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Only God Attended His Funeral

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  Thursday, December 21, 1899, after cutting short a Kansas City crusade and returning home in ill health, D. L. Moody told his family, "I'm not discouraged. I want to live as long as I am useful, but when my work is done I want to be up and off." The next day Moody awakened after a restless night. In careful, measured words he said, "Earth recedes, Heaven opens before me!" His son, Will, concluded his father was dreaming. "No, this is no dream, Will. It is beautiful. It is like a trance. If this is death, it is sweet. There is no valley here. God is calling me, and I must go." In Deuteronomy the Israelites are at the border of the long-awaited inheritance that God had sworn with uplifted hand to give to Abraham descendants (Exod.6:8). The old generation that disobeyed God had perished in the wilderness ( Joshua 5:6) . Moses had pleaded with the LORD to l et him cross the Jordan River and see the Promised Land. The Lord said No! You will see the la...
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The River of Disappointment

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  Sir Alexander Mackenzie is a Canadian hero. An early fur trader and explorer, he accomplished a magnificent feat when he led an expedition across Canada from Fort Chippewyan on Lake Athabasca to the Pacific Ocean. His incredible journey was completed in 1793. Mackenzie's earlier attempt in 1789, however, had been a major disappointment. His explorers had set out in an effort to find a water route to the Pacific. The valiant group followed a mighty river with high hopes, paddling furiously amid great danger. Unfortunately, it didn't empty into the Pacific, but into the Arctic Ocean. In his diary, Mackenzie called it the "River of Disappointment" (Daily Bread, July 1, 1990.) When the promise keeping God (Num.23:19) delivered the Israelites from Egypt, he gave them a promise. He said “ I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord ’”(Exod.6:8). The journey was ...
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