Quotes

My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus

Phil.4.19

I have nothing to do with tomorrow:
My Saviour will make that His care;
Should He fill it with trouble and sorrow,
He'll help me to suffer and bear.
I have nothing to do with tomorrow;
Its burdens then why should I share?
Its grace and its faith I can't borrow,
Then why should I borrow its care?

In Thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee.

Ps.143.8

I do not know my future here,
But much I do know comforts me:
The presence of my Lord to cheer;
The home on high, my destiny.
Past, present, future known to Him,
In His dear love I may confide;
For every step I may indeed
Rely on Him to safely guide.


“There”

ROLAND ENTWISTLE (January 1998)

THERE on Gadara's rocky coast he lived, among the dead,
A poor tormented soul, the tombstones for his bed,
In weary nights and days he cried, unfettered and unnamed,
Yet bound by sins and demons, demented and untamed.

THERE on dark Galilee, the Mighty Saviour passed,
He stilled the foaming sea and raging stormy blast,
That would o'erflow, were He not in control,
To cross the depths, to reach that tortured soul.

THERE on the calm shore He met the helpless man,
Who, when he saw the Lord, cried out and ran
To hail, “Thou Son of God most high, torment me not,”
The Saviour, casting unclean spirits out, forever changed his lot.

THERE in the ship the Saviour sought the Gadarene to leave,
But he with new found joy would to his Master cleave,
“Go tell thy friends the great things for thee wrought,”
Who published freedom to his own, the Lord had brought.

THERE in Decapolis he was seen, sane and sitting still,
His light, like ancient Hippos, out-shining from a hill,
To sinners in those other towns, a lifetime's work before,
Where Christ Himself would never preach, He only witness bore.

THERE where we live or work, the places we are known,
THERE in darkness or in light, how much seed have we sown?
Are we content to fill our place and serve and work and wait?
Like Samuel, born and lived and died THERE just at Ramah's gate.
 


‘With Him’

Our old man is crucified with Him, Rom.6.6
We were buried with Him by baptism, Rom.6.4
A desire to depart to be with Christ; which is far better, Phil.1.23
Absent from the body … present with the Lord, 2Cor.5.8
Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him, 1Thess.4.14
So shall we ever be with the Lord, 1Thess.4.17
Ye also appear with Him in glory, Col.3.4

by H. A. Barnes (England)


Practical Truth ‘in Christ Jesus’

faith in Christ Jesus, Col.1.4
ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, Gal.3.26
the faith which is in Christ Jesus, 1Tim.3.13
in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel, 1Cor.4.15
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, Phil.2.5
we … rejoice in Christ Jesus, Phil.3.3
Salute every saint in Christ Jesus, Phil.4.21
that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus, Col.1.28
Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus, Rom.16.3
give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus, 1Thess.5.18
all that will give godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution, 2Tim.3.12

by H. A. Barnes (England)


Life is a brief spell of time in which we make choice where we are to spend eternity.

Jim Campbell