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June 2026 Newsletter



Quotes of the month


How can you expect to dwell with God forever if you so neglect and forsake Him here?

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Jesus was literally perfect and people still hated Him. Don’t put your worth in what others think about you. Commit your life to serving God and walking in His will.

 

Bible Verses for Life website

 

We are too quickly discouraged, and earnestly cry for the trial to be removed from us, when we should plead for patience to endure and grace to overcome.

 

Ellen G. White

 

You shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water.

 

Exodus 23:25

 

If you want to be like Jesus, remember, He had a wilderness, a Gethsemane, and a Judas.

 

 

Words of Wisdom website

 

The Parable of the Horse and the Devil

 

By Father Cedric Pisegna

 

A man tied his horse to a post. Later, the devil came along and quietly set the horse free.

 

The horse wandered into a farmer’s field and began trampling the crops.

Furious, the farmer grabbed his rifle and shot the horse.

 

When the horse’s owner saw what happened, he became enraged. He took his own gun and killed the farmer out of revenge.

 

The farmer’s wife, seeing her husband dead, picked up an axe and

killed the horse’s owner.

 

Then the owner’s son, driven by anger, killed the farmer’s wife.

 

The neighbors, horrified by the bloodshed, turned on the young man and burned his house to the ground.

 

When people asked the devil why he had done all this, he replied calmly, “I didn’t do anything. I only set the horse free.”

 

Moral: The devil doesn’t need to do much – just a small, innocent-looking act. The rest, we do ourselves. He knows the evil already hiding in human hearts. That’s why it’s so important to think before you act. Remember: your words and your choices carry power. Pause before you speak – and before you strike.

 

Understanding God’s Providence

 

Definition and Scope:

 

Providence, in the context of Christian theology, refers to God’s continuous involvement with all created things, guiding them toward His ultimate purpose. It encompasses His foresight, care, and governance over the universe. The concept of providence is rooted in the belief that God is sovereign and actively sustains and directs all aspects of life.

 

Biblical Foundations:

 

The Bible provides numerous references to God’s providence, illustrating His control and care over creation. In Genesis 50:20, Joseph acknowledges God’s providential hand in his life, saying, “As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this – to preserve the lives of many people.”  This verse highlights God’s ability to bring about His purposes even through human actions that seem contrary to His will.

 

In the New Testament, Jesus speaks of God’s providence in Matthew 6:26, “Look at the birds of the air: they do not sow or reap or gather into barns – and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”  This passage reassures believers of God’s attentive care and provision for His creation.

 

Theological Implications:

 

God’s providence is often categorized into three aspects: preservation, concurrence, and governance. Preservation refers to God’s sustaining power, maintaining the existence of all things. Concurrence involves God’s cooperation with created things, allowing them to act according to their nature while fulfilling His divine purposes. Governance denotes God’s sovereign rule, directing all events to achieve His ultimate plan.

 

Romans 8:28 encapsulates the essence of providence: “And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.” This verse assures believers that God’s providential care is always working for their ultimate good, even when circumstances appear adverse.

 

Human Responsibility and Divine Sovereignty

 

The doctrine of providence raises questions about the relationship between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. Scripture affirms both God’s control and human agency. Proverbs 16:9 states, “A man’s heart plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps,” illustrating the balance between human decision-making and divine direction.

  

While God’s providence ensures that His purposes will ultimately prevail, humans are called to act responsibly and in accordance with His revealed will. Philippians 2:12-13 encourages believers to “work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works

in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.”

 

Providence in Suffering and Trials

 

Understanding God’s providence is particularly significant in the context of suffering and trials. The Book of Job provides a profound exploration of this theme, as Job grapples with the mystery of God’s ways. Ultimately, Job acknowledges God’s wisdom and sovereignty, declaring, “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.”   Job 42:2.

 

The Apostle Paul also addresses suffering in light of God’s providence, writing in 2 Corinthians 4:17, “For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.” This perspective encourages believers to trust in God’s overarching plan, even amidst hardship.

 

Conclusion

 

While the doctrine of providence may not answer every question about the complexities of life, it offers assurance of God’s unwavering presence and purpose. Believers are invited to rest in the knowledge that God is actively working in all things, guiding history and individual lives toward His glorious ends.

 

Source: Topical Bible website

 

Your Own Prison

 

by Charles Spurgeon and Frank Paul

 

Of the many translations of Bibles that I own, the one I truly enjoy the most when reading is the Charles Spurgeon Study Bible. Technically it is the Christian Standard Bible with Charles Spurgeon’s own study notes and interpretations of certain verses throughout. It is invaluable to me as a Christian writer, and quite educational and enjoyable to read his annotations. If you are of the politically correct persuasion or the culturally sensitive, you may not appreciate him. We conservative types hold him in high esteem, even to this day; he passed in 1892.

 

This particular lesson by Charles Spurgeon is in reference to Exodus 6:8-9, which reads as follows, “I will bring you to the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord. Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor.” CSB. The KJV of 6:9 seems a bit more harsh, “And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel,

but they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.”

 

Here is his annotation on these two verses.

 

“But they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor. Among all the reasons I ever heard, the one with which I have the most sympathy is that some cannot receive Christ because they are so full of anguish and are so crushed in spirit that they cannot find strength of mind enough to entertain a hope that by any possibility salvation can come to them. I have felt the same myself. I do remember when in my anguish I could not believe even Jesus himself. Therefore, as one who has worn the chains, I speak to those who are still in chains. I know the clanking of those chains. I know what it is to feel the damp of the stone walls and to fear that there is no coming out of prison. I know and have felt the despair that even when the emancipator turned the great key in the lock and set the door wide open, yet still my heart had made for itself a dire cage. Ah, there is no prison so awful as that which is built by despair and kept under the custody of a crushed spirit. “

 

If you have done any research into Charles Spurgeon, as I have, I’m sure you have found that he was inclined to bouts of depression, almost to the point of being suicidal. Yet he always bounced back bolder and stronger to preach God’s Word.

 

Satan will always pound on us when we speak up for God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, yet his poundings are powerless and feeble when we invoke the name of Jesus and earnestly pray for help in our fight.

 

And a fight it is. Of all the stupid things I have fought for or over in my life, I truly confess that fighting for the Word of Jesus is the best. I have written this before, and I don’t mean to sound flippant, but we are not selling vacuum cleaners, my fellow Christians. We are attempting to point anyone we can towards Jesus and then let Him do the work.

 

So shake off your sad thoughts, as Charles Spurgeon has, as I have, and root yourself in Jesus. Just talk to Him as you would to any close friend and ask for His help. His response may utterly bring you to tears; I know it has me.

 

Break loose from your prison, which for most of us in mainly in our own thoughts and minds; set yourself free and feel and believe that Jesus really and truly does love you and will help you through and out of your doldrums. He loved you so much He died for you; He is not about to forget you now.

 

“While others are congratulating themselves, I have to sit humbly at the foot of the Cross and marvel that I am saved at all.”  Charles Haddon Spurgeon

          



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