Are You Saved by His Grace?

 

Jesus Gives Us Great Joy!

Jude 24-25 

"Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."

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"The Expanse of the Heavens"

 -Alistair Begg

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Genesis 1:1,16-18

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...

God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.

God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good."...

Psalms 8:3

..."When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;"...

Psalms 19:1

"The heavens are telling of the glory of God;

And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands."...

Psalms 33:6

..."By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

And by the breath of His mouth all their host."...

Psalms 147:4

..."He counts the number of the stars;

He gives names to all of them."...

Isaiah 40:26

..."Lift up your eyes on high

And see who has created these stars,

The One who leads forth their host by number,

He calls them all by name;

Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,

Not one of them is missing."...

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Put on the Full Armor of God!

-Alistair Begg pic

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Ephesians 6:10-20

From Paul:

..."Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."...

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Jesus gave Himself up for us!

-Elizabeth Prata

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He is the Love of My Life

Husband, Father, Brother, Son, Friend, Believer in Jesus, Christian Apologist, Airplane Enthusiast, Reader...

He is a gift from the LORD to me.

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Immanuel's Land

-Alabama Water Spout 

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Immanuel's Land

O Christ, He is the fountain, 

The deep sweet well of love!


The streams on earth I've tasted, 

More deep I'll drink above!


There, to an ocean fullness, 

His mercy doth expand.


And glory, glory dwelleth

In Immanuel's land.



With mercy and with judgment 

My web of time He wove,


And aye the dews of sorrow 

Were lustered with His love.


I'll bless the hand that guided, 

I'll bless the heart that planned,


When throned where glory dwelleth, 

In Immanuel's land.



Oh! I am my Beloved's, 

And my Beloved's mine!


He brings a poor vile sinner 

Into His house of wine!


I stand upon His merit, 

I know no other stand,


Not even where glory dwelleth, 

In Immanuel's land.



The bride eyes not her garment, 

But her dear Bridegroom's face:


I will not gaze at glory, 

But on my King of grace -


Not at the crown He giveth, 

But on His pierced hand:


The Lamb is all the glory 

Of Immanuel's land.

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-Anne Ross Cousin

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God's Creation!

~Yellowstone FB

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It hasn't been that long....since my senior term paper on Bald Eagles...well...just 50 years ago.  

Even so, Bald Eagles are still my most fascinating birds.

The term paper is long gone, but God's creation continues to evoke wonder and majesty in His world for me.

Glory to the One and Only!

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One Thousand Tongues!

 "O for a thousand tongues to sing

my great Redeemer's praise,

the glories of my God and King,

the triumphs of His grace."...

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Psalm 118: 1, 24

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

For His lovingkindness is everlasting."...

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

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

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Psalm 34:1, 8

"I will bless the Lord at all times;

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

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

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

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Psalm 91: 2, 14-16

..."I will say to the Lord, 

'My refuge and my fortress,

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

...“Because he has loved Me, 

therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him securely on high, 

because he has known My name.

“He will call upon Me, 

and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.

“With a long life I will satisfy him

And let him see My salvation.”

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A Lifetime of Living

 "When you have a child, you decide to have your heart living a lifetime outside your body."

~unknown

GLORY to the LORD!

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The Love of Family

~PLUGGERS 

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Thankful for my safety in Jesus!

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Romans 10:9-10

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

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Glory to the LORD!

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Praise the Grace that Whispered Peace

Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise thee

for the bliss thy love bestows,

for the pard'ning grace that saves me,

and the peace that from it flows.

Help, O God, my weak endeavor;

this dull soul to rapture raise;

thou must light the flame, or never

can my love be warmed to praise.

Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee,

wretched wand'rer far astray;

found thee lost, and kindly brought thee

from the paths of death away.

Praise, with love's devoutest feeling,

him who saw thy guilt-born fear,

and, the light of hope revealing,

bade the blood-stained cross appear.

Praise thy Savior God that drew thee

to that cross, new life to give,

held a blood sealed pardon to thee,

bade thee look to him and live.

Praise the grace whose threats alarmed thee,

roused thee from thy fatal ease;

praise the grace whose promise warmed thee,

praise the grace that whispered peace.

Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling

vainly would my lips express:

low before thy footstool kneeling,

deign thy suppliant's pray'r to bless.

Let thy love, my soul's chief treasure,

love's pure flame within me raise;

and, since words can never measure,

let my life show forth thy praise.

~Francis Scott Key

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What do they ever do for me?

-Schulz

*Classic cynicism from the Lucy character.*

What joy, though, to ponder the stars and Who made them!

Glory!

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Psalm 8

O Lord, our Lord,


How majestic is Your name in all the earth,


Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!


From the mouth of infants and nursing babes 

You have established strength


Because of Your adversaries,


To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I consider Your heavens, 

the work of Your fingers,


The moon and the stars, 

which You have ordained;


What is man that You take thought of him,


And the son of man that You care for him?


Yet You have made him a little lower than God,


And You crown him with glory and majesty!


You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;


You have put all things under his feet,


All sheep and oxen,


And also the beasts of the field,


The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,


Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,


How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

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In Honor of My Mary Nell

~PLUGGERS

Happy memories of every recipe she made, every cake she decorated, every baby afghan she made, and for all the stories of whom she spoke with on the phone while sharing the Good News.

I am thankful for this precious woman who was in my life. I am a better person for the LORD because of her sweet friendship and loving testimony.

Glory to God!

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Ephesians 3:17-19

"May Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God."

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I've never looked back :o)

-from the Good ol' Days!

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Thankful

-Mary Engelbreit

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Thankful for my very own Mathematician

 Genesis 2:24

..."For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. "...

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Ephesians 5:25

"...Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her"...

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Memories which continue to encourage me

Every season brings happy memories of my sweet mother.

Bakings, makings, decoratings, moving furniture...to sitting and enjoying the breezes and listening to the wind through the pines.

So many things remind me of her. I lost her too soon -at age 67- but every thing about her comes out in me. 

The homemaking things I love to do - she taught me to do them.

The way she loved on each of us, family, and friends is instilled in me.

I will never cook as well as she did, but I sure can bake her cookies just as well!

I love to clean up the house after a season, and rearrange the furniture which still surprises everyone!

I love to make and create sewing, crocheting, crafts, miniatures...she saw this in me as a little one. I still have embroidery she had me doing when I was so young, and the doll house she bought at a moving sale which she eventually gave to me at age 5....

I cannot separate her from whom I became and I didn't realize this until she was with the LORD.  I am so very thankful for all of what my mother gave in me.

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All Creatures Great and Small

All Things Bright and Beautiful

All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,

All things wise and wonderful:

The Lord God made them all.

Hymn by Cecil Alexander

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The Little Red Hen Quilt Shop

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Happy Resurrection Day! Celebrate Every Day!

 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

..."Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.

For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive."

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Looking forward to Glory!

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