I did a thing.
Now available on Amazon -- Kindle version only. Not sure if or when I'll get around to converting them to paperback.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Trust and Obey
1
When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way;
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
2
Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear,
Not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.
3
Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss,
Not a frown or a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.
4
But we never can prove
The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.
5
Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do;
Where He sends, we will go,
Never fear, only trust and obey.
REFRAIN
Trust and obey,
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.
Lyrics: John Henry Sammis (1846-1919)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB4KcleYiWM&list=RDKB4KcleYiWM&start_radio=1
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye
shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide
in his love.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
When We All Get to Heaven
1
Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,
Sing His mercy and His grace;
In the mansions bright and blessed
He'll prepare for us a place.
2
While we walk the pilgrim pathway
Clouds will overspread the sky;
But when trav'ling days are over
Not a shadow, not a sigh.
3
Let us then be true and faithful,
Trusting, serving ev'ry day;
Just one glimpse of Him in glory
Will the toils of life repay.
4
Onward to the prize before us!
Soon His beauty we'll behold;
Soon the pearly gates will open–
We shall tread the streets of gold.
Refrain:
When we all get to heaven,
what a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
we'll sing and shout the victory!
Author: E. E. Hewitt
(1898)
Here's a Gaither Friends video of this great old song (not a 1-and-3-clapper among 'em) with the late great Anthony Burger on piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ClwsynwVrI&list=RD6ClwsynwVrI&start_radio=1
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ~1 Corinthians 15:57
John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 21:3-5 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Revelation 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
Monday, March 2, 2026
No Night There
1
In the land of fadeless day
Lies the city four-square;
It shall never pass away,
And there is no night there.
2
All the gates of pearl are made,
In the city four-square;
All the streets with gold are laid,
And there is no night there.
3
And the gates shall never close
To the city four-square;
There life's crystal river flows,
And there is no night there.
4
There they need no sunshine bright,
In that city four-square;
For the Lamb is all the light,
And there is no night there.
Refrain:
God shall wipe away all tears;
There's no death, no pain, nor fears;
And they count not time by years,
For there is no night there.
John R. Clements
Revelation 21
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 22
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Are You Washed In the Blood?
1
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing
pow’r?
Are you washed in the blood of
the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His
grace this hour?
Are you washed in the
blood of the Lamb?
2
Are you walking daily by the Savior’s
side?
Are you washed in the blood of the
Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the
Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood
of the Lamb?
3
When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be
white
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for His presence bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?
4
Lay
aside the garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
O be washed in the blood of the
Lamb.
Refrain:
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless,
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Author: Elisha
Albright Hoffman (1839-1929)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9oW91Iv8D8&list=RDh9oW91Iv8D8&start_radio=1
1 John 1:7 If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his son cleanses us from all sin.
The theme of the blood of Christ is a common thread throughout many of the greatest hymns and gospel songs of the church. It must seem like a very bizarre concept to those who are unfamiliar with the idea of being washed in blood -- in order to become clean. Christians understand this rather gory metaphor in symbolic terms, relating to animal sacrifices that were part of the Mosaic Law of the Old Testament. In Leviticus, God speaks to Moses, stating, “For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life” (Leviticus 17:11). Not to get into it too deeply, I'll just say that the animal represented the sins of the people, and the shedding of its blood indicated the removal of those sins. The death of the animal was to substitute for the punishment of the sinners -- "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). This concept carried over into the New Testament in the sense of Jesus Christ being the sacrificial lamb who took upon himself the punishment for the sins of all the world. Therefore, those who are "washed" in the blood of Christ are cleansed from their sin.
This theme is deeply entrenched throughout the entire Bible -- from the Exodus:
Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats... 6 And shall kill it in the evening. 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.... 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
...to the gospels: Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
...to Revelation: Revelation 7:13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, 'Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?' 14 I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' And he said to me, 'These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'"
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Softly and Tenderly
1
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
calling for you and for me;
see, on the portals he's waiting and watching,
watching for you and for me.
Refrain:
Come home, come home;
you who are weary come home;
earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
calling, O sinner, come home!
2
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies,
mercies for you and for me? [Refrain]
3
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
passing from you and from me;
shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
coming for you and for me. [Refrain]
4
O for the wonderful love he has promised,
promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
pardon for you and for me. [Refrain]
Will L. Thompson
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. ~Revelation 3:20
Thursday, February 26, 2026
To Christ Be True
1
To Christ be loyal and be true;
His banner be unfurled,
And borne aloft till is secured
The conquest of the world.
2
To Christ be loyal and be true;
He needs brave volunteers
To stand against the pow’rs of sin,
Moved not by frowns or fears.
3
To Christ be loyal and be true;
In noble service prove
Your faith and your fidelity,
The fervor of your love.
4
To Christ be loyal and be true,
And He will be your friend,
Defending and protecting you
To life’s triumphant end.
Refrain:
To Christ, the Lord, be true,
For He will go with you,
And help you all your conflicts thru;
To Christ, the Lord, be true.
Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK6RD7MJtPM&list=RDwK6RD7MJtPM&start_radio=1
.Jpg)
Psalm 60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Romans 8:37-39 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
2 Corinthians 7:5-6 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
John 15:13-15 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Matthew 28:20 And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)