... the searchlight of His love and 'a Holy Spirit's energies'




Eternal Light! eternal Light!
How pure the soul must be
When, placed within Thy searching sight,
It shrinks not, but with calm delight
Can live, and look on Thee!

The spirits that surround Thy throne
May bear the burning bliss;
But that is surely theirs alone,
Since they have never, never known
A fallen world like this.

O how shall I, whose native sphere
Is dark, whose mind is dim,
Before the Ineffable appear,
And on my naked spirit bear
That uncreated beam?

There is a way for man to rise
To that sublime abode:
An offering and a sacrifice,
A Holy Spirit’s energies,
An Advocate with God.

These, these prepare us for the sight
Of holiness above;
The sons of ignorance and night,
May dwell in the eternal Light,
Through the eternal Love.



Tune: Newcastle
[url=http://www.hymnal.net/cgi-bin/hymns/hymn.php?t=h&n=603]http://www.hymnal.net/cgi-bin/hymns/hymn.php?t=h&n=603[/url]

[url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-EternalLight-Pipe01C-128-CAM.mp3]http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-EternalLight-Pipe01C-128-CAM.mp3[/url]



Luke 24:44 - 53
And he said unto them, 'These [i]are[/i] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [i]in[/i] the prophets, and [i]in[/i] the psalms, concerning me'.

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, and said unto them, 'Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high'.

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.


Acts 1:1 - 11
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with [i]them[/i], commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but 'wait for the promise of the Father, which,' [i]saith he[/i], 'ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence'.

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, 'Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?'

And he said unto them, 'It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth'.

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, 'Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven'.

... living He loved me, dying He saved me, buried He carried my sin far away! Hallelujah!




Jesus! dear Name, how sweet it sounds!
Replete with balm for all our wounds:
His Word declares His grace is free,
Come, needy sinner, “Come and see.”

He left the shining courts on high,
Came to our world to bleed and die;
Jesus the Lord hung on a tree,
Come, thoughtless sinner, “Come and see.”

Your sins did pierce His bleeding heart,
Till death had done its dreadful part;
His boundless love extends to thee,
Come, trembling sinner, “Come and see.”

His blood can cleanse the foulest stain,
Can make the vilest sinner clean;
This fountain open stands for thee,
Come, guilty sinner, “Come and see.”



[i]Isaac Watts[/i]


Tune: Paedia
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0007/x000766.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0007/x000766.htm[/url]

Tune: Rimington
[url=http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=h&n=851]http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=h&n=851[/url]

Tune: Rockingham
[url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-WhenISurvery-RockingHam-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3]http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-WhenISurvery-RockingHam-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3[/url]



[b]Galatians 3:13
Christ hath redeemed me from the curse of the law.[/b]



I am redeemed, O praise the Lord!
My soul, from bondage free,
Has found at last a resting-place
In Him who died for me.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]I am redeemed! I am redeemed!
I'll sing it o'er and o'er;
I am redeemed! O praise the Lord!
Redeemed forever-more![/i]

I looked, and lo, from Calv'ry's cross
A healing fountain streamed;
It cleansed my heart, and now I sing,
Praise God, I am redeemed!

[i]Refrain[/i]

The debt is paid, my soul is free;
And by His mighty pow'r
The blood that washed my sins away
Still cleanseth ev'ry hour.

[i]Refrain[/i]

All glory be to Jesus' name!
I know that He is mine,
For on my heart the Spirit seals
His pledge of love divine.

[i]Refrain[/i]

And when I reach that world more bright
Than mortal ever dreamed,
I'll cast my crown at Jesus' feet
And cry: Redeemed, Redeemed!

[i]Refrain[/i]



[i]Original music by Ira D Sankey is not available online (I think)
(Verse: waltz time; Refrain: a walk at strolling pace)
It is in the original Redemption Hymnal (for sure).[/i]

... His very tender heart towards our frailties, while taking all the pain on our behalf for them



Arise, my soul, arise;
Shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding sacrifice
In my behalf appears:
Before the throne my surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.

He ever lives above,
For me to intercede;
His all redeeming love,
His precious blood, to plead:
His blood atoned for all our race,
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

Five bleeding wounds He bears;
Received on Calvary;
They pour effectual prayers;
They strongly plead for me:
“Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry,
“Nor let that ransomed sinner die!”

The Father hears Him pray,
His dear anointed One;
He cannot turn away,
The presence of His Son;
His Spirit answers to the blood,
And tells me I am born of God.

My God is reconciled;
His pardoning voice I hear;
He owns me for His child;
I can no longer fear:
With confidence I now draw nigh,
And “Father, Abba, Father,” cry.



[i]Charles Wesley[/i]


Tune: Millennium
[url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/i/jimlight.htm]http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/i/jimlight.htm[/url]




Isaiah 53:4 - 12
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

But he [i]was[/i] wounded for our transgressions, [i]he was[/i] bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace [i]was[/i] upon him;
and with his stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every one to his own way;
and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth:
he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

He was taken from prison and from judgment:
and who shall declare his generation?
for he was cut off out of the land of the living:
for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;
because he had done no violence, neither [i]was any[/i] deceit in his mouth.

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him;
he hath put [i]him[/i] to grief:
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see [i]his[/i] seed,
he shall prolong [i]his[/i] days,
and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, [i]and[/i] shall be satisfied:
by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;
for he shall bear their iniquities.

Therefore will I divide him [i]a portion[/i] with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
because he hath poured out his soul unto death:
and he was numbered with the transgressors;
and he bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.

... He is worthy of all adoration, exaltation and worship



None other Lamb, none other Name,
None other hope in heav'n or earth or sea,
None other hiding-place from guilt and shame,
None beside Thee.

My faith burns low, my hope burns low;
Only my heart's desire cries out in me
By the deep thunder of its want and woe,
Cries out to Thee.

Lord, Thou art Life, though I be dead;
Love's fire Thou art, however cold I be;
Nor heaven have I, nor place to lay my head,
Nor home but Thee.


[i]Christina Rossetti[/i]


[url=http://www.hymnal.net/cgi-bin/hymns/hymn.php?t=h&n=520]http://www.hymnal.net/cgi-bin/hymns/hymn.php?t=h&n=520[/url]



Job 23:8 - 12
Behold, I go forward, but he [i]is[/i] not [i]there[/i];
and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [i]him[/i]:
he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [i]him[/i]:
[b]but he knoweth the way that I take:[/b]
[i]when[/i] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [i]food[/i].


Psalm 13:2 - 6
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
thou understandest my thought afar off.

Thou winnowest my path and my lying down,
and art acquainted [i]with[/i] all my ways.
For [i]there is[/i] not a word in my tongue,
[i]but[/i], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

Thou hast beset me behind and before,
and laid thine hand upon me.
[i]Such[/i] knowledge [i]is[/i] too wonderful for me;
it is high,
I cannot [i]attain[/i] unto it.


Psalm 121
Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills?
whence should my help come?

My help [i]cometh[/i] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD [i]is[/i] thy keeper:
the LORD [i]is[/i] thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil:
he shall preserve thy soul.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out
and thy coming in from this time forth
and even for evermore.




Now I have found the ground wherein
Sure my soul's anchor may remain,
The wounds of Jesus, for my sin
Before the world's foundation slain
Whose mercy shall unshaken stay
When heaven and earth are fled away,
When heaven and earth are fled away.

Father, Thine everlasting grace
Our scanty thought surpasses far:
Thine heart still melts with tenderness,
Thine arms of love still open are
Returning sinners to receive,
That mercy they may taste, and live,
That mercy they may taste, and live.

O Love, Thou bottomless abyss!
My sins are swallowed up in Thee:
Covered is mine unrighteousness,
Nor spot of guilt remains in me,
While Jesu's blood, through earth and skies,
Mercy free, boundless mercy, cries!
Mercy free, boundless mercy, cries!

With faith I plunge me in this sea:
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest:
Hither, when hell assails, I flee,
I look into my Saviour's breast!
Away, sad doubt, and anxious fear!
Mercy is all that's written here,
Mercy is all that's written here.

Though waves and storms go o'er my head,
Though strength and health and friends be gone,
Though joys be withered all, and dead,
Though every comfort be withdrawn,
On this my steadfast soul relies,
Father, Thy mercy never dies,
Father, Thy mercy never dies.

Fixed on this ground will I remain,
Though my heart fail, and flesh decay;
This anchor shall my soul sustain
When earth's foundations melt away:
Mercy's full power I then shall prove,
Loved with an everlasting love,
Loved with an everlasting love.



[i]Charles Wesley[/i]


Tune: Euphony
[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/o/wojehave.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/o/wojehave.htm[/url]

Good quotes/posts Dorcas.

Thanks!! :-)

... growth in understanding, and, the unity of this body of believers



Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into battle see His banners go!

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.[/i]

At the sign of triumph Satan’s host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
Brothers lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
One in hope and doctrine, one in charity.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,
But the church of Jesus constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never gainst that church prevail;
We have Christ’s own promise, and that cannot fail.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.
Glory, laud and honor unto Christ the King,
This through countless ages men and angels sing.

[i]Refrain[/i]



Tune: St Gertrude
[url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/o/o812.html]http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/o/o812.html[/url]

[url=http://www.mfiles.org.uk/downloads/onward-christian-soldiers.mp3]http://www.mfiles.org.uk/downloads/onward-christian-soldiers.mp3[/url]

[url=http://www.higherpraise.com/AMidDefault/OnwardChristianSoldiers.htm]http://www.higherpraise.com/AMidDefault/OnwardChristianSoldiers.htm[/url]




Joshua 6:1 - 25
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, 'See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [i]and[/i] the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all [i]ye[/i] men of war, [i]and[/i] go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long [i]blast[/i] with the ram's horn, [i]and[/i] when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him'.

And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.

And he said unto the people, 'Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD'.

And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, [i]the priests[/i] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, 'Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall [i]any[/i] word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout'.

So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [i]it[/i] once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, [i]the priests[/i] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, 'Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. And the city shall be accursed, [i]even[/i] it, and all that [i]are[/i] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [i]are[/i] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. And ye, in any wise keep [i]yourselves[/i] from the accursed thing, lest ye make [i]yourselves[/i] accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, [i]are[/i] consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD'.

So the people shouted when [i]the priests[/i] blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. And they utterly destroyed all that [i]was[/i] in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, 'Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her'. And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [i]was[/i] therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel [i]even[/i] unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

ha. This time I downloaded the page.

Sis, my unsaved family is in there somewhere.

Bless you and thank you.

Annie

Every tears of my heart You know
And You wipe it away
Every pain in my heart You know
And You gave me comfort to sooth the pain
And Your loving gentle voice brings healing
To my broken hearted.

Your amazing hands that strecth out for me
Your bleeding hands that nailed in the cross
And reach out for me
Your bleeding hands that holds me and guide me
Your bleeding hands guides me out in darkness
And took me to the Light.
Your hand that nailed and bled for me yet strong and gentle enough to care.
Oh Your hand that brought me back
To see Your goodness
Your Loving kindeness
And Your gentle words spokes of Your Love
And what love is all about.
So amazing to know that You knew who i am
So amazing to know and have Your grace and mercy
Oh so amazing to know what the true Love really is. And that is Your Love for me.
That is Jesus Love.

_________________
Claudette

all the brothers and sisters here that lift up one another in prayer (hmmhmm's daughter) .. amazing :-)

phil

... the work of the Spirit in conforming me to His image




Praise the Rock of our salvation!
Praise the mighty God above!
Come before His sacred presence
With a grateful song of love.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
He is God, and He alone.
Wake the song of adoration—
Come with joy before His throne![/i]

Praise the Rock of our salvation!
Praise the Father’s boundless love!
Praise the Lamb, our expiation!
Praise the Spirit from above!

[i]Refrain[/i]

Praise the Rock of our salvation!
Jesus’ blood avails for sin;
Jesus, at the door of mercy,
Waits to let the wandr’er in.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Praise the Rock of our salvation!
Catch from yonder radiant clime
Strains by everlasting ages,
Echoed back in tones sublime.

[i]Refrain[/i]



[i]Fanny Crosby[/i]


[url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/p/r/procksal.htm]http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/p/r/procksal.htm[/url]



Deuteronomy 32:1 - 5
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak;
and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

My doctrine shall drop as the rain,
my speech shall distil as the dew,
as the small rain upon the tender herb,
and as the showers upon the grass:
because I will publish the name of the LORD:
ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

[i]He is[/i] the Rock, his work [i]is[/i] perfect:
for all his ways [i]are[/i] judgment:
a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [i]is[/i] he.


Psalm 68:32 - 35
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth;
O sing praises unto the Lord;

Selah:

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [i]which were[/i] of old;
lo, he doth send out his voice, [i]and that[/i] a mighty voice.

Ascribe ye strength unto God:
his excellency [i]is[/i] over Israel, and his strength [i]is[/i] in the clouds.

O God, [i]thou art[/i] terrible out of thy holy places:
the God of Israel [i]is[/i] he that giveth strength
and power unto [i]his[/i] people.

Blessed [i]be[/i] God.