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"Lord! my soul is burdened By a weight of care, And my foot is taken in the fowler's snare; ​Darkness gathers o'er me, I shall fall or flee: Helper of the helpless, Rise and succor me! Dangers seem to threaten, Tempters' wiles assail; In Thy light I see them, Yet I weakly quail. Strange unholy terrors In my bosom rise; "What distrustful language— Heavy groans and sighs! Thoughts of sin's defilement Born of faithless mood, Hosts of unclean devils, guests of hell's dark brood, Leave me lame and mourning, Blind to seek and trace All the glorious beauty Of Immanuel's face. Look, oh, look upon me! See my wounds! and hear In my soul's veiled chambers, what dishonoring fear! Withered arms for service, And a palsied frame That hath scarce a heart-throb At Thy precious name. Touch me, cleanse me, heal me! Thou didst give me life; Speak the word, and save me From this deadly strife. Thine is full salvation, And the gift is free: Helper of the helpless, Rise ...

"When Israel knew not where to go, God made the fiery pillar glow; By night, by day, above the camp It led the way - their guiding lamp; Such is Thy Holy Word to me In day of dark perplexity. When devious paths before me spread, And all invite my foot to tread I hear Thy voice behind me say - "Believing soul, this is the way, Walk thou in it." O gentle Dove, How much Thy holy law I love! My lamp and light In the dark night. When Paul amid the seas seemed lost By Adrian billows wildly tossed, When neither sun nor star appeared, And every wave its white head reared Above the ship, beside his bed An angel stood, and "Fear not" said. Such is Thy holy word to me, When tossed upon afflictions's sea; When floods come in unto my soul, And the deep waters o'er me roll, With angel voice Thy Word draws near And says, "Tis I, why shouldst thou fear? Through trouble great My saints must go Into their rest, where neither woe Nor sin can come; where every tear Fr...

 I heard most of this story earlier today and thought it was powerful so wanted to share.  God is willing to forgive, cleanse and save all who call to Him in truth, recognising their need of Him. CHRIST SAVES. D. L. Moody in Prison.  I have good news to tell you--Christ is come after you. I was at the Fulton-street prayer-meeting, a good many years ago, one Saturday night, and when the meeting was over, a man came to me and said, "I would like to have you go down to the city prison to-morrow, and preach to the prisoners. I said I would be very glad to go. There was no chapel in connection with that prison, and I was to preach to them in their cells. I had to stand at a little iron railing and talk down a great, long narrow passageway, to some three or four hundred of them, I suppose, all out of sight. It was pretty difficult work; I never preached to the bare walls before. When it was over I thought I would like to see to whom I had been preaching, and how they had receiv...

He threaded his way through the crowded street A commonplace man, though tidy and neat The kind of man you see by the score One glance suffices, you look no more. Just one of the crowd in colour and size - Unless you happened to look at his eyes. He was one of the queue that boarded the bus. Just part of the pattern, just one of us. For him, there was not so much as a glance From the girls in their finery off to the dance. Just one of so many in collars and ties - Unless you happened to look at his eyes. There's someone Who knows the secret that lies Behind the radiance of those eyes. Inspiring in glory that light to shine Someone could tell of a purpose divine. He'll never tell it - his joy was in giving (discovering, so doing, the pure joys of living) Making a life that seemed broken worthwhile Helping, in truth, a lame dog o'er a stile He did not ask how much he might gain He only saw the sorrow and pain W...

I keep coming back to this verse.  I find great encouragement here .  When I am guilty and need His grace and mercy, I have His promise here in His Word: He is gracious.  When sad news abounds, He is full of compassion.  Though I have been unrighteous, His work on the Cross paid my debt and He imputes His righteousness to me when I confess and forsake my sins.  "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9 In Him there is no darkness at all.  When we come to Him, He shines His light. We can either walk in it,  or choose to reject Him.  Why would anyone choose eternal darkness and misery  over eternal light and joy and glory?  Thank You Lord for Your light, Your grace,  Your compassions which never fail, and Your righteousness. Please help me always  to choose to walk in Your light. 

Yet again, this verse reminds me of the Lord's great faithfulness. What a blessed reassurance that our God never varies in the slightest.  He always gives good, perfect gifts, and He is light, in Whom is no darkness at all.  We can and should trust Him completely, and we should never stop thanking Him for His marvellous loving-kindness to us. What a privilege to be called His own dear children!

Aren't you glad that the earth is full of His mercy?  and that His words give light (and life!) and that His righteousness is everlasting! Who knows which Psalm these are from? (No prizes, just curious.)

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".

Today, (and every day) I'm celebrating the fact that Jesus, the Messiah came as the Light of the World. He illuminates the darkness. He exposes the darkness. He gives hope where previously there was only despair. He gives real joy and gladness to those who are His. I think that's a good reason to celebrate. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through H...

"Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out." "God doesn't expect the impossible from us. He wants us to expect the impossible from Him!" "Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray that He would empty us." "We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine." "The work of the Spirit is to impart life, to implant hope, to give liberty, to testify of Christ, to guide us into all truth, to teach us all things, to comfort the believer, and to convict the world of sin." "If a man just stops to think what he has to praise God for, he will find there is enough to keep him singing praises for a week." "The Bible was not given for our information but f...

You might have seen it before, but I think it's rather interesting.