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

Redemption’s theme will be my song, Both now and through the ages. The worthy Lamb, His finished work, The theme of all my praises. “Behold the Lamb,” the precious Lamb, Without a spot or blemish. None can in all they say or do, His perfect Self diminish. God’s Lamb He is in all He does, The sacrifice once offered, His own shall never die in sin, Since He for them has suffered. That precious blood so freely shed, For sinners vile and hopeless, Is sure for all His chosen ones, In Jesus Christ the Righteous. “Redeemed to God” now loud we sing, The payment just and right, Now not our own but His alone, All clothed in glory bright.   8.7 8.7  Tune: St. Columba Written by preacher Gary Shepard

“ Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night... ” -P SALM 91:5 [KJV] What is this terror? It might be the cry of fire, or the noise of thieves, or the shriek of sudden death! We live in the world of death and sorrow. This should not alarm us, for be the terror what it may—the promise is that the believer shall not be afraid. Why should he? God our Father is here—and will be here all through the lonely hours. He is an almighty Watcher, a sleepless Guardian, a faithful Friend! Nothing can happen without His direction, for even Hell itself is under His omnipotent control. Darkness is not dark to Him. He has promised to be a wall of fire around His people—and who can break through such a barrier? Worldlings might well be afraid, for they have . . . an angry God above them, a guilty conscience within them, and a yawning Hell beneath them! But we who rest in Jesus are saved from all these, through His rich mercy. “But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O J

"My soul followeth hard after T hee." -P SALM 63:8 [KJV] The Lord (we would speak with reverence) does not suffer Himself at first to be overtaken. The more the soul follows after Him, the more He seems to withdraw Himself, and thus He draws it more earnestly on the pursuit. He means to be overtaken in the end: it is His own blessed work in the conscience to kindle earnest desires and longings after Himself; and therefore He puts strength into the soul, and "makes the feet like hinds' feet" to run and continue the chase. But in order to whet the ardent desire, to kindle to greater intensity the rising eagerness, the Lord will not suffer Himself to be overtaken till after a long and arduous pursuit. This is sweetly set forth in the Song of Solomon, 5:2-8. We find there the Lord coming to His bride; but she is unwilling to open to Him till "he puts his hand in by the hole of the door." She would not rise at His first knocking, an