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Come out of sadness
From wherever you've been
Come broken hearted
Let rescue begin
Come find your mercy
Oh sinner come kneel
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal

So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are

There's hope for the hopeless
And all those who've strayed
Come sit at the table
Come taste the grace
There's rest for the weary
Rest that endures
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't cure

So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
Come as you are
Fall in his arms
Come as you are
There's joy for the morning
Oh sinner be still
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal

So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
Come as you are
Come as you are

Only submission to Jesus Christ will set you free from yourself.

Stand firm in Christ... the Rock of our salvation!
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Remember this Kenyan runner Abel Mutai who was just a few feet from the finish line, but became confused with the signage and stopped, thinking he had completed the race. A Spanish runner, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him and, realizing what was happening, started shouting at the Kenyan to continue running. Mutai didn't know Spanish and didn't understand. Realizing what was taking place, Fernandez pushed Mutai to victory.
A journalist asked Ivan, "Why did you do that?" Ivan replied, "My dream is that someday we can have a kind of community life where we push and help each other to win."
The journalist insisted "But why did you let the Kenyan win?" Ivan replied, "I didn't let him win, he was going to win. The race was his." The journalist insisted, and again asked, "But you could have won!" Ivan looked at him and replied, "But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honor in that medal?
What would my Mother think of that?"
Values are passed on from generation to generation.
What values are we teaching our children?
Let us not teach our kids the wrong ways and means to WIN.
Instead, let us pass on the beauty of humility, sacrifice and a helping hand. Because honesty and ethics are WINNING!

The one whose walk is blameless,
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from their heart;
whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others. Psalm 15:2-3

Save me, Lord,
from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues Psalm 120:2

An honest witness does not deceive,
but a false witness pours out lies. Proverbs 14:5

If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 1 John 1:6

Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. Ephesians 4:25

A rattlesnake bit one of my sheep in the face about a week ago. The deadliest snake that lives around. The sheep's face was swollen and hurt like crazy, but the old rattle did not know the type of blood that runs in the sheep.
The antidote is usually made from sheep's blood. The sheep was swollen for about 2 days but the blood of the lamb destroyed the serpent's venom. I was worried, but the sheep didn't care. He kept eating, he kept drinking, and he kept walking because he knew he was fine.
Don't worry about the serpent or his bite, just be sure that the Lamb's Blood flows through your veins. (unknown author)

PSALM 86
Bow down Your ear, O Lord, hear me;
For I am poor and needy.
Preserve my life, for I am holy;
You are my God;
Save Your servant who trusts in You!
Be merciful to me, O Lord,
For I cry to You all day long.
Rejoice the soul of Your servant,
For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.

Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;
And attend to the voice of my supplications.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.

Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord;
Nor are there any works like Your works.
All nations whom You have made
Shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And shall glorify Your name.
For You are great, and do wondrous things;
You alone are God.

Teach me Your way, O Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.
I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
For great is Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

O God, the proud have risen against me,
And a mob of violent men have sought my life,
And have not set You before them.
But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me!
Give Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your maidservant.
Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

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Answered Prayer
Today’s Scripture: 2 Thessalonians

You have committed a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin. – Exodus 32:30

Did the apostle Paul ever receive an answer to prayer? I’m sure you’re thinking, Of course he did! But do you have proof? Throughout the New Testament we read Paul’s admonitions to pray, and we even have several recorded examples of his petitions and praise to God. But what about answers?

Look at 1 Thessalonians 3:10. Paul says that night and day he has been praying earnestly that God would allow him to see them again, to help them in their life of faith. He goes on to tell them in verse 12 that he has been praying that God would give them a greater, ever-increasing, overflowing love for each other. So there we have a record of Paul’s specific request for two needs in the lives of the Thessalonians.

Now look in today’s passage at 2 Thessalonians 1:3: “We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.” How about that! When Paul wrote his first letter to the Thessalonians, he was praying for their faith and love to grow. Now, he begins his second letter by thanking God for these two graces that are abounding in their lives.

Friend, if you’re praying for God’s work in the life of someone, take heart. God does answer prayer. Keep at it, and let your prayer life grow. As you pray earnestly, fervently, even night and day as Paul prayed, you will know the joy of answered prayer.

Prayer

Lord, help me to be faithful to pray for others. Amen.

To Ponder

Scripture gives overwhelming testimony that God hears our prayers, and He answers.

Romans 8:12-17
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bo***ge again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

Bless the Lord, o my soul, o my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before, o my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning
It's time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes
Bless the Lord, o my soul, o my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before, o my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
You're rich in love and You're slow to anger
Your name is great and Your heart is kind
For all Your goodness, I will keep on singing
Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find
Bless the Lord, o my soul, o my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before, o my soul
I'll worship Your holy name (bless you Lord)
And on that day when my strength is failing
The end draws near and my time has come
Still, my soul will sing Your praise unending
Ten thousand years and then forevermore
Forevermore
Bless the Lord, o my soul, o my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before, o my soul
I'll worship Your holy name, come on
Bless the Lord, o my soul, o my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before, o my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
Yes, I will worship Your holy name
Lord, I'll worship Your holy name
Sing like never before, o my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
Jesus, I will, worship Your holy name
Worship Your holy name

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In Christ, Not in Us
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 2:11

“He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.”

Arthur W. Pink has identified a key issue in living by grace: "The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone."

All Christians recognize that we’re justified—declared righteous—solely on the basis of the righteousness of Christ imputed to us by God through faith (Romans 3:21-25). But few of us fully recognize that we’re also sanctified through faith in Christ. Sanctification, or holiness (the two words are virtually interchangeable), is essentially conformity to the moral character of God. We normally think of sanctification as progressive, as an inner change of our character whereby we are conformed more and more to the likeness of Christ. That’s certainly a major part of sanctification, but not all of it.

Scripture speaks of both a holiness we already possess in Christ before God and a holiness in which we’re to grow more and more. The first is the result of the work of Christ for us; the second is the result of the work of the Holy Spirit in us. The first is perfect and complete and is ours the moment we trust Christ; the second is progressive and incomplete as long as we’re in this life.

The objective holiness we have in Christ and the subjective holiness produced by the Holy Spirit are both gifts of God’s grace and are both appropriated by faith. And the perfect holiness we have in Christ is the reason we can appear daily before a perfectly holy God when even our best deeds are stained and polluted.

1 Peter 5:5-6
Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalm 103:1-5

O the blood
Crimson love
Price of life's demand
Shameful sin
Placed on Him
The Hope of every man
O the blood of Jesus washes me
O the blood of Jesus shed for me
What a sacrifice that saved my life
Yes, the blood, it is my victory
Savior Son
Holy One
Slain so I can live
See the Lamb
The great I Am
Who takes away my sin
O the blood of Jesus washes me
O the blood of Jesus shed for me
What a sacrifice that saved my life
Yes, the blood, it is my victory

O the blood of the Lamb
O the blood of the Lamb
O the blood of the Lamb
The precious blood of the Lamb
What a sacrifice
That saved my life
Yes, the blood, it is my victory
O what love
No greater love
Grace, how can it be
That in my sin
Yes, even then
He shed His blood for me
O the blood of Jesus washes me
O the blood of Jesus shed for me
What a sacrifice that saved my life
Yes, the blood, it is my victory
What a sacrifice that saved my life
Yes, the blood, it is my victory

What can wash away my sin
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

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Repairing a Spiritual Leak
Today’s Scripture: Hosea 7-8

Make your face shine upon your servant and teach me your decrees. – Psalm 119:135

If you’ve ever had a slow leak in a tire, you probably didn’t notice it until the tire was completely flat.

In Hosea 7-8 we have the description of a slow spiritual leak. Over a period of time, the people of God gradually drifted away from Him. It probably started just as it does with us–a small sin, an act that looked quite harmless. But it resulted in disorder and eventually in God’s judgment. One stage in the people’s downward spiral is noted in Hosea 8:12, where God says: “I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien.” God had become a stranger among His own people, and they treated His words as something remote and unrelated to their lives.

A phrase I’ve heard a lot of people use at one time or another is, “I don’t want to hear it.” That’s how Hosea records the reaction of the people to the Word of God. The Word did not fit their lifestyle, so they closed their ears and went their own way. During the days of Hosea the prophet, God pleaded with His people, year after year, to repent and turn to Him. His love and compassion are clearly seen in these pages from the Old Testament. But His people refused to listen and brought judgment on themselves.

To read the Bible, to hear the voice of God, to believe and to obey–that way leads to life. Christian, if there’s a slow spiritual leak in your life, why not stop and get it repaired? If the Lord is speaking to you, open your heart to Him and get back on the road of daily discipleship.

Prayer

Lord, I’ve been toying with something that I know displeases You and blocks my hearing. I want to turn from my way and listen to Your voice once more. Amen.

To Ponder

Are you open to God’s voice, or is there something you don’t want to hear from Him?