Covenanter Witness Vol. 54 - Rparchives.org

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8. He will stand between us and danger
Acts
18:10; Ps. 27:5
9. We shall not lack anything good for
us Ps. 34:10; Ps. 23:1
10. The promises of the Bible belong to
usHeb. 6:17
11. We are conquerors Rom. 8:37
12. He provides a rich inheritance I
Pet. 1:3, 4; Luke 12:32
(There is much more which I have left
out)
VII. If God is our Father, then let us
1. Believe and trust Him Luke 12:24;
27,28
2. Imitate Him Eph. 5:1; Eph. 4:32
3. Submit to Him Heb. 12:9, 10
4. Give Him reverence Mai. 1:6
5. Walk obediently I Pet. 1:14
6. Show cheerfulness II Sam. 13:4
7. Live holy lives I Pet. 1:16
8. Show brotherly love Ps. 133:1
9. Be faithful to our calling Mark 8:
38; Rev. 2:10 (last clause)
THESE ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE
PRAY TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
W. M. S. Department
Mrs. Ross Latimer. Editor,
Prayer Hour, 1:00 P.M. Monday
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W. M. S. TOPIC
For April
THEME: NEH. 2:20
Mrs. Roy Blackwood
THE BUILDING: (I COR. 3:16-17)
Herein lies great responsibility for us
to care for what God has made, "for we
are not our own but are bought with a
(I Cor. 6:19-20), and are com
manded to glorify God in our bodies and
in our spirit. "Yield your members as
instruments of righteousness unto God"
(Romans 6:12, 13), and "If we live in
the spirit, let us also walk in the
(Gal. 5:25).
1. OUR "LIVING LIFE" (ROM.8:l-2)
Each person must be sure for himself
that he is living in Christ (I Peter 1:23).
He must not just think it, imagine or
hope he has Christ, but he must abso
lutely know (II Pet. 1 :10). Too, we must
hold nothing back, but surrender all to
Christ (Rom. 12:1). Luke 14:33 tells us
that whoever does not forsake all he has,
he cannot be Christ's disciple. Do not
trifle with what is not ours as did Ana
nias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-12). We are
also commanded to grow, to go forward
(Luke 9:62). This we will do if we obey
God's commandments to feed upon His
Word and pray daily.
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2. OUR "EVERLASTING LIFE"
(JOHN 1:12).
God's great and precious promises of
salvation are numerous and we are hum
bled by so great a love as He has for
us, unworthy as we are. Yet He brings
us joy as we count our blessings, the
greatest of which is the gift of His own
Son. If we receive Jesus Christ, we shall
not come into condemnation, but "pass
from death unto life" (John 5:24).
"When Christ who is our life shall ap
pear, then shall ye also appear with Him
in (Col. 3:4), and in Rev. 2:10 we
are told to "be faithful unto death and
I will give thee a crown of life." And
"neither is there salvation in any other;
for there is no other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be
(Acts 4:12).
3. OUR "BEAUTIFUL LIFE"
(I THESS. 4:1)
The ideal Christian life pleases God
who looks on man's heart. Outward
beauty, though we are commanded to
acquire neat and clean habits, is not a
true indication of inward beauty (Matt.
23:27). Christ is our example in this
(Luke 2:52). Through repentance we are
inwardly cleansed (Acts 3:19; Isa. 1:18).
Look over the list of fruits one can have
by having the Spirit of the Lord dwell in
him richly (Gal. 5:22-23). Are these
not the ingredients of a truly beautiful
life
4. OUR "USEFUL LIFE"
(JAMES 1:22) (TITUS 3:8)
What service do we render unto God
Is it enough Have we yielded our All to
Him Are we following God's rules for
daily living God can heal our backslid
ing (Hosea 14:4), but we should check
our prayer life (Luke 21:36); our Bible
Study (Acts 17:11); and our service
(Acts 5:42; Mark 5:19, 20). Have we
been building as we should "THERE
FORE WE HIS SERVANTS WILL
ARISE AND BUILD" (NEH. 2:20).
A Meditation for you
from the Psalms in A B C's.
As for me I will call upon the Lord . .
55:16
Be glad in the Lord ... 32 :11
Create in me a clean heart . . . 51 :10
Delight thyself in the Lord ... 37 :4
Every day will I bless thee . . . 145 :2
Fret not thyself ... 37:1
God is our refuge and our strength . . .
46:1
Hold thou me up and I shall be safe . . .
119:117
In thy name we will rejoice all the day
... 89:16
Justice and judgment are the habitation
of Thy throne ... 89 :14
Keep me as the apple of the eye ... 17 :8
Let the words of my mouth be accept
able... 19:14
My meditation of Him shall be sweet . . .
104:34
Not unto us, but unto Thy Name give
...
glory 115 :1
Order my steps in Thy Word . . . 119:133
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the
death of His saints . . . 116:15
Quicken me after Thy lovingkindness
... 119:88
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous . . .
97:12
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth
... 141:3
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
places ... 16 :6
Unless the Lord had been my help
.
94:17
. .
Verily the Lord hath heard me ... 66:19
Why art thou cast down, O my soul
... 42:11
Xcept the Lord build the house they
labor in vain . . . 127:1
Yea though I walk through the valley
... I shall fear no evil . . . 23 :4
Zion heard and was glad, and the daugh
ters rejoiced ... 97 :8
AN OPEN LETTER FROM ABROAD
P. O. Box 167
Nicosia, Cyprus.
7th March, 1955
Dear Editor,
It may seem a bit late to reply to the
anonymous open letter in the COVE
NANTER WITNESS 'of 22nd December,
1954; but our issues do not arrive either
promptly or regularly, so I hope I may
have the opportunity to say a word on a
very important subject.
I would like to second the remark on
the value of "Tither's Corner." If it is
good to preach from the pulpit on the
tithe, it is better for one tither to share
his joy with another. Paul speaks of
what "every joint" supplies to the ma
turity of the church (Eph. 4:15, 16). We
would grow up in our Head more rapid
ly, happily, enthusiastically if we heard
more expressions of this kind from the
pews.
This letter raises the important ques
tion of how much liberty the individual
member or congregation in the Covenan
ter church has in saying how his tithe
will be spent. It states that since oppor
tunity is not given within the Budget for
individuals or congregations to give to
certain items in which they may be
specially interested, "their only recourse
is to give outside the
And then,
"There are single congregations in our
church that could easily support another
missionary to Japan over and above
their regular contributions if they were
permitted to give direct to this purpose
at once."
That sounds like a bit of over-state
ment, but would it were true! Why don't
said congregations put in print their of
fer to pay their share of the Budget and
then pay the salary of a missionary on
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