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Trust In The Lord

”O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.” | Psalm 84: 12

Trust in God implies total self-renunciation.

The moment that I trust in myself, I cease to trust in God.

The moment I take any portion of my confidence away from the Lord and put a grain of it in myself, that moment I take away all my trust in God.

My trust in God must be all or nothing.

It must be unreserved and complete, or else it is false and delusive.

Is not the Lord worthy to be trusted?

And if he is worthy to be trusted at all, is he not worthy to be trusted with all?

What real confidence could a man have in the wife of his bosom if he could trust her with one key, but not with all?

Is that full confidence?

So, if we can trust God for one thing and not for all, it shews that we have no real trust in him.

A man has no real trust in his wife who cannot give her all the keys.

A man has no real trust in God who cannot give him all his heart, and put everything into his hand; family, property, body, and soul.

The province and work of true faith is to put everything into the hands of God, keeping back no part of the price.

It is this secret reserve that God hates; there is hypocrisy on the very face of it.

Trust in God for nothing; or trust in him for all.

God will not take a divided heart.

Give him all, or none.

And is he not worthy of it?

Has he ever disappointed you whenever you have really put your trust in him?

But David saw how few there were that with all their hearts did trust in God.

This feeling seems to have made him say, “Blessed is the man,” that peculiar man, that rare individual, “that trusteth in thee!”

The blessing of God rests upon that happy, that highly-favoured man.

He is blessed for time and for eternity.

He has the blessing of God even now in his soul.

Oh! how rare it is for us to be in that sweet, blessed frame when we can put our trust wholly in God; trust him for life and death; trust him for all things, past, present, and to come.

Yet without a measure of this faith, there is no solid peace, no real and abiding rest.

And to this you must sooner or later come; for you cannot carry your own burdens without their breaking your back.

But when you can cast your burden on the Lord, then you will surely find sweet relief.

May we not, then, join heart and voice with David, “O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee?”

Such a one will never be disappointed.

The Lord will hear his prayer; the Lord will bless his soul; will be with him in life, support him in death, and take him to be with him in eternity.

~ J.C. Philpot

Click here to listen to the message “Grace & Truth By Jesus Christ” (35:16 minutes)

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Central Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 17 April, 2022 | Previous post date: n/a | Rocky Mount, Virginia

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Take Your Burden To The Lord

“For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.” | Hebrews 4: 3

I know my sins, but I rejoice in His grace.

I know my weakness, but I rest in His strength.

I know my emptiness, but I am complete in Him.

“O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,” all because we do not cast our sins, our souls on Christ and LEAVE THEM THERE!

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “Let Us Enter Into His Rest”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 24 May, 2020 | Previous post date: 4 April, 2021

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Leave Them There

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” | 1 Peter 5: 7

I know my sins, but I rejoice in His grace.

I know my weakness, but I rest in His strength.

I know my emptiness, but I am complete in Him.

“O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,” all because we do not cast our sins, our souls, on Christ and LEAVE THEM THERE!

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “The Way Up Is Down”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 26 September, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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GOOD NEWS FOR PILGRIMS!

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” | John 14: 1-3

Here is good news for weary, heavy-hearted pilgrims from our homeland in Heaven.

Do you have heartaches and troubles too numerous to count?

It will do you good to receive some good news from home.

The Lord our God is still on His throne. Our Savior is still in Heaven, preparing a place for you, representing you, interceding for you.

There are many in Heaven just like you and me already.

There is . . .
a fallen David there,
a doubting Thomas there,
an angry Moses there,
a feeble Philip there,
an impetuous Peter there,
and a righteous Lot there.

All are there by grace alone, through the merits of Christ’s blood and righteousness.

And, soon, the Lord Jesus Christ will come again to take you there!

~ Pastor Don Fortner

Click here to listen to the message “Relief For Troubled Hearts”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 20 June, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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Cast All Your Care Upon Him

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.” | Numbers 6: 24-26

We are at the mercy of the Lord our God at all times, and in all things.

He must give everything or we will have nothing.

He must do everything or nothing will be done.

Thank God, all things have been done for us, and given to us in the Person of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

We have been (and we are) blessed, in Him. (Ephesians 1: 3)

We have been (and we are) kept, in Him. (1 Peter 1: 5)

We have received the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in Him. (2 Corinthians 4: 6)

The Lord has been gracious to us in Him. (John 1: 17)

The Lord has looked upon us, in Him. (Exodus 12: 13, Exodus 33: 22, Psalm 27: 5, 2 Corinthians 5: 21)

And we have peace with God, in Him. (Ephesians 2: 14)

Every good and perfect gift from God has come to us in, and through, the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. In Him, all that we need has been given to us; and all that God requires has been done.

~ Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

Click here to listen to the message “Cast All Your Care Upon Him”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 18 July, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a

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Take Your Burden to the Lord

I know my sins, but I rejoice in His grace.

I know my weakness, but I rest in His strength.

I know my emptiness, but I am complete in Him.

“O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,” all because we do not cast our sins, our souls on Christ and LEAVE THEM THERE!

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

Click here to listen to the message “Lessons Learned In Trouble”

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 24 May, 2020 | Previous post date: n/a