"I heard an old, old story; how a Saviour came from glory.
How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me.
I heard about His groaning, of His precious blood's atoning.
Then I repented of my sins and won the victory.
How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me.
I heard about His groaning, of His precious blood's atoning.
Then I repented of my sins and won the victory.
"Oh Victory in Jesus my Saviour forever!
He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood
He loved me ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him.
He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood."
I am reminded time and again of just how blessed I am because of Christ. Not because I live in the United States, not because I enjoy relatively more freedom and wealth than most parts of the world, not even because of my family… though of course all of these are major blessings that God has seen fit to provide. Instead, the greatest blessing God has ever granted anyone is the gift of salvation through His Son. Yet so often I take this gift for granted… May I always remember the great price that gift cost not me, but my Heavenly Father. May I ever be amazed at the wonder of salvation… and may I never ever forget that I do not deserve salvation!
"I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene
and wonder how He could love me, a sinner condemned unclean.
How marvelous, how wonderful and my song shall ever be.
How marvelous, how wonderful is my Saviour's love for me.
"For me it was in the garden, He prayed not my will but Thine.
He had no tears for His own griefs, but sweat drops of blood for mine."
There are so many people dying in the world today who have no hope, or are relentlessly holding on to false hopes. The truth is there for all to see and believe… and so few people choose to believe. So many are dying without the truth. Some have never heard it. Some have refused to believe it. Still others choose to believe something else. Time is relentlessly passing. Every hour, every minute, every second that goes by is impossible to retrieve. Perhaps of all things in life, life itself is the most uncertain. Death is or could be around any and every corner. No one is guaranteed another year or even another day.
So many people turn to psychics, to astrology, to cults, to false religions to find the answers and the truth they so desperately seek. Yet in those things they will never find the truth, though they be thoroughly convinced of it. My heart breaks for these people who are so desperately lost and deceived. May God ever use me to be a testimony to them of the Truth and of Himself. May I stand strong for the truth no matter what may occur, no matter what may come.
It is easy enough to believe when I have the blessings and privileges I now have, but what if I didn't. There is one day coming I have no doubt when America will no longer have the freedoms she now has, perhaps not in my time, but it is coming. It has in fact already begun. Prayer is no longer allowed in school, prayer at public events (if it takes place at all) is in the most general terms possible, "under God" has been removed from the pledge of allegiance, no longer is the second verse of the Star Spangled Banner sung (somehow I doubt many even know it exists), etc. Our society is rapidly turning into a society without God… and very few even notice, let alone care. Still others think it is the better way; to them God is naught but a crutch and/or a preventer of fun and prosperity.
"Oh thus be it e'er when freed men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the wars desolation.
Blest with victory and peace, may the Heaven rescued land,
praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just.
And this be our motto, 'In God is our trust'
and the star-spankled banner in triumph shall wave
o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
May I ever and always remember that Christ is King. He is above all things, He made all things, and by Him only do all things consist. If it were not for His grace and mercy I would not be here today. Praise the Lord for who He is and all that He has done! Praise God that He is in control even when the world seems to be spinning wildly out of control! Praise God that I am not in control and that it is not up to me to determine the future of the world… or even of my life (even though sometimes I would like to be). Praise God for His Sovereignty! For His way is best… even though sometimes it seems to me that it cannot be. Praise God for His mercy! Even though I cannot understand it for without it I would be doomed. Praise God for His righteousness and perfect standard! Even though I cannot meet it for it shows me my greatest need.
May the words of my mouth and every
meditation of my heart be pleasing to Thee.
To God be all glory! To Him be all praise!
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Good words.
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