"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"Save T hy people, and bless T hine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever." -Psalm 28:9 [KJV] David in this last verse of this Psalm closes with a sincere and fervent prayer for the Lord's people. He prays for vital things that we as sinners desperately and constantly need. Let us make this our prayer! 1). Save T hy people ….Who are these people? They belong to Christ by electing love (John 6:37; Eph. 1:3-6) . They are His by redeeming blood (Acts 20:28; 1 Cor. 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18-20) . They are His by an effectual call of grace (2 Tim. 1:9) . What do Christ's people need? Salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ, for "all we like sheep have gone astray." Our Lord came to seek out and to save His lost sheep (Luke 19:10) . 2). Bless T hine inheritance , those who are the heirs of salvation, (Rom. 8:17) . In Christ we have a blessed and eternal inheritance; "an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away

A sovereign Protector I have, Unseen, yet forever at hand; Unchangeably faithful to save, Almighty to rule and command. He smiles and my comforts abound, His grace as the dew shall descend; And walls of salvation surround, The soul He delights to defend. -Augustus Toplady (1740–1778 A.D.)

Christ! Christ! Oh Christ alone, be all my plea! May You have mercy on one such as me. All that I’ve ever been, Twas nothing else but sin Praise to the Sinner’s Friend, Christ, Christ alone! Christ! Christ! Oh Christ alone, chosen in You Long before time and worlds came into view. In everlasting love, destined a child above All in the Son of love, Christ, Christ alone! Christ! Christ! Oh Christ alone, God Man in One. There on the cross for sins, victory won. In Him forever blessed, in Him made righteousness, In Him for Heaven dressed, Christ, Christ alone! Christ! Christ! Oh Christ alone, His blood did pay! Grace reigns in righteousness, sins put away! Justice now says to me, “Sinner, you must go free.” “To praise eternally, Christ, Christ alone!” -Tune: “ Fade, Fade Each Earthly Joy” 64.64.6664 W ords by Gary Shepard =========================================== THE CONSCIENCE PURGED When the Holy Spirit shows us the neces