tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61853597644811593352024-03-19T07:19:36.705-05:00Encouragements From the Piper's WifeTeaching and encouraging women in discernment and discipleshipThe Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.comBlogger2316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-11724195053484293762024-03-17T17:01:00.002-05:002024-03-17T17:01:51.077-05:00Simply Accept<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdPX53TwPGv2GaVVcguMa4LdXDllYb0jSBDsJvexml03ucK1Lb40wG-1kGFUgPST0N9WZpt1QGPsdJ7BUX0L98hCcxFUqyvjVr9uSlcik4LOki2v0a0Qswu9AFWxhI87eRvEpBkQrPwKerhm7DguUAl4L9pdkAvD0P-ueL6uaCN3iQn74Suh5IuGVZgQ/s522/dfa9fbe6-daae-3f9a-63dc-0415523ed4db.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="500" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdPX53TwPGv2GaVVcguMa4LdXDllYb0jSBDsJvexml03ucK1Lb40wG-1kGFUgPST0N9WZpt1QGPsdJ7BUX0L98hCcxFUqyvjVr9uSlcik4LOki2v0a0Qswu9AFWxhI87eRvEpBkQrPwKerhm7DguUAl4L9pdkAvD0P-ueL6uaCN3iQn74Suh5IuGVZgQ/w446-h452/dfa9fbe6-daae-3f9a-63dc-0415523ed4db.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><a href="https://www.kinsmangarden.com" target="_blank">~Kinsman </a><p></p><p>*</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+10&version=NASB1995" target="_blank">Romans 10</a>:9-10</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">..."if you confess with your mouth </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">Jesus as Lord, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">and believe in your </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">heart that God raised Him from the dead, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">you will be saved; </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">for with the heart a person believes, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">resulting in righteousness, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">and with the mouth he confesses, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">resulting in salvation."... </span></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></span></p><br /><p></p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-2118255859060665892024-03-13T16:59:00.000-05:002024-03-13T16:59:18.630-05:00Be Anxious for Nothing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qf7VxCxnpTILpuMaDdhSmZ44JaaTTCGGbhoLrxVgxR-8JWekzJ5ACnnvwy56J0JA6tfAVNWBhg9UKPYoDxnhPYRC26amBbyMp7wWkVHkEEWK0bNGXwKEqSaxswCl3K7M2yZ-L5qjvlyZCjn-V3rFK8_6i3QGIjgf4amkregiNIMe1j24gbI3vcEBFpw/s1804/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20at%2008.04.24.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1804" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qf7VxCxnpTILpuMaDdhSmZ44JaaTTCGGbhoLrxVgxR-8JWekzJ5ACnnvwy56J0JA6tfAVNWBhg9UKPYoDxnhPYRC26amBbyMp7wWkVHkEEWK0bNGXwKEqSaxswCl3K7M2yZ-L5qjvlyZCjn-V3rFK8_6i3QGIjgf4amkregiNIMe1j24gbI3vcEBFpw/w440-h128/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20at%2008.04.24.png" width="440" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> ~ROSE is ROSE</span><br /><p></p><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">*</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+4&version=NASB1995" target="_blank">Philippians 4</a><span style="color: #a64d79;">:4-7</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">..."Rejoice in the Lord always; </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">again I will say, rejoice!</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Let your gentle spirit </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">be known to all men. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">The Lord is near.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Be anxious for nothing, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">but in everything </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">by prayer and supplication </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">with thanksgiving </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">let your requests </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">be made known to God.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">And the peace of God, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">which surpasses all comprehension, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">will guard your hearts and </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">your minds in Christ Jesus."...</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">*</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-75987562230855964972024-03-12T14:22:00.000-05:002024-03-12T14:22:47.848-05:00Charles Wesley's Original 18 Stanzas :o)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqNOUGD2yfaXEsiufnQcrZCmSDlhx9K77l0q7GBCflTQvCP_j_ER4zqLyQDYn66V29pqDyvUh0uNw-BN1-x6MQyYkJWQZPUYZrkySIvXdLTXLDOIqkhNSLHoArUvtivycxMxiTTuiBtWNIn3Mbd-BS-HcpjZt0HPAlPkmHKGoy64HIzuT5i2VNm35dFU/s3827/29948%20N2S-4%20N59901%202019-09-06%20GBG.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2551" data-original-width="3827" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqNOUGD2yfaXEsiufnQcrZCmSDlhx9K77l0q7GBCflTQvCP_j_ER4zqLyQDYn66V29pqDyvUh0uNw-BN1-x6MQyYkJWQZPUYZrkySIvXdLTXLDOIqkhNSLHoArUvtivycxMxiTTuiBtWNIn3Mbd-BS-HcpjZt0HPAlPkmHKGoy64HIzuT5i2VNm35dFU/w441-h293/29948%20N2S-4%20N59901%202019-09-06%20GBG.jpg" width="441" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>In it's entirety:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_for_a_Thousand_Tongues_to_Sing" target="_blank">-by Charles Wesley,</a> 1739, based on Psalm 35:28</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djaXi1ZBXcw" target="_blank">O for a Thousand Tongues</a></b></span></div><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">1.Glory to God, and praise and love, Be ever, ever given; By saints below and saints above, The Church in earth and heaven.</span></span><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2. On this glad day the glorious Sun Of righteousness arose, On my benighted soul he shone, And filled it with repose.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">3. Sudden expired the legal strife; 'Twas then I ceased to grieve. My second, real, living life, I then began to live.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">4. Then with my heart I first believed, Believed with faith divine; Power with the Holy Ghost received To call the Saviour mine.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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!</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">6. I found and owned his promise true, Ascertained of my part, My pardon passed in heaven I know, When written on my heart.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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!</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">8. My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the world abroad The honors of Thy name.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">11. He speaks, - and, listening to his voice, New life the dead receive; The mournful, broken hearts rejoice; The humble poor believe.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">13. Look unto him, ye nations; own Your God, ye fallen race; Look, and be saved through faith alone, Be justified by grace.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">15. Harlots, and publicans, and thieves, In holy triumph join! Saved is the sinner that believes, From crimes as great as mine.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">16. Murderers, and all ye hellish crew, Ye sons of lust and pride, Believe the Savior died for you; For me the Saviour died.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">18. With me, your chief, ye then shall know, Shall feel your sins forgiven; Anticipate your heaven below, And own that love is heaven.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">*</span></div><div><br /></div><p></p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-65346303866734292752024-03-08T13:35:00.000-06:002024-03-08T13:35:27.563-06:00One Thousand Tongues! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Yb8HDj3M2t2k9ikDcPzixcQ7ftpmTEHjhmjyo_wwN637vDQLNnAZwMyzBU21SOSOY_ZqwCbRadkg2rJhULHdgV1ppL0VwkBcXdlC9EsTLLj4a8XbR2n-FRTqL6fcPNisYWP0_42Fen4YlMUYc7rM8h2ReLugpERqIBYZjS1kdV795Mq7jvP2E2xMS2w/s1430/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20at%2018.05.34.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1430" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Yb8HDj3M2t2k9ikDcPzixcQ7ftpmTEHjhmjyo_wwN637vDQLNnAZwMyzBU21SOSOY_ZqwCbRadkg2rJhULHdgV1ppL0VwkBcXdlC9EsTLLj4a8XbR2n-FRTqL6fcPNisYWP0_42Fen4YlMUYc7rM8h2ReLugpERqIBYZjS1kdV795Mq7jvP2E2xMS2w/w422-h258/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20at%2018.05.34.png" width="422" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> "O for a thousand tongues to sing<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">my great Redeemer's praise,</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">the glories of my God and King,</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">the triumphs of His grace."...</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+118&version=NASB1995" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Psalm 118</a><span style="color: red;">: 1, 24</span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For His lovingkindness is everlasting."...</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">..."This is the day which the Lord has made;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">Le</span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">t us rejoice and be glad in it."...</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+34&version=NASB1995" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Psalm 34</a><span style="color: red;">:1, 8</span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"I will bless the Lord at all times;</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">His praise shall continually be in my mouth."...</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">..."O taste and see that the Lord is good;</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!"...</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">*</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+91&version=NASB1995" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Psalm 91</a><span style="color: red;">: 2, 14-16</span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">..."I will say to the Lord, </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>'My refuge and my fortress,</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>My God, in whom I trust!'...</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>...“Because he has loved Me, </i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>therefore I will deliver him;</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>I will set him securely on high, </i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>because he has known My name.</i></span></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>“He will call upon Me, </i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>and I will answer him;</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>I will be with him in trouble;</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>I will rescue him and honor him.</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>“With a long life I will satisfy him</i></span></p><p><i><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></i></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>And let him see My salvation.”</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">*</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-25438921758565804962024-03-07T17:09:00.004-06:002024-03-07T17:10:19.954-06:00Hear Him!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AzyM5hQIGGWRGJTfm3rFR-7uR2ez2lK8GOJBKSeNogz5NAaiWG4X-aJdcj6g7HiBmmIocFw59Ow5J3CdQrUA8Z_cTKU-QOFqm6XjVsLOchf6k3kGDyxDT85x11DpZhorqUeIru9M-Ev31-m344WSFZ-AKRMfswHFyfXFFrxiSlvaV14B9WBYjRwb7jI/s600/d557944e-d43f-4979-6079-4b58e5b4ece7.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AzyM5hQIGGWRGJTfm3rFR-7uR2ez2lK8GOJBKSeNogz5NAaiWG4X-aJdcj6g7HiBmmIocFw59Ow5J3CdQrUA8Z_cTKU-QOFqm6XjVsLOchf6k3kGDyxDT85x11DpZhorqUeIru9M-Ev31-m344WSFZ-AKRMfswHFyfXFFrxiSlvaV14B9WBYjRwb7jI/w418-h278/d557944e-d43f-4979-6079-4b58e5b4ece7.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.kinsmangarden.com" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">~Kinsman Co.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">..."Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">your loosen'd tongues employ;</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">ye blind, behold your Savior come;</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">and leap, ye lame, for joy."</span></div><div>*</div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah+8&version=NASB1995" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Nehemiah 8</a><span style="color: red;">:10</span></b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">..."Then he said to them,</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> '<i>Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>for this day is holy to our Lord.' </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength</b>.” ...</span></div><div>*</div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+15&version=NASB1995" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Luke 15</a><span style="color: red;">:3-7</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">..."So He [Jesus] told them this parable, saying,</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>“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?</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>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."...</b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">*</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+John+1&version=NASB1995" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">2 John 1</span></a>:12</b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">..."Though I have many things to write to you, </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I do not want to do so with paper and ink; </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>but I hope to come to you and speak </b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>face to face, </b></span><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">so that your joy may be </b></div><div><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">made full."...</b></div><div>*</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+1&version=NASB1995" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">1 Peter 1</span></a>:3-9</b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>..."Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><b>Jesus Christ</b>, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">who according to His great mercy has </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">caused us to be born </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">again to a living hope through </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">the resurrection of Jesus Christ </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">from the dead, </span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable </span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and undefiled and will not fade away, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">reserved in heaven for you, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">who are protected </span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by the power of God through faith for a </span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>In this you greatly rejoice, even though now </b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>for </b></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">a little while, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">if necessary, you have been </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">distressed </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">by various trials, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">so that the proof </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">of your faith, being </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">more precious than gold </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">which is perishable, </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">even though tested by fire, </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">may be found </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">to result </span></span></b><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in praise and glory and </span></b></div><div><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">honor at the revelation of </span></b><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Jesus Christ;</b><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">and </b></div><div><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">though you have not seen Him, </b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">you love </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">Him, </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">and though you do not see Him now, </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">but believe </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">in Him, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">you greatly rejoice with </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">joy </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">inexpressible </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">and full of glory, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">obtaining </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">as the outcome </span></span></b><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of your </span></b><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">faith the salvation </span></b></div><div><b style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of your souls."...</span></b></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">*</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>GLORY to the LORD GOD!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>*</b></span></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-85391119017618358952024-03-06T17:38:00.001-06:002024-03-06T17:38:47.604-06:00 My Gracious Master!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6vi8N_CHJK99iDfyPIjLMK7GY_hgeTJx_S9hr2x_FjMVY-hKfPcjxfenWc86CiZ0NjuazDIQy8EKMNIKXEJ1BaUsI3XEep5wsZKCfZwOyuaii730UQYuvdVG6i4dnlhSYPcZm51_3zoP6PfoU7b0FOB_azgEvQ2GwZhiWLze1P_HPDEY0jLMkqeU-dw/s2048/425853179_951291756353588_8552808099321451835_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6vi8N_CHJK99iDfyPIjLMK7GY_hgeTJx_S9hr2x_FjMVY-hKfPcjxfenWc86CiZ0NjuazDIQy8EKMNIKXEJ1BaUsI3XEep5wsZKCfZwOyuaii730UQYuvdVG6i4dnlhSYPcZm51_3zoP6PfoU7b0FOB_azgEvQ2GwZhiWLze1P_HPDEY0jLMkqeU-dw/w437-h291/425853179_951291756353588_8552808099321451835_n.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">~Yellowstone FB</span></div><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">..."My gracious Master and my God,</span></span><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">assit me to proclaim,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">to spread through all the earth abroad</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">the honors of thy name."...</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16&version=NASB1995" target="_blank">Mark 16</a>:15</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Jesus said:</span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> ...“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."...</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+4&version=NASB1995" target="_blank">2 Timothy 4</a>:1-5</b> </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"I solemnly charge you in the presence of God </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and of Christ Jesus, </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">who is to judge the living and the dead,</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and by His appearing and His kingdom: </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">preach the word; </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">be ready in season and out of season; </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">reprove, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">rebuke, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">exhort, </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">with great patience and instruction.</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For the time will come when they will not </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">endure sound doctrine; </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">but wanting to have their ears tickled, </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">they will accumulate for themselves teachers </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">in accordance to their own desires,</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and will turn away their ears from the truth </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and will turn aside to myths.</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, </span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."...</span></div><div>*</div><div><br /></div><div><p></p></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-84061085765553914792024-03-05T13:30:00.002-06:002024-03-05T13:51:34.605-06:00He Sets the Prisoners Free!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQX2wUYFntISv3eR1KdrBQoEdmgPeqA4vhNayXfUYW2XeJFG98XTl2RpFcaJD5bD2n8dufxoawlGRosIRJEF5ndAa4SyzHAj9PpRJu-iRiN0s31_c2KhKg2QofcJu2fCibWwSqNCSQFUWXcgR1HoGiAmf3UanKJUnE5Y0rCTnwv-E_vPc_pVQD11eNAnc/s4172/28056%20N2S-4%20N67413%202011-06-18%20DVN.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2781" data-original-width="4172" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQX2wUYFntISv3eR1KdrBQoEdmgPeqA4vhNayXfUYW2XeJFG98XTl2RpFcaJD5bD2n8dufxoawlGRosIRJEF5ndAa4SyzHAj9PpRJu-iRiN0s31_c2KhKg2QofcJu2fCibWwSqNCSQFUWXcgR1HoGiAmf3UanKJUnE5Y0rCTnwv-E_vPc_pVQD11eNAnc/w461-h307/28056%20N2S-4%20N67413%202011-06-18%20DVN.JPG" width="461" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b> ..."He breaks the pow'r of reigning sin,<br /></b></span><p></p><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>He sets the pri'sner free;</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>His blood can make the foulest clean,</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djaXi1ZBXcw" target="_blank"><b>His blood availed for me."...</b></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">*</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=NASB1995" target="_blank"><b>John 1</b></a></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>He was in the beginning with God.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><i><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>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."</b>...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">*</span></div><div style="font-size: large;"> </div></i></span></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-67794044247798611512024-03-04T13:57:00.000-06:002024-03-04T13:57:11.079-06:00The Name that Charms! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQEQsvswDUhNlJ64mUKIhyphenhyphen_ZrBMBzZQ7C13L9CrWxhmYlOSwWwQR6M2RVgoA8Dw3PBp5wwDCkMobwH3qWqplrCwmrSwzPfbK-kb2uUj4QhUT0iFvvyjQhbn3jwHEnA9-ESI6zDexfMjyoeWUjuoS1wcBBtEOlgMazno5w31NwnnK7Z1U5K57e0qrRqvU/s1280/30004%20N2S-4%20N62134%202009-09-05%20IA27%201.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQEQsvswDUhNlJ64mUKIhyphenhyphen_ZrBMBzZQ7C13L9CrWxhmYlOSwWwQR6M2RVgoA8Dw3PBp5wwDCkMobwH3qWqplrCwmrSwzPfbK-kb2uUj4QhUT0iFvvyjQhbn3jwHEnA9-ESI6zDexfMjyoeWUjuoS1wcBBtEOlgMazno5w31NwnnK7Z1U5K57e0qrRqvU/w443-h294/30004%20N2S-4%20N62134%202009-09-05%20IA27%201.jpeg" width="443" /></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>.. "Jesus, the name that charms our fears,</b></span><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>that bids our sorrows cease;</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><p></p><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>'tis music in the sinner's ears,</b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djaXi1ZBXcw" target="_blank">'tis life and health and peace."</a>...</b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>*</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+46&version=NASB1995" target="_blank">Psalm 46</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>"God is our refuge and strength, </b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>A very present help in trouble. </b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Therefore we will not fear, </span></i><i><span style="color: red;">though the earth should change </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Though its waters roar and foam, </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">The holy dwelling places of the Most High. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved; </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">God will help her when morning dawns. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered; </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">He raised His voice, the earth melted. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>The Lord of hosts is with us; </b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>The God of Jacob is our stronghold. </b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Come, behold the works of the Lord, </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Who has wrought desolations in the earth. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">He burns the chariots with fire. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>“Cease striving and know that I am God; </b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>I will be exalted among the nations, </b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>I will be exalted in the earth.” </b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>The Lord of hosts is with us; </b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>The God of Jacob is our stronghold."</b></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><b>*</b></span></i></div><div><br /></div></span></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-11506296083158263162024-03-02T17:21:00.001-06:002024-03-04T13:57:40.383-06:00Broken Hearts Rejoice!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVDRjdXTmCe2dh91bMTTNM-jJqX1npiJcsstLEb7xEUU97BH3PETKQNzsOylpmebTPkb0m4fZdaXN5i0-N8RLW2C02rn6K7Ykq74GWPBK67PR-bbQUY5XjY5RFi43s-dSVSlA-kF8St0KWvQ6lRLgY7DRoPRSdMGf86z5UZByu4bLjWv5MczjmStDXwo/s1132/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20at%2008.34.12.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1132" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVDRjdXTmCe2dh91bMTTNM-jJqX1npiJcsstLEb7xEUU97BH3PETKQNzsOylpmebTPkb0m4fZdaXN5i0-N8RLW2C02rn6K7Ykq74GWPBK67PR-bbQUY5XjY5RFi43s-dSVSlA-kF8St0KWvQ6lRLgY7DRoPRSdMGf86z5UZByu4bLjWv5MczjmStDXwo/w437-h210/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20at%2008.34.12.png" width="437" /></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">..."He speaks - and, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">list'ning to His voice,</span></b></span><div><div><span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>New life the dead receive;</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The mournful,</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> broken hearts rejoice;</span></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djaXi1ZBXcw" target="_blank">The humble poor believe</a>."...</b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>*</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Psalm 34:18</b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><div><br /></div><div><b>..."The Lord is near to the brokenhearted</b></div><div><b>And saves those who are crushed in spirit."...</b></div><div><b>*</b></div><div><br /></div></i></span></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-85945939335607134252024-02-29T18:32:00.002-06:002024-02-29T18:32:36.844-06:00Gentleness Breathed Into Society <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxIeyhlh3lz2uj33RPPG3WUOdK6ZQNRmymzOVqG9f4VwBuutU4UrIK8ta1mZwWIIy8Yoy_Z_KzWrUONWx82YYI4usmQjFuRJC15-RLmFx4hLzjPoX7dko8qjRwuAmk3bmMgeQy-SXRS7iBLHcIAyk_-1IU5goU7-TDRD2VQ9g6Mhm5FhVW7s5JcFWhMQ/s400/d7bb8d9d-2ccb-cd08-bf1c-62f98db8892b.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxIeyhlh3lz2uj33RPPG3WUOdK6ZQNRmymzOVqG9f4VwBuutU4UrIK8ta1mZwWIIy8Yoy_Z_KzWrUONWx82YYI4usmQjFuRJC15-RLmFx4hLzjPoX7dko8qjRwuAmk3bmMgeQy-SXRS7iBLHcIAyk_-1IU5goU7-TDRD2VQ9g6Mhm5FhVW7s5JcFWhMQ/w428-h428/d7bb8d9d-2ccb-cd08-bf1c-62f98db8892b.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.kinsmangarden.com" target="_blank">-Kinsman</a> company</span></div><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> "It has been women who have breathed</span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> gentleness and care into the hard progress of mankind."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">~Queen Elizabeth II</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-56262017585223993642024-02-27T16:59:00.001-06:002024-02-27T16:59:14.140-06:00Our Weakness is Surely a Blessing!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSD-uizR1j_RP2xVnkvpWr4YwqimWcjmbf3lwvI9aaznuzOkzekeq-tz75xXY0Bvmn1dqAiKR4S4F-VmonwcoWmOA2H_b-ez0AFhUF-wVzB7L21Iqtl9zyfO0yLkUYeTdcqgfKLjl3YTU37dmEu4p-SsARpnBSFCKu_yas5z-n25OznC_vsufm65dOwg/s2047/425835888_951291699686927_946807532092519705_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2047" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSD-uizR1j_RP2xVnkvpWr4YwqimWcjmbf3lwvI9aaznuzOkzekeq-tz75xXY0Bvmn1dqAiKR4S4F-VmonwcoWmOA2H_b-ez0AFhUF-wVzB7L21Iqtl9zyfO0yLkUYeTdcqgfKLjl3YTU37dmEu4p-SsARpnBSFCKu_yas5z-n25OznC_vsufm65dOwg/w433-h288/425835888_951291699686927_946807532092519705_n.jpg" width="433" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">--Yellowstone FB</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*</span></div><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Surely one blessing of weakness </span></i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>is the ever present awareness </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>that I need His strength!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> --Lord, save our children! </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">And let us worship You!"</span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></i></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">~from a friend</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-30432622004527621212024-02-26T16:53:00.006-06:002024-02-26T16:53:59.530-06:00Truth: Yes, I'm Still Your Mom<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VIqfpU1WdZqZmH3gTB2z7v-rTPxdWdfLd_Z9TMWws3uaDkHXmIPLcm2mAY_3HEsXNoSNTbBRoo9KlzSAFNSv17r_7shg6yhaMum2NYRbLh0qiRw3Ou_Ue0W57R1U-TALZcXRRXFg5-oYHN2aDihGsFHAq-YLj83efU5PYc4ND9wbvHiDIm0rLR14MW4/s1364/427961387_1011726563650468_430597572755625842_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="1080" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VIqfpU1WdZqZmH3gTB2z7v-rTPxdWdfLd_Z9TMWws3uaDkHXmIPLcm2mAY_3HEsXNoSNTbBRoo9KlzSAFNSv17r_7shg6yhaMum2NYRbLh0qiRw3Ou_Ue0W57R1U-TALZcXRRXFg5-oYHN2aDihGsFHAq-YLj83efU5PYc4ND9wbvHiDIm0rLR14MW4/w443-h560/427961387_1011726563650468_430597572755625842_n.jpg" width="443" /></a></div> <br /><p></p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-52684550299178451812024-02-25T15:20:00.002-06:002024-02-25T15:20:59.642-06:00The Storms in This Life: Wisdom from the Queen<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsmGHrkZj-7_MjB1AIPP5ErE1cYXLQKOU1-JNkdRYndtW1avP5LknDOmNxmfOzbw_XOCc5pelsFNCbiTEyA7E7gr-MjzSa4-7t_IDCS3zVSA_c0CT70eK6tBGNQDjbpiRiauL0ol6mzCK069fvveKlmyihY02TZx3-jJG9t0S_fKSnDHvmsnRO8wl5vM/s2352/1986-07-19%201%20sky.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2352" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsmGHrkZj-7_MjB1AIPP5ErE1cYXLQKOU1-JNkdRYndtW1avP5LknDOmNxmfOzbw_XOCc5pelsFNCbiTEyA7E7gr-MjzSa4-7t_IDCS3zVSA_c0CT70eK6tBGNQDjbpiRiauL0ol6mzCK069fvveKlmyihY02TZx3-jJG9t0S_fKSnDHvmsnRO8wl5vM/w468-h312/1986-07-19%201%20sky.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>"It has always been easy to </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>hate and destroy.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>To build and to cherish </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>is much more difficult."</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">~Wisdom from Queen Elizabeth II</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+3&version=NASB1995" target="_blank">Ephesians 3</a>:14-21</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>..."For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>from whom every family in heaven </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>and on earth derives its name,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>that He would grant you, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>according to the riches of His glory, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>to be strengthened with power </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>through His Spirit in the inner man,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>may be able to comprehend with all the saints </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>what is the breadth and length and height and depth,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>and to know the love of Christ </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>which surpasses knowledge, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Now to Him who is able to do far more</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i> abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>according to the power that works within us,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>to Him be the glory in the church and </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i> Amen."</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>*</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-66638212192601311952024-02-24T14:52:00.002-06:002024-02-24T14:52:41.910-06:00The Good Old Days<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H6Nx2Ra6oxYGUvf7yUk5CQVb8X_Ub9pZqB6rb0II94Wf2JDZHQA70M80DKJ_AIG0lGmt22ngr7gXjivsc5JKXz3SHkwt5mvM206sN8CRhrwZNqwKWo_IwBWC9WVdU3iOrvmSqY4c8ddr79ajXTe7U1weFl2A6yP64_eZ_7qq2B9AY4BoZPenqjV7lAs/s640/2003%20at%20Maranatha.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H6Nx2Ra6oxYGUvf7yUk5CQVb8X_Ub9pZqB6rb0II94Wf2JDZHQA70M80DKJ_AIG0lGmt22ngr7gXjivsc5JKXz3SHkwt5mvM206sN8CRhrwZNqwKWo_IwBWC9WVdU3iOrvmSqY4c8ddr79ajXTe7U1weFl2A6yP64_eZ_7qq2B9AY4BoZPenqjV7lAs/w355-h473/2003%20at%20Maranatha.JPG" width="355" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+37&version=NASB1995" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"> Psalm 37</a><b>:3-8, 11, 16, 18-19, 23-28, 29-31, 34, 37, 39-40</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>..."Trust in the Lord and do good; </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Delight yourself in the Lord; </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>And He will give you the desires of your heart.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Commit your way to the Lord, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Trust also in Him, and He will do it.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><i>He will bring forth your righteousness </i></span><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">as the light</i></span></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And your judgment as the noonday.</span></i></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him... </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>...Cease from anger and forsake wrath; </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing....</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>...But the humble will inherit the land </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity...</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>...Better is the little of the righteous </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Than the abundance of many wicked...</i></span></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...The Lord knows the days of the blameless, </span></i></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And their inheritance will be forever.</span></i></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>And in the days of famine they will have abundance...</i></span></div></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...The steps of a man are established by the Lord, </span></i></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And He delights in his way.</span></i></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, </span></i></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.</span></i></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>I have been young and now I am old, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Or his descendants begging bread.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>All day long he is gracious and lends,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>And his descendants are a blessing.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Depart from evil and do good, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>So you will abide forever.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>For the Lord loves justice </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>And does not forsake His godly ones; </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>They are preserved forever...</i></span></div></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...The righteous will inherit the land </span></i></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And dwell in it forever.</span></i></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>And his tongue speaks justice.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The law of his God is in his heart; </i></span></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">His steps do not slip...</span></i></div></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...Wait for the Lord and keep His way, </span></i></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And He will exalt you to inherit the land...</span></i></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...Mark the blameless man, </span></i></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and behold the upright; </span></i></div><div><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For the man of peace will have a posterity...</span></i></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>...But the salvation of the righteous </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>is from the Lord; </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>He is their strength in time of trouble.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Lord helps them and delivers them; </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Because they take refuge in Him."</i></span></div></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>*</i></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><p></p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-14919355357741265612024-02-23T18:46:00.000-06:002024-02-23T18:46:26.603-06:00Frail Children of Dust, Feeble as Frail<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUEejfu_GqEUBA2YdNMlhGCBpVOMZx_V0TY_b6HoT2SC-YEDpWqsUNCnGwG5fR83WAuM5J2fuYJ3ixP90Vm27JoFGfiXIEXGSS9-YJg5xQhN0AinnC3Re0twDkZD5nhnazxc-1u2Pb8PYhhhgPC-NOxI-sXSk5LgpO9RexB2MHNTZya0Lvrvgk0XVOMA/s2451/07873%20N2S-3%20N9923H%202009-09-05%20IA27%202.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2451" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUEejfu_GqEUBA2YdNMlhGCBpVOMZx_V0TY_b6HoT2SC-YEDpWqsUNCnGwG5fR83WAuM5J2fuYJ3ixP90Vm27JoFGfiXIEXGSS9-YJg5xQhN0AinnC3Re0twDkZD5nhnazxc-1u2Pb8PYhhhgPC-NOxI-sXSk5LgpO9RexB2MHNTZya0Lvrvgk0XVOMA/w427-h284/07873%20N2S-3%20N9923H%202009-09-05%20IA27%202.JPG" width="427" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjwi21g42m0" target="_blank">O Worship the King </a></b></span><br /><p></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">O worship the King, all glorious above,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">O gratefully sing God's power and God's love;</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">O tell of God's might, O sing of God's grace,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">whose robe is the light, whose canopy space,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">whose chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and dark is God's path on the wings of the storm.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The earth with its store of wonders untold,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Almighty, thy power hath founded of old;</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">O measureless Might, unchangeable Love,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">whom angels delight to worship above!</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Your ransomed creation, with glory ablaze,</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">in true adoration shall sing to your praise!</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">*</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">~Robert Grant</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">*</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-4518011991146111282024-02-22T16:22:00.001-06:002024-02-22T16:22:44.918-06:00More Wisdom from the Queen<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AJWgXwiuoVeknhCxl6WQlWc_ZsdXqTBtOk1mxIkU5aYI5DNhCNCeXlSC9Wb0se2_vImeb7PkulWeevJESjaI3ZqSGkJbn2f_tRLshfGfbVjyYPxrd69tzb2MEe5dBVgekdr8aXdKtDMt4Zj7R4OjAp4q7MQObNxMC-6eAQ1oyGw8lwMTPM8BsXmDMXA/s800/b8975278-b372-eee9-7ff2-2c1e7fd63e21.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="800" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AJWgXwiuoVeknhCxl6WQlWc_ZsdXqTBtOk1mxIkU5aYI5DNhCNCeXlSC9Wb0se2_vImeb7PkulWeevJESjaI3ZqSGkJbn2f_tRLshfGfbVjyYPxrd69tzb2MEe5dBVgekdr8aXdKtDMt4Zj7R4OjAp4q7MQObNxMC-6eAQ1oyGw8lwMTPM8BsXmDMXA/w439-h291/b8975278-b372-eee9-7ff2-2c1e7fd63e21.jpg" width="439" /></a></div><a href="https://www.kinsmangarden.com" target="_blank">--Kinsman Co. </a><br /><p></p><div>*</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>"May you be proud to remember - as I am myself - </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>how much </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>depends on you, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>and that even when your life </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>seems most monotonous, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>what you do </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>is always of real value </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>and importance </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>to your fellowmen."</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">~Queen Elizabeth II</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">*</span></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-27120536070796841432024-02-21T08:33:00.006-06:002024-02-21T08:33:40.253-06:00Isn't It Strange?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1PgO9RdIPZnok3HpPfDhx2KvPnDlFpqCPmQzXOvriSIETri74TKuR9VanP7NpeXDLRuXsF16SbA6YZrJZFTbKFerAgtsQyrj-MesPyLpijvikPodDb4C2P_JhxYNPZaD41oXXV7_8UwAmfoeEe1M0JhxdHeY5zXOukqsBsNGfBCezhgVK38yKhb8bYg/s960/428442606_792076322947327_2352859273261161226_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="716" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1PgO9RdIPZnok3HpPfDhx2KvPnDlFpqCPmQzXOvriSIETri74TKuR9VanP7NpeXDLRuXsF16SbA6YZrJZFTbKFerAgtsQyrj-MesPyLpijvikPodDb4C2P_JhxYNPZaD41oXXV7_8UwAmfoeEe1M0JhxdHeY5zXOukqsBsNGfBCezhgVK38yKhb8bYg/w416-h557/428442606_792076322947327_2352859273261161226_n.jpg" width="416" /></a></div> <br /><p></p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-72956264837499273892024-02-20T16:47:00.001-06:002024-02-20T16:47:46.844-06:00Seeking the Only One, Jesus<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKX5ZXCzABgLSeHZOPvEzGJX2eAh8N2aVl8hLwkP0rc3iK4TQmbk8EwzsmtkbeJL5qfH-pLNxMD5-cuL02M2HrQ0CzvgxdRFLUX_pixsokgOEb48rFElWi3qjJBWRAvBPffm7eNNwBR5t7R6HxsgAWfAnBkQtmAClYHVvwiuNlejlkjcLwprkSK_PsVf8/s2048/426654909_952450459571051_739561051647708142_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKX5ZXCzABgLSeHZOPvEzGJX2eAh8N2aVl8hLwkP0rc3iK4TQmbk8EwzsmtkbeJL5qfH-pLNxMD5-cuL02M2HrQ0CzvgxdRFLUX_pixsokgOEb48rFElWi3qjJBWRAvBPffm7eNNwBR5t7R6HxsgAWfAnBkQtmAClYHVvwiuNlejlkjcLwprkSK_PsVf8/w430-h302/426654909_952450459571051_739561051647708142_n.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">--Yellowstone FB</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">"Praying all of us will seek the only One who will </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">never leave us nor forsake us!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">*</span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">~a dear friend</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+13&version=NASB1995" target="_blank">Hebrews 13:5</a>-6</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>..."He Himself has said, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“I will never desert you, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>nor will I ever forsake you,” </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i> so that we confidently say,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>“The Lord is my helper,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i> I will not be afraid. </i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>What will man do to me?”..."</i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>*</i></span></div><div><br /></div></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-43503809410245483142024-02-19T16:47:00.008-06:002024-02-19T16:47:54.811-06:00In Honor of President's Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHK9h_bmVY7e0QDqfgxg8PE8y2be3Jw-kFXygzT1_c3XaJM87uJLz4AhXZZzeoHJhfGq2LWrx8BtwHRRVtwkEYp3qJLlpYsbWn7IjEzn0Ne7hLkNQIiChkcun9hEJr95TZZKC0lW25k737baULTL8gv1lh2OCDhumY36ck9RKfmGt70D7GPjmjlR9bGQ/s808/2755398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="600" height="567" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHK9h_bmVY7e0QDqfgxg8PE8y2be3Jw-kFXygzT1_c3XaJM87uJLz4AhXZZzeoHJhfGq2LWrx8BtwHRRVtwkEYp3qJLlpYsbWn7IjEzn0Ne7hLkNQIiChkcun9hEJr95TZZKC0lW25k737baULTL8gv1lh2OCDhumY36ck9RKfmGt70D7GPjmjlR9bGQ/w422-h567/2755398.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">~Charles Schultz </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">*</span></p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-77504269540993161672024-02-17T12:51:00.000-06:002024-02-17T12:51:26.120-06:00The LORD's Holy Name<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qHTzLys_l8wyySFUAxfBJUz_SNZWxvDQ6mNYdq1CNyYJWbgE6abMFeIYVfdcmerzcndoX8_DSJjtl65ZlygxeCcB3VYCrlj4pi-__qJp-l2rlk8v7TegOJUoG9-IKZcRYyzc0yK5kiM5IpNNCsQ0Ia4LMHD_u-WvxwfyVM1vN3D4PxFEU8EtqmDe3Q4/s965/mail-1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="965" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qHTzLys_l8wyySFUAxfBJUz_SNZWxvDQ6mNYdq1CNyYJWbgE6abMFeIYVfdcmerzcndoX8_DSJjtl65ZlygxeCcB3VYCrlj4pi-__qJp-l2rlk8v7TegOJUoG9-IKZcRYyzc0yK5kiM5IpNNCsQ0Ia4LMHD_u-WvxwfyVM1vN3D4PxFEU8EtqmDe3Q4/w438-h437/mail-1.jpeg" width="438" /></a></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Lloyd-Jones" target="_blank">-Martyn Lloyd-Jones </a><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+21&version=NASB1995" style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Luke 21</a><b style="font-size: x-large;">:29-36 </b><span style="font-size: medium;">NAS</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>..."Then He told them a parable: </b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“Behold </b>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.</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>So you also, </b>when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Truly I say to you</b>, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“Be on guard, </b>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.</span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>But keep on the alert at all times,</b> praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, <b>and to stand before the Son of Man</b>.”...</span></div></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">*</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Reformed.Christian.quote/photos/a.458444124912610/655580471865640/" target="_blank">Martyn Lloyd Jones </a>~ Those who know their BIBLE should not be surprised at the state of the world as it is.</div><div style="color: red;"><br /></div><div><b>Luke 21:33 - 36 <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+21&version=KJV" target="_blank">KJV</a></b></div><div style="color: red;"><b>..."Heaven and earth shall pass away: but MY WORDS shall not pass away. </b></div><div style="color: red;"><br /></div><div style="color: red;">And <b>take heed to yourselves</b>, 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. </div><div style="color: red;"><br /></div><div style="color: red;">For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. </div><div style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: red;"><b>Watch ye therefore, and pray always,</b> that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, <b>and to stand before the SON of MAN.</b>"...</div><div style="color: red;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>For HIS GLORY and His Holy Name!</b></span></div>*</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div style="color: red;"><br /></div></span></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-54922689536291415602024-02-16T15:18:00.000-06:002024-02-16T15:18:55.614-06:00Wisdom from the Queen<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6b3y5EEZxU7IYi8zymZOg5HO4bQWhJlRHVJb0YAkYbCpGLvpyfYQN4Spo9uFzm0iQ1jPTVy99dUDTPQNKXVl3eKzSc7UkEBBG6UDZ0Q80LCI-RzhmXWlmSRpdQvIoOmZfx0NTqZ3LlhMc-W_cSaaQc_m0aWGJKseY1dTZyr3r-4B-s6dXrSUXhNC3tk/s1331/0bb35ea1-7709-9b00-b444-86368b15c5d5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1331" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6b3y5EEZxU7IYi8zymZOg5HO4bQWhJlRHVJb0YAkYbCpGLvpyfYQN4Spo9uFzm0iQ1jPTVy99dUDTPQNKXVl3eKzSc7UkEBBG6UDZ0Q80LCI-RzhmXWlmSRpdQvIoOmZfx0NTqZ3LlhMc-W_cSaaQc_m0aWGJKseY1dTZyr3r-4B-s6dXrSUXhNC3tk/w453-h305/0bb35ea1-7709-9b00-b444-86368b15c5d5.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><a href="https://www.kinsmangarden.com/?utm_source=Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=245d2e2612-01_28_2024LinerPalooza_Reminder2_COPY_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_852200088d-245d2e2612-64518165&mc_cid=245d2e2612&mc_eid=d4f3759d97" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> -Kinsman</span></a><br /><p></p><p>*</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>"Grief is the Price we Pay for Love"</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">~wisdom from Queen Elizabeth II</span></p><p>*</p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-9638878723424112142024-02-15T15:58:00.001-06:002024-02-15T15:58:22.250-06:00Valentine's Day in Icing!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAb3QWzIdxyjoLHcXHnjTvkssAHrWLlCXpM7DS3KTR2wF8BIGZZ1gvONhEkf2RGonFQBuG8hNV0y490WV6TSQchTbcHMYDYvVJp64zabcJtY2toL-ycxQM7B0DXzBK-cItWQ-aGyQBEOBTiucuCBV9gd62iR4e-tzlQxGChhyphenhyphenUUu3QpSzP4-JkE2ZFaA/s1380/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2016.55.00.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1194" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAb3QWzIdxyjoLHcXHnjTvkssAHrWLlCXpM7DS3KTR2wF8BIGZZ1gvONhEkf2RGonFQBuG8hNV0y490WV6TSQchTbcHMYDYvVJp64zabcJtY2toL-ycxQM7B0DXzBK-cItWQ-aGyQBEOBTiucuCBV9gd62iR4e-tzlQxGChhyphenhyphenUUu3QpSzP4-JkE2ZFaA/w460-h531/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2016.55.00.png" width="460" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://fancyflours.com/categories/decorating.html?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Klaviyo&_kx=EAj1fGALiD9FGw5bBGNwCxhVH3_uiaXrx77JLyrjx2JHq0DgckGc3l_o6wLIBp_8.VgFLPN" target="_blank"> ~fancyflours</a><p></p><div><br /></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-72276428897756989212024-02-14T17:32:00.001-06:002024-02-14T17:32:51.171-06:00 Have a gentle day cherishing others<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJoRxQcF2ZuV0WOky5ilfFTKTDxE_FEDcu_z_CicKGlgRGyveIXcvs_7ESSYTGL0gEiD15Qqc8BKXD5QALPLsqioR9siXNptdz-1ymIu_-gU_cpHgwnSOwRnLqKDbiYJN8DTl9ZFfoZSE6ADlRpAvNIT3UNSbqtXECdQtfpWrj8uFCdqnSGmG0rm3LOE/s2879/Pooh%20Valentine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2879" data-original-width="2422" height="511" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJoRxQcF2ZuV0WOky5ilfFTKTDxE_FEDcu_z_CicKGlgRGyveIXcvs_7ESSYTGL0gEiD15Qqc8BKXD5QALPLsqioR9siXNptdz-1ymIu_-gU_cpHgwnSOwRnLqKDbiYJN8DTl9ZFfoZSE6ADlRpAvNIT3UNSbqtXECdQtfpWrj8uFCdqnSGmG0rm3LOE/w430-h511/Pooh%20Valentine.jpg" width="430" /></a></div> <br /><p></p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-84893658629843400192024-02-13T15:56:00.000-06:002024-02-13T15:56:48.375-06:00Happy Valentine's Day and Praises to our Great God and King!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84dguSKxvOJXN8kkdEBOBNVMQc4UCosa1YLa8y_P0Y-oVvEV2E9xCRZR1ayzeYBl5B3UUiWs0H60J8EPBXhmnkv0E0r1rrUoqWbBIelfv2NJJcwNb8g1v1LRdKqKetMvv5VyMUwR9H4swdfVrAnd5on_3E7KzmQJ8qW07ffZr01e6aP9ALl_ae1PsCow/s412/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2016.26.39.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="412" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84dguSKxvOJXN8kkdEBOBNVMQc4UCosa1YLa8y_P0Y-oVvEV2E9xCRZR1ayzeYBl5B3UUiWs0H60J8EPBXhmnkv0E0r1rrUoqWbBIelfv2NJJcwNb8g1v1LRdKqKetMvv5VyMUwR9H4swdfVrAnd5on_3E7KzmQJ8qW07ffZr01e6aP9ALl_ae1PsCow/w428-h428/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2016.26.39.png" width="428" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15&version=NASB1995" target="_blank"> 1 Corinthians 15</a>:3-8</b></span><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> <b>..."Christ died for our sins </b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>according to the Scriptures,</b> </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and that He was buried, </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and that He was raised on the third day </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">according to the Scriptures,</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and that He appeared to Cephas, </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">then to the twelve.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">After that He appeared to more than </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">five hundred brethren at one time, </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">most of whom remain until now, </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">but some have fallen asleep; </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">then He appeared to James, </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">then to all the apostles; </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and last of all, </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">as to one untimely born, </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He appeared to me </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">[Paul]</span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> also."...</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16&version=NASB1995" target="_blank">Mark 16</a>:6-7</b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">..."And he </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">[an angel]</span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> said to them,</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>“Do not be amazed;</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i> you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, </i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>who has been crucified. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><i>He has risen; </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>He is not here; </i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>behold, here is the place where they laid Him.</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>But go, tell His disciples and Peter, </i></span></p><p><i><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">‘He </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">[resurrected Jesus]</span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> is going ahead of you to Galilee; </span></i></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><b>there you will see Him</b>, just as He told you.’” ..."</i></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">*</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185359764481159335.post-40959000770467588672024-02-12T16:44:00.001-06:002024-02-12T16:44:44.093-06:00In Christ Alone<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9j7vKAwUxVaiEkB3elf-dOv4V8baFF_foTmQCwfkRpJCh5gkxRgdNq3CdRq4kvKys6KIaYHOpfd5s15X49eJmEpbP31trE-T_Qnh2XCJLIwGgll9afxEdvLN_YxbX46Z6i8_fs7NSOtnvCYWX6pk3sp-Jsn2-76j-HhW71oKSkQW3GInRw_I7iiGqcA/s2048/422895528_947181050097992_1364861331589293621_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="635" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9j7vKAwUxVaiEkB3elf-dOv4V8baFF_foTmQCwfkRpJCh5gkxRgdNq3CdRq4kvKys6KIaYHOpfd5s15X49eJmEpbP31trE-T_Qnh2XCJLIwGgll9afxEdvLN_YxbX46Z6i8_fs7NSOtnvCYWX6pk3sp-Jsn2-76j-HhW71oKSkQW3GInRw_I7iiGqcA/w422-h635/422895528_947181050097992_1364861331589293621_n.jpg" width="422" /></a></div>~Yellowstone FB<div>*</div><div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">In Christ alone, my hope is found</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">He is my light, my strength, my song</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This Cornerstone, this solid ground</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Firm through the fiercest drought and storm</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">What heights of love, what depths of peace</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">When fears are stilled, when strivings cease</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">My Comforter, my All in All</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here in the love of Christ I stand</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">In Christ alone, who took on flesh</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Fullness of God in helpless babe</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This gift of love and righteousness</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Scorned by the ones He came to save</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">'Til on that cross as Jesus died</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The wrath of God was satisfied</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For every sin on Him was laid</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here in the death of Christ I live, I live</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">There in the ground His body lay</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Light of the world by darkness slain</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then bursting forth in glorious Day</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Up from the grave He rose again</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">And as He stands in victory</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Sin's curse has lost its grip on me</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For I am His and He is mine</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Bought with the precious blood of Christ</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">No guilt in life, no fear in death</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This is the power of Christ in me</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">From life's first cry to final breath</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Jesus commands my destiny</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">No power of hell, no scheme of man</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Can ever pluck me from His hand</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Till He returns or calls me home</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here in the power of Christ I'll stand</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">*</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p></div>The Piper's Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17509697472567235161noreply@blogger.com0