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I Lift My Heart Today In Praise (Hymn)

I Lift My Heart Today In Praise I lift my heart today in praise To Him who loves me so, Whose mercy crowneth all my days, And makes my cup o’erflow. O have I loved Him as I should For all His blessings free? Praise God who giveth naught but good, For He is good to me! Refrain: I’ll count my blessings - Count them o’er and o’er - I’ll tell my Father’s goodness - I will love Him more, I’ll count my blessings, bountiful and free - Yet I can never count them all - So good is God to me! I thank Him for unclouded skies - For love beyond my ken - That when my path in shadow lies, The sunshine comes again. I thank Him for the hopes fulfilled - For every answered plea, That though life was not all I willed, My God is good to me! Refrain I go to meet another year, With faith no doubt can dim, God reigneth, and I will not fear, But trust my way with Him. Then if that way be bright or dark, Let peace unshaken be! And let me, like the soaring lark, Sing “God is good to me!” Carrie Elizabeth Ellis B...
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The Clock Of Life (Poem)

The Clock Of Life The clock of life is wound but once, And no man has the power To tell just when the hands will stop At late or early hour. To lose one's wealth is sad indeed, To lose one's health is more, To lose one's soul is such a loss That no man can restore. The present only is our own, So Live, Love, toil with a will - Place no faith in 'Tomorrow' - For the clock may then be still. Robert H. Smith ©1932-1982 Job 14:1-2 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 2 Corinthians 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee...
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When Jesus Looks (Poem)

When Jesus Looks When Jesus looks upon my life, what picture does He see? Does He see His own reflection, or does He just see me? Does He see His likeness, the product of His hand? Or just another Christian, who never took a stand? Does He see a child of God, a child that He set free? Living life to honor Him, or does He just see me? What about the other folks, I meet along the way? Do I show them Jesus, to brighten up their day? When someone looks into my eyes, can they truly see; that calm and gentle peace of God, that dwells inside of me? When I reach out and shake a hand, is He right there in my grip? Can they feel that strength from God, that steadies when I slip? When folks are in my presence, do they know His Spirit's there? Can they see that He's the one, who guides me everywhere? When other people think of me, what is on their mind? Do they think of Jesus Christ, so gentle and so kind? I try to be like Jesus, every single day. Spreading love and kindness, all along my ...
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He Maketh No Mistake

He Maketh No Mistake My Father's way may twist and turn, My heart may throb and ache, But in my soul I'm glad I know He maketh no mistake. My cherished plans may go astray, My hopes may fade away, But still I'll trust my Lord to lead For He doth know the way. Tho’ night be dark and it may seem That day will never break; I'll pin my faith, my all in Him, He maketh no mistake. There's so much now I cannot see, My eyesight's far too dim; But come what may, I'll simply trust And leave it all to Him. For by and by the mist will lift And plain it all He'll make, Through all the way, tho’ dark to me, He made not one mistake. By A.M. Overton Romans 8:28 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. Job 23:8-10 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the rig...
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Introduction To God's Magnificent Sevens

Introduction To God’s Magnificent Sevens One thing that has intrigued me the last few years in my Bible studying especially is all the sevens that I and others have found in the Bible. Of course, we all know the mainstream ones people talk about, such as Jesus’ seven I Ams in the Gospel of John; Jesus’ seven sayings from the cross; the seven churches, seals, trumpets and vials in the book of Revelation. Even though the word seven and sevens occur 54 times in Revelation, there are countless more, such as a word or phrase occurring seven times in that book (or a multiple of seven, which has the same symbolic meaning), seven people or groups in view, a passage having seven things happening in it, a sevenfold list given, seven names or types of statements, a sevenfold approach to the whole book. We can also find all of these and so many more in the Bible as a whole. Sevens (or a multiple of that number) means completion or perfection in the Bible. Often it is used to show a complete range ...
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Upheld By The Lord (Poem)

Upheld By The Lord Lifted up and carried, forever safe within God’s arms; Sheltered and protected, secure from all that might alarm. Borne upon Jesus’ shoulders, precious sheep within the fold; Held closely to His bosom, which God’s mighty arms enfold. Upheld by the loving Shepherd, He will help and He will save; Your name is there upon His lips, on His hands you are engraved. Fear not, child of God - Jesus will never fail you, nor forsake; He’s pledged to watch over you - His promises He will never break. The Lord is with you, He will strengthen you, draw you with cords of love; Reaching down from Heaven, filled with countless blessings from above; Clasping tightly to your hand, your Saviour will never let you go; He will give you the grace to stand, regardless of any foe. Mounting high above the world, held aloft by eagle’s wings, Underneath are everlasting arms, in His presence your soul sings; Embraced within this shelter, there’s renewed strength for those who wait; Reaching down ...
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Are You Washed In The Blood? - Hymn by Elisha Hoffman

Are You Washed In The Blood? (Hymn by Elisha Hoffman) Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow'r? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?   Chorus: Are you washed in the blood, In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb? Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Are you walking daily by the Savior's side? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Do you rest each moment in the Crucified? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright, and be washed in the blood of the Lamb? Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin. Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean. O be washed in the blood of the Lamb!
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Once For All - Hymn By Philip Bliss

 Once For All (Hymn written by Philip P. Bliss) Free from the law, oh, happy condition! Jesus has bled, and there is remission; Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall, Grace has redeemed us once for all. Refrain: Once for all, oh, sinner receive it; Once for all, oh, child, believe it; Cling to the cross, the burden will fall; Christ has redeemed us, once for all. Now we are free, there's no condemnation; Jesus provides a perfect salvation; Come unto me, oh, hear His sweet call; Come, and he saves us, once for all. Children of God! oh, glorious calling! Surely His grace will keep us from falling, Passing from death to life at His call; Blessed salvation, once for all. Seven times in Hebrews 9-10, it states that Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins is once for all, one sacrifice forever: Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place , having obtained eternal redemption for us. Hebrews 9:26 For then must he often have...
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Hymn)

  Great is Thy Faithfulness (Words by Thomas O. Chisholm) Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my father! There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not: As thou hast been Thou forever wilt be. Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above, Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth. Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide, Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! Chorus: Great is Thy faithfulness, Great is Thy faithfulness, Morning by morning new mercies I see: All I have needed Thy hand hath provided Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!
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