A Vintage Greeting & Our Wonderful, Merciful Savior!

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Wonderful, Merciful Savior

Wonderful, merciful Savior

Precious Redeemer and Friend

Who would have thought that a Lamb

Could rescue the souls of men

Oh, You rescue the souls of men

You are the One that we praise

You are the One we adore

You give the healing and grace

Our hearts always hunger for

Oh, our hearts always hunger for

Counselor, Comforter, Keeper

Spirit we long to embrace

You offer hope when our hearts have

Hopelessly lost our way

Oh, we've hopelessly lost the way

You are the One that we praise

You are the One we adore

You give the healing and grace

Our hearts always hunger for

Oh, our hearts always hunger for

Almighty, infinite Father

Faithfully loving Your own

Here in our weakness You find us

Falling before Your throne

Oh, we're falling before Your throne

You are the One that we praise

You are the One we adore

You give the healing and grace

Our hearts always hunger for

Oh, our hearts always hunger for

 -Eric Wyse

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Winter Reading...

 

I have been rereading through precious things I have kept through the years. This one is from 2019. My friend said:

"...let us join all the children of God and proclaim His wonderful Name!  

First to ourselves as we seek Him through His Word and prayer.  

Then may our hearts be so full that our awe and worship and praise overflow to all we touch! 

Let us set our hearts to intentionally proclaim - to be so aware of Him that - in a sense - the world grows dim - we just are so drawn to our Father that He is more real than the creation He made! 

Let us proclaim His greatness. 

He is great as Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer."

Deuteronomy 32:3-4

“For I proclaim the name of the Lord;

Ascribe greatness to our God!

“The Rock! 

His work is perfect,

For all His ways are just;

A God of faithfulness 

and without injustice,

Righteous and upright is He."

Blessings to SJ

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God: The Gladness of My Joy

 

Psalm 42

"As the deer pants for the water brooks,
 

So my soul pants for You, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;
 

When shall I come and appear before God?...

...The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
 

And His song will be with me in the night,
 

A prayer to the God of my life..."

Psalm 43

"...O send out Your light and Your truth, 

let them lead me;
 

Let them bring me to Your holy hill 

And to Your dwelling places.

Then I will go to the altar of God,
 

To God my exceeding joy;
 [the gladness of my joy!]

And upon the lyre I shall praise You, 

O God, my God..."

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Obey God

Acts 5:29

...“We must obey God rather than men."... 

Galatians 2:20

..."I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."...

Galatians 3:13-14

..."Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”— in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."...

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