Friday Morning Prayer:)… November 4, 2021
November 5, 2021 - 5 minutes readJesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountain—
Free to all, a healing stream—
Flows from Calv’ry’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, a trembling soul,
Love and Mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me.
Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day,
With its shadows o’er me.[1]
“May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”[2]
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Jesus, keep me near the cross. The regenerate heart prayerfully sings, even fervently prays these words. Why? The cross for the genuine believer represents death, new life, and freedom. “For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.”[3] God’s love is demonstrated through the cross. Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe, sin had left a crimson stain, he washed it white as snow. Jesus willingly, obediently went to the cross to pay a debt I could not pay. “He paid a debt He did not owe; I owed a debt I could not pay.”[4] Beloved, near the cross, “Lest I forget Gethsemane, Lest I forget Thine agony; Lest I forget Thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary.”[5]
Do you know? Have you experienced the precious fountain? “Free to all, a healing stream—Flows from Calv’ry’s mountain. This reminded me of Jesus talking with the Samaritan woman. “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water…. Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”[6] Through the cross of Christ, we died to the sinful nature and were resurrected to a new life controlled by the Spirit. Christ in us our hope of glory! And, your Christ-life, and mine, today, does well up with joy unspeakable, and peace that transcends all understanding to eternal life. I pray, encourage with urgency and excitement that you, and me too, are continually growing, developing, maturing in this great salvation we share. Humbly we sing and pray, ‘In the cross, in the cross, Be my glory ever; Till my raptured soul shall find Rest beyond the river.’ “And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and Mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me.
Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand,
Just beyond the river.
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Friday Morning Prayer: First Baptist Church, 1912 Arnold Way, Alpine
Brothers meeting at 0730. Sisters meeting at 0900.
Join us if your schedule allows. A sweet hour of prayer as the Spirit leads our time together.
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Men’s breakfast this Saturday @ Mt. View Bible 2710 Alpine Blvd. Alpine. 0800. You’re invited to join with your brothers.
[1] https://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Near_the_Cross/
[2] Galatians 6:14
[3] Romans 6:6-7
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPzbnV0NRK8
[5] https://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Lead_Me_to_Calvary/
[6] John 4:10, 13-14
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