Our snow today brings to mind this passage:
“And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:” (2 Sam. 23:20 KJV)
Benaiah [...]
Archive for March, 2008
A snowy day
Posted in Scripture on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christ the Lord is risen today!
Posted in hymns on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Probably my favorite song for celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/t/ctlrisen.htm
He bore our sins
Posted in Scripture on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Isaiah 53:
“3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But he [...]
Crown Him Lord of All
Posted in hymns on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name is one of those hymns where I just can feel the majesty. It was written by Edward Perronet in 1779-1780. A great hymn to celebrate the glory and power of our Lord who was raised from the dead.
The King is coming
Posted in Scripture on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As Jesus and his disciples came toward Jerusalem, He had two of his disciples go and get a donkey and its colt. This had been prophesied many years before.
“Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the [...]
New things
Posted in Pathway ponderings on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spring is well on its way around here. With spring is the reminder of new life and new things. And that reminds me of this passage:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who [...]
This is the day
Posted in Scripture on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
23This is the LORD’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
24This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Ps. 118:22-24 ESV)
“This is the day that the Lord has made”. We sometimes think of this in relation [...]
Take My Life
Posted in hymns on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Take My Life and Let it Be, written by Frances R. Havergal, is a great hymn of consecration to the Lord. It’s lyrics make a great daily prayer. Consider, for example, these words from the hymn: “Take my will, and make it Thine; it shall be no longer mine. [...]
