Happy New Year!!!

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not
be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians 5:15-17 (NKJV)

A powerful testimony

Watch, listen and be challenged.

Enjoy!!

Malham tarn

Well, I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas time! I have! :).
Today, Dad, Mum and I went for a ride out to see Malham tarn. We chose a very windy day to go which was rather silly but we all seemed to enjoy it! We had a few brief respites from the wind, which we were very glad of! I was also very glad the gloves I got for Christmas kept my hands very warm. I took a couple of pictures but they don't capture how windy it was. 1, unsurprisingly to those who know me! is of some limestone rock (which we saw a lot of including on the journey which was a fun ride out!) and the other of the tarn. I've still not properly warmed up!

This was just too cute and funny not to share!

Enjoy!

"As with gladness men of old"

Well, a small group went carol singing on Thursday and Saturday, and it seemed to go very well. The only slight snag was that on Thursday it rained very heavily so our carol sheets got absolutely soaked (as did we)! and we didn't know how "As with gladness men of old" went. Yesterday evening, I went somewhere else and they sang it to the alternative tune "Dix" which I knew from another song, and I really like this carol and am quite surprised that I didn't know it before. I think the words are really good too!

What do you think??

Into the dark?

………”I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness. . . “ John 8:12

Into the dark, Lord Jesus,

Into the dark with Thee.

There hath come to my heart a calling apart,

And a whispered, “Follow Me.”

Take Thou my hand, Lord Jesus,

In Thy mighty clasp divine;

Hold it so close, Lord Jesus,

That it tremble not in Thine;

For my heart shrinks back from the unknown track,

And my feet tread falteringly;

And into the dark I follow –

Into the dark with Thee.

Into the dark, Lord Jesus,

Is it the dark with Thee?

Nay, Thou makest the night about me light,

And mine eyes—mine eyes shall see-

Shall “see the King in His beauty.”

In the land that is far away;

Shall see in the heavenly sunshine,

The path that is hid today.

Then why should I fear what the untried year

May bring to mine or me?

Into the dark I follow –

Nay, into the Light with Thee!

- Edith G. Cherry

Deep sorrows sometimes prove to be God’s masked mercies. The worst sorrows in life are not its losses, and misfortunes, but its fears.

Today's devotional reading in Traveling toward Sunrise by Mrs Charles Cowman.

Why will sinners go to hell?

I saw this and thought it was definitely worth sharing!!

Why will sinners go to hell?

Much damage has been done to the cause of the gospel by telling the world that they will go to hell “because they don’t believe in Jesus.” This makes no sense to the ungodly. It seems unreasonable that God would eternally damn them for not believing something. However, the verse can be explained this way: If a man jumps out of a plane without a parachute, he will perish because he transgressed the law of gravity. Had he put on a parachute, he would have been saved. In one sense, he perished because he didn’t put on the parachute. But the primary reason he died was because he broke the law of gravity.

If a sinner refuses to trust in Jesus Christ before he passes through the door of death, he will perish. This isn’t because he refused to trust the Savior, but because he transgressed the Law of God. Had he “put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom. 13:14), he would have been saved; but because he refused to repent, he will suffer the full consequences of his sin. Sin is not “failing to believe in Jesus.” Sin is “transgression of the Law” (1 John 3:4, KJV).

Copied from the following site: thanks Ray!!
http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/

Capernwray's Christmas presentation

Well, I had a great time at Capernwray Hall's Christmas presentation yesterday evening! There were some really great songs, really great singers, some interesting testimonies and information regarding different cultures and their Christmas traditions etc. and it was just lovely to be there.
It's also on again tonight!

A song and some quotes

and here's another one!



MercyMe's "Meet with me"

"You may judge a man by what he groans after." Spurgeon

"Let us not be ashamed to let all people know what Jesus has done for our souls." ~ J.C. Ryle

"A good example is far better than a good precept." Dwight Moody

"Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ." - Spurgeon

"A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian... and most of all, his family ought to know." Dwight Moody

"Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart." – Spurgeon

"A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have." Dwight Moody

"It is well said that neglected prayer is the birth-place of all evil" – Spurgeon

"Character is what a man is in the dark." Dwight Moody

"It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God" - Spurgeon

"Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King of kings!" Dwight Moody

"A habit of listening to the sweet inner voice of His presence results in a radical determination to obey that voice." AW Tozer

Here's another great song to enjoy!

Chris Tomlin's "We Fall Down"

(we sang this at a Church we visited this morning in Otley! I had heard it before, but now, it's going round in my head so I thought I'd share it with you!)