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SUMMARY:"a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume"  [Mark 14:3(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume”.  How do we express our love for the Lord? This woman had a reputation that caused embarrassment to others but not to Jesus. What the disciples considered a waste was valued by Jesus because he knew the depth of love that was behind the action. Jesus uses the situation to teach about love and forgiveness and makes a clear link between the two. Saying the right words or acting to impress others is not what Jesus is looking for. Because this lady knew how much she had been forgiven\, she brought the very best she had as an expression of her love for Christ. Remembering how much we have been forgiven will help us express our love for the One who has forgiven us. [AP]
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/a-woman-came-with-an-alabaster-jar-of-very-expensive-perfume-mark-143niv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240517
DTSTAMP:20240425T141320Z
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UID:5210-1715817600-1715903999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"they rose up in the twilight"  [II Kings 7:5]
DESCRIPTION:“they rose up in the twilight”.  They were four lepers living in no-man’s land between the Syrian army and the besieged inhabitants of Samaria.\nFor them daylight was fading in more ways than one. Yet they realised they faced a choice – stay where they were and starve or go to the Syrian camp and possibly be allowed to live and be fed.\nThe way they rose up was divinely inspired\, for they became the saviours of the city of Samaria. They were not the last to get up and go at the direction of the Spirit when others would have them written off.   Everyone can do something and should be looking for opportunity and listening for that inner voice of the Spirit to be obeying the Lord – even in the twilight!
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/they-rose-up-in-the-twilight-ii-kings-75/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240516
DTSTAMP:20240425T141238Z
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UID:5208-1715731200-1715817599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"hope to the end"    [I Peter 1:13]
DESCRIPTION:“hope to the end”.  In his letter to believers scattered throughout Asia\, Peter is exhorting them not to lose heart. In effect\, he is telling them to fix their eyes on the end of the race.\nGlory awaits the child of God at the end of the way. And should it be that in the providence of God the journey is long and arduous\, the glory at the end will be greater.   Your hope must not just be in success\, achievement and advancement in the day\, though the Lord may give you these. Your hope must be in God’s keeping power – able to keep you to the end.\nYou may feel you are inadequate and realise that in your strength you will not reach your goal. If so\, let that feeling throw you upon the Lord and His promise. “Hoping to the end” should not be dulled by hurdles along the way.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/hope-to-the-end-i-peter-113/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240515
DTSTAMP:20240425T141152Z
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UID:5206-1715644800-1715731199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"great multitudes came unto him"  [Matthew 15:30]
DESCRIPTION:“great multitudes came unto him”.  That attractive power of Jesus has never been lost. Two thousand years after He spoke these words\, Jesus is attracting multitudes today.  In many different ways and places yet all with the same magnetic drawing power of the Lord in our midst. Risen from the dead yet ever living\, His Spirit is attracting all who recognise He is the One to meet their deepest need.\nIt is not what your need is\, but recognising that Jesus stands ready to meet it\, that is paramount.\nWe should note that the crowds came to Him. The invitation has gone out for the sinner to come. This is an invitation that needs your response. If you make the move and come\, you will find Jesus meets every need – often in ways you least expect.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/great-multitudes-came-unto-him-matthew-1530/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240514
DTSTAMP:20240425T141107Z
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UID:5204-1715558400-1715644799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"for great is the glory of the Lord"   [Psalm 138:5]
DESCRIPTION:“for great is the glory of the Lord”.  The glory of the Lord is seen in the splendour that surrounds His throne – a glory only seen by mortal eye in vision or dream. Something of that glory shone through the Lord Jesus on the Mt. of Transfiguration. The Apostle John in his Gospel says\, ‘We beheld his glory’.  All of us can experience His glory in His lovingkindness and truth that come to us through His Word. Our hearts respond in praise to His glory when He answers our prayer and strengthens our soul.\nThe Psalmist speaks of the day when kings of the earth shall praise the Lord. The Book of Revelation speaks of those casting their crowns before His glory\, but it is when you experience the living Jesus in your heart that you begin to realise the greatness of His glory.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/for-great-is-the-glory-of-the-lord-psalm-1385/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240513
DTSTAMP:20240425T141025Z
CREATED:20240425T141025Z
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UID:5202-1715472000-1715558399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"Ruth was determined to go"    [Ruth 1:18(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“Ruth was determined to go”.  Some change must have taken place in Ruth’s heart when\, or soon after\, she married one of Naomi’s sons. It may have been the different way of life\, for he was a refugee from Judah and she a Moabitess or it may have been the sincerity and devotion of her mother-in-law that won her over. Whatever it was\, once she set her heart upon Jehovah\, she determined to return with Naomi and no persuading would deter her.\nTenacity of purpose is needed. When that change called the new birth takes place\, we can expect a God-given determination to be evident. Decide to follow Jesus\, seek His aid\, give yourself wholly to Him\, obey His voice and find a strength and determination to press towards the prize that the high calling of God in Christ extends to you.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/ruth-was-determined-to-go-ruth-118niv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240512
DTSTAMP:20240425T140933Z
CREATED:20240425T140933Z
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UID:5200-1715385600-1715471999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"What are you doing here\, Elijah? "   [I Kings 19:9 & 13 (RAV)]
DESCRIPTION:“What are you doing here\, Elijah? “.  It is clear from this question that the Lord is interested and concerned about us when we have lost confidence and interest in ourselves. It also shows that He is not prepared to allow disaffection among His servants to go unattended.\nFurthermore\, it is a question that opens the way for help to be given and reinstatement to begin. The point we should note is not so much where you are as the fact that God is aware of you and wanting to establish contact.\nElijah possibly thought he could run away from his obligation as a prophet and that that in turn would sever his communication with the Lord. It was not so. And neither is it so for you and me.  We can all learn from Elijah’s experience.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/what-are-you-doing-here-elijah-i-kings-199-13-rav/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240511
DTSTAMP:20240425T140849Z
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UID:5198-1715299200-1715385599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"the fiery darts of the wicked one"   [Ephesians 6:16(RAV)]
DESCRIPTION:“the fiery darts of the wicked one”.  The Devil has a quiver full of these dreadful things and he knows the most effective one to use on any given occasion. Here are but a few:\n        malicious lies\,                                                                                        distorted truth\,\n        resurrecting the past\,                                                                             querying the truth of God’s Words\,\n         denying the power of the blood of Christ to cleanse from all sins\,                   appearing plausible\,\n        spreading discontent\,                                                                            exploiting natural weakness\,\n        making frightening noises and issuing wild threatenings\,                     inciting fear.\nRemember the Devil is a crack shot\, or shall we say\, has a good aim.\nDon’t be surprised when his arrows hit the mark. Protection is afforded by using the shield of faith at all times.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/the-fiery-darts-of-the-wicked-one-ephesians-616rav/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240510
DTSTAMP:20240425T140808Z
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UID:5196-1715212800-1715299199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth"  [Matthew 28:18]
DESCRIPTION:“All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth”.  We need to ever remember that Jesus is Lord and Sovereign. Though He controls and influences everything\, in this day of grace He builds His kingdom by invitation. It is a gospel invitation given to whoever will come.\nThe all-powerful Lord of glory gives us free-will to choose to accept or reject. No-one will enter heaven who does not want to be there\, and no-one will be there in heaven who has not met Jesus in this life.\nFurthermore\, He works by love and we love Him because He loved us. So all who are in heaven will love Jesus. There will be none who meet Him at heaven’s door for the first time.  All powerful to keep; all loving and gentle to care!
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/all-power-is-given-unto-me-in-heaven-and-in-earth-matthew-2818/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240509
DTSTAMP:20240425T140730Z
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UID:5194-1715126400-1715212799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"You have defied the word of the Lord"    [I Kings 13:21(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“You have defied the word of the Lord”.  Life is littered with people who have taken the wrong turning. This happens in all sorts of ways and in many different departments of life.  The Lord told a prophet from Judah that he should not eat or drink in any home in the northern kingdom. He disobeyed. Circumstances surrounding this prophet are worth noting:\n    1. He had been used of the Lord to carry God’s message to Israel: he was a valiant prophet.\n    2. He had resisted other invitations – he did obey so far.\n    3. He was deceived by a lying prophet.\n    4. A punishment for disobedience was carried out.\nThese can speak without enlargement. None of us can afford to be careless about our behaviour.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/you-have-defied-the-word-of-the-lord-i-kings-1321niv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240507
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240508
DTSTAMP:20240425T140643Z
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UID:5192-1715040000-1715126399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"(Ananias) stood beside me and said\, 'Brother Saul\, …' "  [Acts 22:13(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“(Ananias) stood beside me and said\, ‘Brother Saul\, …’ “.  He was renowned for his hatred and persecution of the followers of Jesus; he supported the stoning of Stephen; he came to Damascus intending to commit disciples to prison. Yet Ananias addressed him\, ‘Brother Saul’!\nAnanias walked in the Spirit. He recognised that the vision telling him to do this was from the Lord. With some trepidation yet believing the impossible\, that Saul was converted\, he obeyed. Saul ever remembered Ananias’ visit with gratitude.\nWe need Ananias’s today – people in touch with the Lord and willing to extend sympathy and help to those who want to begin but can’t get going. Most would have said\, ‘Blindness is what you deserve’. Ananias said\, ‘Brother Saul\, I’ve come that you might see!’
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/ananias-stood-beside-me-and-said-brother-saul-acts-2213niv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240507
DTSTAMP:20240425T140559Z
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UID:5190-1714953600-1715039999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord\, and to do it\, and to teach his statutes"  [Ezra 7:10(RSV)]
DESCRIPTION:“Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord\, and to do it\, and to teach his statutes”.  Ezra studied his subject before presenting it. When he found what was demanded of him by the law of the Lord\, he did it. Once practising it in his own life he was able to teach others by precept and example and he set to and did this is no small way.\nWhen a person in his position does this it is not surprising to find a whole nation has turned to the Lord in repentance.\nWe do need to warn the next generation not to repeat our mistakes and get in the mess we find ourselves. But the best way to do this is by setting an example. Let others learn from our own study and practice.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/ezra-had-set-his-heart-to-study-the-law-of-the-lord-and-to-do-it-and-to-teach-his-statutes-ezra-710rsv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240506
DTSTAMP:20240425T140515Z
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UID:5188-1714867200-1714953599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"a great voice\, as of a trumpet"    [Revelation 1:10]
DESCRIPTION:“a great voice\, as of a trumpet”.  The word ‘great’ occurs many times in the Book of the Revelation. There is great tribulation\, a great sword\, a great earthquake\, a great star\, a great furnace and the great river Euphrates\, to mention but a few.\nIn this verse it is the greatness of His voice that catches our attention – powerful to calm the raging sea and to speak peace to the troubled heart. To the disciple it is as the voice of a shepherd to the sheep\, recognised and loved.\nThe mightiest display is yet to come\, however\, for Jesus Himself said that all who are in the graves would hear His voice. In that day none will sleep: all will come forth at the resurrection.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/a-great-voice-as-of-a-trumpet-revelation-110/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240505
DTSTAMP:20240425T140434Z
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UID:5186-1714780800-1714867199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"The Lord is my shepherd"    [Psalm 23:1]
DESCRIPTION:“The Lord is my shepherd”.  Not the testimony of those who do not recognise themselves to be as sheep needing a shepherd. But to those who know themselves to be wandering and to all who find it impossible to return to the fold unaided\, it is the blessed description of One Who says\, ‘I am the Good Shepherd’.\nThose who appreciate the moral and physical dangers lurking at every turn in life’s way\, are more than grateful for the comfort this assurance gives.\nBut these words are an open invitation and have been taken as such all down the ages. If the Lord is shepherding others\, he can do so for you.\nSeeing others lost on the hillsides of life should deter you from trying to make it alone. No good thing is lacking when the Lord is your shepherd.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/the-lord-is-my-shepherd-psalm-231/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240503
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240504
DTSTAMP:20240425T140341Z
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UID:5184-1714694400-1714780799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"I have compassion on the multitude"   [Matthew 15:32]
DESCRIPTION:“I have compassion on the multitude”.  Jesus came not to judge the world but to save it\, and as He mingled with men and women compassion for the multitudes was engendered in His heart.\nCompassion is something the world needs more than sympathy. Sympathy is being sorry for: compassion is the same and doing something about it. To say you have compassion and yet to do nothing is false. The compassion of Jesus met both the physical and spiritual needs of man.\nYou cannot save the world but you can witness to the person next to you. See the millions in need and be constrained to help the brother or sister next to you. If all did that the life-line would reach across the world. Jesus had compassion. His disciples must exhibit the same if they would be like their Lord.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/i-have-compassion-on-the-multitude-matthew-1532/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240503
DTSTAMP:20240425T140258Z
CREATED:20240425T140258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T140258Z
UID:5182-1714608000-1714694399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"a great multitude\, which no man could number"   [Revelation 7:9]
DESCRIPTION:“a great multitude\, which no man could number”.  The multitude in heaven praising the Lord will be too great to number. ‘The Father’s house will be filled\,’ is what Jesus said. I recall preaching on that text to a small congregation in a Greek village many years ago. After the service a lady came to me\, expressing her gratitude in being shown this truth. She had judged heaven by the handful that had gathered in the little Evangelical church in her village. She imagined heaven would have many empty seats. Not a bit of it.\nJesus will see of the travail of His soul and be satisfied. By His righteousness\, many will be justified. You and I just need to see we’re playing our part in getting those whom we meet to come to Christ. Jesus promised to make His disciples fishers of men. Fishers throw out a line or net to catch the fish.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/a-great-multitude-which-no-man-could-number-revelation-79/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240502
DTSTAMP:20240425T140207Z
CREATED:20240425T140207Z
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UID:5180-1714521600-1714607999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"But Stephen\, full of the Holy Spirit\, looked up to heaven"  [Acts 7:55(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“But Stephen\, full of the Holy Spirit\, looked up to heaven”.  The Holy Spirit did not merely enable Stephen to bravely face the mob that was about to stone him. The indwelling Holy Spirit gave Stephen a vision of heaven. The Holy Spirit will give that same vision to all who look with the eye of faith\, whether suffering is little or much.\nHeaven is the goal at the end of the race for all who love the Lord Jesus. He has gone into heaven to prepare a place for His followers. He will return to collect His own.\nMeanwhile those of His followers who die\, sleep in Jesus\, as Paul tells us\, waiting for that great awakening when saints past and present shall be united with the Lord and dwell with Him forever.\nAll who love Jesus should be looking up to heaven.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/but-stephen-full-of-the-holy-spirit-looked-up-to-heaven-acts-755niv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240501
DTSTAMP:20240325T111615Z
CREATED:20240325T111615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T111615Z
UID:5166-1714435200-1714521599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"a fountain opened ... for sin and for uncleanness"   [Zechariah 13:1]
DESCRIPTION:“a fountain opened … for sin and for uncleanness”.  This prophecy and promise was given to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. This was the chosen people of God that the prophet knew. We now look back to the fulfilment of these words when Jesus died on the cross. His shed blood provided that fountain.\nNow we know that fountain to be for whosoever will come and by faith wash in its cleansing stream. The blood of Jesus Christ God’s Son cleanses from all sin. The extent of the sin is no hindrance: it is failure to reach out in faith and confess sin that prevents many coming to the Lord.\nIt demands that by faith we visit the place called Calvary – that hill known as Golgotha\, where Christ died for our sins – and call upon the name of the Lord and be made clean.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/a-fountain-opened-for-sin-and-for-uncleanness-zechariah-131/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240430
DTSTAMP:20240325T111533Z
CREATED:20240325T111533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T111533Z
UID:5164-1714348800-1714435199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"wash away your sins"   [Acts 22:16(RAV)]
DESCRIPTION:“wash away your sins”.  Ananias encouraged Saul of Tarsus to be baptised and declare publicly what had happened to him.\nYou begin by trusting in the secret of your own heart\, but what you have done must be evidenced. Not to ‘nail your colours to the mast’ makes it easier to fall away when temptation\, apathy and fear come upon you.\nSaul experienced this washing by repenting and trusting Christ on the Damascus Road. He completed the step by testifying to the world in baptism. It was not his religious zeal\, or his being a Pharisee or his scholarship\, considerable though these were. It was allowing the blood of Jesus to avail for his soul that cleansed him.\nAs the refrain says – ‘Happy day when Jesus washed my sins away’.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/wash-away-your-sins-acts-2216rav/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240429
DTSTAMP:20240325T111443Z
CREATED:20240325T111443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T111443Z
UID:5162-1714262400-1714348799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"you do not know how miserable and pitiful you are! "  [Revelation 3:17(GNB)]
DESCRIPTION:“you do not know how miserable and pitiful you are! “.  The church in Laodicea thought it was all right when in fact it was very spiritually sick. This wrong assessment arose from counting earthly instead of spiritual values. They failed to be spiritually minded and led by the Spirit.\nMiserable and pitiful is the true state of those who\n   – only have what they can touch or see\n   – do not know answered prayer because they do not pray\n   – never play a part in winning souls for Christ\n   – take the name but not the power of the gospel\n   – pretend to be what they know they are not\n   – could in no way be said to be living for Jesus.\nWhen awakened to our true state we can do something about it.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/you-do-not-know-how-miserable-and-pitiful-you-are-revelation-317gnb/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240427
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240428
DTSTAMP:20240325T111355Z
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UID:5160-1714176000-1714262399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"if the goodman of the house had known"    [Matthew 24:43]
DESCRIPTION:“if the goodman of the house had known”.  We don’t know when the Lord will return and so need to be ready. That He is coming He made quite clear with the words “I will come again”. We need to be ready.\nFollowers of Jesus all down the years have lived in expectancy of His coming. It is an attitude that all believers should adopt.\nWe don’t know the day or the hour\, not even the year or decade but we do know He is coming. The intervening years have seen many swept into the kingdom. The places at heaven’s banquet must be fast filling.\nTaking every opportunity to do good and to speak a word in His name\, to live a life honouring to God is the best indication that we expect His return anytime. Let it be that though we don’t know the hour\, we are ready!
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/if-the-goodman-of-the-house-had-known-matthew-2443/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240427
DTSTAMP:20240325T111244Z
CREATED:20240325T111244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T111244Z
UID:5158-1714089600-1714175999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"How precious also are your thoughts to me\, O God"    [Psalm 139:17(RAV)]
DESCRIPTION:“How precious also are your thoughts to me\, O God”.  The important words to note here are ‘thoughts to me’ – that is\, God’s thoughts relating to the Psalmist.\nThe word translated ‘thought’ is unique in the Old Testament. It conveys the meaning of ‘association of ideas or plans’\, and it is the revealed idea or plan of God as it relates to a man.\nThe Lord has made known His will to us. He has revealed mysteries in Christ that were hidden from the foundation of the world. Now\, if the Psalmist was conscious of a Divine plan and purpose affecting his life down to the smallest detail\, should we not be aware of the same?  It is those who seek God’s will for their life who know the preciousness of His Presence.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/how-precious-also-are-your-thoughts-to-me-o-god-psalm-13917rav/
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SUMMARY:"neither cold nor hot"    [Revelation 3:15]
DESCRIPTION:“neither cold nor hot”.  Lukewarm! Trying to be hot and cold at the same time\, but succeeding only in making an insipid mixture admired by no one. This is the Spirit’s complaint about the church in Laodicea and it is the Spirit’s complaint about many today.\nIn test cricket there is a second innings when the batsmen can hope to make good any failure in the first: in life there is only one. You will not live today again and yesterday is gone for ever.\nThe Lord deserves all our devotion and dedication. Half-heartedness is the bane of advance. The Church of Jesus Christ is built upon dedicated apostles and prophets who gave themselves wholeheartedly to the Lord.\nPresenting your body a living sacrifice is something everyone can do. Those who blaze a trail must be on fire!
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/neither-cold-nor-hot-revelation-315/
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SUMMARY:"His sister stood at a distance"  [Exodus 2:4(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“His sister stood at a distance”.  There are times when we need to stand back and let God work. Human efforts to hide Moses had run out. Now it was time for God to act. But standing back doesn’t mean out of sight. Miriam was watching to see what would happen to him. When God acted she was alert to play her part. Not only was there salvation for Moses but as a result there was deliverance for the people of Israel.\nStanding back can be hard. How we like to be in control\, getting things to happen according to our plans. But discipleship is not about human activity but a divine plan. We need to be taking our lead from the Lord\, rather than expecting Him to fall in line with us. [AP]
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/his-sister-stood-at-a-distance-exodus-24niv/
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SUMMARY:"I go … unto Jerusalem\, not knowing the things that shall befall me"  [Acts 20:22]
DESCRIPTION:“I go … unto Jerusalem\, not knowing the things that shall befall me”.  It was more important for the Apostle Paul to be led by the Spirit than that he should know what was going to happen to him.\nThere are those who will not step forward until they have been given specific assurances about what will happen. The best assurance that it will be well with me tomorrow\, is that I should be led by the Spirit today. Few\, if any\, are told in detail what the future holds. The disciple must volunteer to follow Christ; he will then be told the job he has to do.\nFor this reason\, all of us need to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit\, not visionaries trying to describe the end while still at the beginning.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/i-go-unto-jerusalem-not-knowing-the-things-that-shall-befall-me-acts-2022/
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UID:5150-1713744000-1713830399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"After seeking advice\, the king made two golden calves"      [I Kings 12:28(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“After seeking advice\, the king made two golden calves”.  Seeking advice is commendable: seeking and taking the wrong advice is folly. Jeroboam was crowned king over Israel. He immediately felt he had a problem – if his subjects went up to Jerusalem to worship they might revert to Rehoboam\, king of Judah. So he sought advice from his counsellors who advised him to make two golden calves to be placed in Dan and Bethel and where they would be made centres of worship.\nJeroboam could have sought advice from the Lord\, but didn’t. It’s the same today – all the good advice of men cannot equal the counsel of God. Prayer is the God-given means of finding God’s will. ‘Ask and you shall receive’ applies to guidance as much as to anything else.  Those who trust the Lord are never confounded.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/after-seeking-advice-the-king-made-two-golden-calves-i-kings-1228niv/
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UID:5148-1713657600-1713743999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"Come to me"      [Matthew 11:28(RAV)]
DESCRIPTION:“Come to me”.  The wonder of the Gospel is not merely that we may come to the Lord\, but that He invites us to do so. And the more wretched and unworthy a person feels\, the more pressing is the invitation. Jesus came not to call righteous people: He came for sinners – the failures\, the deprived and even the rebellious. He fully discharged His part when He died on the Cross (a vicarious death adequate to discharge the sin of the world) and rose to be a living Saviour and Lord. Now he calls. ‘Come’.\nYou must come just as you are. It is unlikely that those not aware of their need will make a move. But just as tax-collectors and sinners came in His earthly ministry\, so men and women all over the world conscious of their need are coming to a living Lord Jesus today. Only when we join them will we find rest for our souls.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/come-to-me-matthew-1128rav/
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SUMMARY:"the sword of the Spirit"     [Ephesians 6:17]
DESCRIPTION:“the sword of the Spirit”.  Not a ceremonial sword to be worn when on parade.\nThe sword of the Spirit is a vital piece of the Christian’s armour. It is the God-breathed Word of God which Jesus used to cut down the Devil’s evil insinuations when tempted in the wilderness. It is the means whereby every child of God may defend himself as well as attack the evil all around him.\nDo you use the sword of the Spirit? Is God’s Word vital to you\, or is it rather like a sword that is never taken out of its sheath? It is there but you never consult it.\nIn your thought life\, when evil insinuations come uninvited\, when evil desires raise their ugly head\, in your stand against evil and in preventing the Devil from attacking others\, make full use of the sword of the Spirit.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/the-sword-of-the-spirit-ephesians-617/
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SUMMARY:"he said\, 'Go again seven times' "   [I Kings 18:43]
DESCRIPTION:“he said\, ‘Go again seven times’ “.  The confrontation Elijah had with the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel is well known. When these prophets had been slain\, Elijah received the assurance that the nation-wide drought was to end. He told his servant lad to go and look out for a cloud in the sky\, indicating that rain was on its way. When the lad reported nothing\, Elijah told him to go and look again seven times.\nWe are not told whether he said ‘seven times’ at the beginning or time and again until the seventh time – what matters is he kept going until a cloud was seen. Too many of us stop after the first attempt – whether in intercession\, seeking to win a soul for the Lord\, overcoming a particular obstacle or difficulty or whatever. When you don’t succeed in what God has promised at the first attempt\, ‘Go again’.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/he-said-go-again-seven-times-i-kings-1843/
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SUMMARY:"your God will be my God"    [Ruth 1:16(GNB)]
DESCRIPTION:“your God will be my God”.  It does seem as though Naomi was a person about whom\, if a Christian\, you would say\, ‘If that’s a Christian\, I want to be one’! Ruth had seen Naomi as mother in the home and as widow at the graveside. She had no doubt learned to lean and depend upon her when in deep distress. Ruth was willing to leave her homeland to be with Naomi.\nThe most important thing was that Ruth wanted a faith like that which Naomi had. She saw it was no fine weather phenomenon. And it is likely she had seen how it stood firm when her own ideas were shaken.\nThere is no evidence of compulsion on the part of Naomi – just the contrary in fact. So today\, when Christ is truly manifest in a life\, the same attraction should be experienced.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/your-god-will-be-my-god-ruth-116gnb/
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