HAMMER WORD BIBLE CHURCH, ABAK💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦Morning DEVOTION”And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say , Come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” — Revelation 22:17Jesus says, let him “take freely.” He wants no payment. He seeks no recommendation from our virtuous emotions. If you have no good feelings, if you be but willing, you are invited; therefore come! You have no belief and no repentance,—come to him, and he will give them to you. Come just as you are, and take “Freely,” without money and without price. He gives himself to needy ones. The drinking fountains at the corners of our streets are valuable institutions; and we can hardly imagine any one so foolish as to feel for his purse, when he stands before one of them, and to cry, “I cannot drink because I have not five pounds in my pocket.” However poor the man is, there is the fountain, and just as he is he may drink of it. Thirsty passengers, as they go by, whether they are dressed in fustian or in broadcloth, do not look for any warrant for drinking; its being there is their warrant for taking its water freely. The liberality of some good friends has put the refreshing crystal there and we take it, and ask no questions. Perhaps the only persons who need go thirsty through the street where there is a drinking fountain, are the fine ladies and gentlemen who are in their carriages. They are very thirsty, but cannot think of being so vulgar as to get out to drink. It would demean them, they think, to drink at a common drinking fountain: so they ride by with parched lips. Oh, how many there are who are rich in their own good works and cannot therefore come to Christ! “I will not be saved,” they say, “in the same way as the harlot or the swearer.” What! go to heaven in the same way as a chimney sweep. Is there no pathway to glory but the path which led the thief there? I will not be saved that way. Such proud boasters must remain without the living water; but, “Whosoever will, let him TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY.”♨️PrayersHeavenly Father, I thank you for the gift of my life. I am grateful for the salvation of my soul. Thank you blessed Jesus.Father, I come to you just as am. Father, give me this water of life to drink so that I will not taste again.Empower me this day with thy free and good Spirit. Teach me to understand more of you. Help me to do thy blessed will always in Jesus mighty name Amen.This day Father, my going out is blessed. My returning is blessed. FATHER, Let thy everlasting presence favours me today in Jesus mighty name Amen.Evening DEVOTION💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦”Remove far from me vanity and lies. ..feed me with food convenient for me” — Proverbs 30:8″Forsake me not, O Lord, O my God, be not far from me” —Psalm 38:21Here we have two great lessons—what to deprecate and what to supplicate. The happiest state of a Christian is the holiest state. As there is the most heat nearest to the sun, so there is the most happiness nearest to Christ. No Christian enjoys comfort when his eyes are fixed on vanity—he finds no satisfaction unless his soul is quickened in the ways of God. The world may win happiness elsewhere, but he cannot. I do not blame ungodly men for rushing to their pleasures. Why should I? Let them have their fill. That is all they have to enjoy. A converted wife who despaired of her husband was always very kind to him, for she said, “I fear that this is the only world in which he will be happy, and therefore I have made up my mind to make him as happy as I can in it.” Christians must seek their delights in a higher sphere than the insipid frivolities or sinful enjoyments of the world. Vain pursuits are dangerous to renewed souls. We have heard of a philosopher who, while he looked up to the stars, fell into a pit; but how deeply do they fall who look down. Their fall is fatal. No Christian is safe when his soul is slothful, and his God is far from him. Every Christian is always safe as to the great matter of his standing in Christ, but he is secure as regards his experience in holiness, and communion with Jesus in this life. Satan does not often attack a Christian who is living near to God. It is when the Christian departs from his God, becomes spiritually starved, and endeavours to feed on vanities, that the devil discovers his vantage hour. He may sometimes stand foot to foot with the child of God who is active in his Master’s service, but the battle is generally short: he who slips as he goes down into the Valley of Humiliation, every time he takes a false step invites Apollyon to assail him. O for grace to walk humbly with our God!♨️ PrayersHeavenly Father, I appreciate you for your love and protection concerning my life and family.Father, remove from me lies and vanities. Activate in me the blessings which you deposited in me from the foundation of the world. Strengthen me with strength of Israel, and lead me to the way everlasting in Jesus mighty name.Amen.Father, empower me once more today with thy mercy and loving kindness. Help me to be rooted in thy love and peace, in Jesus mighty name Amen.💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦Hammer Word Cares