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08/10/2026

Monday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. Matthew 9:6

Consider here the Great Physician's mighty power: the power to forgive sin! While He lived here below, before the ransom had been paid, before the blood had been literally sprinkled on the mercy-seat, He had power to forgive sin. Has He no power to do it now that He has died? What power must dwell in Him who to the utmost penny has faithfully discharged the debts of His people! He has unlimited power now that He has finished transgression and made an end of sin. If you doubt it, see Him rising from the dead! Behold Him in ascending splendor, raised to the right hand of God! Hear Him pleading before the eternal Father, pointing to His wounds, declaring the merit of His sacred passion!

What power to forgive is here! He ascended on high, and He gave gifts to men. He is exalted on high to give repentance and forgiveness of sins. The most crimson sins are removed by the crimson of His blood. At this moment, dear reader, whatever your sinfulness, Christ has power to pardon, power to pardon you, and millions just like you. A word will speak it. He has nothing more to do to win your pardon; all the atoning work is done.

He can, in answer to your tears, forgive your sins today and make you know it. He can breathe into your soul at this very moment a peace with God that passes all understanding, which shall spring from perfect remission of your many iniquities. Do you believe that? I trust you believe it. May you even now experience the power of Jesus to forgive sin! Waste no time in applying to the Physician of souls.

Charles Spurgeon

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Have a Marvelous Monday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

We love Him because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19

Believer, Keep on!

08/09/2026

Sunday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. (Hebrews 10:24–25)

All the way through Hebrews the spotlight is on Jesus Christ, the Superior One. He has opened for us a new and living way to the Father. We don’t have to go through a system of works. We don’t have to go through some other person who will represent our cause. We don’t have to earn our way into the presence of God and hope that He will lend an ear and hear our requests. No, not that.

Finally, we arrive at the climax of the book:

Since therefore, brothers and sisters, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, (Hebrews 10:19–21 NASB)

His point is this: Since we have confidence to enter the Lord’s presence and since we have Christ as our “great Priest,” let us execute the following three commands, each of which is introduced by “Let us.”

Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. (10:22 NASB 1995)

This is symbolic language. It means: Let us come into the presence of our God clean and pure. Let’s have no lingering sin hanging heavily over us like an anchor as we attempt to storm the throne with our needs. Let us draw near!
The next command:

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.(10:23 NASB 1995)

The second command is a strong one, written before the ink is dry on the first. “Let us draw near.” Amen! “Let us hold fast.” Amen! But also:

And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds. (10:24 NASB 1995)

Did you ever know that was in the Bible? Let us give attention to how we might stimulate our brothers and sisters in the family of God. It isn’t just a suggestion, an off-the-cuff, casual idea like, “Oh, by the way, it might be good, while you’re holding fast to the faith, to toss in a little encouragement.” It’s a command.

Chuck Swindoll

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Have a Worship-filled Sunday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10

Believer, Keep on

08/08/2026

Saturday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

All is Possible!

All things are possible for one who believes.
Mark 9:23

Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly think that this is the inevitable state of believers. This is a mistake, for “all things are possible for one who believes”; and it is possible for us to arrive at a place where a doubt or a fear shall be like a migrant bird flitting across the soul but never lingering there. When you read of the high and sweet communions enjoyed by favored saints, you sigh and murmur in the chamber of your heart, “Sadly, these are not for me.”

But, climber, if you exercise your faith, you will before long stand on the sunny pinnacle of the temple, for “all things are possible for one who believes.” You hear of exploits that holy men have done for Jesus—what they have enjoyed of Him, how much they have been like Him, how they have been able to endure great persecutions for His sake—and you say, “But as for me, I am useless. I can never reach these heights.”

But there is nothing that one saint was that you may not be. There is no elevation of grace, no attainment of spirituality, no clearness of assurance, no place of duty, that is not open to you if you have but the power to believe. Lay aside your sackcloth and ashes, and rise to the dignity of your true position; you are impoverished not because you have to be but because you want to be. It is not right that you, a child of the King, should grovel in the dust. Rise! The golden throne of assurance is waiting for you! The crown of communion with Jesus is ready to adorn your brow. Wrap yourself in scarlet and fine linen, and eat lavishly every day; for if you believe, you can eat the royal portion, your land will flow with milk and honey, and your soul shall be satisfied in God. Gather golden sheaves of grace, for they await you in the fields of faith. “All things are possible for one who believes.”

Charles Spurgeon

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Have a Sensational Saturday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:13-14

Believer, Keep on!

08/07/2026

Friday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Christ’s Church!

Upon this rock I will build my church, and all the
powers of hell will not conquer it. (Matthew 16:18)

Note first to whom the church belongs—Jesus. “I will build MY church.” It is not pressing the issue out of bounds to emphasize that the church is not the work of some pastor or priest or body of elders or some other governing hierarchy. It is Jesus who builds it. The church is solely His. He doesn’t have to clear His decisions with Rome or London or Wheaton or New York or Minneapolis. The church is not owned by some denomination. Or group of clergymen. Or some official religious organization. Or the Pope himself.

To use today’s terms, Christ is our Boss, our final authority. If I used a first-century term, Christ is our Lord, Kurios, and we are His servants. We are His subjects.

That has never changed, though in the passing of centuries all sorts of philosophies and governments have dictated a different plan than that. The church was and is His genius. He originated it. He alone is its Master.

Let’s zero in even closer. “I will BUILD.” The dictionary says to build means “to form by uniting materials by gradual means into a composite whole, to construct.” Another definition, “to develop by a definite process.” That is going on right now in Christ’s Body. Always has been since the first century. His Body-building program will never stop until Christ comes for His own. He’s the Groom and He will come for His bride.

Sounds a little humorous to say it this way, but the bride is getting heavier every year, waiting for the Groom to come. She’s enlarging in her size. Every day she’s getting bigger and bigger, waiting for His arrival. And the Groom will someday come and say to the bride, “You’re mine. Come on home with Me.”

Until then He remains in the building process. And the building is made up of all nations, all cultures, all creeds, all languages, all colors. In fact, the church in the First World is fast becoming the minority as His Body is being built up to an even greater degree in the Second and Third World countries. Christ is building His church.

Chuck Swindoll

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Have a Fantastic Friday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy. Jude 1:24

Believer, Keep on!

08/06/2026

Thursday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

“Judge not, that you be not judged.” Matthew 7:1

Culture loves this verse because people think it means, “You can’t tell me I’m wrong.” We live in a world that equates love with total approval, using this scripture as a shield to avoid moral accountability.

But Jesus is not commanding a total shutdown of your brain. He is not banning biblical discernment. In fact, just a few verses later, He tells us to look out for wolves and evaluate spiritual fruit. You cannot do that without making a judgment.

What Jesus actually forbids is hypocritical, self-righteous condemnation. He warns against looking at the speck in your brother's eye while ignoring the log in your own. The goal of biblical correction is never to destroy someone; it is always to restore them in truth and humility.

True Christian love does not stay silent about sin. Love speaks the truth because it cares about holiness. Today, drop any self-righteous legalism, but do not abandon biblical discernment. Examine your own heart first, then walk in the courage to speak truth in love.

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Have a Tremendous Thursday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” John 3:3

Believer, Keep on!

08/05/2026

Wednesday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

What is this that you have done?
Genesis 3:13

The Highlands of Scotland are full of castles which are no longer inhabited. In the evening sunlight, it’s not difficult to recognize that at one time these must have been magnificent places. Although they no longer have windows or tapestries, much less residents, the splendor of these ancient structures speaks to their former glory, even in their now-ruined condition.

This world is full of ruined glory, for this world is full of people. Adam and Eve were the apex of God’s creative handiwork, and He was absolutely satisfied with them. They were created with an inclination to do good. But in lusting after a throne they could never inhabit—God’s throne—they found themselves degraded, losing the place and the privileges they were created to enjoy.

In tempting Eve, the serpent’s first strategy was to cast doubt on what God had said, subtly challenging the truthfulness of His word—and she succumbed. She believed the lie that God could not be trusted to do good. Having sown the seed of doubt, the serpent then watered it with ambition. Once a hint of uncertainty began to fill Eve’s mind, pride’s appeal was more than she could withstand.

Eating the fruit was wrong simply because God had said not to eat it. Yet the opportunity for immediate gratification seemed to anesthetize Adam and Eve from the painful consequences of their future actions and the ruin that would come upon the splendor they knew. Then, as if the disobedience itself weren’t bad enough, amid deception and disobedience, they sought to deny responsibility.

Like Adam and Eve, we, too, are prone to assume that we, and not God, are the final judges of truth. Once we have decided to seek to remove the Creator God, who speaks an authoritative and true word, we deny Him the right to command our obedience. But when we reject God’s rule, we don’t become our own masters; we simply put ourselves under the rule of a whole host of lesser masters: deceit, darkness, despair, and death.

“What is this that you have done?” We have all believed the lie that our way is better than God’s. But He has gone to the extent of sending His Son in order that the hardness of our rebellion might be overwhelmed by His kindness, which “is better than life” (Psalm 63:3). He has shone His word right into our hearts, that we might see His splendor now and forevermore, and that we might be remade in His image and restored to the glory God always intended His image-bearing creatures to have. Seeing His goodness and coming under His rule are what liberates us from the mastery of deceit, darkness, despair, and, yes, even death.

Alistair Begg

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Have a Wonderful Winning Wednesday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Isaiah 55:6

Believer, Keep on!

08/04/2026

08/03/2026

Monday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

As Jesus went, the people pressed around him.
Luke 8:42

Jesus is passing through the crowd heading for the house of Jairus, so that he might raise the ruler's dead daughter. He is so extravagant in His goodness that He works another miracle on His way there. It is enough for most of us, if we have one purpose, to go immediately and accomplish it, without impulsively expending our energies on the way. Rushing to the rescue of a drowning friend, we cannot afford to use up our strength upon someone else in similar danger. It is enough for a tree to yield one sort of fruit and for a man to fulfill his own peculiar calling.

But the Lord Jesus is not limited in His power or restricted in His mission. He is so prolific in grace that, like the sun that shines as it rolls onward in its orbit, His path is radiant with loving-kindness. He is a swift arrow of love that not only reaches its ordained target but perfumes the air through which it flies. Virtue is always going out of Jesus, just as sweet fragrance exudes from flowers; and it will always be emanating from Him, like water from a sparkling fountain.

What delightful encouragement this truth affords us! If our Lord is so ready to heal the sick and bless the needy, then, my soul, do not be slow to put yourself in His path so that He may smile on you. Do not be lazy in asking, since He is so generous in giving. Pay careful attention to His Word now and at all times, so that Jesus may speak through it to your heart. Pitch your tent wherever He is so that you can obtain His blessing. When He is present to heal, may He not heal you? Be certain that He is present even now, for He always comes to hearts that need Him.

And do you not need Him?

He knows the extent of your need; so turn your gaze, look upon your distress, and call upon Him while He is near.

Charles Spurgeon

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Have a Marvelous Monday! :-)

Are you saved? Arise oh sleeper! AWAKEN!!

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Isaiah 55:6

Believer, Keep on!

08/02/2026

Sunday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Read 1 Kings 17:2-7

InIsaiah 55:8, God declared,“My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways.” And in fact, one of the biggest challenges of the Christian life stems from a lack of understanding about God’s ways. There are times when we could really use a miracle but He does not come through for us the way we think He should.

God works in both supernatural and ordinary ways, and He determines the method. For example, in today’s passage, Elijah ate food miraculously delivered by ravens, but his water supply from a brook was natural. When it dried up, the Lord could have made more water spring from the ground, but He didn’t.

Sometimes God uses ordinary means to move us in a new direction. The curtailment of Elijah’s water supply opened the door for his next assignment. When the Lord withholds miraculous intervention and lets your “brook” dry up, then He has something else planned for you.

The work of God in the commonplace aspects of life is just as miraculous as His supernatural intervention. Look for His “fingerprint” in the day’s mundane activities. He is there, opening and shutting doors, closing up one opportunity while also beginning another.

Charles Stanley

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Have a Worship-filled Sunday! :-)

Are you saved?

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. Hebrews 9:27-28

Believer, Keep on!

08/01/2026

Saturday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ready for Christ’s Return!

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am." (John 14:1–3)

Now, the most important thing for you to understand is that He is coming again. And, secondly, thatit is a comfort to youbecause you have believed in Him.

Be sure that the one you believe in has conquered death, otherwise he won’t get you into heaven. The only way to get beyond the grave and into the Lord’s presence is to place your trust in One who has gone before you and has paved the way.

I think there are at least three ways we reveal our readiness for Christ’s return.

First,we continue to walk by faith. Rather than walking by sight and shaping our lives based on the visible, we walk by faith.

Second,we continue to live in peace. We view the present and our future not with panic but with peace. We don’t live worried, hassled lives.

And third,we rely on hope. The hope that gets me through the tests on this earth is the same hope that will get me through the grave at death, because the One in whom I have believed has gone before me. He is preparing a place for me. He is the embodiment of my hope. Because He lives, we shall live also. The secret of escape from the prison of this body and the pain of this planet is knowing the One who can guarantee our getting beyond the grave.

Chuck Swindoll

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Have a Sensational Saturday! :-)

Are you saved?

Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” Acts 2:38-39

Believer, Keep on!