How sweet and awesome is the place with Christ within the doors, while everlasting love displays the choicest of her stores.
While all our hearts and all our songs join to admire the feast, each of us cries, with thankful tongue, “Lord, why was I a guest?
— Isaac Watts
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,
the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy
health and salvation!
All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;
Sing now in glad adoration!
Jesus, I am resting, resting
in the joy of what thou art;
I am finding out the greatness
of thy loving heart.
Thou hast bid me gaze upon thee,
as thy beauty fills my soul,
for by thy transforming power,
thou hast made me whole.
— Jean Sophia Pigott
I love Thy kingdom, Lord,
The house of Thine abode,
The Church our blest Redeemer bought
With His own precious blood.
I love the Church, O God!
Her walls before Thee stand,
Dear as the apple of Thine eye
And graven on Thy hand
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy pow'rful hand;
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more.
— William Williams 1745
Christian, if you find it difficult at times to grasp the reality that God loves you with an everlasting love, study the doctrine of adoption. https://t.co/MuOEWeV28n via @Tabletalk
All praise to God, who reigns above,
The God of all creation,
The God of wonders, pow'r, and love,
The God of our salvation!
With healing balm my soul he fills,
The God who every sorrow stills,
To God all praise and glory!
— Johann J. Schutz 1675
A prominent cable news host recently stated that protecting democracy is her “mission” now. “This is what we’re on earth to do,” she said. Compare that to the mission we, as Christians, have (Mt. 28:18-20). Do not let politics become your religion.
“When we truly understand grace—when we see that God only owes us wrath but has provided Christ’s merit to cover our demerit—then everything changes.” — R.C. Sproul #Gratitude#Thanksgiving
My song is love unknown–
my Savior’s love to me;
love to the loveless shown,
that they might lovely be.
Oh, who am I, that for my sake
my Lord should take frail flesh and die?
— Samuel Crossman
My hope is that the @DeptofDefense is preparing to mobilize the @82ndABNDiv and the @101stAbnDiv for rescue and relief efforts in NC and TN, particularly their vast aviation assets. Size and scope of this disaster demands a coordinated federal and state response.
“Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God” (Heb. 12: 1b-2).