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  • MORE SECURE IS NO ONE EVER

    Amazing Grace Lina Sandell Berg, 1832–1903 My salvation and my honor depend on God; He is my mighty rock, my refuge. (Psalm 62:7) A sincere love for God and a heart filled with gratitude following a miraculous healing experience prompted the tender lines of this hymn, set to a child-like Swedish folk melody. Lina Sandell…

  • THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD

    Amazing Grace Scottish Psalter, 1650 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:27) I will commit my way, O Lord, to Thee, nor doubt Thy love, though dark the way may be; Nor murmur, for the sorrow is from God, and there is comfort even in Thy rod.—…

  • ALL OF GRACE

    C. H. Spurgeon Chapter 8 Why Are We Saved by Faith? WHY IS FAITH SELECTED as the channel of salvation? No doubt this inquiry is often made. “By grace are ye saved through faith” (Eph 2:8) is assuredly the doctrine of Holy Scripture and the ordinance of God, but why is it so? Why is…

  • SWEETER AS THE YEARS GO BY

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Lelia N. Morris, 1862–1929 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they stay fresh and green,…

  • PRAYER POWER UNLIMITED

    J. Oswald Sanders World Rulers Need Prayer Prayers … for … all who are in authority (1 Tim 2:1-2) Prayer for world rulers is enjoined on the praying Christian as a primary responsibility: when counseling his young protege Timothy, Paul set before him the priorities he should observe. First of all, then, [and here it…

  • PRAYER POWER UNLIMITED

    J. Oswald Sanders Prayer Takes Time Redeeming the time (Eph 5:16, KJV) We move on to a lesson that is difficult to master, but which greatly influences the potency of our prayers. Alexander Whyte said, I am as certain as I am standing here that the secret of much mischief to our souls, and to…

  • PRAYER POWER UNLIMITED

    J. Oswald Sanders The All-Powerful Name Anything in My name (John 14:14) Is it not significant that in His last discourse with His disciples, our Lord six times in close succession spoke of praying “in My name” (John 14:13-14; 15:16; 16:23-27)? He must surely have attached singular importance to this advanced lesson in the school…

  • JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL

    Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him. (Nahum 1:7) The universal recognition of a personal dependence upon the infinite God has no doubt made this appealing hymn the best loved of the more than 6500 texts of Charles Wesley.…

  • PRAYER POWER UNLIMITED

    J. Oswald Sanders Petition and Intercession Petitions, prayers, intercessions … for all men (1 Tim 2:1, NEB) In our fourth lesson, we turn from the Godward to the manward aspect of prayer — petition, when we are concerned about our own needs; and intercession, when we are concerned with the needs of others. There are…

  • O THE DEEP DEEP LOVE OF JESUS

    Amazing Grace S. Trevor Francis, 1834–1925 I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. (Ephesians 3:17, 18) Who can fully grasp the dimensions of God’s great love for us? Yet the…