When I Wake

Read:  Psalm 17 / Proverbs 17 / 2 Samuel 23 / John 9

 

Psalm 17:14,15 ~ Men of the world… have their portion in this life. As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Proverbs 17:17 ~ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

2 Samuel 23:5 ~ He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered… and sure: for this is all my salvation.

John 9:25 ~ He answered and said… one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

 

When I awake I shall behold

The beauty of my Savior’s face, 

Yet while I live, I would be bold

To tell the Gospel of His grace.

 

When life on earth comes to an end

With all of its adversity,

I’ll see my everlasting Friend 

Who gave Himself to rescue me.

 

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Light that Leads

Read:  Psalm 16 / Proverbs 16 / 2 Samuel 22 / John 8

 

Psalm 16:11 ~ Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy… pleasures forevermore.

Proverbs 16:6 ~ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

2 Samuel 22:29 ~ For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

John 8:12 ~ I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

 

There is a path that God has shown

Which leads to joy eternally.

That path is found in Christ alone; 

His grace and truth have made us free. 

 

He is the Light that shines today

Where only darkness loomed before. 

He is our Lord who leads the way

Because He lives forevermore!

 

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Own the Oath

Read:  Psalm 15 / Proverbs 15 / 2 Samuel 21 / John 7

 

Psalm 15:1,2 ~ LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Proverbs 15:33 ~ The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.

2 Samuel 21:7 ~ The king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan… because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

John 7:38 ~ He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

 

In Christ we safely shall abide

Since He has promised to be near. 

So let our hearts be purified

And guided by a godly fear. 

 

We own the oath that God has spoken

To all who by His grace are spared.

The Scripture never shall be broken

By which the Gospel is declared.

 

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Love for the Lost

Read:  Psalm 14 / Proverbs 14 / 2 Samuel 20 / John 6

 

Psalm 14:2,3 ~ The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Proverbs 14:25 ~ A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

2 Samuel 20:22 ~ Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom… And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

John 6:67,68 ~ Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

 

The Lord looked from His lofty place

To see humanity undone.

Not one had turned to seek His face,

And none did good, not even one. 

 

But God so loved the lost that He

Sent Christ to pay the debt we owe. 

Apart from Christ, where could we flee?

To Whom but Jesus shall we go?

 

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Song amid Sorrow

Read:  Psalm 13 / Proverbs 13 / 2 Samuel 19 / John 5 

 

Psalm 13:6 ~ I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Proverbs 13:8 ~ The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

2 Samuel 19:2 ~ And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

Isaiah 53:10 ~ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

John 5:20,37 ~ For the Father loveth the Son… And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. 

 

My God and Father hears my song

That celebrates the victory

Of Jesus Christ, who suffered long

In sorrow when He died for me. 

 

The Father’s grief, so very deep,

Was more than anyone could measure,

And yet, to rescue straying sheep,

Christ’s bruising gave the Father pleasure!

 

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Run with Reasons

Read:  Psalm 12 / Proverbs 12 / 2 Samuel 18 / John 4

 

Psalm 12:2,4,6 ~ With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak... With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?... The words of the LORD are pure.

Proverbs 12:22 ~ Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

2 Samuel 18:22 ~ Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

John 4:35 ~ Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

 

The lips that flatter and deceive

Shall not prevail in the end.

God’s words are pure which we believe;

This is the Gospel we defend.

 

We run with reasons to display

The evidence we have prepared

To prove and preach the truth today

While souls in danger may be spared. 

 

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Wrong about Wrath

Read:  Psalm 11 / Proverbs 11 / 2 Samuel 17 / John 3

 

Psalm 11:1,4 ~ In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?... The LORD'S throne is in heaven… his eyelids try, the children of men.

Proverbs 11:7 ~ When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

2 Samuel 17:14 ~ The LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to… bring evil upon Absalom.

John 3:36 ~ He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

 

I need not flee as birds have flown

To find a place where I may hide,

For Christ is still upon His throne,

And by Him every heart is tried.

 

The wicked have an expectation

That none shall judge their evil path,

Yet they shall face their condemnation,

For they shall not escape God’s wrath.

 

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