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

"Set me as a seal upon Thine heart, as a seal upon Thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame." - Song of Solomon 8:6  [KJV] My soul, is this the language of thine heart to Jesus? Yes, it is. Can any desire to be nearer Christ than thee? Can any long more to be worn as a signet upon His arm, and to lay nearer His heart than thee? And can any desire more than thou dost, to be sealed with His Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption?     Surely, my soul, thou longest earnestly for these precious things, that that arm of Jesus, on which thou wouldest be set as a seal, may be ever clasping thee; and that heart of thy Redeemer's upon which thou art engraven, as the high priest bore the names of the people of Israel, may be always folding thee, and hearing both thy person and thy wants before the throne, and thus unceasing fellowship may abound with the Father and with His Son Jesu...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands   (06-08AUG21) Heads-Up   ---   Please find enclosed encouragement in   SO GREAT SALVATION   by the perfect and finished work of   our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace - God's unmerited favor to save us-  from  our  sins and from Hell: Christ, All Our Righteousness! When we review the fall of man in the garden, we discover how great was that  fall and how infinite was our loss. We became corrupt, dying creatures; once  strong, now weak; once healthy, now sick; once always living, now always  dying. Pain, sorrow, sickness, and death is our lot. We lost happiness and  became creatures of fear, shame, hate, and greed. We can’t live alone and we can’t live together. We lost fellowship with God;  our sins have separated us from His presence and His favor. We are not dying  men spiritually; we are dead men!  But ...