Sunday, March 17, 2024

Simply Accept

~Kinsman 

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Romans 10:9-10


..."if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."... 

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Be Anxious for Nothing

 ~ROSE is ROSE

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..."Rejoice in the Lord always; 
again I will say, rejoice!

Let your gentle spirit 
be known to all men. 

The Lord is near.

Be anxious for nothing, 
but in everything 
by prayer and supplication 
with thanksgiving 
let your requests 
be made known to God.

And the peace of God, 
which surpasses all comprehension, 
will guard your hearts and 
your minds in Christ Jesus."...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Charles Wesley's Original 18 Stanzas :o)

In it's entirety:

-by Charles Wesley, 1739, based on Psalm 35:28


1.Glory to God, and praise and love,
Be ever, ever given;
By saints below and saints above,
The Church in earth and heaven.

2. On this glad day the glorious Sun
Of righteousness arose,
On my benighted soul he shone,
And filled it with repose.

3. Sudden expired the legal strife;
'Twas then I ceased to grieve.
My second, real, living life,
I then began to live.

4. Then with my heart I first believed,
Believed with faith divine;
Power with the Holy Ghost received
To call the Saviour mine.

5. I felt my Lord's atoning blood
Close to my soul applied;
Me, me he loved - the Son of God
For me, for me he died!

6. I found and owned his promise true,
Ascertained of my part,
My pardon passed in heaven I know,
When written on my heart.

7. O For a thousand tongues to sing
My dear Redeemer's praise!
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace!

8. My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the world abroad
The honors of Thy name.

9. Jesus! the Name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
'Tis music in the sinner's ears,
'Tis life, and health, and peace.

10. He breaks the power of cancell'd sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood avail'd for me.

11. He speaks, - and, listening to his voice,
New life the dead receive;
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice;
The humble poor believe.

12. Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
Your loosen'd tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Saviour come,
And leap, ye lame, for joy.

13. Look unto him, ye nations; own
Your God, ye fallen race;
Look, and be saved through faith alone,
Be justified by grace.

14. See all your sins on Jesus laid;
The Lamb of God was slain;
His soul was once an offering made
For every soul of man.

15. Harlots, and publicans, and thieves,
In holy triumph join!
Saved is the sinner that believes,
From crimes as great as mine.

16. Murderers, and all ye hellish crew,
Ye sons of lust and pride,
Believe the Savior died for you;
For me the Saviour died.

17. Awake from guilty nature's sleep,
And Christ shall give you light,
Cast all your sins into the deep,
And wash the AEthiop white.

18. With me, your chief, ye then shall know,
Shall feel your sins forgiven;
Anticipate your heaven below,
And own that love is heaven.
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Friday, March 8, 2024

One Thousand Tongues!

 "O for a thousand tongues to sing


my great Redeemer's praise,


the glories of my God and King,


the triumphs of His grace."...

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Psalm 118: 1, 24


"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness is everlasting."...


..."This is the day which the Lord has made;

Let us rejoice and be glad in it."...

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Psalm 34:1, 8


"I will bless the Lord at all times;

His praise shall continually be in my mouth."...


..."O taste and see that the Lord is good;

How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!"...

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Psalm 91: 2, 14-16


..."I will say to the Lord, 

'My refuge and my fortress,

My God, in whom I trust!'...


...“Because he has loved Me, 

therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him securely on high, 

because he has known My name.


“He will call upon Me, 

and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.


“With a long life I will satisfy him

And let him see My salvation.”

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Hear Him!


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..."Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,

your loosen'd tongues employ;

ye blind, behold your Savior come;

and leap, ye lame, for joy."
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..."Then he said to them,

 'Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, 
and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; 
for this day is holy to our Lord.' 

Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” ...
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..."So He [Jesus] told them this parable, saying,

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 

‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance."...
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..."Though I have many things to write to you, 
I do not want to do so with paper and ink; 
but I hope to come to you and speak 
face to face, so that your joy may be 
made full."...
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..."Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christwho according to His great mercy has 
caused us to be born again to a living hope through 
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 
to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable 
and undefiled and will not fade away, 
reserved in heaven for you, who are protected 
by the power of God through faith for a 
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

In this you greatly rejoice, even though now 
for a little while, if necessary, you have been 
distressed by various trials, so that the proof 
of your faith, being more precious than gold 
which is perishable, even though tested by fire, 
may be found to result in praise and glory and 
honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; and 
though you have not seen Him, you love 
Him, and though you do not see Him now, 
but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with 
joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining 
as the outcome of your faith the salvation 
of your souls."...
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GLORY to the LORD GOD!
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

My Gracious Master!

~Yellowstone FB

..."My gracious Master and my God,

assit me to proclaim,

to spread through all the earth abroad

the honors of thy name."...
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Jesus said: ...“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."...


"I solemnly charge you in the presence of God 
and of Christ Jesus, 
who is to judge the living and the dead,
and by His appearing and His kingdom: 
preach the word; 
be ready in season and out of season; 
reprove, rebuke, exhort, 
with great patience and instruction.

For the time will come when they will not 
endure sound doctrine; 
but wanting to have their ears tickled, 
they will accumulate for themselves teachers 
in accordance to their own desires,
and will turn away their ears from the truth 
and will turn aside to myths.

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, 
do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

He Sets the Prisoners Free!

 ..."He breaks the pow'r of reigning sin,


He sets the pri'sner free;

His blood can make the foulest clean,


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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.

He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth."...
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Monday, March 4, 2024

The Name that Charms!

.. "Jesus, the name that charms our fears,

that bids our sorrows cease;

'tis music in the sinner's ears,

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"God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in trouble.


Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change

And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;


Though its waters roar and foam,

Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. 

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

The holy dwelling places of the Most High.


God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved;

God will help her when morning dawns.


The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;

He raised His voice, the earth melted.


The Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our stronghold. 

Come, behold the works of the Lord,

Who has wrought desolations in the earth.


He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;

He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;

He burns the chariots with fire.


“Cease striving and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations, 
I will be exalted in the earth.”


The Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our stronghold."
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Saturday, March 2, 2024

Broken Hearts Rejoice!

..."He speaks -  and, list'ning to His voice,

New life the dead receive;

The mournful, broken hearts rejoice;

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Psalm 34:18

..."The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit."...
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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Gentleness Breathed Into Society

-Kinsman company

 "It has been women who have breathed
 gentleness and care into the hard progress of mankind."

~Queen Elizabeth II
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Our Weakness is Surely a Blessing!

--Yellowstone FB
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"Surely one blessing of weakness 
is the ever present awareness 
that I need His strength!
 --Lord, save our children! 
And let us worship You!"
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~from a friend
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Sunday, February 25, 2024

The Storms in This Life: Wisdom from the Queen


"It has always been easy to 
hate and destroy.

To build and to cherish 
is much more difficult."
~Wisdom from Queen Elizabeth II
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..."For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven 
and on earth derives its name,
that He would grant you, 
according to the riches of His glory, 
to be strengthened with power 
through His Spirit in the inner man,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; 
and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend with all the saints 
what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ 
which surpasses knowledge, 
that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. 

Now to Him who is able to do far more
 abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, 
according to the power that works within us,
to Him be the glory in the church and 
in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever.
 Amen."
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Saturday, February 24, 2024

The Good Old Days

 Psalm 37:3-8, 11, 16, 18-19, 23-28, 29-31, 34, 37, 39-40

..."Trust in the Lord and do good;

Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Delight yourself in the Lord;

And He will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord,

Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light
And your judgment as the noonday.
 
Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him...


...Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing....

...But the humble will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity...

...Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked...

...The Lord knows the days of the blameless,

And their inheritance will be forever.

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,

And in the days of famine they will have abundance...

...The steps of a man are established by the Lord,

And He delights in his way.

When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,

Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.
 
I have been young and now I am old,

Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

Or his descendants begging bread.

All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing.

Depart from evil and do good,

So you will abide forever.

For the Lord loves justice

And does not forsake His godly ones;

They are preserved forever...

...The righteous will inherit the land

And dwell in it forever.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,

And his tongue speaks justice.

The law of his God is in his heart;

His steps do not slip...

...Wait for the Lord and keep His way,

And He will exalt you to inherit the land...

...Mark the blameless man, 
and behold the upright;

For the man of peace will have a posterity...

...But the salvation of the righteous 
is from the Lord;

He is their strength in time of trouble.

The Lord helps them and delivers them;

He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,

Because they take refuge in Him."
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Friday, February 23, 2024

Frail Children of Dust, Feeble as Frail

O Worship the King 


O worship the King, all glorious above,
O gratefully sing God's power and God's love;
our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

O tell of God's might, O sing of God's grace,
whose robe is the light, whose canopy space,
whose chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is God's path on the wings of the storm.

The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy power hath founded of old;
hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
and round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

O measureless Might, unchangeable Love,
whom angels delight to worship above!
Your ransomed creation, with glory ablaze,
in true adoration shall sing to your praise!
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~Robert Grant
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Thursday, February 22, 2024

More Wisdom from the Queen

--Kinsman Co. 

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"May you be proud to remember - as I am myself - 
how much  
depends on you, 
and that even when your life 
seems most monotonous, 
what you do 
is always of real value 
and importance 
to your fellowmen."
~Queen Elizabeth II
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Seeking the Only One, Jesus

--Yellowstone FB

"Praying all of us will seek the only One who will 
never leave us nor forsake us!"
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~a dear friend
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..."He Himself has said, 
“I will never desert you, 
nor will I ever forsake you,” 
 so that we confidently say,
“The Lord is my helper,
 I will not be afraid.

What will man do to me?”..."
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Saturday, February 17, 2024

The LORD's Holy Name

-Martyn Lloyd-Jones 


Luke 21:29-36 NAS

..."Then He told them a parable: 

“Behold the fig tree and all the trees; as soon as they put forth leaves, you see it and know for yourselves that summer is now near.

So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

“Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap; for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.

But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”...
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Martyn Lloyd Jones ~ Those who know their BIBLE should not be surprised at the state of the world as it is.

Luke 21:33 - 36 KJV
..."Heaven and earth shall pass away: but MY WORDS shall not pass away. 

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 

For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the SON of MAN."...
























For HIS GLORY and His Holy Name!
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Happy Valentine's Day and Praises to our Great God and King!

 1 Corinthians 15:3-8

 ..."Christ died for our sins 

according to the Scriptures, 

and that He was buried, 

and that He was raised on the third day 

according to the Scriptures,

and that He appeared to Cephas, 

then to the twelve.


After that He appeared to more than 

five hundred brethren at one time, 

most of whom remain until now, 

but some have fallen asleep; 

then He appeared to James, 

then to all the apostles; 

and last of all, 

as to one untimely born, 

He appeared to me [Paul] also."...


Mark 16:6-7


..."And he [an angel] said to them,

“Do not be amazed;

 you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, 

who has been crucified. 

He has risen; 

He is not here; 

behold, here is the place where they laid Him.

But go, tell His disciples and Peter, 

‘He [resurrected Jesus] is going ahead of you to Galilee; 

there you will see Him, just as He told you.’” ..."

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Monday, February 12, 2024

In Christ Alone

~Yellowstone FB
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In Christ alone, my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
'Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live, I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand
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