (here genuflect) that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

GRADUAL Psalm 73. Thou hast holden me by my right hand; thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and after that receive me with glory. Truly God is loving unto Israel, even unto such as are of a clean heart. Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone, my treadings had well nigh slipt:. and why? I was grieved at the wicked, I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity.

TRACT Psalm 129. My God, my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? And art so far from my health; and from the words of my complaint? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in the night season also I take no rest. And thou continuest holy: O thou worship of Israel. Our fathers hoped in thee: they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them. They called upon thee, and were holpen: they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded. But as for me, I am a worm, and no man: a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying, He trusted in God, that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, if he will have him. They stand staring and looking upon me: they part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. Save me from the lion's mouth: thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns. O praise the Lord, ye that fear him: magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob. They shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation: they shall come, and the heavens shall declare his righteousness. Unto a peopIe that shall be born: whom the Lord hath made.

The Passion is begun immediately: Cleanse my heart is not said, nor is a blessing asked, nor are lights and incense carried. The Lord be with you is not said, nor is Glory be to thee, O Lord; the Celebrant, when he announces The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew, does not sign the book, or himself. And this order is to be observed on the other days also, when the Passion is read.

THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW.

NARRATOR: WHEN the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: and when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver unto the chief priests and elders, saying,

Judas: I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.

NARRATOR: And they said,

ALL: What is that to us? see thou to that.

NARRATOR: And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said,

ALL: It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

NARRATOR: And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying,

Pilate: Art thou the King of the Jews?

NARRATOR: And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto him,

Jesus: Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

NARRATOR: And he answered him to never a word: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notabIe prisoner, called Barabbas. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them,

Pilate: Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

NARRATOR: For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he was set down on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying,

Woman: Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

NARRATOR: But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them,

Pilate: Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you?

NARRATOR: They said,

ALL: Barabbas.

NARRATOR: Pilate saith unto them,

1Pilate: What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?

NARRATOR: They all say unto him,

ALL: Let him be crucified.

NARRATOR: And the governor said,

Pilate: Why, what evil hath he done?

NARRATOR: But they cried out the more, saying,

ALL: Let him be crucified.

NARRATOR: When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying,

Pilate: I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

NARRATOR: Then answered all the people, and said,

ALL: His blood be on us, and on our children.

NARRATOR: Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying,

ALL: Hail, King of the Jews!

NARRATOR: And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there; and set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying,

ALL: Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

NARRATOR: Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

ALL: He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

NARRATOR: The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,

Jesus: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

NARRATOR: Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said,

ALL: This man calleth for Elias.

NARRATOR: And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said,

ALL: Let be, let us see whether Elias wiIl come to save him.

NARRATOR: Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

Here all kneel and make a short pause.

NARRATOR: AND, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching; Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying,

ALL: Truly this was the Son of God.

Here endeth the reading of the Passion.

THE OFFERTORY: Psalm 119.Psalm 69. Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. They gave me gall to eat; and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

THE COMMUNION: 1Cor 11Saint Matthew 26. O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it: thy will be done.

THE POST-COMMUNION: LOOK graciously upon thy faithful peopIe, we beseech thee, O Lord: that calling to mind again the beginnings of their redemption, they may abound more and more in the fruition of the gift whereby they have been refreshed. Through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen Customs and Traditions of Lent

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Traditionally, Lenten devotions in parish churches have drawn attention to the suffering and death of Jesus. The most popular one is known as the Stations of the Cross. During the time of the (1095-127O), it became popular for pilgrims to the Holy Land to walk in the footsteps of Jesus to Calvary. In the next two centuries, after the Moslems recaptured the Holy Land, pilgrimages were too dangerous. A substitute pilgrimage, the Stations of the cross, became a popular outdoor devotion throughout Europe during the middle Ages. They represented critical events from Scripture or tradition of Jesus' journey to Calvary and varied in number from five to 20 until the 18th century when Pope Clement XII fixed the number at 14. In the mid-18th century, Stations were allowed inside churches. The stations became a familiar feature in Catholic Churches. In the 1960s, it became popular to add a fifteenth Station representing the end of the journey: the resurrection.

THREE LENTEN DUTIES

The three great Lenten duties are prayer, almsgiving, and fasting. These are meant to discipline and improve us in relation to God (prayer), others (almsgiving), and ourselves (fasting). While the three duties are co-ordinated, they are not the same. Each requires something different. In relation to God we need more and better prayers, and in particular more adoration. Prayer is the root of our spiritual life, without which everything else that matters will wither. In relation to others we need more generosity and service. If we do not have money to give, ten we can give our time or talents. If God has so confined us that we have neither money nor direct contact to give, then we can at least give others our support with intercessory prayer for them. In relation to ourselves we need self-discipline and self-control. If we cannot control our physical appetites in a small way, then we will never have much hope of controlling our tempers, our pride, our envy, and the other spiritual failings that so often beset us. God calls us to fast (St. Matthew 9:15), and to pray (I Thessalonians 5:17), and to almsgiving (St. Luke 11:41). He calls us to keep a good and holy Lent. The Lord is in His Holy Temple, let all the earth keep silence before Him!

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Today’s reading from the ancient books of Proverbs and Psalms

for friday, january 22 of 2021 with Proverbs 22 and Psalm 22, accompanied by Psalm 33 for the 33rd day of Winter

[Psalm 22]

A Prophetic Portrait of the Cross

For the Pure and Shining One

King David’s song of anguish

To the tune of “The Deer at the Dawning of the Day”

God, my God!

Why would you abandon me now?

Why do you remain distant,

refusing to answer my tearful cries in the day

and my desperate cries for your help in the night?

I can’t stop sobbing.

Where are you, my God?

Yet I know that you are most holy; it’s indisputable.

You are God-Enthroned, surrounded with songs,

living among the shouts of praise of your princely people.

Our fathers’ faith was in you—

through the generations they trusted and believed in you

and you came through.

Every time they cried out to you in their despair,

you were faithful to deliver them;

you didn’t disappoint them.

But look at me now; I am like a woeful worm,

crushed, and I’m bleeding crimson.

I don’t even look like a man anymore.

I’ve been abused, despised, and scorned by everyone!

Mocked by their jeers, despised with their sneers,

as all the people poke fun at me, spitting their insults,

saying, “Is this the one who trusted in God?

Is this the one who claims God is pleased with him?

Now let’s see if your God will come to your rescue!

We’ll just see how much he delights in you!”

Lord, you delivered me safely from my mother’s womb.

You are the one who cared for me ever since I was a baby.

Since the day I was born, I’ve been placed in your custody.

You’ve cradled me throughout my days.

I’ve trusted in you and you’ve always been my God.

So don’t leave me now; stay close to me!

For trouble is all around me and there’s no one else to help me.

I’m surrounded by many violent foes;

mighty forces of evil are swirling around me

who want to break me to bits and destroy me.

Curses pour from their mouths!

They’re like ravenous, roaring lions tearing their prey.

Now I’m completely exhausted; I’m spent.

Every joint of my body has been pulled apart.

My courage has vanished and

my inward parts have melted away.

I’m so thirsty and parched—dry as a bone.

My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.

And now you’ve left me in the dust for dead.

They have pierced my hands and my feet.

Like a pack of wild dogs they tear at me,

swirling around me with their hatred.

They gather around me like lions to pin my hands and feet.

All my bones stick out.

Look at how they all gloat over me and stare!

With a toss of the dice they divide my clothes among themselves,

gambling for my garments!

Lord, my God, please don’t stay far away.

For you are my only might and strength.

Won’t you come quickly to my rescue?

Give me back my life.

Save me from this violent death.

Save my precious one and only

from the power of these demons!

Save me from all the power of the enemy,

from this roaring lion raging against me

and the power of his dark horde.

I will praise your name before all my brothers;

as my people gather I will praise you in their midst.

Lovers of Yahweh, praise him!

Let all the true seed of Jacob glorify him with your praises.

Stand in awe of him, all you princely people,

the offspring of Israel!

For he has not despised my cries of deep despair.

He’s my first responder to my sufferings,

and he didn’t look the other way when I was in pain.

He was there all the time, listening to the song of the afflicted.

You’re the reason for my praise; it comes from you and goes to you.

I will keep my promise to praise you before all who fear you

among the congregation of your people.

I will invite the poor and broken,

and they will come and eat until satisfied.

Bring Yahweh praise and you will find him.

Your hearts will overflow with life forever!

From the four corners of the earth,

the peoples of the world will remember and return to the Lord.

Every nation will come and worship him.

For the Lord is King of all, who takes charge of all the nations.

There they are! They’re worshiping!

The wealthy of this world will feast in fellowship with him

right alongside the humble of heart,

bowing down to the dust, forsaking their own souls.

They will all come and worship this worthy King!

His spiritual seed shall serve him.

Future generations will hear from us

about the wonders of the Sovereign Lord.

His generation yet to be born will glorify him.

And they will all declare, “It is finished!”

The Book of Psalms, Poem 22 (The Passion Translation)

[Psalm 33]

A Song of Praise

Poetic praise, by King David

It’s time to sing and shout for joy!

Go ahead, all you redeemed ones, do it!

Praise him with all you have,

for praise looks lovely on the lips of God’s lovers.

Play the guitar as you lift your praises loaded with thanksgiving.

Sing and make joyous music with all you’ve got inside.

Compose new melodies that release new praises to the Lord.

Play his praises on instruments

with the anointing and skill he gives you.

Sing and shout with passion; make a spectacular sound of joy—

For God’s Word is something to sing about!

He is true to his promises, his word can be trusted,

and everything he does is reliable and right.

The Lord loves seeing justice on the earth.

Anywhere and everywhere you can find his faithful, unfailing love!

All he had to do was speak by his Spirit-wind command,

and God created the heavenlies.

Filled with galaxies and stars,

the vast cosmos he wonderfully made.

His voice scooped out the seas.

The ocean depths he poured into vast reservoirs.

Now, with breathtaking wonder,

let everyone worship Yahweh, this awe-inspiring Creator.

Words he breathed and worlds were birthed.

“Let there be,” and there it was—

Springing forth the moment he spoke.

No sooner said than done!

With his breath he scatters the schemes of nations who oppose him;

they will never succeed.

His destiny-plan for the earth stands sure.

His forever-plan remains in place and will never fail.

Blessed and prosperous is that nation who has God as their Lord!

They will be the people he has chosen for his own.

The Lord looks over us from where he rules in heaven.

Gazing into every heart from his lofty dwelling place,

he observes all the peoples of the earth.

The Creator of our hearts considers and examines everything we do.

Even if a king has the best-equipped army,

it would never be enough to save him.

Even if the best warrior went to battle,

he could not be saved simply by his strength alone.

Human strength and the weapons of man

are false hopes for victory;

they may seem mighty but they will always disappoint.

The eyes of the Lord are upon

even the weakest worshipers who love him—

those who wait in hope and expectation

for the strong, steady love of God.

God will deliver them from death,

even the certain death of famine, with no one to help.

The Lord alone is our radiant hope

and we trust in him with all our hearts.

His wrap-around presence will strengthen us.

As we trust, we rejoice with an uncontained joy

flowing from Yahweh!

Let your love and steadfast kindness overshadow us

continually, for we trust and we wait upon you!

The Book of Psalms, Poem 33 (The Passion Translation)

[Proverbs 22]

A beautiful reputation is more to be desired than great riches,

and to be esteemed by others is more honorable

than to own immense investments.

The rich and the poor have one thing in common:

the Lord God created each one.

A prudent person with insight foresees danger coming

and prepares himself for it.

But the senseless rush blindly forward

and suffer the consequences.

Laying your life down in tender surrender before the Lord

will bring life, prosperity, and honor as your reward.

Twisted and perverse lives are surrounded by demonic influence.

If you value your soul, stay far away from them.

Dedicate your children to God

and point them in the way that they should go,

and the values they’ve learned from you will be with them for life.

If you borrow money with interest,

you’ll end up serving the interests of your creditors,

for the rich rule over the poor.

Sin is a seed that brings a harvest;

you’ll reap a heap of trouble with every seed you plant.

For your investment in sins pays a full return—

the full punishment you deserve!

When you are generous to the poor,

you are enriched with blessings in return.

Say goodbye to a troublemaker and you’ll say goodbye

to quarrels, strife, tension, and arguments,

for a troublemaker traffics in shame.

The Lord loves those whose hearts are holy,

and he is the friend of those whose ways are pure.

God passionately watches over

his deep reservoir of revelation-knowledge,

but he subverts the lies of those who pervert the truth.

A slacker always has an excuse for not working—

like “I can’t go to work. There’s a lion outside!

And murderers too!”

Sex with an adulteress is like falling into the abyss.

Those under God’s curse jump right in to their own destruction.

Although rebellion is woven into a young man’s heart,

tough discipline can make him into a man.

There are two kinds of people headed toward poverty:

those who exploit the poor

and those who bribe the rich.

[Sayings of the Wise Sages]

Listen carefully and open your heart.

Drink in the wise revelation that I impart.

You’ll become winsome and wise

when you treasure the beauty of my words.

And always be prepared to share them at the appropriate time.

For I’m releasing these words to you this day,

yes, even to you, so that your living hope

will be found in God alone,

for he is the only one who is always true.

Pay attention to these excellent sayings of three-fold things.

For within my words you will discover true and reliable revelation.

They will give you serenity so that you can reveal

the truth of the word of the one who sends you.

Never oppress the poor

or pass laws with the motive of crushing the weak.

For the Lord will rise to plead their case

and humiliate the one who humiliates the poor.

Walk away from an angry man

or you’ll embrace a snare in your soul

by becoming bad-tempered just like him.

Why would you ever guarantee a loan for someone else

or promise to be responsible for his debts?

For if you fail to pay you could lose your shirt!

The previous generation has set boundaries in place.

Don’t you dare move them just to benefit yourself.

If you are uniquely gifted in your work,

you will rise and be promoted.

You won’t be held back—

you’ll stand before kings!

The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 22 (The Passion Translation)

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The Curses That Follow Non-Tithers

Not paying tithes activates several different curses. Many people think that not tithing only sets in motion the “curse of Malachi”. But not tithing sets in motion much more than the curse of Malachi. It sets in motion several other curses which have devastating effects and that is what this chapter is all about.

What is a curse anyway? A curse can be defined in many ways. These twelve definitions of a curse will help you to understand what it means to be under a curse. I cannot imagine what it means to be under multiple curses.

The Twelve Definitions of a Curse

1. A cursed person is someone who will experience persistent frustration.

2. A cursed person is someone who is behind and below in everything.

3. A cursed person is someone on whom a specific evil has been invoked.

4. A cursed person is someone who is plagued with mysterious freak incidents.

5. A cursed person is someone who is a persistent failure.

6. A cursed person is someone who is persistently rejected and set aside.

7. A cursed person is someone who is never chosen.

8. A cursed person is someone who is unable to redirect his life in a positive direction.

9. A cursed person is someone who is bereft of critically important information.

10. A cursed person is someone who is constantly assigned to the bad option.

11. A cursed person is someone who only encounters bad people.

12. A cursed person is someone who is always last and ends as the loser no matter how he starts.

EIGHT CURSES THAT FOLLOW NON-TITHERS

1. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curses of Malachi the prophet.

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

Malachi 3:8-9

One of the specific curses in the Bible is Malachi’s curse for not tithing. This curse involves the release of the devourer, the destroyer and the failed harvest into your life. The devourer, the destroyer and the failed harvest are discussed in the previous chapter.

2. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curse that comes on thieves.

The Bible shows us two interesting curses that relate to people who steal. One is a general curse that God has declared on thieves in general and the other is a specific curse for stealing from God Himself.

Did you know that there is no need to curse someone who steals from you because there is a general curse on anyone who steals? A thief is already an accursed person! The curse that will follow every thief was declared by the prophet Zechariah.

In this curse, the Lord declares that He will enter the house of the thief and consume everything including the timber and the stones. After this curse comes to pass, the thief will be left with nothing, not even a place to live! The thief may steal millions but this curse will turn the millions into “smoke”. The thief will not be able to use the things he has stolen and he will never truly enjoy them. Imagine what this kind of curse would do to a non-tither. He will never benefit from all the tithes he stole from God.

Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Zechariah 5:3-4

3. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curse that comes on those who dare to steal from God.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Proverbs 15:3

It is bad enough to steal but do you really want to steal from God? God has declared in His Word that not tithing is stealing from Him. God sees the non-tither as a thief. All the curses that are due thieves are therefore determined on non-tithers.

But a further debilitating curse is determined on non-tithers for stealing from God Himself. “Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation” (Malachi 3:8-9).

You may get away with throwing your shoes at your dog or even your spouse. But throwing your shoes at the American president could get you into jail! You may steal from a mere man and get away with it. But you will not get away with stealing from God. Stealing from God will get you into big trouble. The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, beholding the good and the evil. He sees every penny you take away from His house. You cannot escape when you steal from God. Stealing from God is a very bad idea and I would advise you not to do anything like that. Pay your tithes so that you do not become a doubly accursed thief!

4. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curses that come upon all who break the law.

Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:26

The curses on those who break the law are outlined in the twenty-eighth chapter of Deuteronomy. The curses on people who break the Law therefore affect those who do not pay tithes.

For breaking the Law, there are fifteen curses upon children and material prosperity, thirty curses of sickness, crop failure, war, captivity, business failure and poverty; and twenty-six new and repeated curses of defeat, captivity, sickness, persecution and insanity. You must watch out for this long list of curses when you do not pay tithes (Deuteronomy 28).

a) Fifteen curses upon children and material prosperity you must watch out for when you do not pay tithes:

1. You will be cursed in the city (v 16)

2. You will be cursed in the field (v 16)

3 Your baskets and storehouses will be cursed (v 17)

4. Your children will be cursed (v 18)

5. Your crops will be cursed (v 18)

6. Your herds will not increase (v 18)

7. Your flocks will not increase (v 18)

8. You will be cursed when you come in (v 19)

9. You will be cursed when you go out (v 19)

10. Jehovah will send cursings upon you (v 20)

11. He will send vexation (v 20)

12. He will send rebukes (v 20)

13. You will fail in all you do (v 20)

14. You will be destroyed eventually (v 20)

15. You will quickly perish (v 20)

b) Thirty more curses of sickness, crop failure, war, captivity; business failure and poverty you must watch out for when you do not pay tithes:

1. Pestilence cleaving to you (v 21-22)

2. Death consumed off the land (v 21-22)

3. Consumption (v 22; Lev. 26:16)

4. Fever (v 22; Lev. 26:16)

5. Inflammation (v 22)

6. Extreme burning (v 22)

7. Sword (v 22; Lev. 26:17, 25, 42)

8. Blasting (v 22; Lev. 26:19)

9. Mildew (v 22)

10. Heaven as brass (v 23; Lev. 26:19)

11. Earth as iron (v 23; Lev. 26:20)

12. Drought, dust - no rain (v 24)

13. Destruction because of long drought (v 24)

14. Smitten before enemies (v 25; Lev. 26:17-39)

15. Going out one way, fleeting seven ways (v 25)

16. Removed into all kingdoms of earth (v 25)

17. Bodies eaten by fowls and beasts (v 26)

18. No help in driving them off (v 26)

19. Botch of Egypt (v 27)

20. Emerods (v 27)

21. Scab (v 27)

22. Itch (v 27)

23. No healing (v 27)

24. Madness (v 28)

25. Blindness (v 28)

26. Astonishment of heart (v 28)

27. Groping at noonday (v 29)

28. No prosperity (v 29)

29. Oppressed and spoiled forever (v 29)

30. No man will save you (v 29)

c) Twenty-six new and repeated curses of defeat, captivity, sickness, persecution and insanity that you must watch out for when you do not pay tithes

1. Betroth a wife and an enemy shall capture and ravish her (v 30)

2. Build a house and an enemy shall take it for his own (v 30)

3. Plant a vineyard and an enemy shall take it (v 30)

4. Your stock will be slain and eaten before your eyes (v 31)

5. Your work animals shall be taken (v 31)

6. They shall not be restored to you (v 31)

7. Your sheep will be taken away by enemies (v 31)

8. You will have no man to deliver you (v 31)

9. Your sons and daughters shall be given to other people as slaves (v 32)

10. You will long for deliverance for them which will never come (v 32)

11. You will be powerless to help them (v 32)

12. Enemies will eat your crops (v 33)

13. They shall enjoy the labour of your hands (v 33)

14. You will be oppressed and crushed always (v 33)

15. You will be mad when you see your own helplessness (v 34)

16. You will be smitten with a sore botch (boils and ulcers) that cannot be healed (v 35)

17. You and your king will suffer captivity to a foreign nation (v 36)

18. There you will serve idols (v 36)

19. You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations (v 37)

20. Your crops will be destroyed by locusts (v 38,43)

21. Your vineyards will be eaten by worms (v 39)

22. You will lose your olive crops (v 40)

23. You will not enjoy your sons and daughters because they will become slaves to foreign nations (v 41)

24. The strangers that are among you will be exalted and you will be humbled (v 43)

25. You will borrow from strangers (v 44)

26. They shall be the head and you shall be the tail (v 44)

Indeed, the breaking of the Law is a frightening prospect. Tithing is therefore important for anyone who does not want to experience these wide-ranging curses. As you can see, not paying tithes brings upon you much more than the curse of Malachi.

5. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curse that comes on those who repay God’s goodness to them with evil.

How did you come by the health you have? How did you come by the strength that you have? How did you come by the job you have? How did you come by the intelligence and opportunities that you have? What hast thou that thou didst not receive? If you did receive all these things from God how come you do not return to Him and honour Him with the first fruits of your substance?

Throughout the Bible, curses are spoken over ungrateful people who return evil for good. Perhaps, the most severe and frightening of these is found in the hundred and ninth Psalm. In this Psalm, you discover twenty-seven different curses that follow the ingratitude of those who reward good with evil and love with accusations and suspicion. You learn about the future of those who repay good with evil:

“O God of my praise, do not be silent! For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer. Thus they have repaid me evil for good and hatred for my love.

Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, and let his prayer become sin.

Let his days be few; Let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow. Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes. Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor. Let there be none to extend loving-kindness to him, nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children. Let his posterity be cut off; in a following generation let their name be blotted out” (Psalm 109:1-13, NASB).

But why would such things apply to someone who does not pay tithes? The answer is simple. God has been good to you. He has blessed you and provided for you. The tithe is an act of worship, an act of remembrance and an act of thanksgiving! Failing to give your tithes is the same as not saying “thank you”. Failing to pay your tithes is the same as not remembering and not worshipping God! Not tithing is a manifestation of nonchalance and ingratitude! If you do not tithe, you fall into the category of ungrateful people. You must therefore expect all the twenty-seven curses of Psalm 109 to be your portion from now on. Read the following twenty-seven curses that apply to people who are ungrateful and repay evil for good. They equally apply to people who do not pay tithes nor say “thank you” to God for His blessing.

Twenty-Seven Curses on Ungrateful People

1. Set a wicked man over him (v 6)

2. Let Satan stand at his right hand (v 6)

3. Let him be condemned (v 7)

4. Let his prayer become sin (v 7)

5. Let his days be few (v 8)

6. Let another take his office (v 8)

7. Let his children be fatherless (v 9)

8. Let his wife be a widow (v 9)

9. Let his children be vagabonds continually (v 10)

10. Let his children beg (v 10)

11. Let them seek their breads in desolate places (v 10)

12. Let the extortioner catch all that he has (v 11)

13. Let strangers spoil his labour (v 11)

14. Let none extend him mercy (v 12)

15. Let none favour his children (v 12)

16. Let his posterity be cut off (v 13)

17. Let their name be blotted out (v 13)

18. Let iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord (v 14)

19. Let not the sin of his mother be blotted out (v 14)

20. Let them be before the Lord continually (v 15)

21. Let the memory of them be cut off from the earth (v 15)

22. Let cursing come to him (v 17)

23. Let blessing be far from him (v 17)

24. Let cursing come unto him like water (v 18)

25. Let curses enter him like oil into his bones (v 18)

26. Let curses cling to him like a garment (v 19)

27. Let curses cling to him like a girdle (v 19).

6. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curse of closed heavens. The heavens over them are become brass.

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Deuteronomy 28:23

A very significant curse that follows non-tithers is that of a “closed heaven”.

“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Malachi 3:10).

A specific difficulty that comes upon non-tithers is that the heavens above them are turned into brass. The heavens are usually made of the wind, the clouds and welcoming showers of blessings. Unfortunately, there are no such blessings coming out of a heaven made of brass. The sister curse to the “brass heavens” is that the earth will be made out of iron. “And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron”

(Deuteronomy 28:23).

Things are difficult as they are anyway. The earth is already cursed because of the sin of Adam. A heaven of brass and an earth of iron will only combine to make sowing and reaping even more difficult. The seeds cannot enter the iron ground below and there will be no rain from the brass heaven above. The curse of the brass heavens and the iron earth is therefore the curse of having an acute shut down of all business and money-earning activities in your life.

Dear friend, why would you want to bring upon yourself such difficulties? It is time to pay tithes and honour the Lord with your substance. Do you want God to take away your ability to earn money? Certainly not!

7. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curse of those who forget God.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all THE NATIONS THAT FORGET GOD.

Psalm 9:17

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LORD THEIR GOD.

Jeremiah 3:19-21

There is a curse on all who forget God. According to Jeremiah, you must expect weeping and supplication because you have forgotten the Lord your God. When you do not pay tithes, you demonstrate that you have forgotten that it is God who has given you all that you have. This forgetfulness may be very costly. When you do not pay tithes at the end of every month, you demonstrate on a monthly basis that you do not remember or acknowledge God in your life.

Recently, there was a presidential election in one of the richest nations in the world. The presidential candidate was an outsider and from a minority group in that nation. It was a historic victory which stirred up emotions around the world. I watched with keen interest as the impossible became possible. However, I was greatly disappointed when this new “underdog president” gave his victory speech and did not acknowledge God. I was expecting him to thank God for helping him to achieve his election victory. Instead, he thanked his campaign manager, his wife, his vice-president, the team that worked with him, and even his little children. He even remembered to mention to his children that he would reward them with a new pet.

At the beginning of the speech, I thought that he had forgotten to mention God because of the euphoria of the moment. I thought he would thank God at the end of his speech but I was wrong! The “thank you” to God never came! He never thanked God or even acknowledged that God had played any role in him becoming the president.

I thought it would be even more obvious that he needed to thank God since his victory was won against the odds. His wife seemed to know that they were an unlikely couple to become President and First Lady. In a speech at a post-election event she said, “There is nothing in my background that should make me stand before you at this time.”

I honestly thought this president’s failure to thank God was a very bad sign and perhaps even a bad omen. Notice what Isaiah said, “I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and FORGETTEST THE LORD THY MAKER, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth…” (Isaiah 51:12-13).

Dear friend, it is time to remember the God-factor in everything you do. It is time to pay your tithes and say, “I remember God. Every time you pay tithes you say, “All that I am and all that I have comes from God.”

8. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curse that comes upon idol worshippers who would put money before their service to God.

Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:15

Worshipping idols is the number one sin that brought the wrath of God on the children of Israel. All through the Bible, we are warned against worshipping idols.

The Rat god

What if I pointed to one of my associate pastors and said, “This is you: Rev. Jack Toronto. I am writing your name under the rat in this picture and I will put it in my office. Anyone who comes into my office will see this ugly rat and ask, “Who is this rat? Why do you call this rat Rev. Jack Toronto? Is Rev. Jack Toronto not one of the senior pastors in this church? Is Rev. Jack Toronto a rat?”

Do you think Rev. Jack Toronto will be happy with that picture? I do not think so. That picture would be an insult because Rev. Jack Toronto is not a rat. He is far greater than a rat. He is far more intelligent than a rat. He is far more handsome than a rat.

God is far greater than a piece of wood or stone. God is far greater than a snake, an eagle or an antelope. Yet, men make images of these creatures and call them God. How could you make an image of an animal and call it God? You can imagine why the wrath of God comes upon idol worshipers.

People who do not pay tithes are equally guilty of worshiping idols. They have made money their god. They obey money! They sacrifice their lives for it! They get up early in the morning for it! They travel long distances for it! They even kill other human beings for it! They have sex with anybody for it! In fact, the modern “money idol” has a stronger control on people than traditional idols of eagles, crabs or lions.

The exhortation from the apostle John was not out of context. “Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen” (1 John 5:21). Paying tithes is one of the best ways to keep yourself from idols. The one you pay ten percent of your income to is your God!

by Dag Heward-Mills

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You Will Be Eaten by Cannibals! Lessons from the Life of John G. Paton

Courage in the Cause of Missions

You Will Be Eaten by Cannibals! Lessons from the Life of John G. Paton

Courage in the Cause of Missions

2000 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors

Resource by John Piper

Topic: Biography

Download the free eBook based on this biographical sketch of John Paton.

In 1606, a chain of eighty islands in the South Pacific was discovered by Fernandez de Quiros of Spain. In 1773, the Islands were explored by Captain James Cook and named the New Hebrides because of the similarities with the Hebrides Islands off the Northwest coast of Scotland. In 1980, the New Hebrides gained its independence from Britain and France and was named Vanuatu. The chain of Islands is about 450 miles long. If you draw a line straight from Honolulu to Sydney, it will cut through Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, two thirds of the way between Hawaii and Australia. The population today is about 190,000.

To the best of our knowledge, the New Hebrides had no Christian influence before John Williams and James Harris from the London Missionary Society landed in 1839. Both of these missionaries were killed and eaten by cannibals on the island of Erromanga on November 20 of that year, only minutes after going ashore. Forty-eight years later John Paton wrote, “Thus were the New Hebrides baptized with the blood of martyrs; and Christ thereby told the whole Christian world that he claimed these islands as His own” (p.75; All page references in the text refer to John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebredes, An Autobiography Edited by His Brother [Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1965, orig. 1889], 1891).

The London Missionary Society sent another team to the Island of Tanna in 1842, and these missionaries were driven off within seven months. But on the Island of Aneityum, John Geddie from the Presbyterian church in Nova Scotia (coming in 1848) and John Inglis from The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Scotland (coming in 1852) saw amazing fruit, so that by 1854 “about 3,500 savages (more than half the population [Kenneth Scott Latourette, A History of the Expansion of Christianity, The Great Century: The Americas, Australasia and Africa, 1800 AD to 1914 AD. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970, orig. 1943), p. 228.]) threw away their idols, renouncing their heathen customs and avowing themselves to be worshippers of the true Jehovah God” (p. 77). When Geddie died in 1872, all the population of Aneityum was said to be Christians (George Patterson, Missionary Life among the Cannibals: Being the Life of the Rev. John Geddie, D.D., First Missionary to the New Hebrides; with the History of the Nova Scotia Presbyterian Mission on that Group(Toronto: James Campbell and Son, 1882), p. 508.).

This is part of a great work God was doing in the South Sea Islands in those days. In 1887 Paton recorded the wider triumphs of the gospel. When certain people argued that the Aborigines of Autstralia were subhuman and incapable of conversion or civilization Paton fought back with mission facts as well as biblical truth.

Recall . . . what the Gospel has done for the near kindred of these same Aborigines. On our own Aneityum, 3,500 Cannibals have been lead to renounce their heathenism . . . In Fiji, 79,000 Cannibals have been brought under the influence of the Gospel; and 13,000 members of the Churches are professing to live and work for Jesus. In Samoa, 34,000 Cannibals have professed Christianity; and in nineteen years, its College has sent forth 206 Native teachers and evangelists. On our New Hebrides, more than 12,000 Cannibals have been brought to sit at the feet of Christ, through I mean not to say that they are all model Christians; and 133 of the Natives have been trained and sent forth as teachers and preachers of the Gospel. (p. 265)

This is the remarkable missionary context for the life and ministry of John G. Paton, who was born near Dumfries, Scotland, on the 24th of May, 1824. He sailed for the New Hebrides (via Australia) with his wife Mary on April 16, 1858, at the age of 33. They reached their appointed island of Tanna on November 5, and in March the next year both his wife and his newborn son died of the fever. He served alone on the island for the next four years under incredible circumstances of constant danger until he was driven off the island in February, 1862.

For the next four years he did extraordinarily effective mobilization work for the Presbyterian mission to the New Hebrides, travelling around Australia and Great Britain. He married again in 1864, and took his wife, Margaret, back this time to the smaller island of Aniwa (“It measures scarcely seven miles by two,” p. 312). They labored together for 41 years until Margaret died in 1905 when John Paton was 81.

When they came to Aniwa in November, 1866, they saw the destitution of the islanders. It will help us appreciate the magnitude of their labors and the wonders of their fruitfulness if we see some of what they faced.

The natives were cannibals and occasionally ate the flesh of their defeated foes. They practiced infanticide and widow sacrifice, killing the widows of deceased men so that they could serve their husbands in the next world (pp. 69, 334).

Their worship was entirely a service of fear, its aim being to propitiate this or that Evil spirit, to prevent calamity or to secure revenge. They deified their Chiefs . . . so that almost every village or tribe had its own Sacred Man. . . . They exercised an extraordinary influence for evil, these village or tribal priests, and were believed to have the disposal of life and death through their sacred ceremonies. . . . They also worshipped the spirits of departed ancestors and heroes, through their material idols of wood and stone. . . . They feared the spirits and sought their aid; especially seeking to propitiate those who presided over war and peace, famine and plenty, health and sickness, destruction and prosperity, life and death. Their whole worship was one of slavish fear; and, so far as ever I could learn, they had no idea of a God of mercy or grace. (p. 72; This description was made of the natives on the island of Tanna, but applies equally well to the conditions on the nearby island of Aniwa.)

Paton admitted that at times his heart wavered as he wondered whether these people could be brought to the point of weaving Christian ideas into the spiritual consciousness of their lives (p. 74). But he took heart from the power of the gospel and from the fact that thousands on Aneityum had come to Christ.

So he learned the language and reduced it to writing (p. 319). He built orphanages (“We trained these young people for Jesus” p. 317). “Mrs. Paton taught a class of about fifty women and girls. They became experts at sewing, singing and plaiting hats, and reading” (p. 377). They “trained the Teachers . . . translated and printed and expounded the Scriptures . . . ministered to the sick and dying . . . dispensed medicines every day . . . taught them the use of tools . . .” etc. (p. 378). They held worship services every Lord’s Day and sent native teachers to all the villages to preach the gospel.

In the next fifteen years, John and Margaret Paton saw the entire island of Aniwa turn to Christ. Years later he wrote, “I claimed Aniwa for Jesus, and by the grace of God Aniwa now worships at the Savior’s feet” (p. 312). When he was 73 years old and travelling around the world trumpeting the cause of missions in the South Seas, he was still ministering to his beloved Aniwan people and “published the New Testament in the Aniwan Language” in 1897 (Ralph Bell, John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides (Butler, IN: The Highley Press, 1957), p. 238.). Even to his death he was translating hymns and catechisms (Ibid., 238) and creating a dictionary for his people even when he couldn’t be with them any more (p. 451).

During his years of labor on the islands Paton kept a journal and notebooks and letters from which he wrote his Autobiography in three parts from 1887 to 1898. Almost all we know of his work comes from that book, which is available in one volume now from the Banner of Truth Trust.

Paton outlived his second wife by two years and died in Australia on January 28, 1907.

Today, 93 years after the death of John Paton, about 85% of the population of Vanuatu identifies itself as Christian, perhaps 21% of the population being evangelical (Patrick Johnstone, Operation World (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1993), p. 572.). The sacrifices and the legacy of the missionaries to the New Hebrides are stunning, and John G. Paton stands out as one of the great ones.

What Kinds of Circumstances Called for Courage in Paton’s Life?

The title of this message is “‘You Will Be Eaten By Cannibals!’ Courage in the Cause of World Missions: Lessons from the Life of John G. Paton.” So that is the focus of what I want to say. I conceive the rest of this message in three parts: (1) What kinds of circumstances called for courage in Paton’s life? (2) What did his courage achieve? (3) Where did his courage come from?

He had courage to overcome the criticism he received from respected elders for going to the New Hebrides.

A Mr. Dickson exploded, “The cannibals! You will be eaten by cannibals!” The memory of Williams and Harris on Erromanga was only 19 years old. But to this Paton responded:

Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms; I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving and honoring the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by Cannibals or by worms; and in the Great Day my Resurrection body will rise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer. (p. 56)

This is the kind of in-your-face spiritual moxie that would mark Paton’s whole life. It’s a big part of what makes reading his story so invigorating.

Another kind of criticism for going was that he would be leaving a very fruitful ministry. Paton had served for ten years as a city Missionary in urban Glasgow among the lower income people with tremendous success and hundreds of unchurched people were attending his classes and services during the week. One of his loved professors of divinity and minister of the congregation where he had served as an elder tried to persuade him to stay in that ministry. He reported that he argued that

Green Street Church was doubtless the sphere for which God had given me peculiar qualifications, and in which He had so largely blessed my labors; that if I left those now attending my Classes and Meetings, they might be scattered, and many of them would probably fall away; that I was leaving certainty for uncertainty - work in which God had made me greatly useful, for work in which I might fail to be useful, and only throw away my life amongst Cannibals. (p. 55)

In fact Paton says, “The opposition was so strong from nearly all, and many of them warm Christian friends, that I was sorely tempted to question whether I was carrying out the Divine will, or only some headstrong wish of my own. This also caused me much anxiety, and drove me close to God in prayer” (p. 56). We will see shortly how he rose above these temptations to turn back.

He had courage to risk losing his loved ones and to press on when he did in fact lose them.

He and his wife arrived on the island of Tanna November 5, 1858, and Mary was pregnant. The baby was born February 12, 1859. “Our island-exile thrilled with joy! But the greatest of sorrows was treading hard upon the heels of that great joy!” (p. 79). Mary had reaped attacks of ague and fever and pneumonia and diarrhea with delirium for two weeks.

Then in a moment, altogether unexpectedly, she died on March third. To crown my sorrows, and complete my loneliness, the dear baby-boy, whom we had named after her father, Peter Robert Robson, was taken from me after one week’s sickness, on the 20th of March. Let those who have ever passed through any similar darkness as of midnight feel for me; as for all others, it would be more than vain to try to paint my sorrows! (p. 79)

He dug the two graves with his own hands and buried them by the house he had built.

Stunned by that dreadful loss, in entering upon this field of labor to which the Lord had Himself so evidently led me, my reason seemed for a time almost to give way. The ever-merciful Lord sustained me . . . and that spot became my sacred and much- frequented shrine, during all the following months and years when I labored on for the salvation of the savage Islanders amidst difficulties, dangers, and deaths. . . . But for Jesus, and the fellowship he vouchsafed to me there, I must have gone mad and died beside the lonely grave! (p. 80)

The courage to risk the loss was one thing. But the courage to experience the loss and press on alone was supernatural. “I felt her loss beyond all conception or description, in that dark land. It was very difficult to be resigned, left alone, and in sorrowful circumstances; but feeling immovably assured that my God and father was too wise and loving to err in anything that he does or permits, I looked up to the Lord for help, and struggled on in His work” (p. 85). Here we get a glimpse of the theology that we will see underneath this man’s massive courage and toil. “I do not pretend to see through the mystery of such visitations – wherein God calls away the young, the promising, and those sorely needed for his service here; but this I do know and feel, that, in the light of such dispensations, it becomes us all to love and serve our blessed Lord Jesus so that we may be ready at his call for death and eternity” (p. 85).

He had courage to risk his own sickness in a foreign land with no doctors and no escape.

“Fever and ague had attacked me fourteen times severely” (p. 105). In view of his wife’s death he never knew when any one of these attacks would mean his own death. Imagine struggling with a life-and-death sickness over and over with only one Christian native friend named Abraham who had come with him to the island to help him.

For example, as he was building a new house to get to higher, healthier ground, he collapsed with the fever on his way up the steep hill from the coast: “When about two-thirds up the hill I became so faint that I concluded I was dying. Lying down on the ground, sloped against the root of a tree to keep me from rolling to the bottom, I took farewell of old Abraham, of my mission work, and of everything around! In this weak state I lay, watched over by my faithful companion, and fell into a quiet sleep” (p. 106). He revived and was restored. But only great courage could press on month after month, year after year, knowing that the fever that took his wife and son lay at the door.

And it’s not as if these dangers were only during one season at the beginning of his missionary life. Fifteen years later with another wife and another child on another island, he records, “During the hurricanes, from January to April, 1873, when the Dayspring [the mission ship] was wrecked, we lost a darling child by death, my dear wife had a protracted illness, and I was brought very low with severe rheumatic fever . . . and was reported as dying” (p. 384).

The most common demand for courage was the almost constant threat to his life from the hostilities of the natives.

This is what makes his Autobiography read like a thriller. In his first four years on Tanna when he was all alone, he moved from one savage crisis to the next. One wonders how his mind kept from snapping, as he never knew when his house would be surrounded with angry natives or his party would be ambushed along the way. How do you survive when there is no kickback time? No unwinding. No sure refuge on earth. “Our continuous danger caused me now oftentimes to sleep with my clothes on, that I might start at a moment’s warning. May faithful dog Clutha would give a sharp bark and awake me. . . . God made them fear this precious creature, and often used her in saving our lives” (p. 178).

My enemies seldom slackened their hateful designs against my life, however calmed or baffled for the moment. . . . A wild chief followed me around for four hours with his loaded musket, and, though often directed towards me, God restrained his hand. I spoke kindly to him, and attended to my work as if he had not been there, fully persuaded that my God had placed me there, and would protect me till my allotted task was finished. Looking up in unceasing prayer to our dear Lord Jesus, I left all in his hands, and felt immortal till my work was done. Trials and hairbreadth escapes strengthened my faith, and seemed only to nerve me for more to follow; and they did tread swiftly upon each other’s heels. (p. 117)

One of the most remarkable things about Paton’s dealing with danger is the gutsy forthrightness with which he spoke to his assailants. He often rebuked them to their faces and scolded them for their bad behavior even as they held the ax over his head.

One morning at daybreak I found my house surrounded by armed men, and a chief intimated that they had assembled to take my life. Seeing that I was entirely in their hands, I knelt down and gave myself away body and soul to the Lord Jesus, for what seemed the last time on earth. Rising, I went out to them, and began calmly talking about their unkind treatment of me and contrasting it with all my conduct towards them. . . . At last some of the Chiefs, who had attended the Worship, rose and said, “Our conduct has been bad; but now we will fight for you, and kill all those who hate you.” (p. 115)

[Once] when natives in large numbers were assembled at my house, a man furiously rushed on me with his axe but a Kaserumini Chief snatched a spade with which I had been working, and dexterously defended me from instant death. Life in such circumstances led me to cling very near to the Lord Jesus; I knew not, for one brief hour, when or how attack might be made; and yet, with my trembling hand clasped in the hand once nailed on Calvary, and now swaying the scepter of the universe, calmness and peace and resignation abode in my soul. (p. 117)

As his courage increased and his deliverances were multiplied, he would make it his aim to keep warring factions separated, and would throw himself between them and argue for peace. “Going amongst them every day, I did my utmost to stop hostilities, setting the evils of war before them, and pleading with the leading men to renounce it” (p. 139). He would go to visit his enemies when they were sick and wanted his help, never knowing what was an ambush and what was not.

Once a native named Ian called Paton to his sick bed, and as Paton leaned over him, he pulled a dagger and held it to Paton’s heart.

I durst neither move nor speak, except that my heart kept praying to the Lord to spare me, or if my time was come to take me home to Glory with Himself. There passed a few moments of awful suspense. My sight went and came. Not a word had been spoken, except to Jesus; and then Ian wheeled the knife around, thrust it into the sugar cane leaf. And cried to me, “Go, go quickly!” . . . I ran for my life a weary four miles till I reached the Mission House, faint, yet praising God for such a deliverance (p.191).

One last call for courage that I will mention is the need for courage in the face of criticism that he did not have courage to die.

After four years, the entire island population rose against Paton, blaming him for an epidemic, and made siege against him and his little band of Christians. There were spectacular close calls and a miraculous deliverance from fire by wind and rain (p. 215), and finally a wonderful answer to prayer as a ship arrived just in time to take him off the island.

In response to this, after four years of risking his life hundreds of times and losing his wife and child, he recounts this incident:

Conscious that I had, to the last inch of life, tried to do my duty, I left all results in the hands of my only Lord, and all criticisms to His unerring judgment. Hard things also were occasionally spoken to my face. One dear friend, for instance, said, “You should not have left. You should have stood at the post of duty till you fell. It would have been to your honor, and better for the cause of the Mission, had you been killed at the post of duty like the Gordons and others.” (p. 223)

Oh, how easy it would have been for him to respond by walking away from the mission at a moment like that. But courage pressed on for another four decades of fruitful ministry on the island of Aniwa and around the world.

What Did His Courage Achieve?

We have already seen one main answer to this question, namely,

The entire island of Aniwa turned to Christ.

Four years of seemingly fruitless and costly labor on Tanna could have meant the end of Paton’s missionary life. He could have remembered that in Glasgow for ten years he had had unprecedented success as an urban missionary. Now for four years he seemed to have accomplished nothing and he lost his wife and child in the process. But instead of going home, he turned his missionary heart to Aniwa. And this time the story was different. “I claimed Aniwa for Jesus, and by the grace of God, Aniwa now worships at the Savior’s feet” (p. 312).

The courageous endurance on Tanna resulted in a story that awakened thousands to the call of missions and strengthened the home church.

The reason Paton wrote the second volume of his Autobiography, he says, was to record God’s “marvelous goodness in using my humble voice and pen, and the story of my life, for interesting thousands and tens of thousands in the work of Missions” (p. 220). And the influence goes on today – even in this room right now.

Oftentimes, while passing through the perils and defeats of my first four years in the Mission-field on Tanna, I wondered . . . why God permitted such things. But on looking back now, I already clearly perceive . . . that the Lord was thereby preparing me for doing, and providing me materials wherewith to accomplish, the best work of all my life, namely the kindling of the heart of Australian Presbyterianism with a living affection for these Islanders of their own Southern Seas . . . and in being the instrument under God of sending out Missionary after Missionary to the New Hebrides, to claim another island and still another for Jesus. That work, and all that may spring from it in Time and Eternity, never could have been accomplished by me but for first the sufferings and then the story of my Tanna enterprise! (pp. 222–223)

And the awakening was not just in Australia, but in Scotland and around the world. For example, he tells us what the effect of his home tour was on his own small Reformed Presbyterian Church after his four years of pain and seeming fruitlessness on Tanna. “I was . . . filled with a high passion of gratitude to be able to proclaim, at the close of my tour . . . that of all her ordained Ministers, one in every six was a Missionary of the Cross!” (p. 280). Indeed the effects at home were far more widespread than that – and here is a lesson for all churches.

Nor did the dear old Church thus cripple herself; on the contrary, her zeal for Missions accompanied, if not caused, unwonted prosperity at home. New waves of liberality passed over the heart of her people. Debts that had burdened many of the Churches and Manses were swept away. Additional Congregations were organized. And in May, 1876, the Reformed Presbyterian Church entered into an honorable and independent Union with her larger, wealthier, and more progressive sister, the Free Church of Scotland. (p. 280)

In other words, the courageous perseverance of John Paton on Tanna, in spite of apparent fruitlessness, bore fruit in blessing for the mission field and for the church at home in ways he could have never dreamed in the midst of his dangers.

Another one of those good effects was to vindicate the power of the gospel to convert the hardest people.

Paton had an eye to the sophisticated European despisers of the gospel as he wrote the story of his life. He wanted to give evidence to skeptical modern men that the gospel can and does transform the most unlikely people and their societies.

So in his Autobiography he tells stories of particular converts like Kowia, a chief on Tanna. When he was dying he came to say farewell to Paton.

“Farewell, Missi, I am very near death now; we will meet again in Jesus and with Jesus!” . . . Abraham sustained him, tottering to the place of graves; there he lay down . . . and slept in Jesus; and there the faithful Abraham buried him beside his wife and children. Thus died a man who had been a cannibal chief, but by the grace of God and the love of Jesus changed, transfigured into a character of light and beauty. What think ye of this, ye skeptics as to the reality of conversion? . . . I knew that day, and I know now, that there is one soul at least from Tanna to sing the glories of Jesus in Heaven — and, oh, the rapture when I meet him there! (p. 160)

And then, of course, there was old Abraham himself. He was not one of Paton’s converts, but he was a converted cannibal from Aneityum and Paton’s absolutely trustworthy helper on Tanna during all his time there. So Paton writes again in witness to European skeptics:

When I have read or heard the shallow objections of irreligious scribblers and talkers, hinting that there was no reality in conversions, and that mission effort was but waste, oh, how my heart has yearned to plant them just one week on Tanna, with the “natural” man all around in the person of Cannibal and Heathen, and only the one “spiritual” man in the person of the converted Abraham, nursing them, feeding them, saving them ‘for the love Jesus’ - that I might just learn how many hours it took to convince them that Christ in man was a reality after all! All the skepticism of Europe would hide its head in foolish shame; and all its doubts would dissolve under one glance of the new light that Jesus, and Jesus alone, pours from the converted Cannibal’s eye. (p. 107)

The list could go on as to what Paton’s courage achieved because in reality our second and third question overlap. What his courage achieved was, in fact, a vindication of the value of all that produced his courage. So let’s turn to that, rather than lengthen the list here.

Where Did this Courage Come From? What Was Its Origin?

The answer he would want us to say is: It came from God. But he would also want us to see what precious means God used and, if possible, apply them to ourselves and our situation.

His courage came from his father.

The tribute Paton pays to his godly father is worth the price of the Autobiography, even if you don’t read anything else. Maybe it’s because I have a daughter and four sons, but I wept as I read this section, it filled me with such longing to be a father like this.

There was a small room, the “closet” where his father would go for prayer, as a rule after each meal. The eleven children knew it and they reverenced the spot and learned something profound about God. The impact on John Paton was immense.

Though everything else in religion were by some unthinkable catastrophe to be swept out of memory, were blotted from my understanding, my soul would wander back to those early scenes, and shut itself up once again in that Sanctuary Closet, and, hearing still the echoes of those cries to God, would hurl back all doubt with the victorious appeal, “He walked with God, why may not I?” (p. 8)

How much my father’s prayers at this time impressed me I can never explain, nor could any stranger understand. When, on his knees and all of us kneeling around him in Family Worship, he poured out his whole soul with tears for the conversion of the Heathen world to the service of Jesus, and for every personal and domestic need, we all felt as if in the presence of the living Savior, and learned to know and love him as our Divine friend. (p. 21)

One scene best captures the depth of love between John and his father and the power of the impact on John’s life of uncompromising courage and purity. The time came for the young Paton to leave home and go to Glasgow to attend divinity school and become a city missionary in his early twenties. From his hometown of Torthorwald to the train station at Kilmarnock was a forty-mile walk. Forty years later Paton wrote,

My dear father walked with me the first six miles of the way. His counsels and tears and heavenly conversation on that parting journey are fresh in my heart as if it had been but yesterday; and tears are on my cheeks as freely now as then, whenever memory steals me away to the scene. For the last half mile or so we walked on together in almost unbroken silence – my father, as was often his custom, carrying hat in hand, while his long flowing yellow hair (then yellow, but in later years white as snow) streamed like a girl’s down his shoulders. His lips kept moving in silent prayers for me; and his tears fell fast when our eyes met each other in looks for which all speech was vain! We halted on reaching the appointed parting place; he grasped my hand firmly for a minute in silence, and then solemnly and affectionately said: “God bless you, my son! Your father’s God prosper you, and keep you from all evil!”

Unable to say more, his lips kept moving in silent prayer; in tears we embraced, and parted. I ran off as fast as I could; and, when about to turn a corner in the road where he would lose sight of me, I looked back and saw him still standing with head uncovered where I had left him – gazing after me. Waving my hat in adieu, I rounded the corner and out of sight in an instant. But my heart was too full and sore to carry me further, so I darted into the side of the road and wept for a time. Then, rising up cautiously, I climbed the dike to see if he yet stood where I had left him; and just at that moment I caught a glimpse of him climbing the dyke and looking out for me! He did not see me, and after he gazed eagerly in my direction for a while, he got down, set his face toward home, and began to return - his head still uncovered, and his heart, I felt sure, still rising in prayers for me. I watched through blinding tears, till his form faded from my gaze; and then, hastening on my way, vowed deeply and oft, by the help of God, to live and act so as never to grieve or dishonor such a father and mother as he had given me. (pp. 25–26)

The impact of his father’s faith and prayer and love and discipline was immeasurable. So much more could be said.

His courage came from a deep sense of divine calling.

Before he was twelve years old, Paton says, “I had given my soul to God, and was resolved to aim at being a missionary of the cross, or a minister of the gospel” (p. 21). As he came to the end of his studies in divinity in Glasgow at the age of 32, he says, “I continually heard . . . the wail of the perishing Heathen in the South Seas; and I saw that few were caring for them, while I well knew that many would be ready to take up my work in Calton” (p. 52). “The Lord kept saying within me, ‘Since none better qualified can be got, rise and offer yourself!’“

When he was criticized for leaving a fruitful ministry, one crucial event sealed his sense of calling, namely, a word from his parents:

Heretofore we feared to bias you, but now we must tell you why we praise God for the decision to which you have been led. Your father’s heart was set upon being a Minister, but other claims forced him to give it up. When you were given to them, your father and mother laid you upon the altar, their first-born, to be consecrated, if God saw fit, as a Missionary of the Cross; and it has been their constant prayer that you might be prepared, qualified, and led to this very decision; and we pray with all our heart that the Lord may accept your offering, long spare you, and give you many souls from the Heathen World for your hire. (p. 57) In response to that Paton wrote, “From the moment, every doubt as to my path of duty forever vanished. I saw the hand of God very visibly, not only preparing me before, but now leading me to, the Foreign Mission field” (p. 57). That sense of duty and calling bred in him an undaunted courage that would never look back.

His courage came from a sense of holy heritage in his church.

Paton was part of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, one of the oldest but smallest protestant churches. It traced its lineage back to the Scottish Covenanters and had in it a strong sense of valor for the cause of the great truths of the Reformation. Paton once wrote, “I am more proud that the blood of Martyrs is in my veins, and their truths in my heart, than other men can be of noble pedigree or royal names” (p. 280).

The truths he has in mind are the robust doctrines of Calvinism. He said in his Autobiography, “I am by conviction a strong Calvinist” (p. 195). For him this meant, as we have seen, a strong confidence that God can and will change the hearts of the most unlikely people. His Reformed doctrine of regeneration was crucial here in maintaining his courage in the face of humanly impossible odds. Commenting on the conversion of one native, he said, “Regeneration is the sole work of the Holy Spirit in the human heart and soul, and is in every case one and the same. Conversion, on the other hand, bringing into play the action also of the human will, is never absolutely the same perhaps in even two souls” (p. 372). “Oh, Jesus! To Thee alone be all the glory. Thou hast the key to unlock every heart that Thou has created” (p. 373).

In other words, Calvinism, contrary to all misrepresentation, was not a hindrance to missions but the hope of missions for John Paton and hundreds of other missionaries like him. So it’s not surprising that the fourth source of courage for Paton was

His confidence in the sovereignty of God controlling all adversities.

We have already seen the words he wrote over his wife and child’s grave: “Feeling immovably assured that my God and father was too wise and loving to err in anything that he does or permits, I looked up to the Lord for help, and struggled on in His work” (p. 85).

Over and over this faith sustained him in the most threatening and frightening situations. As he was trying to escape from Tanna at the end of four years of dangers, he and Abraham were surrounded by raging natives who kept urging each other to strike the first blow.

My heart rose up to the Lord Jesus; I saw Him watching all the scene. My peace came back to me like a wave from God. I realized that I was immortal till my Master’s work with me was done. The assurance came to me, as if a voice out of Heaven had spoken, that not a musket would be fired to wound us, not a club prevail to strike us, not a spear leave the hand in which it was held vibrating to be thrown, not an arrow leave the bow, or a killing stone the fingers, without the permission of Jesus Christ, whose is all power in Heaven and on Earth. He rules all Nature, animate and inanimate, and restrains even the Savage of the South Seas. (p. 207)

After getting away with his life and losing everything that he had on earth (“my little earthly All”), instead of despairing or pouting or being paralyzed with self-pity, he moved forward expecting to see God’s good purpose in time – which he saw in the ministry that opened to him, first of missions mobilization and then of work on Aniwa: “Often since have I thought that the Lord stripped me thus bare of all these interests, that I might with undistracted mind devote my entire energy to the special work soon to be carved out for me, and of which at this moment neither I nor anyone had ever dreamed” (p. 220).

Year after year, “disappointments and successes were strangely intermingled” (p. 247) in his life. There was no long period of time, it seems, where life was very easy. And we would distort the man if we said there were no low moments. “I felt so disappointed, so miserable,” he wrote about one period of his travels, “that I wished I had been in my grave with my dear departed and my brethren on the Islands who had fallen around me” (p. 232). It was not always easy after the words, “The Lord has taken away,” to add the words, “Blessed be the name of the Lord.” But the way out was clear, and he used it again and again. When the mission ship, Dayspring, that he had worked so hard to fund, was sunk in a storm, he wrote:

Whatever trials have befallen me in my Earthly Pilgrimage, I have never had the trial of doubting that perhaps, after all, Jesus had made some mistake. No! my blessed Lord Jesus makes no mistakes! When we see all His meaning, we shall then understand, what now we can only trustfully believe that all is well — best for us, best for the cause most dear to us, best for the good of others and the glory of God. (p. 488)

Near the end of his life, at age 79, he was back on his beloved island Aniwa. “I cannot visit the villages, or go among the people and the sick, as formerly, owing to an increased feebleness in my legs and lumbago. Which is painful for the last fortnight. But all is as our Master sends it, and we submit thankfully, as all is nothing to what we deserve; and adored be our God. We have in our dear Lord Jesus [grace] for peace and joy in all circumstances” (Ralph Bell, John G. Paton, p. 238).

His courage came through a kind of praying that submitted to God’s sovereign wisdom.

How do you claim the promises of God for protection when your wife was equally faithful but, rather than being protected, died; and when the Gordons on Erromanga were equally trusting in those promises and were martyred?

Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Gordon were killed on Erromanga on May 20, 1861. They had labored four years on the island when they walked into an ambush. “A blow was aimed at him with a tomahawk, which he caught; the other man struck, but his weapon was also caught. One of the tomahawks was then wrenched out of his grasp. Next moment, a blow on the spine laid the dear Missionary low, and a second on the neck almost severed the head from the body.” Mrs. Gordon came running to see the noise and “Ouben slipped stealthily behind here, sank his tomahawk into her back and with another blow almost severed her head! This was the fate of those two devoted servants of the Lord; loving in their lives and in their deaths not divided, their spirits, wearing the crown of martyrdom, entered Glory together, to be welcomed by Williams and Harris, whose blood was shed near the same now hallowed spot for the name and the cause of Jesus” (p. 166).

Paton had learned the answer to this question from listening to his mother pray, even before he leaned the theology that supports it. When the potato crop failed in Scotland, Mrs. Paton said to her children, “Oh my children, love your Heavenly Father, tell him in faith and prayer all your needs, and he will supply your wants so far as it shall be for your good and His glory” (p. 22). Compare this way of praying with the way Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego faced the fiery furnace in Daniel 3:17–18, “God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

This is what Paton trusted God for in claiming the promises: that God would do what was for Paton’s good and for his own glory.

His courage when he was surrounded by armed natives came through a kind of praying that claimed the promises under the overarching submission to God’s wisdom as to what would work most for God’s glory and his good.

I . . . assured them that I was not afraid to die, for at death my Savior would take me to be with Himself in Heaven, and to be far happier than I had ever been on Earth. I then lifted up my hands and eyes to the Heavens, and prayed aloud for Jesus . . . either to protect me or to take me home to Glory as He saw to be for the best. (p. 164)

That was how he prayed again and again: “Protect me or . . . take me home to Glory as you see to be for the best.” He knew that Jesus had promised suffering and martyrdom to some of his servants (Luke 11:49; 21:12–18). So the promises he claimed were both: either protect me or take me home in a way that will glorify you and do good for others.

This meant that, in one sense, life was not simple. If God may rescue us for his glory, or let us be killed for his glory, which way to turn in self-preservation was not an easy question to answer.

To know what was best to be done, in such trying circumstances, was an abiding perplexity. To have left altogether, when so surrounded by perils and enemies, at first seemed the wisest course, and was the repeated advice of many friends. But again, I had acquired the language, and had gained a considerable influence amongst the Natives, and there were a number warmly attached both to myself and to the Worship. To have left would have been to lose all, which to me was heart-rending; therefore, risking all with Jesus, I held on while the hope of being spared longer had not absolutely and entirely vanished (p. 173).

After one harrowing journey he wrote, “Had it not been for the assurance that . . . in every path of duty He would carry me through or dispose of me therein for His glory, I could never have undertaken either journey” (p. 148).

Often have I seized the pointed barrel and directed it upwards, or, pleading with my assailant, uncapped his musket in the struggle. At other times, nothing could be said, nothing done, but stand still in silent prayer, asking to protect us or to prepare us for going home to His glory. He fulfilled His own promise — I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.(pp. 329–330)

The peace God gave him in these crises was not the peace of sure escape but the peace that God is good and wise and omnipotent and will do all things well. “We felt that God was near, and omnipotent to do what seemed best in his sight” (p. 197).

Did ever mother run more quickly to protect her crying child in danger’s hour, than the Lord Jesus hastens to answer believing prayer and send help to His servants in His own good time and way, so far as it shall be for His glory and their good? (p. 164, emphasis added)

Paton taught his helpers to pray this way as well, and we hear the same faith and prayer in Abraham, his trustworthy Aneityumese servant.

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, they have murdered Thy servants on Erromanga. They have banished the Aneityumese from dark Tanna. And now they want to kill Missi Paton and me. Our great King, protect us, and make their hearts soft and sweet to Thy Worship. Or, if they are permitted to kill us, do not Thou hate us, but wash us in the blood of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ. . . . Make us two and all Thy servants strong for Thee and for Thy Worship; and if they kill us now, let us die together in Thy good work, like Thy servants Missi Gordon the man and Missi Gordon the woman. (p. 171)

His courage came from a joy in God that he knew could not be surpassed anywhere in any other ministry.

Oh that the pleasure-seeking men and women of the world could only taste and feel the real joy of those who know and love the true God – a heritage which the world . . . cannot give to them, but which the poorest and humblest followers of Jesus inherit and enjoy! (p. 78)

My heart often says within itself — when, when will men’s eyes at home be opened? When will the rich and the learned . . . renounce their shallow frivolities, and go to live amongst the poor, the ignorant, the outcast, and the lost, and write their eternal fame on the souls by them blessed and brought to the Savior? Those who have tasted this highest joy, “The joy of the Lord,” will never again ask — Is Life worth living?

He goes on to expand the ground of this joy:

Life, any life, would be well spent, under any conceivable conditions, in bringing one human soul to know and love and serve God and His Son, and thereby securing for yourself at least one temple where your name and memory would be held for ever and for ever in affectionate praise — a regenerated Heart in heaven. That fame will prove immortal, when all the poems and monuments and pyramids of Earth have gone into dust. (pp. 411–412)

Near the end of his life he wrote about the joy that carried him on and about his hope that his own children would undertake the same mission and find the same joy:

Let me record my immovable conviction that this is the noblest service in which any human being, can spend or be spent; and that, if God gave me back my life to be lived over again, I would without one quiver of hesitation lay it on the altar to Christ, that He might use it as before in similar ministries of love, especially amongst those who have never yet heard the Name of Jesus. Nothing that has been endured, and nothing that can now befall me, makes me tremble — on the contrary, I deeply rejoice — when I breathe the prayer that it may please the blessed Lord to turn the hearts of all my children to the Mission Field and that He may open up their way and make it their pride and joy to live and die in carrying Jesus and His Gospel into the heart of the Heathen World! (p. 444, emphasis added)

Where did the joy of John G. Paton most deeply repose? The answer, it seems, is that it rested most deeply in the experience of personal communion with Jesus Christ mediated through the promise, “Lo, I am with you alway.” Therefore, the final source of his courage I would mention is that

His courage came from personal fellowship with Jesus through faith in his promise, especially on the brink of eternity.

The promise had been given precisely in the context of the Great Commission: “Go and make disciples of all nations . . . and Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19–20). More than any other promise, this one brought Jesus close and real to John Paton in all his dangers. After the measles epidemic that killed thousands on the islands, and for which the missionaries were blamed, he wrote: “During the crisis, I felt generally calm, and firm of soul, standing erect and with my whole weight on the promise, ‘Lo! I am with you alway.’ Precious promise! How often I adore Jesus for it, and rejoice in it! Blessed be his name” (p. 154).

The power this promise had to make Christ real to Paton in hours of crisis was unlike any other Scripture or prayer:

Without that abiding consciousness of the presence and power of my dear Lord and Savior, nothing else in all the world could have preserved me from losing my reason and perishing miserably. In his words, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world,” became to me so real that it would not have startled me to behold Him, as Stephen did, gazing down upon the scene. I felt His supporting power. . . . It is the sober truth, and it comes back to me sweetly after 20 years, that I had my nearest and dearest glimpses of the face and smiles of my blessed Lord in those dread moments when musket, club, or spear was being leveled at my life. Oh the bliss of living and enduring, as seeing “Him who is invisible”! (p. 117)

My constant custom was, in order to prevent war, to run right in between the contending parties. My faith enabled me to grasp and realize the promise, ‘Lo, I am with you alway.’ In Jesus I felt invulnerable and immortal, so long as I was doing his work. And I can truly say, that these were the moments when I felt my Savior to be most truly and sensibly present, inspiring and empowering me. (p. 342)

One of the most powerful paragraphs in his Autobiography describes his experience of hiding in a tree, at the mercy of an unreliable chief, as hundreds of angry natives hunted him for his life. What he experienced there was the deepest source of Paton’s joy and courage. In fact, I would dare to say that to share this experience and call others to enjoy it was the reason that he wrote the story of his life.

I pity from the depth of my heart every human being, who, from whatever cause, is a stranger to the most ennobling, uplifting, and consoling experience that can come to the soul of man — blessed communion with the Father of our Spirits, through gracious union with the Lord Jesus Christ. (p. 359)

He began his Autobiography with the words, “What I write here is for the glory of God” (p. 2). That is true. But God gets glory when his Son is exalted. And his Son his exalted when we cherish him above all things. That is what this story is about.

Being entirely at the mercy of such doubtful and vacillating friends, I, though perplexed, felt it best to obey. I climbed into the tree and was left there alone in the bush. The hours I spent there live all before me as if it were but of yesterday. I heard the frequent discharging of muskets, and the yells of the Savages. Yet I sat there among the branches, as safe as in the arms of Jesus. Never, in all my sorrows, did my Lord draw nearer to me, and speak more soothingly in my soul, than when the moonlight flickered among those chestnut leaves, and the night air played on my throbbing brow, as I told all my heart to Jesus. Alone, yet not alone! If it be to glorify my God, I will not grudge to spend many nights alone in such a tree, to feel again my Savior’s spiritual presence, to enjoy His consoling fellowship. If thus thrown back upon your own soul, alone, all alone, in the midnight, in the bush, in the very embrace of death itself, have you a Friend that will not fail you then? (p. 200)

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23rd February 2017 >> Mass Readings (USA) Thursday of Week Seven in Ordinary Time or Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr

Thursday of Week Seven in Ordinary Time

(Liturgical Colour: Red) First Reading Sirach 5:1-8 Delay not your conversion to the Lord. Rely not on your wealth;    say not: “I have the power.” Rely not on your strength    in following the desires of your heart. Say not: “Who can prevail against me?”    or, “Who will subdue me for my deeds?”    for God will surely exact the punishment. Say not: “I have sinned, yet what has befallen me?”    for the Most High bides his time. Of forgiveness be not overconfident,    adding sin upon sin. Say not: “Great is his mercy;    my many sins he will forgive.” For mercy and anger alike are with him;    upon the wicked alights his wrath. Delay not your conversion to the LORD,    put it not off from day to day. For suddenly his wrath flames forth;    at the time of vengeance you will be destroyed. Rely not upon deceitful wrath,    for it will be no help on the day of wrath. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 R/ Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. Blessed the man who follows not    the counsel of the wicked Nor walks in the way of sinners,    nor sits in the company of the insolent, But delights in the law of the LORD    and meditates on his law day and night. R/ Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. He is like a tree    planted near running water, That yields its fruit in due season,    and whose leaves never fade.    Whatever he does, prospers. R/ Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. Not so the wicked, not so;    they are like chaff which the wind drives away. For the LORD watches over the way of the just,    but the way of the wicked vanishes. R/ Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. Gospel Acclamation cf. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Alleluia, alleluia. Receive the word of God, not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Mark 9:41-50 It is better for you to enter into life with one hand, than with two hands to go into Gehenna. Jesus said to his disciples: “Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.    “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut if off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.    “Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what will you restore its flavor? Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another.” ------------------

Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr

(Liturgical Colour: Red) First Reading Revelation 2:8-11 I know your tribulation and poverty. “To the angel of the Church in Smyrna, write this:    “‘The first and the last, who once died but came to life, says this: “I know your tribulation and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who claim to be Jews and are not, but rather are members of the assembly of Satan. Do not be afraid of anything that you are going to suffer. Indeed, the Devil will throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will face an ordeal for ten days. Remain faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.    “’”Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The victor shall not be harmed by the second death.”‘“ Responsorial Psalm Psalm 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17 R/ Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. Be my rock of refuge,    a stronghold to give me safety. You are my rock and my fortress;    for your name’s sake you will lead and guide me. R/ Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. Into your hands I commend my spirit;    you will redeem me, O LORD, O faithful God. I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy. R/ Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. Rescue me from the clutches of my enemies and my persecutors. Let your face shine upon your servant;    save me in your kindness. R/ Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. Gospel Acclamation cf. Te Deum Alleluia, alleluia. We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the white-robed army of martyrs praise you. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel John 15:18-21 If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.Jesus said to his disciples: “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.”

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Millennials really are a very praised and self-confident technology. They are really a really optimistic generation. They've got a increased will need to have lifetime experiences as opposed to to build up product prosperity, Regardless that they do like to amass things which will help them to delight in All those activities. Millennials are probably the most educated generation. Since the rate tag of education has become so high and continuing to climb annually, Millennials became quite savvy about their instructional selections. Compared with prior generations who saw training like a ritual and an financial commitment in their potential, millennials watch education as an cost, Except it'll empower them in an effort to be a far better personal. They anticipate education and learning that will help them prepare for The brand new alternatives and worries of the age, as an alternative to encouraging them by furnishing truth-primarily based facts/understanding. The millennials want to be challenged by considering the future and how they will add to creating a better Modern society and atmosphere. They don't experience the need to turn into "textbook intelligent / e-book worms".

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However They can be the most important workforce of the companies these days, they do not have confidence in lifelong employment. Lifelong motivation can be a fairy tale to the millennials. They generally jump from on task to another as they are often in search of a thing new and better. These high anticipations turn out to be their downfall and tends to make them significantly less monetarily secure than their parents.

Millennials are in this article to remain! They are younger, dazzling and energetic and they're the longer term. They are fantastic assets which the planet need to harness and use. They can be the technology that is certainly revolutionizing the whole world. They are the budding leaders of tomorrow. They adopt technologies and stimulus in the exact same breadth. This era is additionally a collaborative and social generation that features a deal with understanding and developing their knowledge by way of numerous kinds of medium to find out the responses. It's for that educator like us to supply an arena for engagement and discovery and become a written content pro and mentor. It truly is for Finding out platform companies like Nirmiti Academy to give an explorative and experiential knowledge and bring out their accurate likely in life and at function. It Is that this transformational journey that we at Nirmiti Academy look forward to every single day to discover, unlearn and relearn Using these youthful and magical technology - the Millennials!

Using the advancement of innovation, it's gotten essential to persistently study, unlearn, and relearn to extinguish the thirst of grave challenge. In contrast to customary time, the exercise of bookkeepers isn't really constrained to maintaining thick registers. With robotization, the concept of manual bookkeeping is now an outsider time period and now, an infinite piece of bookkeeping perform may be addressed bookkeeping programming, such as, QuickBooks programming.

With this website, We'll talk about a percentage of the numerous specialised capability and talents to change into a specialist Accountant now and continually:

Essential Imagining

Resource: magnapubs.com

At the point once we take a look at the bookkeeping contacting, we should always think about elementary talents, such as, acquiring the essential information on the bookkeeping calling. In almost any situation, presently the problem is adjusted and persons are alluding applicants with the ability to burrow even further to have a gander in any way viewpoints with the numbers and the data just as spotting styles and illustrations to find out the story within. Be that as it may, this ability can't be grown medium-phrase. This can be a form of delicate aptitudes that you can understand more than a timespan, as a result of successfully trying to find information with the do the job. In contrast to accomplishing things that ring a bell, endeavor to consider ingenious and out with the container arrangements. Look into, evaluate, and Assume whenever you practical experience an issue to concoct the most achievable and ground breaking preparations.

Attain Complex Abilities

Source: Area.me

As indicated by Entrepreneur.com, cloud bookkeeping is going to be released in about ninety% organizations. Mechanization has gotten inalienably fundamental to aid during the enterprise. With innovation, for example, the cloud, it really is now quite simple to understand the unpredictable information and facts also to get to them from anyplace on the planet with hardly any snaps. The cloud is now The newest sample for your bookkeeping business.

With cloud facilitating it has become A lot simpler for the companies to work cooperatively with no investing off the safety component. Furthermore, working with the cloud give nonstop accessibility of the information from any remote corner of the earth. Appropriately, the curiosity for your bookkeeper getting specialised talents would be the best selection around the group.

Info on Federal government Guidelines

Resource: Financial Categorical

On account of differed new and reconsidered pointers, The work of bookkeepers has Also changed. During the 12 months 2020, recognizing the stray items of such progressions will get principal for bookkeepers. As indicated by specialists within the bookkeeping enterprise, new federal government guidelines and compliances is going to be regularly actualized to advance straightforwardness in business. In this way It's going to be A lot easier with the bookkeepers to acquire the information on new and existing governing administration rules and pointers. So, it is suggested to makeover your recent mastery time allowing, and to improve a critical most popular placement above Other people.

Relational Abilities

Source: Jarvee

You ought to have the choice to liaise with various divisions, investors and The shoppers. For this, bookkeepers are predicted to get good relational skills, one example is, customer the executives, arrangement aptitudes, compassion, and so forth.

Presently, the exercise in the bookkeepers will not be limited towards the calculating, it incorporates customary gatherings with specialists, customers, and companions to suit their preferences. On this fashion, obtaining every one of these talents will consist of while in the get the job done effectiveness and accomplishment of a bookkeeper. For example, it really is prescribed never to employ inside abbreviations or specialised language although responding to inquiries of the customers. Possessing great relational aptitudes will build strong connections and to carry shoppers and to draw in new clients. This really is a big aptitude to have.

Information Analytics

Resource: brilliant details combination

Smarts will be the people who can fathom the knowledge, nevertheless much more astute are the ones who can make it being used. To investigate the knowledge and to think of a plausible arrangement, it is vital for the bookkeepers to find out the intricate details of the knowledge. Obtaining every one of those aptitudes will make you conscious on the current interest on the consumers and prospects. Grasping the innovation and embellishment of our arrangement of talents as per the necessity of the time is going to assistance.

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A person such millennial who knocked my socks off was this young Woman named Anushka, a teenager in her early twenties. Her white t-shirt with "MILLENNIAL" in major, black, Daring letters just caught our quick focus and we could not prevent contemplating her Exclusive Expertise Presentation, listed here at Nirmiti Academy. The Do it yourself (Do It By yourself) Craft was her unique talent. She represented a young experience with the millennials. In addition, it absolutely was her presentation that spoke additional of her being a millennial. She was a real go-getter when it came to present her distinctive talent in a unique way. We could see her beaming with delight and happiness to showcase her exclusive expertise to Many others. She was so enthusiastic that she was conversing a mile a minute. She had a great deal of to say over it and she could go on and on and hold us glued to her presentation. The millennials like Anushka and plenty of Some others are determined to operate on matters which fascination them. At the same time, I could also see her getting unable to smile and present herself Fortunately. Long gone would be the moments for your millennials where by they really feel present and revel in their surroundings. They are really the era who experience the regular want for virtual attention which leads them to overshare their life and times on social websites or go inward in deep conscience to search out by themselves. This leaves them unconnected Using the Actual physical environment all around them.

Millennials really are a extremely praised and self-assured technology. They're a remarkably optimistic era. They have a greater require to acquire everyday living activities as opposed to to accumulate material prosperity, Though they do like to obtain things which may help them to love Individuals experiences. Millennials are by far the most educated era. Since the price tag of education is now so higher and continuing to climb every year, Millennials have grown to be very savvy with regards to their academic possibilities. Not like past generations who noticed education and learning as being a ritual and an financial commitment within their long term, millennials see schooling being an price, Except it'll empower them so that you can be a better individual. They be expecting schooling to aid them put together for The brand new options and worries of this age, rather than assisting them by delivering simple fact-primarily based info/information. The millennials want to be challenged by serious about the longer term And the way they are able to add to building a better Modern society and ecosystem. They do not experience the necessity to grow to be "textbook smart / e-book worms".

They understand that details may be very easily discovered online through their own impartial motion. They can be the generation that features and prosper on know-how at finger "simply click". Inside a world of open access to know-how, it can make very little sense to count on the classroom as being a forum for that transfer of knowledge.

As an alternative, The scholars Substantially prefer to master in the stories and ordeals of Many others. These shared stories and encounters enable them to reinforce their own individual knowledge by learning from the results and errors of Other people. This will help them prevent earning exactly the same mistakes as their influencers. That's why, they like to take a position a lot more of their time and expense on these types of packages which support them to establish many procedures that they may incorporate into their feelings and selection-creating system, thereby developing a new talent set.

We simply cannot dismiss the fact that millennials are also a era of uncertainties and fluctuations. They can be the generation who likes to help keep switching their devices. They grew up with know-how where by every little thing was at their fingertips. It results in being irritating for them not to get what they need every time they want it. The vast majority of issues are handed to them on the silver spoon. This will make them experience entitled to receive what they want without the need of putting in Substantially effort and hard work.

However They may be the foremost workforce of the companies now, they don't have confidence in lifelong employment. Lifelong commitment can be a fairy tale for your millennials. They often jump from on work to another mainly because they are often searching for some thing new and superior. These large expectations turn out to be their downfall and would make them less economically secure than their mom and dad.

Millennials are right here to remain! They can be younger, vivid and energetic and they're the longer term. They are excellent assets which the whole world must harness and use. They can be the technology that is certainly revolutionizing the whole world. They may be the budding leaders of tomorrow. They undertake technologies and stimulus in exactly the same breadth. This era is likewise a collaborative and social technology that features a target being familiar with and setting up their expertise by way of various types of medium to discover the responses. It can be for the educator like us to provide an arena for engagement and discovery in addition to certainly be a written content pro and mentor. It really is for Finding out System vendors like Nirmiti Academy to provide an explorative and experiential experience and convey out their true opportunity in life and at do the job. It Is that this transformational journey that we at Nirmiti Academy stay up for every single day to discover, unlearn and relearn with these youthful and magical era - the Millennials!

With the progression of innovation, it's gotten essential to persistently learn, unlearn, and relearn to extinguish the thirst of grave problem. In contrast to customary time, the exercise of bookkeepers just isn't constrained to keeping up thick registers. With robotization, the thought of handbook bookkeeping is becoming an outsider expression and now, an infinite bit of bookkeeping operate is often addressed bookkeeping programming, one example is, QuickBooks programming.

In this weblog, We are going to discuss a percentage of the numerous specialized capability and abilities to become a specialist Accountant now and regularly:

Essential Imagining

Source: magnapubs.com

At the point once we take a look at the bookkeeping calling, we should contemplate fundamental qualities, such as, having the crucial information on the bookkeeping contacting. In almost any circumstance, presently the situation has actually been adjusted and folks are alluding applicants being able to burrow further more to take a gander whatsoever viewpoints of your figures and the data just as recognizing patterns and illustrations to learn the Tale inside of. Be that as it could, this capacity cannot be developed medium-phrase. That is a sort of delicate aptitudes that one can understand more than a timespan, by means of effectively in search of facts With all the function. Rather than undertaking things which ring a bell, try to think of ingenious and out of the container preparations. Investigate, assess, and Assume if you knowledge an issue to concoct one of the most achievable and modern preparations.

Obtain Technical Expertise

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As indicated by Entrepreneur.com, cloud bookkeeping will be introduced in more than 90% businesses. Mechanization has gotten inalienably fundamental to assist within the company. With innovation, for instance, the cloud, it is now very simple to understand the unpredictable info and also to get to them from anyplace in the world with hardly any snaps. The cloud has grown to be the most recent pattern for your bookkeeping enterprise.

With cloud facilitating it has grown to be Considerably less difficult for that companies to operate cooperatively with no investing off the safety factor. Furthermore, working with the cloud give nonstop accessibility of the information from any distant corner of the whole world. Appropriately, the curiosity for your bookkeeper having specialized skills would be the great alternative above the group.

Info on Federal government Guidelines

Resource: Financial Categorical

Thanks to differed new and reconsidered pointers, The work of bookkeepers has additionally modified. From the calendar year 2020, realizing the stray parts of these progressions will get principal for bookkeepers. As indicated by specialists inside the bookkeeping business, new authorities policies and compliances is going to be consistently actualized to advance straightforwardness in organization. In this way it will be much simpler with the bookkeepers to obtain the knowledge on new and existing government procedures and guidelines. Consequently, it is usually recommended to makeover your latest mastery time permitting, and to boost a critical most popular placement in excess of Many others.

Relational Techniques

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You ought to have the choice to liaise with distinct divisions, investors and the customers. For this, bookkeepers are expected to have good relational skills, one example is, buyer the executives, arrangement aptitudes, compassion, and so forth.

Presently, the exercise with the bookkeepers are certainly not restricted on the calculating, it consists of customary gatherings with gurus, clients, and associates to suit their Choices. On this fashion, acquiring every one of those talents will include while in the operate performance and accomplishment of a bookkeeper. Such as, it really is prescribed to not make the most of interior abbreviations or specialized language while responding to inquiries of the customers. Acquiring great relational aptitudes will construct strong connections and to hold consumers and to draw in new purchasers. This is often a substantial aptitude to possess.

Details Analytics

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Smarts will be the people who can fathom the data, nonetheless more astute are the ones who can make it being used. To analyze the knowledge and to consider a plausible arrangement, it is vital for that bookkeepers to be aware of the intricate particulars of the data. Getting Each one of those aptitudes can make you mindful on the current fascination from the clients and customers. Grasping the innovation and embellishment of our arrangement of capabilities as per the necessity of some time will support.

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Today’s reading in the ancient book of Psalms

for Wednesday, july 22 of 2020 with Psalm 22 accompanied by Psalm 33 for the 33rd day of Summer and Psalm 54 for day 204 of the year

[Psalm 22]

A Prophetic Portrait of the Cross

For the Pure and Shining One

King David’s song of anguish

To the tune of “The Deer at the Dawning of the Day”

God, my God!

Why would you abandon me now?

Why do you remain distant,

refusing to answer my tearful cries in the day

and my desperate cries for your help in the night?

I can’t stop sobbing.

Where are you, my God?

Yet I know that you are most holy; it’s indisputable.

You are God-Enthroned, surrounded with songs,

living among the shouts of praise of your princely people.

Our fathers’ faith was in you—

through the generations they trusted and believed in you

and you came through.

Every time they cried out to you in their despair,

you were faithful to deliver them;

you didn’t disappoint them.

But look at me now; I am like a woeful worm,

crushed, and I’m bleeding crimson.

I don’t even look like a man anymore.

I’ve been abused, despised, and scorned by everyone!

Mocked by their jeers, despised with their sneers,

as all the people poke fun at me, spitting their insults,

saying, “Is this the one who trusted in God?

Is this the one who claims God is pleased with him?

Now let’s see if your God will come to your rescue!

We’ll just see how much he delights in you!”

Lord, you delivered me safely from my mother’s womb.

You are the one who cared for me ever since I was a baby.

Since the day I was born, I’ve been placed in your custody.

You’ve cradled me throughout my days.

I’ve trusted in you and you’ve always been my God.

So don’t leave me now; stay close to me!

For trouble is all around me and there’s no one else to help me.

I’m surrounded by many violent foes;

mighty forces of evil are swirling around me

who want to break me to bits and destroy me.

Curses pour from their mouths!

They’re like ravenous, roaring lions tearing their prey.

Now I’m completely exhausted; I’m spent.

Every joint of my body has been pulled apart.

My courage has vanished and

my inward parts have melted away.

I’m so thirsty and parched—dry as a bone.

My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.

And now you’ve left me in the dust for dead.

They have pierced my hands and my feet.

Like a pack of wild dogs they tear at me,

swirling around me with their hatred.

They gather around me like lions to pin my hands and feet.

All my bones stick out.

Look at how they all gloat over me and stare!

With a toss of the dice they divide my clothes among themselves,

gambling for my garments!

Lord, my God, please don’t stay far away.

For you are my only might and strength.

Won’t you come quickly to my rescue?

Give me back my life.

Save me from this violent death.

Save my precious one and only

from the power of these demons!

Save me from all the power of the enemy,

from this roaring lion raging against me

and the power of his dark horde.

I will praise your name before all my brothers;

as my people gather I will praise you in their midst.

Lovers of Yahweh, praise him!

Let all the true seed of Jacob glorify him with your praises.

Stand in awe of him, all you princely people,

the offspring of Israel!

For he has not despised my cries of deep despair.

He’s my first responder to my sufferings,

and he didn’t look the other way when I was in pain.

He was there all the time, listening to the song of the afflicted.

You’re the reason for my praise; it comes from you and goes to you.

I will keep my promise to praise you before all who fear you

among the congregation of your people.

I will invite the poor and broken,

and they will come and eat until satisfied.

Bring Yahweh praise and you will find him.

Your hearts will overflow with life forever!

From the four corners of the earth,

the peoples of the world will remember and return to the Lord.

Every nation will come and worship him.

For the Lord is King of all, who takes charge of all the nations.

There they are! They’re worshiping!

The wealthy of this world will feast in fellowship with him

right alongside the humble of heart,

bowing down to the dust, forsaking their own souls.

They will all come and worship this worthy King!

His spiritual seed shall serve him.

Future generations will hear from us

about the wonders of the Sovereign Lord.

His generation yet to be born will glorify him.

And they will all declare, “It is finished!”

The Book of Psalms, Poem 22 (The Passion Translation)

[Psalm 33]

A Song of Praise

Poetic praise, by King David

It’s time to sing and shout for joy!

Go ahead, all you redeemed ones, do it!

Praise him with all you have,

for praise looks lovely on the lips of God’s lovers.

Play the guitar as you lift your praises loaded with thanksgiving.

Sing and make joyous music with all you’ve got inside.

Compose new melodies that release new praises to the Lord.

Play his praises on instruments

with the anointing and skill he gives you.

Sing and shout with passion; make a spectacular sound of joy—

For God’s Word is something to sing about!

He is true to his promises, his word can be trusted,

and everything he does is reliable and right.

The Lord loves seeing justice on the earth.

Anywhere and everywhere you can find his faithful, unfailing love!

All he had to do was speak by his Spirit-wind command,

and God created the heavenlies.

Filled with galaxies and stars,

the vast cosmos he wonderfully made.

His voice scooped out the seas.

The ocean depths he poured into vast reservoirs.

Now, with breathtaking wonder,

let everyone worship Yahweh, this awe-inspiring Creator.

Words he breathed and worlds were birthed.

“Let there be,” and there it was—

Springing forth the moment he spoke.

No sooner said than done!

With his breath he scatters the schemes of nations who oppose him;

they will never succeed.

His destiny-plan for the earth stands sure.

His forever-plan remains in place and will never fail.

Blessed and prosperous is that nation who has God as their Lord!

They will be the people he has chosen for his own.

The Lord looks over us from where he rules in heaven.

Gazing into every heart from his lofty dwelling place,

he observes all the peoples of the earth.

The Creator of our hearts considers and examines everything we do.

Even if a king has the best-equipped army,

it would never be enough to save him.

Even if the best warrior went to battle,

he could not be saved simply by his strength alone.

Human strength and the weapons of man

are false hopes for victory;

they may seem mighty but they will always disappoint.

The eyes of the Lord are upon

even the weakest worshipers who love him—

those who wait in hope and expectation

for the strong, steady love of God.

God will deliver them from death,

even the certain death of famine, with no one to help.

The Lord alone is our radiant hope

and we trust in him with all our hearts.

His wrap-around presence will strengthen us.

As we trust, we rejoice with an uncontained joy

flowing from Yahweh!

Let your love and steadfast kindness overshadow us

continually, for we trust and we wait upon you!

The Book of Psalms, Poem 33 (The Passion Translation)

[Psalm 54]

For the worship leader. A contemplative song of David when his friends, the Ziphites, betrayed him to Saul. Accompanied by strings.

Liberate me, O God, by the authority of Your name.

Vindicate me through Your legendary power.

Hear my prayer, O God;

let the words of my mouth reach Your sympathetic ear.

The truth is, these strangers are rallying against me;

cold-blooded men seek to slay me;

they have no respect for You.

[pause]

But see now! God comes to rescue me;

the Lord is my valiant supporter.

He will repay my enemies for the harm they have done; they are doomed!

According to Your faithful promises, silence them.

I will sacrifice to You willingly;

I will lift Your name by shouts of thanksgiving, O Eternal One, for Your name is good.

God has pulled me out from every one of the troubles that encompass me,

and I have seen what it means to stand over my enemies in triumph.

The Book of Psalms, Poem 54 (The Voice)