Immanuel's Land

-Alabama Water Spout 

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Immanuel's Land

O Christ, He is the fountain, 

The deep sweet well of love!


The streams on earth I've tasted, 

More deep I'll drink above!


There, to an ocean fullness, 

His mercy doth expand.


And glory, glory dwelleth

In Immanuel's land.



With mercy and with judgment 

My web of time He wove,


And aye the dews of sorrow 

Were lustered with His love.


I'll bless the hand that guided, 

I'll bless the heart that planned,


When throned where glory dwelleth, 

In Immanuel's land.



Oh! I am my Beloved's, 

And my Beloved's mine!


He brings a poor vile sinner 

Into His house of wine!


I stand upon His merit, 

I know no other stand,


Not even where glory dwelleth, 

In Immanuel's land.



The bride eyes not her garment, 

But her dear Bridegroom's face:


I will not gaze at glory, 

But on my King of grace -


Not at the crown He giveth, 

But on His pierced hand:


The Lamb is all the glory 

Of Immanuel's land.

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-Anne Ross Cousin

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I'm Waiting for Heaven's New Ears!

-PLUGGERS 

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The Torch that Lights Time's Thickest Gloom

-Yellowstone FB

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Go, labor on; spend, and be spent;

  Thy joy to do the Father’s will;

It is the way the Master went;

  Should not the servant tread it still?

Go, labor on: ’tis not for nought;

  Thy earthly loss is heav’nly gain;

Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;

  The Master praises, what are men?

Go, labor on; your hands are weak,

  Your knees are faint, your souls cast down;

Yet falter not; the prize you seek

  Is near, a kingdom and a crown.

Go, labor on while it is day,

  The world’s dark night is hastening on;

Speed, speed thy work, cast sloth away,

  It is not thus that souls are won.

 

Men die in darkness at your side,

  Without a hope to cheer the tomb;

Take up the torch and wave it wide,

  The torch that lights time’s thickest gloom.

Press on, faint not, keep watch and pray;

  Be wise the erring soul to win;

Go forth into the world’s highway,

  Compel the wanderer to come in.

Press on, and in thy work rejoice;

  For work comes rest, the prize thus won;

Soon shalt thou hear the Master’s voice,

  The midnight cry, Behold, I come!

-Horatius Bonar

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This was also my own Mother. She was a blessing to all her children and her grands.

~PLUGGERS 

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The Choices in Life

-Mountain Blue Bird, Yellowstone FB 

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They all said it was great.

They all said you’d be cool.

Is this all that you thought it would be?

Now you see who’s a fool.

What you see is what you get!

So you better make sure that it’s heaven sent…

All the things that you see and hear…

they’ll come back to you.

So be careful what you choose.

There’s some things you’ll never lose.

…Stick it in your mind…

It’s going to stay right there in your heart.

Sooner or later it’s a matter of fact.

What you see is how you’ll act.

Even if it all fades from you.

It will come back to you.

So be careful what you choose…

‘Cause some things you’ll never lose.

You stick it in your mind…

It’s going to stay right there in your heart.

By Jim Cavell- Magee and Me

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1John 2:15-17

…“Do not love the world nor 

the things in the world. 

If anyone loves the world, 

the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world, 

the lust of the flesh and 

the lust of the eyes and 

the boastful pride of life, 

is not from the Father, 

but is from the world.

The world is passing away, and also its lusts; 

but the one who does the will of God lives forever.”…

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What have you been doing which has hurt the LORD? 

You may have deeply hurt others, but this also deeply hurts the LORD. 

Do what is right! Turn around, change your life, and lovingly apologize to those you have hurt and damaged.

Glorify the LORD with your repentance!

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Who can separate us from the love of Christ

Romans 8:35-39

..."Who will separate us from the love of Christ? 

Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 

Just as it is written,

“For Your sake we are being put to death all day long;
We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

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PRAISE THE LORD!

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When you have been "Around the Block"...

 -PLUGGERS

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I have a few of my Grandmother's sacks: Joy!

- FB Meme

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Precious Memories and Zillions of Batches

My Mother's fantastic peanut butter cookie recipe! 

It is probably your mother's recipe also! :o)

This is my recent batch. I make them about a teaspoon full.

My mother would make them BIG, because by the time I remember them, she had two big teenage sons who could eat a lot, thus, BIG COOKIES.

I now make these peanut butter cookies as well as all my other fantastic cookie recipes from my mother to mostly give away. Lots of "thumbs up" and "crummy" smiles!

It is amazing how just a cookie can give practically everyone a lift!

Glory to the LORD!

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The LORD is with you: part two

 -Just in Case You Ever Feel Alone by Max Lucado

Illustrated by Eve Tharlet

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"And you know what?

Even though I'm by your side,

sitting right next to you,

can you guess what's even better?

God is right here too!

He never sleeps or goes away.

So if you feel alone,

just remember, night or day,

you're never on your own.

He's with you when you're happy,

and He's with you when you're not.

He'll know what to do.

He'll know what to say.

In case you ever feel alone,

He's just a prayer away."...

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Hebrews 13:5b-8

..."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?”

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."...

Ephesians 3:14-19

..."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."

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Part One: June 20,2024

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I'm Just Here...

"By witnessing, 

we follow Jesus' command—

like fishing for people's hearts—

and show them how to find 

eternal life."

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Matthew 28:19-20

 ..."Go therefore

 and make disciples of all the nations, 

baptizing them in the name of the Father 

and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 

teaching them to observe all 

that I commanded you; 

and lo, I am with you always, 

even to the end of the age.”

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What Safety we have in Jesus!

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Glorify the LORD! No time to match socks!

Colossians 3:23-24

..."Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. 

It is the Lord Christ whom you serve."...

1 Corinthians 10:31-33

..."Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God; just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved." 

Colossians 3:14-17

,,,"Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. 

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father."...

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Love History 101

 John 8:31-32

..."So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, 

“If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; 

and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” 

John 14:1-6

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

And you know the way where I am going.” 

Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” 

Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."...

John 16:12-14a

...“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

He will glorify Me"...

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Our Sorrows are Known to the LORD

 -Fringed Gentian, Yellowstone FB

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"Pain is a process, 

and God never wastes

 our sorrows"

-Joseph Sowell

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Isaiah 53

Who has believed our message?


And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?


For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,


And like a root out of parched ground;


He has no stately form or majesty


That we should look upon Him,


Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.


He was despised and forsaken of men,


A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;


And like one from whom men hide their face


He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Surely our griefs He Himself bore,


And our sorrows He carried;


Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,


Smitten of God, and afflicted.


But He was pierced through for our transgressions,


He was crushed for our iniquities;


The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,


And by His scourging we are healed.


All of us like sheep have gone astray,


Each of us has turned to his own way;

But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all


To fall on Him.

He was oppressed and He was afflicted,




Yet He did not open His mouth;


Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,


And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,


So He did not open His mouth.


By oppression and judgment He was taken away;


And as for His generation, who considered


That He was cut off out of the land of the living


For the transgression of my people, 

to whom the stroke was due?


His grave was assigned with wicked men,


Yet He was with a rich man in His death,


Because He had done no violence,


Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

But the Lord was pleased


To crush Him, putting Him to grief;


If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,


He will see His offspring,


He will prolong His days,


And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.


As a result of the anguish of His soul,


He will see it and be satisfied;


By His knowledge the Righteous One,


My Servant, will justify the many,

As He will bear their iniquities.


Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,


And He will divide the booty with the strong;


Because He poured out Himself to death,


And was numbered with the transgressors;


Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,


And interceded for the transgressors."

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Waiting on the LORD will be a Blessing

 -Kinsman, Purple and Yellow Cone Flowers

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"Believers who have a proper reverence

 

for God will wait for Him to carry out

 

His will in His timing."

-unknown

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Psalm 37: 4-11

..."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;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

For evildoers will be cut off,

But those who wait for the Lord, 

they will inherit the land.

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;

And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

But the humble will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity."...

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Who is God?

-AKA: today

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1 John 4:1-6

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, 

because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

By this you know the Spirit of God: 

every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

They are from the world; 

therefore they speak as from the world, 

and the world listens to them.

We are from God; 

he who knows God listens to us; 

he who is not from God does not listen to us. 

By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."...