Darkness overspreads us here,
But the night wears fast away;
Jacob’s star will soon appear,
Leading on eternal day!
Now ’tis time to rouse from sleep,
Trim our lamps and stand prepared;
For our Lord strict watch to keep,
Lest he find us off our guard.
Let his people courage take,
Bear with a submissive mind
All they suffer for his sake,
Rich amends they soon will find:
He will wipe away their tears,
Near himself appoint their lot;
All their sorrows, pains and fears,
Quickly then wilt be forgot.
Though already saved, by grace,
From the hour we first believed;
Yet while sin and war have place,
We have but a part received:
Still we for salvation wait,
Every hour it nearer comes!
Death will break the prison gate,
And admit us to our homes.
Sinners, what can you expect?
You who now the Saviour dare;
Break his laws, his grace reject,
You must stand before his bar!
Tremble, lest he say, Depart!
Oh the horrors of that sound!
Lord, make every careless heart,
Seek thee while thou may’st be found.
Beautiful, Crissy! Thank you for sharing this it really is a hopeful poem/prayer message! Hope you are doing well. God Bless.
Lawrence
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Thank you Lawrence.
All well here . Trust you are keeping well .
Blessings 🙏
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Welcome Crissy! Yes too much to do and not enough time to do it, but hopefully by being in better alignment with the Lord’s will the priorities and things that should get done will, by better serving Him alone. Blessing to you. Amen. 🙏
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Hello again Crissy! Sorry I haven’t been as visible or keeping up but I’ve been fighting off something which I feel isn’t Corona, but not feeling totally with it so I messed up here and there! I hope you and yours are all well and staying healthy and that the Lord richly blesses you! If you need anything just feel free to let me know here or email anytime! Take care! 😊 🙏 🙏
Lawrence
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Hi Lawrence,
Praying for your health.
Thank you for your kindness and Christian love,
Keep safe
Any prayer requests please let me know🙏
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Thank you very much Crissy, and I will be of course including you in my praying, If I come up with a particular prayer need I will definitely take you up on your kind offer to pray for it. I hope you are staying safe and managing well through our global crisis. Let me know if anything comes up that you want to ask or talk about anytime. 🙏 🙏 😇 😇
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Thank you Lawrence.
I pray you are feeling better.
Take care
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Hi there Crissy! Thank you very much and I’m slowly improving. I think I have a general flu hopefully not this Corona. I have a container of my special high octane rocket fuel, chicken soup, in the refrigerator freezer that has many powerful herbs and vegetables, which I’m going to warm up today so that will give me a boost too! But the prayers and trust in our Lord is the most powerful medicine! He said, “I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life”
Please be safe and relax as you have time, perhaps find some nice pleasant things to do that you haven’t had time for! See you again here soon! Thank you again for your prayers and I will say some more for you! Shalom.
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Nice!
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Thank you JM
Hope all is well with you with all these new regulations.
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All is well, although being stuck at home all the time isn’t the most fun. All my Uni classes are effectively Skyped, which is kinda fun (I actually just finished my first class of the week).
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That’s excellent a new experience for you.
😊
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LOL
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Amen!
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Thank you for Light.
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Blessings dear Bonnie .
I trust all is well with you at this time .💜
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I am Blessed and Blessings to you and Family.
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Thank you .
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Beautiful poem from John Newton
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Crissy thank you for sharing this remarkable poem by John Newton. In today’s world, Newton’s poetry speaks so much truth. Amen!
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So true. Thank you for reading.
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Responding to your comment on my post: I’ll be praying for you with your risk and also for your church in this troubled times
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Thank you brother.
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🙏
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Reblogged this on From The Darkness Into The Light.
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I read this again and love it. I think I already re blogged it.
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Blessings my dear !
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