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

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son” (Matthew 22:21 KJV) .     We learn from this that the King of Heaven does all things for the glory of His Son.  While it is true that Christ is God’s unspeakable gift to us, that is the benefit the church receives because the church is God’s gift to His Son!  He gave the church to Christ, to be His bride. By His work on her behalf, He has made her His perfect bride, and is glorified by what He did on Calvary’s tree to make her His bride.  Yes, He is God’s gift to the church, but it is because the church is God’s gift to Him!  If that is not believed and understood, it makes us God’s great end and not the glory of His Son!   -copied

  Be still my soul, submit, rejoice, God governs everything; Bow down and worship at His feet, And praise the sovereign King.   Our Father’s will forever stands, And changed it cannot be; Jehovah reigns throughout the world, By absolute decree.   God is the Ruler over all, His will shall none frustrate; For who could challenge or defeat The mighty Potentate?   ‘Tis here that troubled saints shall find, Joy, comfort, peace and rest; In all things see the will of God, For what He does is best.   So let us lean upon the Lord, Trusting His tender care; Rejoicing in His perfect will, And never more despair.   TUNE “AM I A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS?” CM WORDS BY JIM BYRD

" The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth from all sin." -I John 1:7 [KJV] Most precious truth for guilty sinners! Lord, help us most deeply to consider what is implied in these words. See the exceeding sinfulness of sin. It has brought these dreadful evils upon us. Loss of God’s image. Obnoxiousness to His wrath. Rejection from His presence. For we are by sin totally unclean. The pollution of sin has brought the curse of God’s law upon us, armed His justice, shut His kingdom against us, and opened the gates of hell to us. The bitter cries and exquisite torments of the damned in hell, will eternally proclaim the malignancy of sin. The everlasting songs of the saints in glory, will for ever proclaim the praises of the Lamb, Who washed them from their sins in His own blood.  This proves the curse and defilement of sin. The blood of Jesus Christ, and that alone, cleanseth from all its deepest stains. O the infinite love of the Son of God, to shed His blood for g...