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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
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DTSTAMP:20240325T111244Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240426
DTSTAMP:20240325T111151Z
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UID:5156-1714003200-1714089599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
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/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240425
DTSTAMP:20240325T111043Z
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UID:5154-1713916800-1714003199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
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/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240424
DTSTAMP:20240325T110956Z
CREATED:20240325T110956Z
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UID:5152-1713830400-1713916799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
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/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240423
DTSTAMP:20240325T110915Z
CREATED:20240325T110915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T110915Z
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/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240421
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240422
DTSTAMP:20240325T104048Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240421
DTSTAMP:20240325T103952Z
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UID:5146-1713571200-1713657599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
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/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240420
DTSTAMP:20240325T103850Z
CREATED:20240325T103850Z
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UID:5144-1713484800-1713571199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
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/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240419
DTSTAMP:20240325T103805Z
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UID:5142-1713398400-1713484799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
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/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240418
DTSTAMP:20240325T103724Z
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UID:5140-1713312000-1713398399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"Though I walk in the midst of trouble\, you preserve my life"    [Psalm 138:7(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“Though I walk in the midst of trouble\, you preserve my life”.  Few\, if any\, of us escape trouble: we don’t have to look far to see it. If it does not affect us directly it is experienced by those dear to us.   Life keeps going and we need to keep walking too. We are all doing something with the hours and minutes that are given us. And trouble can cause us to make a mess of things if we let it.\nThis verse is a promise for all who love the Lord and seek to follow Him. He will keep them. This is a great comfort when folk all around you seem to be slipping and when darkness obscures the next step you take.\nThe promise encourages us to let the Lord take control of things – and that includes our troubles.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/though-i-walk-in-the-midst-of-trouble-you-preserve-my-life-psalm-1387niv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240417
DTSTAMP:20240325T103639Z
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UID:5138-1713225600-1713311999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"he walked on the water\, to go to Jesus"     [Matthew 14:29]
DESCRIPTION:“he walked on the water\, to go to Jesus”.  Very spectacular!  But his walking on the water was short-lived and soon ended in beginning to sink.\nWe may not get the chance to show our trust in Jesus as Peter did when the Lord said to him “Come.” Yet we all are called to be followers in the routine of everyday life.\nWe can choose to look at wind and waves around us: if we do this we take our eyes off Jesus and begin to sink.\nAny step towards Jesus is a blessed one. He wants to come and be with us in all that we do.\nWalking on the water even at Jesus’ invitation is not as easy as it might seem!\nIt is walking over all difficulties and opposition with eyes fixed on Jesus that avoids the embarrassment of sinking.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/he-walked-on-the-water-to-go-to-jesus-matthew-1429/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240416
DTSTAMP:20240325T103549Z
CREATED:20240325T103549Z
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UID:5136-1713139200-1713225599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"so great salvation"    [Hebrews 2:3]
DESCRIPTION:“so great salvation”.  It is great because without it man had no hope whatever of extricating himself from the quagmire of sin. Great because it is all embracing. Salvation in Christ may be experienced by anyone who will believe and accept it; no means test or qualifying period. Furthermore\, it is great because there is no waiting period. No reason why you should not be saved now\, if you’re not yet converted. No striving to improve or put things right. Repent and be converted.\nGreat\, most of all because it was secured for us by the Captain of our Salvation\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who came where we were\, allowed Himself to be made sin though He had never sinned\, was crucified\, descended into hell and then led captivity captive. No one else has done this: no one else could.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/so-great-salvation-hebrews-23/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240415
DTSTAMP:20240325T103507Z
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UID:5134-1713052800-1713139199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"Why are we sitting here until we die? "    [II Kings 7:3(RAV)]
DESCRIPTION:p>“Why are we sitting here until we die? “.  I think the emphasis on these words spoken by four lepers was that they were sitting doing nothing. They were waiting for something to happen\, for others to do something\, when it turned out they were to resolve the matter. Samaria was besieged and they were in no-man’s land outside the city walls. Scraps of food normally thrown to them had finished. They decided to go to the camp of the besieging Syrians and they found the Syrian army had fled leaving the camp deserted.\nSo the point to consider today is whether you are sitting doing nothing. It is easy to say that there is nothing you can do\, but it is mistaken. If you sit doing nothing\, nothing will get done and life is not to be like that!\nAsk the Lord to show you what He wants you to do.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/why-are-we-sitting-here-until-we-die-ii-kings-73rav/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240414
DTSTAMP:20240325T103424Z
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UID:5132-1712966400-1713052799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:" (He) would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple"   [Mark 11:16]
DESCRIPTION:” (He) would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple”.  Jesus chose the occasion of His visiting the temple to protest against the desecration of the court by tradesmen. It was a day those who witnessed it would not forget.\nThings are going on today that the Christian cannot condone. There are occasions when the misuse of God’s house needs to be pointed out\, be it the body as temple of the Holy Spirit or the local church building as a place for meeting together with the Lord. The traders in question were obviously bringing commerce into the temple court because it was lucrative to do so. They put money before worship or should we say\, they worshipped money.\nBut no use merely driving the traders out: you need to be found there making it a place of prayer.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/he-would-not-suffer-that-any-man-should-carry-any-vessel-through-the-temple-mark-1116/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240413
DTSTAMP:20240325T103330Z
CREATED:20240325T103330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T103330Z
UID:5130-1712880000-1712966399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"because he was of the same trade he stayed with them\, and they worked"   [Acts 18:3(RSV)]
DESCRIPTION:“because he was of the same trade he stayed with them\, and they worked”.  When staying with tent-makers Paul turned his hand with them to the craft he had learned.\nBut we are left to imagine the gist of what was said as they worked together making tents. In fact\, Paul was occupying one of the best pulpits when he sat down in the workshop and talked. His heart was full of his experience and this would be evident from his conversation.\nMore effective witness is done to the man or woman next to you at work than anywhere else. It follows that effective witness can only be done by effective witnesses\, and that might be the problem. The Apostle Paul was on fire for God and wherever he went\, things warmed up. The experience has been repeated again and again. It is worth emulating.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/because-he-was-of-the-same-trade-he-stayed-with-them-and-they-worked-acts-183rsv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240411
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240412
DTSTAMP:20240325T103245Z
CREATED:20240325T103245Z
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UID:5128-1712793600-1712879999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you"    [Deuteronomy 28:2(RAV)
DESCRIPTION:“all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you”.  So many things in life seem to be coming our way yet turn off at the last minute or disappear altogether. Not so with the blessing of the Lord upon those who love Him. Take time to read the list of blessings promised in this chapter.\nOur hope must be in the Lord. As the eye of the servant looks to his master\, so must our expectation be in the Lord.  No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.\nClouds that are gathering ahead of us can make us despondent. But as we look to the Lord we see One who keeps His Word\, whose desire is towards His children and who promises that blessing will catch up with them and overtake them.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/all-these-blessings-shall-come-upon-you-and-overtake-you-deuteronomy-282rav/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240411
DTSTAMP:20240325T103126Z
CREATED:20240325T103126Z
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UID:5126-1712707200-1712793599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy"   [Proverbs 31:20(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy”.  God has given womanhood a tenderness that can be found nowhere else. Though on occasions it falls to the man to offer succour and comfort\, it is not his natural gift.\nWhile in this verse the writer is referring specially to a wife\, any woman of the house has great opportunity to extend kindness and comfort to the poor and administer help to the needy.  Making the man head of the house is not enough. Unless the lady plays her God-given ministry it will be top-heavy and fall down as is seen all too often.\nA home should be for life and calls for a firm foundation\, a loving bond between all family members and the housewife depended upon to provide that compassion that will make all the family proud of her and grateful to her.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/she-opens-her-arms-to-the-poor-and-extends-her-hands-to-the-needy-proverbs-3120niv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240409
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240410
DTSTAMP:20240325T103035Z
CREATED:20240325T103035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T103035Z
UID:5124-1712620800-1712707199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"Don't bother me"   [Luke 11:7(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“Don’t bother me”.  The man in Jesus’ parable appreciated his bed more than the need of his neighbour and did not want to get up and give him bread. I think we are all guilty of this at times. The good thing is that he didn’t stay that way. For one thing his friend kept knocking and calling to him until he got up and gave him what he needed.\nCertainly we should weigh carefully some of the demands made on us\, but it should be to consider how and when we should help rather than why we should not.\nAfter all\, what is the bother – interrupting our leisure or helping our friend? Remember\, being bothered is not a feeling known to our heavenly Father. Help from Him is readily available and never a bother. Don’t be restricted by ‘bother’: go out and help someone today.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/dont-bother-me-luke-117niv/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240409
DTSTAMP:20240325T102948Z
CREATED:20240325T102948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T102948Z
UID:5122-1712534400-1712620799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"there is no other God that can deliver after this sort"  [Daniel 3:29]
DESCRIPTION:“there is no other God that can deliver after this sort”.  These are the words of Nebuchadnezzar when the three Hebrew boys came forth from his furnace without a scorch mark on them. This kind of deliverance took everyone by surprise\, yet there is no deliverance too difficult for the Lord.\nHow you will be delivered may be puzzling you today and your burden unbearable\, but it’s not so to the Lord. Sometimes He allows us to go far beyond what we might have expected to be asked of us – just like the Hebrew boys went into the fire rather than being delivered beforehand\, something God could easily have done.\nBut this way they walked with the Lord in the fiery furnace and had this proclamation from the king. And God will bring great glory out of the trial you face today.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/there-is-no-other-god-that-can-deliver-after-this-sort-daniel-329/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240408
DTSTAMP:20240325T102903Z
CREATED:20240325T102903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T102903Z
UID:5120-1712448000-1712534399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"the power of his resurrection"       [Philippians 3:10]
DESCRIPTION:“the power of his resurrection”.  Jesus spoke about the resurrection many times. Our teaching must not diminish its importance.\nTen times it is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles and many times in the teaching of the Epistles. All who pass through this life are heading towards the resurrection.\nFor centuries now those called to be saints\, the followers of Jesus have been asleep in Jesus waiting for that morning that shall awaken the sleepers\, change the waiting ones and our eyes shall behold the King in His glory and splendour.\nJesus is the resurrection. Those who love Him must live looking for His glorious appearing. It will take the resurrection to show us just what Jesus has for His saints. For those who love Him it will be ‘forever with the Lord.’
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/the-power-of-his-resurrection-philippians-310/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240407
DTSTAMP:20240325T102815Z
CREATED:20240325T102815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T102815Z
UID:5118-1712361600-1712447999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"they … expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly"   [Acts 18:26]
DESCRIPTION:“they … expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly”.  What a delightful couple Aquila and Priscilla must have been! Apollos was a talented orator and obviously zealous for God. He had a persuasive and winning way that quickly gained him a following. But Aquila and Priscilla\, older and more grounded in the faith spotted some quite serious shortcomings in Apollos’ teaching. Instead of making a public issue of these they took Apollos to one side and counselled him. Rather than dampen his enthusiasm\, they pointed him to a fuller gospel and made him a better witness thereby.\nIf you are experienced in the way of the Lord\, are you helping beginners? If you have only recently begun and are doing well\, are you still teachable? Here is a happy combination that we should see repeated more often today.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/they-expounded-unto-him-the-way-of-god-more-perfectly-acts-1826/
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UID:5116-1712275200-1712361599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"And when they saw him\, they worshipped him" [Matthew 28:17]
DESCRIPTION:“And when they saw him\, they worshipped him”.  You can only truly worship the Lord when you see Him. It will be the eye of faith\, and there will be those who doubt\, but your heart will pour out worship and thanks to the Lord when you recognise His great love for you. This is not a theological concept but a practical experience.\nSight of Jesus\, resurrected and glorified after His suffering and death for our sin brings peace to the troubled soul\, forgiveness to the wayward and inspiration to devotion and service.\nWorship is the highest activity and lifts the worshipper out of his or her surroundings. Seek to see and worship Jesus today.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/and-when-they-saw-him-they-worshipped-him-matthew-2817/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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UID:5114-1712188800-1712275199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"Search me\, O God\, and know my heart"        [Psalm 139:23]
DESCRIPTION:“Search me\, O God\, and know my heart”.  We are encouraged to submit ourselves to health checks of one form or another. When something irregular is found\, specialist advice is sought to correct what is wrong. Yet how many\, even among those who acknowledge the Person of God\, pray the Psalmist’s prayer in earnest?\nInstead\, we try to conceal the inner chambers of our heart from His all-seeing eye. How much blessing we miss\, how much joy\, love and fellowship we lose because we fail to get a regular heart check with the Lord!\nWhen the Psalmist prayed “Know my heart”\, he meant God to be in control of it and to direct it. Adam hid from God because the linking line of obedience and trust had broken. For the same reason men hide from God today. Only by allowing God to search your heart will you be led in the way everlasting.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/search-me-o-god-and-know-my-heart-psalm-13923/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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UID:5112-1712102400-1712188799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"He has brought us to this place"     [Deuteronomy 26:9(RAV)
DESCRIPTION:“”He has brought us to this place”.  After rehearsing God’s dealing with His People\, Moses is here showing them the manner in which they should come before the Lord with the offering of their firstfruits.\nIt was important that they should recognise that the Lord had brought them to the place where they now were. It is the same today. You are either where you are by the grace of God or in the wrong place!\nBut acknowledging that the Lord has brought you here causes thanksgiving to arise and praise for His greatness to you. It also encourages you to look with confidence to Him to keep your steps in the days that lie ahead.\nLooking to the future can be quite depressing: looking to the Lord will ever cause you to rejoice in His goodness.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/he-has-brought-us-to-this-place-deuteronomy-269rav-2/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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UID:5110-1712016000-1712102399@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"full assurance"    [Hebrews 10:22]
DESCRIPTION:“full assurance”.  God wants everyone who trusts in the death and resurrection of His Son\, Jesus\, to be assured of their salvation. It is finished and complete.\nIf you are hoping that the good things you do will assure you of a place in heaven you will never have full assurance. No assurance means that you can only hope. If you are in any way trusting in what you do\, you have not understood the first thing about God the Father sending His Son to be our Saviour.\nIf any effort\, or extra effort could have saved a soul\, Jesus need never have come. The repentant thief who died alongside Jesus could do nothing\, only confess and trust.\nWe can do no more. That thief received assurance and so may we!
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/full-assurance-hebrews-1022/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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UID:5108-1711929600-1712015999@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"Then the disciples went away again unto their own home"   [John 20:10]
DESCRIPTION:“Then the disciples went away again unto their own home”.  After finding the tomb empty\, Peter and John went home.\nIt would be good if more of us went home and thought about what had happened instead of rushing frantically here and there – if we thought about our life and where it is going\, what it is accomplishing.\nMemory often functions best when at home and in familiar surroundings. The Holy Spirit speaks to the listening ear and directs the sensitive heart. Jesus said that when we want to talk to our heavenly Father we should go away in secret. Peter and John set us the pattern when they did just that.\nSome things don’t add up straightaway\, we need to go home and think about them. Sort out the jumble from what is useful.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/then-the-disciples-went-away-again-unto-their-own-home-john-2010/
CATEGORIES:BandM
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UID:5104-1711843200-1711929599@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead"   [I Corinthians 15:20(NIV)]
DESCRIPTION:“But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead”.  Doubt it or argue against it\, you cannot change the reality of what took place on that first Resurrection Sunday. What a glorious ‘but’ this is! It makes an eternal difference. Christ was raised ‘out from amongst the dead’ and one day we shall rise ‘out from amongst the dead’ to meet Him when He comes again.\nBecause He lives\, we shall live also and our resurrected bodies will be like His glorious body. Christ died and was buried\, yet the grave could not hold Him and He burst forth\, triumphant over sin and death. Others were raised back to life only to die again\, but as a result of Christ’s resurrection\, death is not the end but the start of a new life as God intended it to be. Hallelujah! Christ is risen!
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/but-christ-has-indeed-been-raised-from-the-dead-i-corinthians-1520niv/
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UID:5102-1711756800-1711843199@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"he was buried"    [I Corinthians 15:4]
DESCRIPTION:“he was buried”.  The burial of Christ completes His death. It was not just an act of kindness; it was confirmation that the act of atonement had truly happened. The wages of sin had been paid. The wrath of God had been appeased. The work of Christ had been completed. The enemies of God had done their worst. The blackest day in all history was over. But that is not all. The old covenant that fell short was also buried. A new covenant was about to dawn. From the gloom of the grave the Light of the world would arise victorious. For all who will follow Christ the old life must be buried if we are to know the new life He gives. However painful it might be\, it is important and necessary if we are to have the life of Christ within.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/he-was-buried-i-corinthians-154/
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UID:5100-1711670400-1711756799@www.bam-gospeltrust.org
SUMMARY:"he was reckoned among the transgressors"    [Luke 22:37]
DESCRIPTION:“he was reckoned among the transgressors”.  What do we learn from this description of the Son of God?\nFirst\, things are not always as they appear. A glance towards Golgotha on that fateful day may have given the impression of three criminals being crucified. Closer examination shows One to be the Son of God.\nSecondly\, it reveals the depths to which Jesus had to descend to save us. Not only did He leave the glory of heaven and suffer the rebuttal of men\, He was labelled a common villain.\nThirdly\, this was the price paid to secure for us a salvation beyond price. The sin of the world was heaped upon Him and He ‘became sin for us’. If He was to atone for sin\, he must be reckoned a sinner by all concerned.\nThis becomes a glorious truth when you can say ‘Yes\, He took my sin and set me gloriously free’.
URL:http://www.bam-gospeltrust.org/event/he-was-reckoned-among-the-transgressors-luke-2237/
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