A night of edificaton
My wife and I host a care group in our home the 2nd and 4th Sundays of every month for our church Omaha Bible, South Campus. We are currently going through Galatians, studying God’s defense of Justification only being completed in His Son Jesus Christ. At the time of this writing, Paul was bringing the wood so to speak, to the Galatian church, which seemed to be capitulating on this precious doctrine from those Judiazers who were adding conditions to Paul’s teaching.
What a perfect study for all Christians. To sit and muse together on what Christ did to secure absolute justification for all time, for those who believe in Him, His life, death, and Resurrection.
At the end of our time of Study, Starbucks and Sweets, one of the women in the group, obviously by divine rejoicing, declared that we needed to “sit and sing hymns!” To which we all agreed.
So, my awesome wife sat at the piano and grabbed the trusty, “The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration.” After it was all said and done, we ended about 3 hrs later than normal. How great is that! I was reminded of the new church in the Acts. Where their desires were now divinely engaged to serve each other and consider all that Jesus Christ had done for them by His completed work on the cross.
This week I would challenge you to look up some old hymns and be encouraged as well. One that I found extremely encouraging was, “Take My Life and Let It Be.”
Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be Swift and beautiful for Thee; Take my voice and let me sing, Always, only for my King.
Take my lips and let them be filled with messages from Thee; Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold.
Take my moments and my days, Let them flow in endless praise; Take my intellect and use every power as Thou salt choose.
Take my will and make it Thing, It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart, it is Thane own, It shall be Thy royal throne.
Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its treasure store; Take myself and I will be Ever, only, all for Thee.
It is beautiful when a church function transforms from a “planned event” to the readily apparent working of God.
It is a blessing beyond measure to read this blog, to read about truth, to read about people who are attuned to God’s own heart, who are ready to enter into an experience with Him totally unplanned and who recognize the joy of stepping away from worldy concerns into a precious time with their Savior, and to read how they honor God in this… and that this is my precious son-in-law writing, who has become God’s man, and is still growing in Him, and has such an intense desire to give God the glory and to share this called heart with others. Bless you!