From 'Today's Turning Point' by Dr. David Jeremiah

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First Words - Love
Galations 2:20 - The Son of God... loved me and gave Himself for me.

One day legendary movie mogul, Louis B. Mayer, called actor
Van Johnson into his office and asked him how he managed to work so
well with Judy Garland. The filming of their picture wrapped up early.
Judy was notoriously hard to work with, and Mayer wanted to learn the secret.
"Well," replied Johnson, "I kept her happy. I kept her laughing.... She just needed love."

We all "just need love," but the kind of love we most need comes from above.
The Bible says, "The love of God was manifested toward us.. God has sent His only begotten Son into the world" (1 John 4:9 ).
Some of the first words we should say in sharing the Gospel are:
God loves you!
He loves you because it is in His nature to love. He is love, and He demonstrated His love for us in this--- Christ died for us ( Romans 5:8 ).
This kind of love isn't found over the rainbow, but in the mercy and grace of our Lord Jesus.

"It has been my one and only business to set forth the love of God to men in Jesus Christ."
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

From 'Today's Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah.'  

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From 'Today's Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah'


First Words - Mercy.

Isaiah 55:7 - Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

God's mercy extends to our greatest sins as well as to our lesser shortcomings.
As theologian Jonathan Edwards put it:
"The mercy of God is as sufficient for the pardon of the greatest sins as for the least; and that because His mercy is infinite. That which is infinite is as much above what is great as it is above what is small... So the mercy of God being infinite, it must be as sufficient for the pardon of all sin, as for one."

If you fear you've sinned so greatly that God can't forgive, you're forgetting His limitless mercy.
If you worry that you've outrun the boundaries of God's grace, you've forgotten that all His attributes are as infinite as He Himself is.

As we share the Gospel with others, we'll find some people so mired in guilt that they've decided God cannot forgive them.
Mercy is God's compassion for us, especially in His provision of Christ's blood for our sins.
Because of Jesus, He will abundantly pardon.

"When the Law discloses our guilt, we should not despond, but flee to the mercy of God."
(Quoted from John Calvin, in The Institutes.)  

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From 'Today's Turning Point by Dr. David Jeremiah

First Words - Grace

Romans 5:20
Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.

John Bunyan was converted to Christ from a vile and profane life, and he wanted to tell everyone about it.
When he started preaching in his little town of Bedford England, he was arrested and imprisoned.
This was in the days when only ministers for the Church of England could freely preach.
Though Bunyan spent years in prison, his voice was never silenced. In fact, during his imprisonment he wrote his great classic Pilgram's Progress and his autobiography, which he entitled Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.
According to Bunyan, had it not been for "a miracle of precious grace," he would have perished by the stroke of eternal justice.

The word 'grace" means: God's Riches At Christ's Expense.
It's God's favor freely bestowed on us in Christ.
As we share the Gospel with others, grace should be amoung the first words on our lips--- abounding grace, amazing grace.
How sweet the sound!

"His whole gospel is a gospel of grace, words of peace and salvation. John Bunyan"

(read Romans 5:19 -21. )  

[The Hudson Hawk]

Thank you Ms. Dannielle for starting this. I enjoy 'Today's Turning Point with Doctor Dave Jeremiah', almost as much as I enjoy the 'Our Daily Bread' thread by R.B.C. Ministries.
Thank you again for your input, plus, I have another 'T.T.P.' to share here with all of you now.
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From 'Today's Turning Point by Dr. David Jeremiah'

A Covenant Forever.
From the book of Genesis ch. 17 verse 7- And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

Covenants in the Old Testament were made vertically (between God and man ) and horizontally ( between various human parties ).
In the ancient Near East, a covenant was a powerful document that could change the course of history.
To break a covenant was considered the extreme act of disloyalty.
Humans would make, and break, convenants.
But there is no record of God breaking a covenant.

Some covenants were conditional ( "I will if you will" ) and others were unconditional ( "I will" ).
The covenant God made with Abraham was unconditional: "I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants...." The Abrahamic Covenant that God made is unusual in that it applies not only to Abraham but to his descendants for all time: "for an everlasting covenant." That means God's plan and purpose for Abraham and His descendants is as true today as it was the day it was made.

Looking at Israel today is like looking at no other nation on earth.
Israel is a nation in perpetual, unconditional covenant with God.

God promises to keep His people, and He will keep His promises.
C.H. Spurgeon


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God bless you all always!,
David D. - The Hawk