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How precious is this truth that Christ has redeemed us! He paid a very high price to make us His own dear children!

Ever since I heard this hymn, I loved it. Tonight was the first time I have heard the 4th verse. I've looked it up before and not seen a 4th verse. I think it's beautiful. How amazing that the Lord Most High, the King before whom every knee will bow, the Creator of all things, has bowed down low! I'm so glad that He chose to bestow His glorious love on me! Truly we should never cease from singing His praise for the wonderful blessings of mercy, grace, forgiveness and loving-kindness that He has showered upon us! What a privilege to be His child, because He made it possible for us to be reconciled to God.

I don't believe I'd come across this hymn before today.  I do enjoy coming across "new" old ones. And to save you looking it up if you don't know,  Jehovah Tsidkenu means "The Lord our Righteousness".

So, I've been thoroughly enjoying reading some good old books.  I came across this quote and thought it very good and comforting. So often, we're confused by many things in life, but our Heavenly Father  is never confused and He has promised to guide us if we will look to Him.

Written in the 20th century, but for today....??? Aiden Wilson Tozer 1897 - 1963 "This frightening hour calls aloud for men with the gift of prophetic insight. Instead we have men who conduct surveys, polls and panel discussions. We need men with the gift of knowledge. In their place we have men with scholarship---nothing more. If the church in the second half of this century is to recover from the injuries she suffered in the first half, there must appear a new type of preacher. The proper, ruler-of-the-synagogue type will never do. Neither will the priestly type of man who carries out his duties, takes his pay and asks no questions, nor the smooth-talking pastoral type who knows how to make the Christian religion acceptable to everyone. All these have been tried and found wanting. Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne. When he comes (and I pray Go...

Hmmm... I think maybe the Lord is trying to tell me something... 3 or 4 times in 3 or 4 days, I've been reminded about not going by feelings. I love the Rutherford and Macduff quotes! Here's the Streams in the Desert devotional for 10th March. "The just shall live by faith." (Heb. 10:38). Seemings and feelings are often substituted for faith. Pleasurable emotions and deep satisfying experiences are part of the Christian life, but they are not all of it. Trials, conflicts, battles and testings lie along the way, and are not to be counted as misfortunes, but rather as part of our necessary discipline. In all these varying experiences we are to reckon on Christ as dwelling in the heart, regardless of our feelings if we are walking obediently before Him. Here is where many get into trouble; they try to walk by feeling rather than faith. One of the saints tells us that it seemed as though God had withdrawn Himself from her. His mercy seemed clean gone. For six wee...

“Every day and every hour of every day, not only in the church, in the home, in the work shop, in the business, in the office, in the political arena, in public and in private, I am Christ’s man, I am Christ’s woman, and I must act, I must live, I must walk, I must so conduct myself, so transact my business, so think and so speak that the Divine stamp will be on me and will be felt and seen everywhere. I must live with this ever before me, I am risen with Christ, and by my life, my neighbours, my friends, my servants, my master, my acquaintances and relatives must see that my heart is set on things above”.

So, I've looked online and I can't find it anywhere. On Saturday I attended a meeting and we opened with this hymn, and the more I listened, the more I liked it. Now, the chorus is going round in my head, and I think that they're pretty good words to have going round in my head. (P.S. The tune is the same as "Sing we the King who is coming to reign") "Jesus, when made in the likeness of men, Humbled Himself to the death of the Cross; No reputation belonged to Him then; Emptying Himself, He esteemed it no loss.  Chorus:  Far above all! Far above all! God hath exalted Him far above all!  Crown Him as Lord, at His feet humbly fall,  Jesus, Christ Jesus, is far above all! Name that through ages to come shall out-ring: Jesus, the Lamb, who for sinners was slain! Soon to this earth He is coming as King, Coming in power and in glory to reign. Kingdoms of earth shall be yielded to God; Glorious the reign, with our Lord on the throne! Chained th...

I don't know why I've not posted this before, because I think the words are really lovely, but I'm fairly sure I haven't, so here it is. It's a great reminder at every time of year! "I've heard it said that angels came to roll the stone away I've heard them say, that morning, that the earth began to shake And that the light that filled the garden also filled an empty grave I've heard it said, He's risen from the dead Repeat Alive, alive, dead but now arisen He's alive, alive, living now in heaven As we wait for Him to come again some day The people say, He is alive Come one and all to wonder at the grave they laid Him in Come see the tomb is empty, He has triumphed over sin The power of death has been defeated and forgiven now we sing O hear us sing, He's risen from the dead Alive, alive, dead but now arisen He's alive, alive, living now in heaven As we wait for Him to come again some day The ...

Which is your favourite? Have you heard them both before?

I rather liked this one! How about you?

Today I finished one of Tozer's books: "God's Power for your life: How the Holy Spirit transforms you through God's Word." It contains some great challenges and encouragements, including, "I love Thee, for I can trust Thee to always keep Thy Word. All around me are those who fail to keep their promises for one reason or another. Everyone at some time has disappointed me, but Thou, O Christ, hast never disappointed me. Thou hast been as good as Thy Word, and Thy Word hath been good to me. May I commit myself this day and surrender my heart, mind and life to the promises that have flowed into my heart. In Jesus' name. Amen." "The man of God says that we "have fled for refuge", and I can just see myself, with the devil one hot jump behind me, racing for the cross of Jesus, racing for Calvary's holy mountain. Just as I come panting in, the doors let down behind me, and the devil runs head-on into the gate and bounces off. He does n...

I've been reading Mr. Wesley's "Plain Account of Christian Perfection" (which I got for Christmas) Thanks Mum and Dad! It's a very interesting and encouraging book which I'm thoroughly enjoying- sadly have nearly finished it. 3 quotes that particularly jumped out at me today: "In the greatest temptations, a single look to Christ, and the barely pronouncing His name, suffices to overcome the wicked one, so it be done with confidence and calmness of spirit." "God is so great, that He communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for His service." "It is good to renew ourselves, from time to time, by closely examining the state of our souls, as if we had never done it before; for nothing tends more to the full assurance of faith, than to keep ourselves by this means in humility, and the exercise of all good works." Hope you're encouraged as much as I was!