Brethren, Jesus told us that He would be with us always, even to the end of the age (Mt. 28:20). As such, the truth also is with us, and shall be forever (2 Jn. 2).

Remember, the truth isn’t simply facts we know or something we tell, as opposed to a lie - no, the Truth is a Person, and that Person is our Lord Jesus Christ. As He explained to His disciples, He is the way, and the truth, and the life (Jn. 14:6). And His Spirit dwells in us (1 Cor. 3:16), to draw us close, and to lead us into all truth (Jn. 16:3).

Therefore, we are to walk in truth, and in love, for Jesus’ sake. If anyone claims to know Jesus but does not keep Jesus commandments, such as to love one another, then he is a liar and the truth is not in him (1 Jn. 2:4). If we say we have no sin, the truth is not in us (1 Jn. 1:8).

Let us then walk in truth, and love in truth, as He commanded that those who love God should love one another (1 Jn. 4:21). This is how the world will know we are His disciples (Jn. 13:35).

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Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

Morning, October 25

"For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever." 2 John 2

Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and subdue the whole man unto itself, no power human or infernal can dislodge it. We entertain it not as a guest but as the master of the house- this is a Christian necessity, he is no Christian who doth not thus believe. Those who feel the vital power of the gospel, and know the might of the Holy Ghost as He opens, applies, and seals the Lord's Word, would sooner be torn to pieces than be rent away from the gospel of their salvation. What a thousand mercies are wrapt up in the assurance that the truth will be with us for ever; will be our living support, our dying comfort, our rising song, our eternal glory; this is Christian privilege, without it our faith were little worth. Some truths we outgrow and leave behind, for they are but rudiments and lessons for beginners, but we cannot thus deal with Divine truth, for though it is sweet food for babes, it is in the highest sense strong meat for men. The truth that we are sinners is painfully with us to humble and make us watchful; the more blessed truth that whosoever believeth on the Lord Jesus shall be saved, abides with us as our hope and joy. Experience, so far from loosening our hold of the doctrines of grace, has knit us to them more and more firmly; our grounds and motives for believing are now more strong, more numerous than ever, and we have reason to expect that it will be so till in death we clasp the Saviour in our arms.

Wherever this abiding love of truth can be discovered, we are bound to exercise our love. No narrow circle can contain our gracious sympathies, wide as the election of grace must be our communion of heart. Much of error may be mingled with truth received, let us war with the error but still love the brother for the measure of truth which we see in Him; above all let us love and spread the truth ourselves.

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Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

Morning, July 1

"In summer and in winter shall it be." Zechariah 14:8

The streams of living water which flow from Jerusalem are not dried up by the parching heats of sultry midsummer any more than they were frozen by the cold winds of blustering winter. Rejoice, O my soul, that thou art spared to testify of the faithfulness of the Lord. The seasons change and thou changest, but thy Lord abides evermore the same, and the streams of His love are as deep, as broad and as full as ever. The heats of business cares and scorching trials make me need the cooling influences of the river of His grace; I may go at once and drink to the full from the inexhaustible fountain, for in summer and in winter it pours forth its flood. The upper springs are never scanty, and blessed be the name of the Lord, the nether springs cannot fail either. Elijah found Cherith dry up, but Jehovah was still the same God of providence. Job said his brethren were like deceitful brooks, but he found his God an overflowing river of consolation. The Nile is the great confidence of Egypt, but its floods are variable; our Lord is evermore the same. By turning the course of the Euphrates, Cyrus took the city of Babylon, but no power, human or infernal, can divert the current of divine grace. The tracks of ancient rivers have been found all dry and desolate, but the streams which take their rise on the mountains of divine sovereignty and infinite love shall ever be full to the brim. Generations melt away, but the course of grace is unaltered. The river of God may sing with greater truth than the brook in the poem-:

"Men may come, and men may go,
But I go on for ever."

How happy art thou, my soul, to be led beside such still waters! Never wander to other streams, lest thou hear the Lord's rebuke, "What hast thou to do in the way of Egypt to drink of the muddy river?"

The Troubled Euphs, a euphonium trio comprising SGT Drew Leslie, Jared Sherman, and Jonah Zimmerman standing in for Ian Lester, performed the works of Franz Schubert, Ian Lester, Adolphus Hailstork, Raymond Premru, Fernando Deddos, Gracie Caggiano, and Evan Zegiel at The U.S. Army Band 2025 Tuba-Euphonium Workshop. #TroubledEuphs #Trio #Euphonium #TEW2025 #TEW #Music

Well that's one thing the Catholics are doing right!


https://thepostmillennial.com/father-vigano-says-kamala-harris-is-an-infernal-monster-who-obeys-satan

WHAT???
https://local12.com/news/nation-world/couple-sues-hospital-for-negligence-after-losing-husbands-skull-fragment-atlants-fernando-cluster-brain-surgery-inches-bleed-missing-patient-indetification-mistakes-failure-fired-wife-medical-expenses-synthetic-implant#

Xinhua - New plant species found in south China:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0716/c90000-20194278.html

#Fern #Dryopteridaceae #CyrtomiumAdenotrichum #Adenotrichum #NandanCounty #HechiCity #Taxonomy #Botany #PlantBiology #Biology

Thank you Jason! This hear what you said means a lot to me... "We fail to put down our phones and engage fully with the people and experiences right in front of us. Like the film industry before the 1937 fire, we often fail to recognize the value of what we have until it's gone." People don't do that any more...it's sad. I see it in restaurants, even. On their phones, and other gadgets, while their family members are sitting right there being ignored.. I have an older sister, she told me that she rarely sees her adult children, on only lives a half hour away. She said that if she got off fb, she wouldn't know what was going on. Even on Social Media the people don't communicate... constantly putting imoges....what have we become..,... July 9 - Hollywood Inferno: The 1937 Fire that Devastated Film History
Cherishing Our Blessings Before They're Lost
https://christiandevotionals.substack.com/p/july-9-hollywood-inferno-the-1937?publication_id=1970552&post_id=146229242&isFreemail=true&r=1maoyr&triedRedirect=true

The Latin Power Quartet of GySgt Hiram Diaz, Caio César, Patricio Cosentino, and David Lopez featured the works of Enrique Crespo, Ernesto Lecuona, Miguel Paz, Astor Piazzolla, Ariel Ramírez, Francisco Suárez Pando, Fernando Deddos, and José M. Caballero at The U.S. Army Band 2024 Tuba-Euphonium Workshop. #Quartet #Euphonium #Tuba #TEW2024 #TEW #Music