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

"Awake, O sword, against M y shepherd, and against the man that is M y fellow, saith the L ORD of hosts." -Zechariah 13:7 [KJV] Would we see, feel, and realise the exceeding sinfulness of sin, it is not by viewing the lightnings and hearing the thunders of Sinai's fiery top, but in seeing the agony and bloody sweat, and hearing the groans and cries of the suffering Son of God, as made sin for us, in the garden and upon the cross. To look upon Him whom we have pierced will fill heart and eyes with godly sorrow for sin, and a holy mourning for and over a martyred, injured Lord. To see, by the eye of faith, as revealed to the soul by the power of God, the darling Son of God bound, scourged, buffeted, spit upon, mocked, and then, as the climax of cruel scorn and infernal cruelty, crucified between two thieves,—this believing sight, this fellowship of the sufferings of Christ, will melt the hardest heart into contrition and compunction. But when we see, by the eye of f...

God’s love for us is in Christ; God’s choice of us is in Christ; God’s righteousness is fulfilled for us in Christ; God’s acceptance of us is in Christ. This is all our salvation – not our works, feelings, nor our righteousnesses. My God, when I approach Thy throne, And all Thy glory see, This is my stay and this alone, That Christ Jesus died for me. ‘ Tis not by works of righteousness Which our own hands have done, But we are saved by sovereign grace Abounding through THE SON. -copied

"O For a Closer Walk With God A calm and heavenly frame A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb Where is the blessedness I knew When I first saw the Lord? Where is that soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and His word? What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill Return, O holy Dove! return Sweet messenger of rest! I hate the sins that made Thee mourn And drove Thee from my breast The dearest idol I have known Whate'er that idol be Help me tear it from Thy throne And worship only Thee So shall my walk be close with God Calm and serene my frame So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb." -Wm. Cowper