hope...

In Heavenly Love Abiding

In heavenly love abiding, no change my heart shall fear.
And safe in such confiding, for nothing changes here.
The storm may roar without me, my heart may low be laid,
But God is round about me, and can I be dismayed?

Wherever He may guide me, no want shall turn me back.
My Shepherd is beside me, and nothing can I lack.
His wisdom ever waking, His sight is never dim.
He knows the way He’s taking, and I will walk with Him

Green pastures are before me, which yet I have not seen.
Bright skies will soon be over me, where darkest clouds have been.
My hope I cannot measure, my path to life is free.
My Savior has my treasure, and He will walk with me.

Anna Laetitia Waring (1823-1910)

what great commission?

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.
J. Hudson Taylor, founder of OMF International

exhale...

The Light and Glory of the Word

The Spirit breathes upon the word,
And brings the truth to sight;
Precepts and promises afford
A sanctifying light.

A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun;
It gives a light to every age,
It gives, but borrows none.

The hand that gave it still supplies
The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise,
They rise, but never set.

Let everlasting thanks be thine,
For such a bright display,
As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of Him I love,
Till glory break upon my view
In brighter worlds above.

Without the Holy Spirit of God, you would never have come to conviction of your sin. Without the Holy Spirit of God, we would not have a Bible. Without the Holy Spirit of God, you would not understand the Bible. God means for you to be a lover of his word, he has given us this word, and he has given us the same Holy Spirit who is the author of this word to help us understand it.
David Cook, Starting Strong, Staying Strong p.58

audience of one...

In working out our callings, we are to perform for one audience, the audience of One.
Os Guinness

guard the good deposit...

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent...
John Calvin

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7

Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
2 Timothy 1:14