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| THE BLOOD OF JESUS |
| WHAT I WOULD CALL THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT AFTER THE CREATION AND BIRTH OF CHRIST, WOULD BE THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS FOR OUR SINS. "OUR SINS" WHO ARE WE THAT WE SHOULD DESERVE SUCH A SACRIFICE? WE KNOW THAT WE WERE MADE AFTER GOD'S OWN IMAGE, SO WHY WOULDN'T HE WANT US TO BE AS PERFECT AS WE CAN BE, WITHOUT BEING HIM. SO I SURMISE, WHICH IS NOT HARD TO DO, THAT IN ORDER TO BECOME MORE LIKE WHAT HE CREATED, WAS TO SUPPLY A WAY FOR US TO REDEEM OURSELVES, SO HE SENT HIS ONE AND ONLY SON TO DIE AND SHED HIS BLOOD FOR THAT REDEMPTION. WHAT A MARVELOUS GIFT, WHAT A PRECIOUS HONOR HE GAVE US. ALONG WITH THAT GIFT CAME SO MANY FRINGE BENEFITS. PSALMS 103 : 1 ~ BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL; AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME, BLESS HIS HOLY NAME. ~2~ BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL, AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS; |
| THE BLOOD OF JESUS WAS SHED FOR YOU AND ME THAT DAY UPON THE CROSS WHERE HE HUNG AT CALVARY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN WAS FOR OUR REDEMPTION, FREEDOM IS OURS THROUGH HIS NAME. HOW COULD A FATHER GIVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON AND SEND HIM TO DIE FOR US, AND WATCH HIS BLOOD FREELY RUN UNTIL HIS BODY WAS CRUMPLED AND CRUELLY SLAIN, NO OTHER FATHER WOULD GIVE HIS CHILD TO BLEED AND SUSTAIN. THE POWER IN CHRIST BLOOD, IS SO PROFOUND AND COMPLETE THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN COMPARE OR COMPETE WITH THE THINGS THAT BLOOD CAN DO FOR ALL MANKIND IF THEY ONLY WOULD GIVE THEIR HEARTS. AND TO THEM RESIGN. A SYMBOL OF OUR SALVATION, WHICH STAINED HIS GARMENT THAT DAY IS THE REASON WE CAN ASK FORGIVENESS AND TURN OUR FACE HIS WAY. LOOK UPON HIS COUNTENANCE, AND KNOW THE GRACE THAT HE GAVE JUST TO GIVE YOU THE FREE DOM TO LIVE AND SAVE YOU FROM THE GRAVE. YES, THE POWER IN THE BLOOD THAT FREED US FROM THE BURDEN OF SIN IS STILL THERE TODAY, AND WILL CLEANSE YOU FROM DEEP WITHIN. GIVING YOU GREAT BLESSINGS THAT ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN SILVER AND GOLD, WITH THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE, AND A BEAUTIFUL MANSION TO BEHOLD. YES, THAT WONDER WORKING POWER THAT WAS IN HIS BLOOD BACK THEN, IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND WILL ALWAYS WIN.; LOST SOULS THAT WERE OUT IN THE DARKNESS AND DRAW THEM TO THE LIGHT THIS GREAT POWER OF JESUS BLOOD WILLNEVER LOSE IT'S MIGHT. Written by Shirley Barr April 26, 2004 THE BLOOD OF JESUS WILL NEVER LOSE IT'S POWER ! ! |
| A SPECIAL GROCERY LIST A POORLY DRESSED LADY WITH A LOOK OF DEFEAT ON HER FACE, WALKED INTO A GROCERY STORE. SHE APPROACHED THE OWNER OF THE STORE IN A MOST HUMBLE MANNER AND ASKED IF HE WOULD LET HER CHARGE A FEW GROCERIES. SHE SOFTLY EXPLAINED THAT HER HUSBAND WAS VERY ILL AND UNABLE TO WORK, THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN AND THEY NEEDED FOOD. JOHN LONGHOUSE, THE GROCER, SCOFFED AT HER AND REQUESTED THAT SHE LEAVE HIS STORE AT ONCE. VISUALIZING THE FAMILY NEEDS, SHE SAID: "PLEASE, SIR! I WILL BRING YOU THE MONEY JUST AS SOON AS I CAN." JOHN TOLD HER HE COULD NOT GIVE HER CREDIT, SINCE SHE DID NOT HAVE A CHARGE ACCOUNT AT HIS STORE. STANDING BESIDE THE COUNTER WAS A CUSTOMER WHO OVERHEARD THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO. THE CUSTOMER WALKED FORWARD AND TOLD THE GROCER THAT HE WOULD STAND GOOD FOR WHATEVER SHE NEEDED FOR HER FAMILY. THE GROCER SAID IN A VERY RELUCTANT VOICE, "DO YOU HAVE A GROCERY LIST? SHE REPLIED, "YES SIR." "O. K." HE SAID, "PUT YOUR GROCERY LIST ON THE SCALES AND WHATEVER YOUR GROCERY LIST WEIGHS, I WILL GIVE YOU THAT AMOUNT IN GROCERIES." SHE HESITATED A MOMENT WITH A BOWED HEAD, THEN SHE REACHED INTO HER PURSE AND TOOK OUT A PIECE OF PAPER AND SCRIBBLED SOMETHING ON IT. SHE THEN LAID THE PIECE OF PAPER ON THE SCALE CAREFULLY WITH HER HEAD STILL BOWED. THE EYES OF THE GROCER AND THE CUSTOMER SHOWED AMAZEMENT, WHEN THE SCALES WENT DOWN AND STAYED DOWN. THE GROCER, STARING AT THE SCALES, TURNED SLOWLY TO THE CUSTOMER AND SAID BEGRUDGINGLY, "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT." THE CUSTOMER SMILED AND THE GROCER STARTED PUTTING THE GROCERIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCALES. THE SCALE DID NOT BALANCE SO HE CONTINUED TO PUT MORE AND MORE GROCERIES ON THEM UNTIL THE SCALES WOULD HOLD NO MORE. THE GROCER STOOD THERE IN UTTER DISGUST. FINALLY, HE GRABBED THE PIECE OF PAPER FROM THE SCALES AND LOOKED AT IT WITH GREATER AMAZEMENT. IT WAS NOT A GROCERY LIST AT ALL, IT WAS A PRAYER, WHICH SAID: "DEAR LORD, YOU KNOW MY NEEDS AND I AM LEAVING THIS IN YOUR HANDS. THE GROCER GAVE HER THE GROCERIES THAT HE HAD GATHERED AND STOOD IN STUNNED SILENCE. SHE THANKED HIM AND LEFT THE STORE. THE OTHER CUSTOMER HANDED A FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL TO THE GROCER AND SAID: "IT WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY OF IT....ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH A PRAYER WEIGHS" THE POWER OF PRAYER UNKNOWN AUTHOR |
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| MUSIC: 'HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN SEQUENCED AND PERFORMED BY SAMUEL TOLBERT |
