Published by our friends at Singapore Centre for Global Missions we are certain that these stories will inspire and encourage your family to find ways to serve God with what you have, regardless of whether it means stepping out of Singapore or not. This carefully written and beautifully illustrated storybook tells the inspiring stories of 10 Singaporean Christians whose lives were used by God in different parts of the world.įrom the Amazon jungles in Bolivia to the mountains of the Himalayas in Nepal from Saipan to Papua New Guinea from Hong Kong to Afghanistan - these exotic settings provide a backdrop against which ordinary Singaporeans gave their lives to serve an extraordinary God. "Clean Hands, Pure Hearts and Beautiful Feet" is a book about God's missionaries from Singapore, who bring the Christian message of faith, hope and love to the world through acts of service and charity. False speaking will shut any man out of heaven, for a liar shall not enter into God's house, whatever may be his professions or doings.If you've ever been asked that question by your kids, here's an exciting resource that you can use to tell them more about missions! □ The Christian man's word is his only oath but that is as good as twenty oaths of other men. " Does not swear deceitfully." The saints are men of honor still. Psalms 24:3-6 (KJV)3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD or who shall stand in his holy place 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart who hath. Does the world satisfy you? Then you have your reward and portion in this life make much of it, for you will know no other joy. He did not swear falsely before Nimrod (according to a midrash) and did not take God’s name in vain before the king of Sodom. He has a pure heart because he believed in God’s promise at the covenant between the pieces. He who is content with husks will be reckoned with the swine. He has clean hands because he took nothing for himself when he intervened in the war of the kings (Genesis 14). The worldling lifts up his soul in carnal delights, which are mere empty vanities but the saint loves more substantial things like Jehoshaphat, he is lifted up in the ways of the Lord. 3-5) The verses tell us exactly what kind of worshipper God is looking for - and it is those whose hands are clean, but also those with clean hearts. ![]() They will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Saviour.' (v. The man who is born for heaven " does not lift up his soul to what is false." All men have their joys by which their souls are lifted up. The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false God. The pure in heart shall see God all others are but blind bats. The very life of our being lies in the inner nature, and hence the imperative need of purity within. We may wash the outside of the cup and the plate as long as we please, but if the inward parts be filthy, we are filthy altogether in the sight of God, for our hearts are more truly ourselves than our hands are. ![]() ![]() But " clean hands" will not suffice unless they are connected with " a pure heart." True religion is heart-work. If our hands are not clean, let us wash them in Jesus' precious blood, and so let us lift up pure hands unto God. It is to be feared that many professors have perverted the doctrine of justification by faith in such a way as to treat good works with contempt if so, they will receive everlasting contempt at the last great day. ![]() Outward practical holiness is a very precious mark of grace.
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