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Ärende: Commonest Things Blessed
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

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      Tuesday 05-26 / Commonest Things Blessed
      Robert Prodoehl
      May 25, 2005


Commonest Things Blessed

"Ye shall serve the LORD your God, and He shall bless thy bread, and thy water"
(Exodus 23:25).

What a promise is this! To serve God is in itself a high delight. But what an
added privilege to have the blessing of the LORD resting upon us in all things!
Our commonest things become blessed when we ourselves are consecrated to the
LORD. Our LORD Jesus took bread and blessed it; behold, we also eat of blessed
bread. Jesus blessed water and made it wine: the water which we drink is far
better to us than any of the wine with which men make merry; every drop has a
benediction in it. The divine blessing is on the man of God in everything, and
it shall abide with him at every time.

What if we have only bread and water! Yet it is blessed bread and water. Bread
and water we shall have. That is implied, for it must be there for God to bless
it. "Thy bread shall be given thee, and thy waters shall be sure." With God at
our table, we not only ask a blessing, but we have one. It is not only at the
altar but at the table that He blesses us. He serves those well who serve Him
well. This table blessing is not of debt but of grace. Indeed, there is a
trebled grace; He grants us grace to serve Him, by His grace feeds us with
bread, and then in His grace blesses it.

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654 7s W. GADSBY
Baptism. Matt. 3. 15; Luke 3. 21; Acts 10. 47

1 We adore the Lord the Lamb,
And rejoice in his dear name;
He has shed his precious blood,
To redeem our souls to God.

2 Once we lay immersed in sin;
Every part and power unclean;
Enemies to all that's good,
We despised the Saviour's blood.

3 But the Lord, by grace divine,
Brought us to abhor the crime;
And, to make his wonders known,
Gave us faith in Christ, his Son.

4 Thus redeemed and saved by blood, We esteem the ways of God,
And would gladly him obey,
In his own appointed way.

5 'Tis from love to Christ, our Head, We his footsteps wish to tread;
And when we his unction feel,
We with pleasure do his will.
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