My Jesus, My Almighty Friend Author – William Mason - Tune: There is a Fountain
1. My Jesus, my almighty friend, When I begin Thy praise, Where will the growing numbers end! The numbers of Thy grace! Still has my life new wonders seen Repeated ev'ry year; Behold my days that yet remain, I trust them to Thy care.
2. Thou art my everlasting trust, Thy Person I adore: And since I knew Thy graces first, I speak Thy glories more. My feet shall travel all the length, Of the celestial road, And march with courage in Thy strength, To see my Father God.
3. When I am filled with sore distress, For some surprising sin, I'll plead Thy perfect righteousness, And mention none but Thine. How will my lips in glory tell, Thy vict'ries, O my King! My soul redeemed from sin and hell, Shall Thy salvation sing. ***** Scripture Readings Today Morning: Galatians 5:1-15 Evening: Romans 16:17 - end ***** "Jesus Christ; The Same Yesterday, and Today, and Forever." (Hebrews 13:8) Precious truth to open the year with, and to keep constantly in view amidst all the fluctuating and changeable circumstances arising both within and without, and all around! My soul, meditate upon it: fold it up in thy bosom to have recourse to as may be required. Contemplate thy Redeemer as He is here described. He is Jesus, thy Jesus; a Savior, for He shall save His people from their sins. He is Christ also; God thy Father's Christ, and thy Christ: the Anointed, the Sent, the Sealed of Jehovah. He is the same in His glorious Person, the same in His great salvation:— "Yesterday;" looking back to everlasting: " “To-day;" equally so through all the periods of time: "For ever;" looking forward to the eternity to come. And, blessed thought, He is the same in His love, in the efficacy of His redemption; His blood to cleanse, His righteousness to justify, His fulness to supply grace here and glory hereafter. And what sums up the precious thought; amidst all thy variableness, thy frames, thy fears, doubts, and unbelievings, He abideth faithful. He is, He will be, He must be Jesus. Hallelujah! --Robert Hawker ***** “He Shall Save His People From Their Sins” The first link between my soul and Christ is, not my goodness, but my badness; not my merit, but my misery; not my standing, but my falling; not my riches, but my need. He comes to visit His people, yet not to admire their beauties, but to remove their deformities; not to reward their virtues, but to forgive their sins. --C. H. Spurgeon ***** They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due. --Jonathan Edwards ***** Great Things He Hath Done! I recently read a quote from a famous preacher of the 1800's. He said that the world has not seen what God could do with one man completely devoted to Him. I thought, "Well, I know what God can do with a rebellious and angry prophet (Jonah): bring an entire pagan city (Nineveh) to its knees in repentance." On the one hand, I understand the value of a devoted heart. On the other hand, I do not want to give the impression that God is helped by us - that He is in need of something we provide. Our dedication to God must arise, not from hope of doing great things for God, but from a realization of what great things He has already done for us. --Pastor Joe Terrell ***** To Live and Walk by Faith “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 1) To live and walk by faith is to come daily to Jesus in the exercise of fresh dependence, fresh expectations, and fresh devotedness. 2) To live and walk by faith is to see more of His glory and grace continually, and to rejoice greater in His unsearchable riches, and inexhaustible fullness. 3) To live and walk by faith is in all our conflicts, sins, fears, weaknesses, and woes--to resort afresh to Jesus, with a full persuasion that we are welcome, and thus ever to derive strength and courage from Him. --J. A. James, "The True Christian" 1846 ***** Daily Readings - January 8-14, 2017 Sunday - Genesis 22-24 Monday - Genesis 25-27 Tuesday - Genesis 28-30 Wednesday- Genesis 31-33 Thursday - Genesis 34-36 Friday - Genesis 37-39 Saturday - Genesis 40-42
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