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May 31: Fighting Loneliness 1 Chronicles 28:1–29:2 ; 2 Timothy 4:9–22 ; Psalm 90:1–17 Loneliness is one of the most disheartening feelings a person can know. Being alone in a time of pain is even worse. Several recent surveys suggest that lonely people—especially teenagers—subtly reach out through their social networks, desperately looking for someone who cares. In a world where anyone can get attention online, we’ve moved away from authentic community. We continue to crave personal interactions—perhaps more so because we have electronic witness to the interactions of others. We as Christians should see this as an opportunity to reach out to disenfranchised, lonely people and show the love of Christ to others. Paul’s second letter to Timothy illustrates how feelings of loneliness are amplified by pain. He makes one of the most candid statements in the Bible : “At my first defense, no one came to my aid, but they all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. But the Lo...

Morning, May 31 Go To Evening Reading “The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron.” — 2 Samuel 15:23 David passed that gloomy brook when flying with his mourning company from his traitor son. The man after God’s own heart was not exempt from trouble, nay, his life was full of it. He was both the Lord’s Anointed , and the Lord’s Afflicted . Why then should we expect to escape? At sorrow’s gates the noblest of our race have waited with ashes on their heads, wherefore then should we complain as though some strange thing had happened unto us? The King of kings himself was not favoured with a more cheerful or royal road. He passed over the filthy ditch of Kidron, through which the filth of Jerusalem flowed. God had one Son without sin, but not a single child without the rod. It is a great joy to believe that Jesus has been tempted in all points like as we are. What is our Kidron this morning? Is it a faithless friend, a sad bereavement, a slanderous reproach, ...

May 31st God first Put God First in Trust. Jesus did not commit Himself unto them, … for He knew what was in man. John 2:24–25 . Our Lord trusted no man; yet He was never suspicious, never bitter, never in despair about any man because He put God first in trust; He trusted absolutely in what God’s grace could do for any man. If I put my trust in human beings first, I will end in despairing of everyone; I will become bitter, because I have insisted on man being what no man ever can be—absolutely right. Never trust anything but the grace of God in yourself or in anyone else. Put God’s Needs First . Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God . Hebrews 10:9 . A man’s obedience is to what he sees to be a need; Our Lord’s obedience was to the will of His Father . The cry to-day is— ‘We must get some work to do; the heathen are dying without God ; we must go and tell them of Him .’ We have to see first of all that God’s needs in us personally are being me t. “Tarry ye until...

May 31 Without me ye can do nothing .… I can do all things, through Christ which strengtheneth me John 15:5 ; Phil. 4:13 Apart from Him we can do nothing. Whilst we are abiding in Him nothing is impossible. The one purpose of our life should therefore be to remain in living and intense union with Christ , guarding against everything that would break it, employing every means of cementing and enlarging it. And just in proportion as we do so, we shall find His strength flowing into us for every possible emergency . We may not feel its presence; but we shall find it present whenever we begin to draw on it. There is no temptation which we cannot master; no privation which we cannot patiently bear; no difficulty with which we cannot cope; no work which we cannot perform; no confession or testimony which we cannot make, if only our souls are living in healthy union with Jesus Christ ; for as our day or hour, so shall our strength be. F. B. Meyer  Hardman, Samuel G., ...

All Authority Matthew 28:18 Excerpt When Jesus claimed “all authority in heaven and on earth,” He meant that there is no one or thing with power to limit His freedom of action ( cf .  Matthew 8 ). It is significant that this affirmation is linked with the command that we “go” and make disciples of all nations.   More Richards, Lawrence O.  The Bible Reader’s Companion . electronic ed. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1991. Print.

Epaphroditus Excerpt A Macedonian Christian from Philippi. There are no grounds for identifying him with Epaphras of  Col. 1:7 ;  4:12 , or  Phm. 23 . His name means ‘comely’ or ‘charming’ . Paul calls him your messenger ( hymōn apostolon ,  Phil. 2:25 ), where the word used is one more frequently translated elsewhere as ‘apostle’ . This does not mean that Epaphroditus held any office in the Philippian church; he was simply a messenger ( cf .   2 Cor. 8:23 ) who brought the gift from the church to Paul in prison at Rome. He became seriously ill, possibly as a result of over-exerting himself in journeying from Philippi to Rome, or in serving Paul at Rome. The  av  says ‘he regarded not his life’ (see  Phil. 2:30 ), but  rsv  more correctly ‘risking his life’ . The word used is  paraboleusamenos , ‘having gambled with his life’ , from  paraboleuesthai   ‘to throw down a stake, to make a venture’ .  More Swa...

The House of God Excerpt All that the writer has said about the Melchizedek priesthood of Jesus is recalled here. Believers have not only a confident spirit, but also a competent advocate. He is continually available, completely aware of our present situation, and vitally involved with us in working all things together for good. His great concern is the welfare of each member of the household of God , and “we are his house ,” as the writer has told us unmistakably in  3:6 .  More Stedman, Ray C.  Hebrews . Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1992. Print. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series.