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

    O God of everlasting days, Receive our worship, thanks and praise; May all who gather in this place, Exalt Thy Name and seek Thy face.   We plead as we assemble here, For wisdom now our God to fear; Speak Lord to every mind and heart, Reveal to us how great Thou art.   Lord for Thy messengers we pray, May they in power preach today; Send forth the gospel to each heart, To every soul Thy grace impart.   O may Thy Son, our sovereign Lord, Be praised, exalted and adored; Be gracious Lord, give eyes to see Christ Jesus saves eternally.   And for Thy loved, but erring sheep, Out on the rugged mountain steep; O Shepherd find the lambs which roam, And bring the wand’ring, lost ones home.     Gospel hymn, “JESUS THY BLOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS"    LM   WORDS BY JIM BYRD   -------0-------             “Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for t...

"O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies? For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round (- surround ) , and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt Thou do unto Thy great name?" -Joshua 7:8, 9 [KJV]   My soul, learn a most blessed lesson here, such as will be an unanswerable argument for thee at all times, and upon all occasions, to make use of at a mercy-seat, and among the strongest pleas in prayer. Israel had sinned, and had fallen before the enemy in consequence of it. Joshua confesseth that all that was come upon Israel was just, and had that been all the event included in Israel's destruction, it would have been no more than what was right. But God had promised to bring Israel into Canaan; and therefore the honour of God was concerned that this should be accomplished.    Now, saith Joshua, if for our sins Thou sufferest us to fall before our enemies, ...

"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." -Romans 8:18 [KJV] What is to be compared with the salvation of the soul? What are riches, honours, health, long life? What are all the pleasures which the world can offer, sin promise, or the flesh enjoy? What is all that men call good or great? What is everything which the outward eye hath seen, or natural ear heard, or hath entered into the carnal heart of man, put side by side with being saved in the Lord Jesus Christ with an everlasting salvation? For consider what we are saved from, as well as what we are saved unto.    From a burning hell to a blissful heaven; from endless wrath to eternal glory; from the dreadful company of devils and damned spirits, mutually tormenting and tormented, to the blessed companionship of the glorified saints, all perfectly conformed in body and soul to the image of Christ, with thousands and ten...