an interesting quote from Bach

"The aim and final reason of all music should be nothing else but the Glory of God and the refreshment of the spirit." J.S. Bach.

What Is God's Will? Skit Guys

Dr. A. B. Simpson's poem

Fainting soldier of the Lord,

Hear His sweet, inspiring word;

“I have conquered all thy foes,

I have suffered all thy woes.

Struggling soldier, trust in Me,

I have overcome for thee!”

Fear not though thy foes be strong,

Fear not though the strife be long;

Trust thy glorious Captain’s power,

Watch with Him one little hour.

Hear Him calling, “Follow Me,

I have overcome for thee!”

Dr. A.B. Simpson

Excerpts from "The Edges of His Ways"

"Before the winds that blow do cease,
Teach me to dwell within Thy calm;
Before the pain has passed in peace,
Give me, my God, to sing a psalm,
Let me not lose the chance to prove
The fullness of enabling love.
O Love of God, do this for me;
Maintain a constant victory.

Before I leave the desert land
For meadows of immortal flowers,
Lead me where streams at Thy command
Flow by the borders of the hours,
That when the thirsty come, I may
Show them the fountains in the way.
O Love of God, do this for me;
Maintain a constant victory."

"Sometimes in the midst of the rush of things, it seems impossible
always to be victorious, always to be peaceful, always to be inwardly sweet.
Is that not so? Yet that and nothing less is our high calling."

Torah and YHVH. Some amazing word pictures!

Hebrew names don’t just have a meaning and a numerical value; every letter also has a pictogram, so every name and word have pictures that tell another story and give another message. How incredible this is. 
 All the law (Hebrew: Torah: instruction of God) points to Jesus of Nazareth. Even the very word Torah points to Jesus.

4 Hebrew letters: 1^st letter is depicted by a cross, 2^nd letter is “nails”, 3^rd letter is the pictogram for “The Highest One” and the final letter’s pictogram means “Behold.” So we have, “On the cross was nailed the Highest One. Behold!” (Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Behold, the Highest One was nailed to a cross- for you. Torah. I hope every time you hear that word, you will remember to Behold the Highest one nailed to the cross.

The Sacred name which the Jews will not say (and dared not even write down) is Yahweh (YHVH). When Moses asked God His name, God replied, I Am that I Am. That is My name. We anglicised it to Jehovah. When they came and wrangled with Jesus, He said, “Before Abraham was, I AM.” I AM the way, the truth and the life, I AM the light of the world, I AM the good shepherd. Jesus is the Great I AM; He is God, who died on the cross for our sins. The meaning of these 4 letters is “the hands, Behold, the nails, Behold.” Even God’s Name points us to Jesus. The Great I AM was nailed on the cross. Oh the wonder of it dear friends, it all points to the most incredible work that has been done; the only thing that can deal with rebellion; the only thing that can bring us new life. Jesus was made sin and nailed to the tree. God nailed t the tree- for me and for you. Behold it dear friends. Behold the Lamb of God. What an amazing thing God has done, and He has written an amazing book! 

(Part transcript of a sermon on Revelation 13)

Tozer quote and Amy Carmichael devotionals

"Following Christ is both easy and hard. It is hard because the ways of God and the ways of man are not equal. Man has his philosophies, techniques and methodologies and is directly opposed to the ways of God. It is easy because Jesus Christ has prevailed and is worthy to rule from the throne. (AMEN!!) If we serve God in man's way, we will make a mess of it..."  Tozer.

Job 22:29 "When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, "There is a lifting up."
Eliphaz the Temanite said many unkind and untrue things. But he sometimes spoke truly, and this is a beautiful word of his: "When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is a lifting up". The people of God never should be cast down, never need be, and yet our Father knows that sometimes we are badly tempted in this way, "for He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust." I have noticed that in every age He has appointed some to say, There is a lifting up. Their lives say it. They are not bound and hindered by the things of time, they are not brought under the power of any of these things. They live in the world, buffeted by the winds of the world, and yet not cast down by them. Their very presence, the light in their eyes, the tone of their voice says, There is a lifting up. God make us all like that.

Psalm 28:9 Save... bless...feed...lift up...
What an inclusive prayer! nothing is left out. The word that speaks to me specially is "feed". I do not think there is anything from the beginning of our Christian life to the end that is so keenly attacked as our quiet with God, for it is in quietness that we are fed. Sometimes it is not possible to get long uninterrupted quiet, but even if it be only ten minutes, "hem it with quietness". Enclose it in quietness; do not spend the time in thinking how little time you have. Be quiet. If you are interrupted, as soon as the interruption ceases, sink back into quietness again without fuss or worry of spirit. Those who know this secret and practise it, are lifted up. They go out from that time with their Lord, be it long or short, so refreshed, so peaceful, that wherever they go they unconsciously say to others, who are perhaps cast down and weary, There is a lifting up.

Earworm

       Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul

(1) O what a wonderful, wonderful day-

Day I will never forget;

After I'd wandered in darkness away,

Jesus my Savior I met.

O what a tender, compassionate friend-

He met the need of my heart;

Shadows dispelling, With joy I am telling,

He made all the darkness depart!

      

CHORUS: Heaven came down

and glory filled my soul,

When at the cross

the Savior made me whole;

My sins were washed away

And my night was turned to day-

Heaven came down

and glory filled my soul!

      

(2) Born of the Spirit with life from above

Into God's family divine,

Justified fully through Calvary's love,

O what a standing is mine!

And the transaction so quickly was made

When as a sinner I came,

Took of the offer Of grace He did proffer-

He saved me, O praise His dear name!

      

(3) Now I've a hope that will surely endure

After the passing of time;

I have a future in heaven for sure.

There in those mansions sublime.

And its because of that wonderful day

What at the cross I believed;

Riches eternal And blessings supernal

From His precious hand I received.