... the glorious light of the gospel in the face of Jesus Christ


Out of my bondage, sorrow, and night,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of my sickness, into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of earth’s sorrows into Thy balm,
Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of unrest and arrogant pride,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy blessèd will to abide,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love,
Out of despair into raptures above,
Upward for aye on wings like a dove,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy throne,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.



Tune: Jesus, I come
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0001/x000178.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0001/x000178.htm[/url]

[url=http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Jesus_I_Come/score/]http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Jesus_I_Come/score/[/url]



John 9:1 - 11
And as [i]Jesus[/i] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [i]his[/i] birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, 'Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?'

Jesus answered, 'Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, 'Go, wash in the pool of Siloam', (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, 'Is not this he that sat and begged?' Some said, ': [i]but[/i] he said, 'I am [i]he[/i]. Therefore said they unto him, 'How were thine eyes opened?'

He answered and said, 'A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me,

"Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash":

and I went

and washed,

and I received sight'.

... for establishing my foundations with sapphires and fair colours



I clasp the hand of Love divine,
I claim the gracious promise mine,
And add to His my countersign;
I take, He undertakes.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]I take Thee, blessèd Lord,
I give myself to Thee;
And Thou, according to Thy Word,
Dost undertake for me.[/i]

I take salvation full and free,
Through Him who gave His life for me,
He undertakes my All to be,
I take, He undertakes.

[i]Refrain[/i]

I take Him as my holiness,
My spirit's spotless holy dress,
I take the Lord, my Righteousness,
I take, He undertakes.

[i]Refrain[/i]

I take the promised Holy Ghost,
I take the power of Pentecost
To fill me to the uttermost;
I take, He undertakes.

[i]Refrain[/i]

I take Him for this mortal frame,
I take my healing through His Name,
And all His risen life I claim;
I take, He undertakes.

[i]Refrain[/i]

I simply take Him at His Word,
I praise Him that my prayer is heard,
And claim my answer from the Lord;
I take, He undertakes.

[i]Refrain[/i]



[i]A B Simpson[/i]


[url=http://www.hymnal.net/cgi-bin/hymns/hymn.php?t=h&n=576]http://www.hymnal.net/cgi-bin/hymns/hymn.php?t=h&n=576[/url]



John 9:12 - 23
Then said they unto him, 'Where is he?' He said, 'I know not'. They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, 'He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see'. Therefore said some of the Pharisees, 'This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day'. Others said, 'How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?' And there was a division among them.

They say unto the blind man again, 'What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes?' He said, 'He is a prophet'. But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. And they asked them, saying, 'Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?'

His parents answered them and said, 'We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: but by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself'. These [i]words[/i] spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: [b]for the Jews had agreed [u]already[/u], that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue[/b].

:-o

Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

... that deep well of peace and life in Jesus Christ



I’ve a message from the Lord, Hallelujah!
The message unto you I’ll give;
’Tis recorded in His Word, Hallelujah!
It is only that you “look and live.”

[i]Refrain
Look and live, O sinner, live,
Look to Jesus now and live;
’Tis recorded in His Word, Hallelujah!
It is only that you look and live.[/i]

[i]Refrain[/i]

I’ve a message full of love, Hallelujah!
A message, O my friend for you;
’Tis a message from above, Hallelujah!
Jesus said it and I know ’tis true.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Life is offered unto you, Hallelujah!
Eternal life your soul shall have,
If you only look to Him, Hallelujah!
Look to Jesus Who alone can save.

[i]Refrain[/i]

I will tell you how I came, Hallelujah!
To Jesus, when He made me whole;
’Twas believing on His Name, Hallelujah!
I trusted and He saved my soul.

[i]Refrain[/i]



[url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/v/iveamesg.htm]http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/v/iveamesg.htm[/url]

[url=http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Look_and_Live/score/]http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Look_and_Live/score/[/url]



John 9:24 - 41
Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, 'Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner'. He answered and said, 'Whether he be a sinner [i]or no[/i], I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see'. Then said they to him again, 'What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?' He answered them, 'I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear [i]it[/i] again? will ye also be his disciples?' Then they reviled him, and said, 'Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses: [i]as for[/i] this [i]fellow[/i], we know not from whence he is'.

The man answered and said unto them, 'Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and [i]yet[/i] he hath opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing'.

They answered and said unto him, 'Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out'. Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, 'Dost thou believe on the Son of God?' He answered and said, 'Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?' And Jesus said unto him, 'Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee'. And he said, 'Lord, I believe'. And he worshipped him.

And Jesus said, 'For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind'. And [i]some[/i] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, 'Are we blind also?' Jesus said unto them, 'If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth'.

... hope, truth, the power of His word, life itself




My stubborn will at last hath yielded;
I would be Thine, and Thine alone;
And this the prayer my lips are bringing,
Lord, let in me Thy will be done.

[i]Refrain
Sweet will of God, still fold me closer,
Till I am wholly lost in Thee.
Sweet will of God, still fold me closer,
Till I am wholly lost in Thee.[/i]

I’m tired of sin, footsore and weary,
The darksome path hath dreary grown;
But now a light has ris’n to cheer me;
I find in Thee my Star, my Sun.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Thy precious will, O conqu’ring Savior,
Doth now embrace and compass me;
All discords hushed, my peace a river,
My soul, a prisoned bird set free.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Shut in with Thee, O Lord, forever,
My wayward feet no more to roam;
What pow’r from Thee my soul can sever?
The center of God’s will my home.

[i]Refrain[/i]



Tune: Sweet Will of God
[url=http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Sweet_Will_of_God/score/]http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Sweet_Will_of_God/score/[/url]

[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/w/sweetwog.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/w/sweetwog.htm[/url]



John 6:14, 15, 35 - 40
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, 'This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world'. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

And Jesus said unto them, 'I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, "That ye also have seen me, and believe not". All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For [b]I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing[/b], but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day'.


John 4:28 - 38
The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 'Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?' Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, 'Master, eat'. But he said unto them, 'I have meat to eat that ye know not of'. Therefore said the discipls one to another, 'Hath any man brought him [i]ought[/i] to eat?' [b]Jesus saith unto them, 'My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.[/b] Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [i]then[/i] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours'.


John 5:36
But I have greater witness than [i]that[/i] of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.


John 17:3, 4
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth: [b]I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do[/b].

... the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world



My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.

[i]Refrain
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.[/i]

When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

[i]Refrain[/i]

His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.

[i]Refrain[/i]

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

[i]Refrain[/i]



Tune: Solid Rock
[url=http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Solid_Rock/score/]http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Solid_Rock/score/[/url]

[url=http://www.preciouslordtakemyhand.com/christianhymns/myhopeisbuilt.html]http://www.preciouslordtakemyhand.com/christianhymns/myhopeisbuilt.html[/url]



Colossians 2
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and [i]for[/i] them at Laodicea, and [i]for[/i] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and [b]unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge[/b].

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. For though I be absent in the flesh, [u]yet am I with you in the spirit[/u], [u]joying and beholding your order[/u], and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [i]so[/i] [b]walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving[/b].

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For [b]in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with[/b] [i]him[/i] [b]through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

[u]And you[/u], being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, [u]hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross[/u]; [/b][i]and[/i][b] having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it[/b]. Therefore

let no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [i]days[/i]: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [i]is[/i] of Christ.

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not [b]holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, [/b](touch not; taste not; handle not; which all are to perish with the using;) [b]after the commandments and doctrines of men?[/b]

Which things have indeed [u]a show[/u] of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

I'm praising God because I'm one month old in Him, today. Forgive me for being a little indulgent for saying this. It's just that it already feels like a whole other lifetime ago when I didn't know HIm. The changes that have taken place in my life in the last month are staggering. I'm so very grateful for that. All the glory belongs to You, Father.

_________________
Keith

... experiencing the instruments of death for me



There is a green hill far away,
Outside a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.

We may not know, we cannot tell,
What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.

He died that we might be forgiv’n,
He died to make us good,
That we might go at last to Heav’n,
Saved by His precious blood.

There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate
Of heaven and let us in.

O dearly, dearly has He loved,
And we must love Him, too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.



Tune: Horsley
[url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t435.html]http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t435.html[/url]

Tune: Green Hill - [i]Sing last verse as refrain also[/i]
[url=http://www.hymnal.net/cgi-bin/hymns/hymn.php?t=h&n=995]http://www.hymnal.net/cgi-bin/hymns/hymn.php?t=h&n=995[/url]



Psalm 7
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [i]it[/i] in pieces, while [i]there is[/i] none to deliver.

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [i]it[/i]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [i]to[/i] the judgment [i]that[/i] thou hast commanded.

So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [i]that is[/i] in me.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. My defence [i]is[/i] of God, which saveth the upright in heart. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [i]with the wicked[/i] every day. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. [b]He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death[/b]; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [i]which[/i] he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness:
and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

... evidence, as Don Francisco would say, that 'high above, the King of kings hears every little prayer..'




Like a river glorious,
Is God’s perfect peace,
Over all victorious,
In its bright increase;
Perfect, yet it floweth,
Fuller every day,
Perfect, yet it groweth,
Deeper all the way.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest
Finding, as He promised, perfect peace and rest.[/i]

Hidden in the hollow
Of His blessed hand,
Never foe can follow,
Never traitor stand;
Not a surge of worry,
Not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry
Touch the spirit there.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Every joy or trial
Falleth from above,
Traced upon our dial
By the Sun of Love;
We may trust Him fully
All for us to do.
They who trust Him wholly
Find Him wholly true.

[i]Refrain[/i]



[i]Frances Havergal[/i]


Tune: Wye Valley
[url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-LikeARiver-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-LikeARiver-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3[/url]

[url=http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Like_a_River_Glorious/midi/]http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Like_a_River_Glorious/midi/[/url]

[url=http://ingeb.org/spiritua/likeariv.html]http://ingeb.org/spiritua/likeariv.html[/url]

[url=http://voices-of-praise-like-a-river-glorious-mp3-download.kohit.net/_/382466]http://voices-of-praise-like-a-river-glorious-mp3-download.kohit.net/_/382466[/url]




John 14:1 - 10
'Let not your heart be troubled:
ye believe in God, believe also in me.

In my Father's house are many mansions:
if [i]it were[/i] not [i]so[/i], I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself;
that where I am, [i]there[/i] ye may be also.

And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.'

Thomas saith unto him, 'Lord, we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?'

Jesus saith unto him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also:
and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.'

Philip saith unto him, 'Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us'.

Jesus saith unto him, 'Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?
he that hath seen me hath seen the Father;
and how sayest thou [i]then[/i], "Shew us the Father?"

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?
the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself:
but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works...'

... comforting me with His love



Psalm 116
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [i]and[/i] my supplications.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,
therefore will I call upon [i]him[/i] as long as I live.

The sorrows of death compassed me,
and the pains of hell gat hold upon me:
I found trouble and sorrow.

Then called I upon the name of the LORD;
O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Gracious [i]is[/i] the LORD, and righteous;
yea, our God [i]is[/i] merciful.

The LORD preserveth the simple:
I was brought low, and he helped me.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul;
for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
mine eyes from tears, [i]and[/i] my feet from falling.
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

I believed, therefore have I spoken:
I was greatly afflicted:
I said in my haste,
All men [i]are[/i] liars.

What shall I render unto the LORD [i]for[/i] all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

Precious in the sight of the LORD [i]is[/i] the death of his saints.

O LORD, truly I [i]am[/i] thy servant;
I [i]am[/i] thy servant, [i]and[/i] the son of thine handmaid:
thou hast loosed my bonds.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call upon the name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
In the courts of the LORD'S house,
in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Praise ye the LORD.




Ye gates, lift up your heads on high;
Ye doors that last for aye,
Be lifted up, that so the King
Of glory enter may.

But who of glory is the King?
The mighty Lord is this;
Ev’n that same Lord that great in might
And strong in battle is.
Ev’n that same Lord that great in might
And strong in battle is.

Ye gates, lift up your heads; ye doors,
Doors that do last for aye,
Be lifted up, that so the King
Of glory enter may.

But who is he that is the King,
The King of glory? Who is this?
The Lord of hosts, and none but he,
The King of glory is.
The Lord of hosts, and none but he,
The King of glory is.


Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,

Alleluia; amen, amen, amen!



[i]Psalm 24:7 - 10[/i]


Tune: St George's Edinburgh
[url=http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/ye_gates_lift_up_your_heads_on_high.html]http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/ye_gates_lift_up_your_heads_on_high.html[/url]

[url=http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=115772]http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=115772[/url]

[url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/y/e/g/yegatesl.htm]http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/y/e/g/yegatesl.htm[/url]

Amen!