BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//BAM - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for BAM REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250403 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250404 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250329T151852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250329T151852Z UID:5921-1743638400-1743724799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"as they went\, they were cleansed" [Luke 17:14] DESCRIPTION:“as they went\, they were cleansed”. The ten lepers called out to Jesus for mercy. He answered them and told them what they must do. It did not demand reason but obedience. Lepers went to the priest when they were healed for him to verify this. And these lepers recognised that in Jesus’ command to go to the priest there was the promise of cleansing.\nAll this would have meant nothing had they not turned around and started out in obedience. In many cases in the Christian pathway this is the same. It is as we move out in faith whether for salvation\, healing\, guidance\, victory or whatever\, that God gives us what He promises.\nLearn from the ten lepers – make obedience to the Lord the priority in your life today. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/as-they-went-they-were-cleansed-luke-1714/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250402 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250403 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250329T151804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250329T151804Z UID:5919-1743552000-1743638399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean" [Acts 10:28(RSV)] DESCRIPTION:“God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean”. Tradition had led Peter to believe that some were common or unclean. He was the product of his upbringing. Like us all\, he had ideas ingrained which would have hindered if not prevented the growth and spread of the gospel.\nIt took a vision\, repeated three times\, to shake Peter out of his false spiritual pride. Once he overcame his prejudice and went with the messengers to Cornelius’ home he was amazed at the way the Holy Spirit worked among them.\nLike many of us\, Peter was ready to receive the Word of the Lord\, but only to do certain things.\nThank God he was sensitive and sensible enough to recognise that God was teaching him something new. We may also be amazed if we obey all he tells us. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/god-has-shown-me-that-i-should-not-call-any-man-common-or-unclean-acts-1028rsv/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250402 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250329T151709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250329T151709Z UID:5917-1743465600-1743551999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" [Philippians 4:13(RAV)] DESCRIPTION:“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. Many today will have formidable obstacles to overcome\, problems to solve and awkward situations to face. The key to success is walking through the day with the Lord – seeking His face\, listening for His voice and obeying His word. Then it is that His power can flow through you\, His presence go ahead of you and His peace be yours.\nThe strength Christ affords enables the followers of Jesus to triumph over self within and opposition from without. As the branch draws its strength from the trunk of the tree\, so the believer obtains all that is needed in the Christian conflict from Christ.\nLife will not be easy but Jesus promises to be with you and provide strength for everything you need. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/i-can-do-all-things-through-christ-who-strengthens-me-philippians-413rav/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250331 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250401 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T102017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T102017Z UID:5913-1743379200-1743465599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"floodgates of heaven" [Malachi 3:10 (NIV)] DESCRIPTION:p>“floodgates of heaven”. See God’s abundance\, so different from the Israelites. They had become tight-fisted\, concerned that they should have enough for themselves rather than giving to the Lord. As a result\, even what they had was destroyed and their hearts were now far from God. Putting ourselves first pushes God away and will always leave us short.\nBut God loves to give and He doesn’t change. The God who wants to throw open the floodgates of heaven is the same heavenly Father who lavishes His love on His children. Our reluctance to put God first at times can deny us the blessings.\nGod loves a cheerful giver because God himself delights in giving. As we give ourselves afresh to the Lord today\, give cheerfully\, give generously and give everything. You’ll not go short; He’ll make sure of that. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/floodgates-of-heaven-malachi-310-niv/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250331 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101933Z UID:5911-1743292800-1743379199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"Her children arise and call her blessed" [Proverbs 31:28(NIV)] DESCRIPTION:“Her children arise and call her blessed”. We must be grateful for this epilogue in the Book of Proverbs that gives us the characteristics of a godly wife. It is worth reading in full. Here are some important points:\n Skilful with her hands\, she gets up while yet dark to prepare the day’s food.\n She has a business head and knows the price of things and is careful not to trade at a loss.\n She is on call at night when needed.\n She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.\n She embroiders coverings and is clothed in fine linen.\n She is clothed with strength and dignity.\n She can laugh\, can speak with wisdom and her instruction is invaluable.\nNo wonder the writer says she is worth far more than rubies and her children arise and call her blessed. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/her-children-arise-and-call-her-blessed-proverbs-3128niv/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250330 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101845Z UID:5909-1743206400-1743292799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"One thing is needful" [Luke 10:42] DESCRIPTION:“One thing is needful”. A clean home? I’ve worked unceasingly since dawn this morning.\n A meal worthy of the occasion? I’ve done nothing but plan and prepare ever since I knew you were coming.\n A bit of help from someone? Well that would be appreciated\, but I’ve let you know what I think about my lazy sister\, Mary.\n More care on my part? Why\, you yourself said\, Lord\, that I’m careful and take trouble about many things.\nMartha made an excellent servant and we can learn from her. But Jesus wanted her heart’s devotion and that could only be given in adoration at His feet. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/one-thing-is-needful-luke-1042/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250328 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250329 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101749Z UID:5907-1743120000-1743206399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:If one member suffers\, all the members suffer with it" [I Corinthians 12:26(RAV)] DESCRIPTION:“If one member suffers\, all the members suffer with it”. Do you experience this? It is more than a being concerned for the plight of others – more than being moved when seeing pictures of those in famine stricken areas\, or being sorry and saddened when children suffer needlessly.\nThe Apostle is comparing the body of Christ with our natural body. You cannot close your mind to pain in a limb – shut it out and forget about it. So it should be within the body of Christ.\nWhen one member suffers\, all others should suffer with it.\nRegretfully it is not so. We can and do shut out the suffering and need of others and we become used to it and\, in the case of sin\, even accept it. It was not meant to be like this. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/if-one-member-suffers-all-the-members-suffer-with-it-i-corinthians-1226rav/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250328 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101656Z UID:5905-1743033600-1743119999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"Moses took the bones of Joseph with him" [Exodus 13:19(NIV)] DESCRIPTION:“Moses took the bones of Joseph with him”. Moses’ life\, like any one of our lives\, was making history.\nHe demonstrated his belief in the prophetic last words of Joseph years before. The bones of Joseph represented the hope of Israel.\nCould the bones of a premier who died years before live again? The hope they expressed never died and as Moses packed them the hope became a reality. Many years later Ezekiel saw a vision of the valley of dead bones and that God could make them live again. Job said though worms destroyed his body\, yet in his flesh would he see God.\nWe are part of a long line fulfilling the purpose of God: just be careful that the bones you carry are not merely relics. Take God’s promise: go forward in His Name. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/moses-took-the-bones-of-joseph-with-him-exodus-1319niv/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250327 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101602Z UID:5903-1742947200-1743033599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"see a man who told me all things that I ever did" [John 4:29 (RAV)] DESCRIPTION:“see a man who told me all things that I ever did”. Something of an exaggeration? It is unlikely that Jesus told the woman at the wellside all she had done but He obviously told her enough to make her think He could tell her it all\, and she was right.\nThe same holds for anything to do with the Lord Jesus. If He keeps one person\, He’ll keep them all. If He helps you in one tight corner\, He’ll not desert you in the next. If He met your need yesterday\, why do you think He’ll leave you today?\nWhen you know the Lord\, this woman reminds you what you should be doing – you should be telling others about Him. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/see-a-man-who-told-me-all-things-that-i-ever-did-john-429-rav/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250326 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101510Z UID:5901-1742860800-1742947199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"bind this line of scarlet thread in the window" [Joshua 2:18] DESCRIPTION:“bind this line of scarlet thread in the window”. It’s a line that ran through the Old Testament from the time that animals were slain to provide covers of skin for Adam\, down to the daily sacrifices offered in the Temple in Jerusalem.\nIt broke out into a fountain at the Cross of Calvary when the blood of Jesus was spilled. It has become a flood-tide in which many have washed and found cleansing from sin’s stain.\nThe line of scarlet points to the blood of Jesus. Nothing else removes sin from the human heart.\nIf you have this experience – bind the line of scarlet in the window – let everyone who cares to enquire know what it means. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/bind-this-line-of-scarlet-thread-in-the-window-joshua-218/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250325 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101422Z UID:5899-1742774400-1742860799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"Each day has enough trouble of its own" [Matthew 6:34 (NIV)] DESCRIPTION:“Each day has enough trouble of its own”. Without our adding to it\, that is.\nSome unnecessary troubles include everybody else’s problems\, troubles that threaten to break tomorrow\, dreamt-up troubles\, illusions\, misunderstandings.\nGod will give you strength to solve today’s problems\, overcome today’s difficulties\, resist today’s temptations and triumph over today’s evil. Jesus’ teaching was: “Take no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.”\nYou’re a happy man if you can sort out today’s troubles. So go for that and put tomorrow’s on ice. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/each-day-has-enough-trouble-of-its-own-matthew-634-niv/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250324 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101332Z UID:5897-1742688000-1742774399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"all my fears" [Psalm 34:4] DESCRIPTION:“all my fears”. Many will think they could compete with the Psalmist in the list of their fears. But it is not how many\, but how terrifying your fears are.\nIt is not really important how well-founded your fears are: fear causes pain and pain is unpleasant and can in extreme instances become unbearable.\nThe Psalmist had found the answer to fear and we all do well to take note and follow his advice. He sought the Lord – laid the matter before Him\, listened for His counsel\, heeded His word and received His peace. This course of action delivered him from all his fears.\nIf you can’t help being afraid\, you can know the peace that Jesus gives and this turns trembling into tranquillity because the Lord is in control. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/all-my-fears-psalm-344/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250323 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101245Z UID:5895-1742601600-1742687999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"Neither did" [Judges 1:27\,29\,30\,31\,33] DESCRIPTION:“Neither did”. The rot set in on the premise that if enough fall\, failure is not so bad after all. Manasseh\, Ephraim\, Zebulun\, Asher\, Naphtali all joined the “neither did” failure club. They didn’t drive the enemy out of the territory God had given them.\nIt’s an insidious evil\, this comparing ourselves one with the other instead of striving to make the summit.\nLet everyone else give up and join the “neither dids” if they will. By relying on God’s strength you can succeed today and drive out all evil to His glory. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/neither-did-judges-12729303133/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250322 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101152Z UID:5893-1742515200-1742601599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"It is the Spirit who gives life" [John 6:63(RAV)] DESCRIPTION:“It is the Spirit who gives life”. Without the Holy Spirit\, the church is like a club\, the Bible is antiquity and the Christian life the mere adoption of high ideals.\nThe Holy Spirit makes the church the Body of Christ\, the Bible the Word of God and the Christian life a life in the Spirit.\nWithout the Spirit you may have enthusiasm\, a degree of wisdom and moral uprightness worthy of emulation. But without the Spirit you will never ascend to the hill of the Lord or stand in His holy place: the joy of the Lord will not permeate your being and you’ll never know the meaning of worship: power will be missing\, prayer will go unanswered and salvation will drop from the syllabus.\nIt is the Holy Spirit Who gives life. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/it-is-the-spirit-who-gives-life-john-663rav/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250321 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101106Z UID:5891-1742428800-1742515199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever" [I Chronicles 28:7] DESCRIPTION:“Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever”. This was God’s promise to David in relation to the accession of his son\, Solomon\, to the throne. It was\, however\, a promise with conditions attached that Solomon could not or would not keep\, to be constant in keeping God’s commandments.\nThe law of the Lord conveyed in the Old Testament was an excellent foundation but proved an impossible hurdle.\nIt is to Jesus we must look for the establishment of a kingdom that will never end. Following His successful mission to earth culminating in His atoning death and glorious resurrection\, God the Father has exalted Him to the highest place and given Him all power and authority.\nHis is the kingdom that will know no end and eternally blessed are all who have a part in it. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/moreover-i-will-establish-his-kingdom-for-ever-i-chronicles-287/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250320 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T101004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T101004Z UID:5889-1742342400-1742428799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"if\, while we seek to be justified by Christ\, we ourselves also are found sinners" [Galatians 2:17] DESCRIPTION:“if\, while we seek to be justified by Christ\, we ourselves also are found sinners”. Justification by faith does not allow the believer to continue in sin. If it did\, Christ would become the administrator of sin.\nChrist paid the penalty for my sin and by believing I receive the gift of eternal life offered to me.\nIf I continue in sin something is wrong. A new creature in Christ Jesus means that all things are made new.\nWho might find us to be sinners? The Lord knows\, certainly. But would not the man with whom we rub shoulders detect it too? It’s on the parade ground of life that we put into effect the Christian drill.\nJustification by faith is the theory: no longer found sinners is the practical. Am I putting what I believe into practice in my life today? URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/if-while-we-seek-to-be-justified-by-christ-we-ourselves-also-are-found-sinners-galatians-217/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250319 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100910Z UID:5887-1742256000-1742342399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"Give\, and it shall be given unto you" [Luke 6:38] DESCRIPTION:“Give\, and it shall be given unto you”. These words are part of Jesus’ ‘Sermon on the Plain’ – a lengthy discourse recorded for us by Luke in his Gospel. Like the Sermon on the Mount it contains injunctions that are difficult to put into practice\, such as loving your enemies\, turning the other cheek and giving to everybody who asks something of you.\nThese sayings accurately describe a spiritual turnover God would have in our lives. God will fill the hungry soul with goodness but unless there is a movement – giving out to the blessing of others and then accepting and doing the same with more – there can be no real or spiritual advance.\nKeep the ‘pot boiling’: give and get replenished from God’s limitless supply. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/give-and-it-shall-be-given-unto-you-luke-638/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250317 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250318 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100805Z UID:5885-1742169600-1742255999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"they may forget\, yet will I not forget" [Isaiah 49.15] DESCRIPTION:“they may forget\, yet will I not forget”. We live in a world where anything can happen. Who can tell what a day will bring forth?\nThe strongest may weaken and the straightest bend. Put all your eggs in the safest basket and you run the risk of losing them all in one jolt.\nIt is a timely reminder that God operates on a different plane altogether. Our friends may forsake us\, God will never do so. Trust in man and he may let you down: trust God and you will never be confounded. Let a mother forget the child she has weaned\, God will not forget any of His children.\nPause to thank God for remembering you. Praise Him for His love and concern. Rest in the assurance that He cares for you\, that He has said He will not forget you. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/they-may-forget-yet-will-i-not-forget-isaiah-49-15/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250317 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100714Z UID:5883-1742083200-1742169599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"strive lawfully" [II Timothy 2:5] DESCRIPTION:“strive lawfully”. Put simply – don’t get disqualified.\nWhen the writer was young he belonged to an athletic club and well remembers an occasion when running the last leg of a relay race. He took the baton well down in the order and to his surprise noticed that the runner in front was cutting inside the marked track. There was no way of overtaking him if he did this. He reached the finishing line first but was disqualified.\nThere are rules in the Christian race and not everyone who appears to be running successfully is adhering to them. That is what the Judgment Seat of Christ is all about and many “unknowns” will be recognised there. Really\, you know\, it will give those a chance who spend all their life playing second fiddle. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/strive-lawfully-ii-timothy-25/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250316 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100624Z UID:5881-1741996800-1742083199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"one of these little ones" [Matthew 18:6] DESCRIPTION:“one of these little ones”. Jesus warns about the seriousness of harming innocent children – the deserved punishment being a millstone round the neck and thrown into the sea.\nHe said that a young child – presumably one who has not yet attained the years of moral responsibility – has the protection of a guardian angel. This protection He describes as angelic representation before His Father in heaven.\nWe live in a day when Aids\, congenital diseases\, famine and bloodshed mean that many become innocent victims and premature deaths in infants and young children are common.\nJesus assures us that none go unheeded and we can be sure that those who so suffer in this life will be rewarded in heaven and that those who molest will not go unpunished. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/one-of-these-little-ones-matthew-186/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250315 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100536Z UID:5879-1741910400-1741996799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"my kindness shall not depart from thee" [Isaiah 54:10] DESCRIPTION:“my kindness shall not depart from thee”. God will not stop loving His children. If His love reached them when they were away from Him\, it is inconceivable that it will desert them when they turn to Him.\nGod will not begin a work He is unable to finish\, not disinterestedly turn away to do something else.\nHe may need to chastise and speak severely. The rod of correction will at times be applied: invariably it will be unpopular. In His wisdom the Lord may withhold what we in our ignorance consider essential\, but it is only for our eventual good.\nAs did the Israelite in Isaiah’s day\, so today\, the believer may know that God’s kindness is shining through whatever vicissitudes of life may befall him. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/my-kindness-shall-not-depart-from-thee-isaiah-5410/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250313 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250314 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100448Z UID:5877-1741824000-1741910399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"I will pray the Father … he will give" [John 14:16(RAV)] DESCRIPTION:“I will pray the Father … he will give”. Completion is only effected when you receive.\nShortly after saying this\, Jesus breathed on His disciples and said\, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’. It was a symbolic and prophetic act. Jesus must have come to be attached to His disciples in a special way. He did not want them to feel bereft in any way when He left them. There was no need. If they would receive the Holy Spirit they would be guided aright\, and empowered to accomplish God’s purpose as well as experience the fullness of the Lord in their lives.\nIt is when there is no room for Him that problems arise.\nPride is the main thing that fills our hearts to the exclusion of a Spirit-filled life. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/i-will-pray-the-father-he-will-give-john-1416rav/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250313 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100404Z UID:5875-1741737600-1741823999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised" [Psalm 113:3(RSV)] DESCRIPTION:“From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised”. So it is! Throughout the day\, as disciples of Jesus commit their work to Him\, they praise Him.\nTheir prayer of gratitude for His faithfulness every night praises Him.\nGreat companies praise Him; individuals praise His Name as the Holy Spirit transports them into heavenly places.\nFrom prison cells and parish churches\, aboard ship and in the bowels of the earth as well as on the surface men will be praising His mighty Name.\nAll are agreed that the Lord has done great things for them. It is because the heart overflows that it flows over like this.\nBe sure you are numbered among the praising people of the Lord. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/from-the-rising-of-the-sun-to-its-setting-the-name-of-the-lord-is-to-be-praised-psalm-1133rsv/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250311 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250312 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100316Z UID:5873-1741651200-1741737599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"one pearl of great price" [Matthew 13:46] DESCRIPTION:“one pearl of great price”. Outstanding! Nothing like it before! Worth selling all to get possession of it – and many are ready to do this!\nSuch is the description that Jesus gave of admission to the kingdom of heaven. It is priceless and worth disposing of all else in order to get it.\nWhen once you recognise its value you realise what a lot of time is spent chasing lesser stones that will slip through the fingers and be lost.\nThis pearl is unique. Look what it is – eternal life and bliss. Look who this pearl is – the Lord Jesus by His atoning sacrifice at Golgotha. Note to whom it is offered – it is offered to whoever will recognise its worth and claim its prize. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/one-pearl-of-great-price-matthew-1346/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250310 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250311 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100223Z UID:5871-1741564800-1741651199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"Will a man make gods for himself" [Jeremiah 16:20(RAV)] DESCRIPTION:“Will a man make gods for himself”. Over and again he will! And when they are worn out he will replace them. The following is a short list of the gods man will fabricate. You may wish to add to it :\n self another person pleasure\n secret sin money attaining fame\n anything occupying the throne of our heart.\nThey may all fill our mind and rule our heart\, yet can do nothing of lasting value for us: rather they are our downfall.\nBetter to be rid of them before the Lord takes more drastic measures to bring us to our senses. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/will-a-man-make-gods-for-himself-jeremiah-1620rav/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250309 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250310 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100123Z UID:5869-1741478400-1741564799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"How shall we escape\, if we neglect so great salvation? " [Hebrews 2:3] DESCRIPTION:“How shall we escape\, if we neglect so great salvation? “. There’ll be too many of us to punish – there won’t you know. What percentage were drowned in the Flood or\n perished in the Red Sea?\nGod is a God of love and He’ll be merciful to us – He won’t you know. His mercy extends to all in this generation but\n Jude says the Lord is coming to execute judgment upon all.\nWe’ll ask him to save us and He’ll let us escape – but He won’t you know. Jesus said when the door is shut it is too late.\nBehold\, now is the day of salvation – don’t neglect it. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/how-shall-we-escape-if-we-neglect-so-great-salvation-hebrews-23/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250309 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T100026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T100026Z UID:5867-1741392000-1741478399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"Pharoah was wroth with his servants" [Genesis 41:10] DESCRIPTION:“Pharoah was wroth with his servants”. Some men’s wrath boils up quickly and disappears just as fast. It is what happens between the two that gives cause for concern. In the case of Pharoah\, his exiled butler had his job back while his exiled baker went to the gallows.\nTo some extent we all suffer from the unpredictable wrath of man. While this is unpleasant\, it does give the one whose trust is in the Lord Jesus opportunity to show his true colours by patiently suffering wrongfully.\nWe have a good example in the three Hebrew boys in Daniel’s day who told the king they would not change and worship his image – or in Daniel too\, who proved God to be with him in the lion’s den. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/pharoah-was-wroth-with-his-servants-genesis-4110/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250308 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T095937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T095937Z UID:5865-1741305600-1741391999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"What must I do to be saved? " [Acts 16:30] DESCRIPTION:“What must I do to be saved? “. First\, you need to admit you are lost. The Philippian jailer’s question arising out of his unusual circumstances shows that he recognised his need.\nSecond\, you need to know that the Lord Jesus Christ can save you and is ready to do so. His atoning death on the Cross was for your sin and satisfied demands you could never hope to meet. Often someone needs to tell this to you: in the case of the jailer it was his prisoners Paul and Silas.\nThird\, you need to put your trust in Christ. Ask Him to save and believe He will. He will fulfil His promise. Expect His reassurance on the matter. The way the jailer attended to the wounds inflicted on Paul and Silas and was baptised\, gives us some indication of the joyful assurance of salvation he received. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/what-must-i-do-to-be-saved-acts-1630/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250306 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250307 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T095846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T095846Z UID:5863-1741219200-1741305599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"How can you believe? " [John 5:44 (NIV)] DESCRIPTION:“How can you believe? “. By removing the obstacles to faith. A reminder of some of them may help:\n Doubt – a deadly exercise dependent upon looking for the weaknesses instead of jumping on the passing opportunity.\n Reason – a misguided notion that the mental process is more valid than the counsel of God.\n Unwillingness – (particularly to relinquish some besetting sin) – a dead weight\, which until it is removed\, prevents\n any advance along the path of faith.\n Pride – the lie that tells you how important you are and the lie that makes out you can by-pass simple faith.\nContinue to build the list and then dispose of the lot in deference to faith\, without which it is impossible to please God. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/how-can-you-believe-john-544-niv/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250306 DTSTAMP:20260422T131207 CREATED:20250224T095733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T095733Z UID:5861-1741132800-1741219199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org SUMMARY:"Man shall not live by bread alone" [Matthew 4:4] DESCRIPTION:“Man shall not live by bread alone”. These words are Jesus’ reply to the Devil’s temptation.\nFirstly\, they tell us quite clearly that any life that exists for physical and fleshly satisfaction alone is incomplete and inadequate. In fact\, it is little more than existence if it has no spiritual dimension above the satisfying of carnal desires. Those seeking to help the underprivileged and underfed without caring for the soul should note this need.\nBut these words are also a glorious promise taken by our Lord from the Old Testament. It is as though the Lord is telling us that God the Father offers more than bread for the stomach. Jesus is the bread that came down from heaven and as the heavenly bread\, gave life to the soul. All may feed on Him by faith. We are fools indeed if we do not partake of it. URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/man-shall-not-live-by-bread-alone-matthew-44/ CATEGORIES:BandM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR