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Watchman: Daily Devotional, “A Heavenly Escort” Do We Want Traveling Mercies? Here Seem to Be Two Good Ones: God’s Presence and Preservation. We Need Both of These in All Places, and We Will Have Them in All Places if We Go on Duty Rather Than Whim

“A Heavenly Escort ” Do we need journeying mercies? Here are choice ones — God’s presence and preservation, In all places we need both of these, and in all places we shall have them if we go at the call of duty, and not merely according to our own fancy. Why should we look upon removal to another country as a sorrowful necessity when it is laid upon us by the divine will? In all lands the believer is equally a pilgrim and a stranger; and yet in every region the LORD is His dwelling place, even as He has been to His saints in all generations. We may miss the protection of an earthly monarch, but when God says, “I will keep thee,” we are in no real danger. This is a blessed passport for a traveler and a…

Watchman: A Foundation of True Righteousness Is Rooted in a Harmonious Connection With the God. There Was a Brave Warrior Who Would Face His Foes in the Heat of Battle, Fighting Them up Close and Personal. During Those Moments, the Short Sword Became the Favored Weapon

HNewsWire: A Roman soldier would frequently engage in hand-to-hand combat with his opponent. At the time, his preferred weapon was the short sword, which he used to puncture his opponent’s critical organs. He wore a sculpted metal armor that spanned from the base of his neck to the top of his thighs for his own protection. It aided in deflecting any attacks on his heart and abdomen. The Roman breastplate has enormous symbolism in Paul’s simile since the heart symbolized man’s mind and reasoning processes to the Jewish people, while the intestinal area or bowels signified the seat of sentiments and emotions. According to Proverbs 23:7, “as [a man] thinketh in his heart, so is he” (KJV). Jeremiah 17:9 goes on to state, “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?” “From…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, This Is the Only Passage in the New Testament That Tells How to Practically Go About Resolving a Conflict Between Brothers in Christ. If We Would Follow It Carefully, We Would Resolve Many Conflicts Before They Got to the Point of Being Irreparable

Matthew 18:15-17 (NIV) 15″ If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. This is the only text in the New Bible that describes how to resolve a quarrel between brothers in Christ. If we followed it diligently, we would be able to repair many disagreements before they became irreparable. Step one: The person who has been insulted…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, After Jesus’ Exhortation on How to Approach One Who Has Sinned Against You, He Followed With a Parable of Forgiveness. The Parable Tells of a Master Forgiving an Insurmountable Debt

Daily Devotional: Matthew 18:33-35 (NIV) 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 35″This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.” Following Jesus’ exhortation on how to approach someone who has sinned against you, He told a tale about forgiveness. A master forgives an overwhelming debt in the parable. The master summoned his servant and chastised him for not showing mercy after being shown kindness. Every one of us bears witness to God’s mercy and grace. The parable teaches us to be kind to people who owe us money. Then, in the scripture for today, Jesus issued a harsh…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, No God, No Peace, A Sinister Force Behind Historical Conflicts, Global Agendas, Revolutions and World Wars

Daily Devotional: “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 Men’s hearts and corruptions are the same now as they were in the past; their aspirations, pursuits, and complaints are the same. This should move us away from expecting enjoyment from the creature and toward seeking eternal blessings. How many things and people were considered wonderful in Solomon’s day, but hardly one remembers them anymore! Let us cling to the far more profound reality that the future will be the same as the past because God is the same. God’s yesterday is God’s tomorrow, with the same love, resources, knowledge, power, sustaining hand, and all-encompassing presence. When we claim there is nothing new under…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, In Luke 18, Jesus Told a Parable to People Who Trusted in Their Own Self-Righteousness. He Said, “Two Men Went Up Into the Temple to Pray, One a Pharisee and the Other a Tax-Gatherer

Daily Devotional: The Pharisee (Elitist of Today) stood and was praying thus to himself, ‘God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax-gatherer. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’ “But the tax-gatherer (True Christian of Today), standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ Jesus recounted a story in Luke 18 directed at those who put their faith in their own moral deeds. His words were, “One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector, and they both ascended to the Temple Mount to pray. The Pharisee stood and said, “God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust,…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, Reject the Gospel as False. Unbelievers Reject the Good News That All Sinners Can Be Saved Through Faith in Jesus Christ. Atheists Have No Faith Because They Reject the Bible as God’s Inspired and Authoritative Word

Daily Devotional: You will also notice that a major characteristic of nonbelievers is a hatred of the truth and wisdom found in God’s word. Those who reject the Bible’s claims are more likely to embrace the lies of the devil, which cater to their fallen nature, than they are to embrace the truth of God, which is revealed in the Bible. They readily accept the falsehoods of this world, which are unable to provide them with the eternal life their precious souls require. The truth of God’s word is offensive and painful to those who reject God. And Revelation 21:8 says that those who refuse to believe will be tossed in the fiery lake of fire with Satan and his angels. If you don’t believe in Jesus Christ and what He did for you on the cross, you’re already damned…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, “Hallowed Be Thy Name” (Matt. 6:9). Prayer Should Always Exalt God. Your Prayer Should Literally Begin and End With God

Daily Devotional: Psalm 102:15 says, “The nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Thy glory. The Disciples’ Prayer exemplifies the importance that God should place on our prayers. Jesus began by extolling the Father, saying, “Hallowed be Thy name” (v. 9), and then asked for the Father’s kingdom to come and His will to be done (v. 10). He ended with a praise song: “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, Amen” (v. 13). God is the beginning and finish of his prayer. “Hallowed be Thy name” extols the Lord’s name and establishes a tone of reverence and surrender that is maintained throughout the prayer. Wherever God’s name is honored, He will be loved and worshipped, His kingdom will be joyfully expected, and His will will be…