It is Well With My Soul

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.   It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control. That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul. It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.

- Horatio G. Spafford

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.  Psalm 62:5

Pursuit

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.  Matthew 6:33

Ears to Hear

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.  Matthew 11:15

Come Out of Her

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.  Revelation 18:4 

Better to Confess

Better to confess Christ one thousand times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment. 

- J. C. Ryle

Salt and Light

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.  Matthew 5:13-16

Magic of Love

Love is like Magic and it always will be, For Love still remains Life's Sweet Mystery!

Love works in ways that are wondrous and strange and there's Nothing in Life that Love cannot change!

Love can transform the most common place
into beauty and splendor and sweetness and grace!

Love is unselfish, understanding and kind, For it sees with its Heart and not with its mind, Love gives and forgives, there is nothing too much, For Love to heal with its Magic Touch!

Love is the language that every heart speaks,
For Love is the one thing that every heart seeks!       

                  

- Helen Steiner Rice

At The End of Your Rope?

What a wonderful place to be, at the end of your rope! I have always said that when you hit rock bottom you bump into God! 

- David Wilkerson

Looking Through

River Leigh Neal ©2017

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.  1 Corinthians 13:12

Rest in Safety

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.  Job 11:18

Confidence

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

- Oswald Chambers

Toward Israel

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.  Judges 5:9

Watching

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.  Proverbs 15:3

Seeking After

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.  Psalm 27:4

Tasty

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

Answer:

A Watermelon

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:  Numbers 11:5

Psalm 107:29

God does this, and God only can do it. The fact, therefore, that Jesus did it proves that he was divine. There can be no more striking proof of divine power than the ability to calm the raging waves of the ocean by a word. This is literally, "He places the tempest to silence."

- Barnes Notes

Branch of The Lord

In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.  Isaiah 4:2

Pure Water

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.  Hebrews 10:22

The Substance

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  Hebrews 11:1

Let Us Pray

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.  Daniel 9:19

Delayed Not

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.  Psalm 119:60

His Promise

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  2 Peter 3:9

Discretion

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.  Psalm 112:5

Reaching Forth

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,  Philippians 3:3

Peace Like a River

I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul, I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.

I’ve got love like an ocean, I’ve got love like an ocean, I’ve got love like an ocean in my soul, I’ve got love like an ocean, I’ve got love like an ocean, I’ve got love like an ocean in my soul.

I’ve got joy like a fountain, I’ve got joy like a fountain, I’ve got joy like a fountain in my soul, I’ve got joy like a fountain, I’ve got joy like a fountain, I’ve got joy like a fountain in my soul.

- Unknown

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:  Isaiah 48:18

Little Bird

A little bird told me.

- English Proverb

That Day

And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.  Isaiah 12:4

Marks

Jasper Silas Neal ©2017

From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.  Galatians 6:17

As Thyself

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.  Leviticus 19:18

Mon Rempart

Dieu est mon rocher où je trouve un abri, mon bouclier et la force qui me sauve, mon rempart et mon refuge. Mon Sauveur, tu me garantis de la violence.  2 Samuel 22:3

The Way

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.  Psalm 119:30