When reading this it comes to me all of a sudden that I don’t think very much about the Christian martyrs or the persecuted Christians.

Richard Wurmbrand comes to my mind and the “VOICE OF THE MARTYRS”. On my book case is a book called THE PASTOR’S WIFE by Sabina Wurmbrand. (Edited by Charles Foley) On the back cover it says, “The incredible story of Sabina Wurmbrand’s imprisonment and survival during her husband’s 14 years’ persecution in Communist prisons for underground Christian activities.”

In MILLER’S CHURCH HISTORY I am reading about the condemnation, degradation and execution of John Huss. The name is familiar to me from my years in school.

The book tells us also about the Martyrdom of others. I am now encouraged to read those accounts. I hope you are also encouraged to do so!

“If only I’d known!”

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C. H. Spurgeon

“Breakfast gives energy to play and to learn better.”

I eat my breakfast every morning and have done so for many years. It has become a habit. Maybe I don’t eat enough in the morning and ought to eat more! Sometimes I get hungry before lunch is on the table.

Our physical bodies require a certain amount of  food every day. What else do they require? They require sunshine and exercise.

But the Bible teaches that “man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4.

Just as our physical  bodies need nourishment, our spiritual lives also require nourishment. The nourishment for our souls is the BIBLE, the word of the Living God. Our spiritual lives need food every day of our Christian lives, not spasmodically.

And just as I feed my body every morning, I feed my soul every morning.

I attended a Bible school in Germany and we had a good number of guest speakers. I remember one guest speaker teaching about “THE QUIET TIME ” and saying that just as a hunter takes hold of his weapon before he goes hunting we must take hold of the armour of God every morning, before we go into the battle every day.

We are reading about THE ARMOUR OF GOD in Ephesians 6:10-20. We are reading there about the “belt of truth” , the “breastplate of righteousness”, the “shield of faith”, the “helmet of salvation”, and the “sword of the Spirit” (the word of God).

We are reading in the Bible about people, who had their Morning Devotion:

ABRAHAM:

Genesis 19:27

DAVID

Psalm 5:3; Psalm 57:8

JACOB

Genesis 28:16-18

SAMUEL’S PARENTS

First Samuel 1:19

HEZEKIAH

Second Chronicles 29:20

JESUS

Mark 1:35:

“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, JESUS got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place,where he prayed.”

“BREAKFAST EATERS  (THE MORNING QUIET TIME) HAVE IT BETTER.”

THE BIBLE SAYS:

“….., IN QUIETNESS…………IS YOUR STRENGTH, …….” -

Isaiah 30:15