Dear Father in Heaven: I love You, and I really appreciate You loving me. Thanks for forgiving me of my sins and that for causing me to be "Born Again" by giving me the gift of Salvation that I have accepted. Again, Lord Jesus, I love You very, very much. Please, Lord, watch over Vicki and also Dave who have many health issues. Lord, thank You for bringing our neighbors home safe and all thanks and honor and glory for furnishing us with good Christian neighbors. Lord, that makes the command "Love your neighbors" easy to carry out. Dear Lord, as You know, I had the message about finished when it just disappeared from the computer. Please, Lord, protect this silly machine. Now, Lord, please help me with the message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, it was and still is a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. It is raining and a tad gloomy, but at least we do not need to "shovel the rain. One way to get cheered up on a gloomy day is to focus on Jesus and also do some singing. Yes, singing always picks me up a tad or two. Since we are working on messages about the Cross, let us look up scripture where it tells us to sing, and then let us sing songs about the cross. Let's get singing.
Monday/Tuesday: March 9/10, 2015: The Cross (Day Two)
Psalm 100:1 - Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness, come before His presence with singing. (KJV)
Brothers and sisters, I don't know if you sing like a bird or a frog, and I really don't care, for God loves us to sing. We can call it "making a joyful noise" just as our Bibles instruct us to do. As we sing let us really pay attention to the words of the song. From the birth of our Lord Jesus to His death and resurrection one of the events out of all the events means more to me than the others. Being a sinner and saved by grace, I must tell you that to me, the death of Jesus on the Cross is what I really appreciate the most. So let us go straight to the Cross with this song. Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed.
Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed.
Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed, and did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head for sinners such as I?
At the Cross, At the Cross where I first saw the Light
And the burdens of my heart rolled away,
It was there by Faith I received my sight
And now I am happy all the day!
Was it for crimes that I have done, He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!
At the Cross, At the Cross where I first saw the Light
And the burdens of my heart rolled away,
It was there by Faith I received my sight
And now I am happy all the day!
But drops of tears can ne'er repay the debt of love I owe.
Here, Lord, I give myself away. 'Tis all that I can do.
At the Cross, At the Cross where I first saw the Light
And the burdens of my heart rolled away,
It was there by Faith I received my sight
And now I am happy all the day!
At the Cross, At the Cross where I first saw the Light
And the burdens of my heart rolled away,
It was there by Faith I received my sight
And now I am happy all the day!
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross.
Jesus, keep me near the cross, there's a precious fountain, free to all a healing stream, flows from Calvary's mountain.
In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river.
Near the cross I'll watch and wait, hoping, trusting, ever, till I reach the golden strand just beyond the river.
In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river.
In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river.
The Old Rugged Cross.
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame.
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown.
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true, its shame and reproach gladly bear.
Then he'll call me someday to my home far away, where His glory forever I'll share.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown.
Well, brothers and sisters, I pray you enjoyed your own singing tonight, for I sure have been singing it over and over again as I typed it. I just love to sing, I really do. Well, we will sing some more and do that last refrain over again and again.
Dear Father in Heaven, I come to Your feet today as I picture You on the Cross. Please forgive me of my sins and help me repent. Prepare me for heaven this day, dear Lord. I pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Now go forth singing and sharing your blessings. Love ya. Please share a song with and for me.
Pastor Dan
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown.
JUST ONE MORE TIME PLEASE
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown.
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