SEEING!

Seeing!

Eighty- four years has slipped quickly by,

I have seen sadness,

I have seen times of joy;

I have seen make me laugh,

And have enjoyed God’s creation,

As I looked across a valley,

And it’s forty shades of green,

And thank God for allowing me,

To see the sights I have seen.

I love to listen to old hymns,,

As they run through my mind,

And the pictures they paint,

Such as “How Great Thou Art”;

I see eagles soar across,

Mountains and forest green,

I bow my head,

and say thank you

 God for allowing me,

To see all the sights I have seen!

~Winston Staples

NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD!

Some folks seem to be offended by singing about the blood and want hymns that sing about the blood of Christ removed. Hymns like, ” Redeemed, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb”; There is power in the blood”; ” Alas! And did my Savior bleed”; ” Saved by the blood of the Crucified One”; ” When I see the blood”; ” My faith has found a resting place”, and many others. Dear folk, if we remove the blood, we remove the gospel; If we remove the blood, we remove our hope; If we remove the blood, we remove the Savior. We remove His love, His grace and His salvation. Without the shedding of the blood of Jesus, we have no hope of salvation and no hope of Heaven. With out the shedding of the blood of Jesus we have no remission of sins and no hope for mankind. Jesus said, ” I am the way, the truth and the life, and no man cometh to the Father but by me.” The shedding of the blood of Jesus purchased our ticket to Heaven! ~ Winston Staples

BIBLE READING FOR TODAY!

Psalm 102

King James Version

102 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

12 But thou, O Lord, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

Balanced!

COMFORT FOR THE WEAK

As this old body gets weak

And the pain grows great,

And I find it hard to pray,

As my headaches get worse everyday.

I can no longer read God’s word,

And meditate on message,

That is heard.

My friend Ed Sealy,

wrote these words,

In a song,

He sings so well.

Titled ” Caught in The Balances”

The words go like this:

” Lord I’d love to praise you,

But my body’s to weak,

I can’t read your Word

To hear as you speak,

But I have your presence,

You promised to me,

When I”m caught in the balances,

Trusting in Thee.”

This is the first verse of the song; I trust you will enjoy it!

~ Winston Staples

Spiritual Peace 2!

Spiritual peace according to the Scripture:

SPIRITUAL PEACE PREACHED:

Eph.2:13-17 —- by Christ.

Acts 10:36—— through Christ.

Isaiah 52:7; Romans 10:15 ——by Ministers.

Luke 2:13,14—— Spiritual peace proclaimed by Angels.

A warless world will come as men develop warless hearts. ~ Charles Wesley Burns

Romans 5:1— Spiritual peace is a result of our justification through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 14:17; Gal.5:22—– Spiritual peace is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. [ Rom.14:17 ] For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Proverbs 3:13,17—- Divine wisdom gives spiritual peace.

Romans 15:13—— Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Isaiah 32:17-20——- verse 17: And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. [ KJV ]

Job 22:21——- Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. [ KJV ] I love the hymn ” Just a closer walk with thee”! Walking hand in hand with Jesus gives one spiritual peace!

Psalm 119:165—– Great peace have they that love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Romans 8:6——– For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. [ this concludes a brief look at Spiritual Peace according to Scripture ]

Spiritual Peace

Spiritual peace according to the Scriptures:

Romans 15:32,33; 2Cor.13:11; 1Thess.5:23; Heb.13:20,21—- God is the God of spiritual peace.

Isaiah 26:12——— God ordains spiritual peace.

Psalm 85:8———-  God speaks words of spiritual peace to His Saints.

2 Thess.3:16——-  Christ is the Lord of spiritual peace and the giver of spiritual peace.

Lord bid war’s trumpet cease;

Fold the whole world in peace. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Luke 1:78,79——— Christ guides us in the way of spiritual peace.

Eph.2:13,14———-  Christ is our spiritual peace. He is the Prince of Peace!

Isaiah 53:5; Col.1:20—- Spiritual peace is a result of Christ’s finished work at Calvary.

John 14:27———–  ” Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [ Eternal peace ]

FAVOURITE BIBLE VERSES!

Romans 8:16-39

King James Version

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

These last verses  here mean so much to me about the love of God! Let's meditate on these words today and be blessed!