👑 Revelation 3:11 ~ Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.

👑 2 Timothy 2:5 ~ And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

👑 2 Timothy 4:8 ~ Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

Art: J. Smith

“The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of
them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them
out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
Psalms 34:16-18 KJV

The Touch of the Master’s Hand

‘Twas battered and scarred and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while
To waste much time on the old violin,
But he held it up with a smile.

“What am I bid, good folk?” he cried.
“Who’ll start the bidding for me?
A dollar, a dollar ... now two ... only two ...
Two dollars, and who’ll make it three?

“Three dollars once, three dollars twice,
Going for three” ... but no!
From the room far back a gray-haired man
Came forward and picked up the bow.

Then wiping the dust from the old violin
And tightening up the strings,
He played a melody pure and sweet,
As sweet as an angel sings.

The music ceased, and the auctioneer,
With a voice that was quiet and low,
Said, “What am I bid for the old violin?”
As he held it up with the bow.

“A thousand dollars ... and who’ll make it two?
Two...two thousand, and who’ll make it three?
Three thousand once and three thousand twice ...
Three thousand and gone!” said he.

The people cheered, but some exclaimed
“We do not quite understand ...
What changed it’s worth?” and the answer came:
“Twas the touch of the master’s hand.”

And many a man with soul out of tune
And battered and scarred by sin
Is auctioned cheap by the thoughtless crowd
Just like the old violin.


But the Master comes, and the foolish crowd
Never can quite understand
The worth of a soul, and the change that is wrought
By the touch of the Master’s hand.

O Master! I am the tuneless one
Lay, lay Thy hand on me,
Transform me now, put a song in my heart
Of melody, Lord, to Thee!

—Myra Brooks Welch

Victory over Death

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:54-57

The Oak Hill Memorial Park in San Jose, California, is generally regarded as one of the oldest cemeteries in the state. Though, of course, people had died and been buried throughout our state’s history, the dead were often buried on family land or somewhere near where their lives ended. But in 1839, a decision was made to bury people under the oak trees that lined the San Bautista Hills. First known as “The Graveyard,” the cemetery expanded over the years, and in 1933 it was renamed Oak Hill Memorial Park in tribute to the history of the site.

Ever since sin entered into the world, death has been an unescapable part of the human experience. Unless the Lord returns, every one of us will one day keep that appointment. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). This is just as true for Christians as it is for unbelievers, but we face death with a different perspective, because we realize that it no longer holds the sting that it once did. Our lives will come to an end, but the victorious life and resurrection of Jesus Christ ensures that we too will live again.

When He met with the grieving Martha after the death of His friend Lazarus, Jesus declared that He is our hope for victory over the grave. “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live” (John 11:25). This is the promise that allows us to go to a cemetery with confident hope.

Today's Growth Principle

The enemy the world fears most—death—has already been defeated by our Savior.

~Paul Chappell

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The Giving of Robert Arthington

Robert Arthington lived in a single room, cooked his own meals, and shared his friendship with students who were in need. Yet he gave tremendous amounts of money during his lifetime to Christian missions.

When he died, his estate was worth about five million dollars which he willed to missions.

After his death a letter he had received from a missionary was found in his belongings. It said, “Were I in England again, I would glad¬ly live in one room, make the floor my bed, a box my chair, another my table, rather than the heathen should perish for the lack of knowledge of Jesus Christ.”

Robert Arthington was determined to make that kind of self-denial the pattern for his life.

👇If Jesus was Jewish in His first coming… why do people resist Him returning as the Jewish King?👇👇

What makes the difference is not how many times you have been through the Bible, but how many times and how thoroughly the Bible has been through you. ☕️
~Gipsy Smith~