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The Bible readings for Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 August are -- Num 29:1-30:16; Ps 37:27-33; Pro 9:3-6; Lk 2:21-38.
posted by Ps John @ 8:22 AM
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Hi and welcome. Ashfield Baptist Church is a "caring community church sharing God's love". We are very diverse in our nationalities, backgrounds and ages, but united in our desire to grow spiritually and to reach out and help others. Our vision is "to be a body of Christ-like people living out the great commandment and the great commission in the Holy Spirit's power". This blog is mainly for people connected with Ashfield Baptist Church. It has been set up as an "info & chat space" as we start the "THRU IN 2" challenge. This is our program for reading the Bible right through during 2007 & 2008. Many are using the Every Day With Jesus Bible which also has daily devotions from Selwyn Hughes. As we read through the Bible together over these two years, we can use this blog to share insights, stories, reflections, questions etc. The goal is to grow spiritually together. So leave your comments. Together we can help each other grow. Blessings. Ps John. To leave a comment about the readings for a particular day, or to view the comments of others, just click on "comments" at the bottom of the post.
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Selwyn Hughes makes the following helpful comments in his devotion (Headed "The 'Inner-Stances' ") on Ps 37:28.
"Why is it that while the same things can happen to us all, they may not have the same effect upon us all? The same thing happening to two different people may have entirely different effects. Why should this be so? It depends not so much on the circumstances, but on the 'inner-stances' -- or, in other words, our inner attitudes. As someone has said, 'What life does to us in the long run depends on what life finds in us.' Life's blows can make some people irritable and bitter; others they sweeten and refine -- the same events, but with opposite effects... What counts, therefore, is not so much what happens to us, but what we do with it. The same sunshine falling on two different plants can cause one to wither and die, while the other will blossom and flourish. And why? It all depends on the response the plants make. Although, of course, they both need water, one plant is more suited to hot sunshine that the other and therefore responds with more life and growth, while the other shrivels up and dies."
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