Tag: Charles Wesley 1707-1788

  • SOLDIERS OF CHRIST ARISE

    Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. (Ephesians 6:10, 11) Followers of Christ are also His soldiers—called to do battle with the forces of Satan and evil. Victories are never…

  • A CHARGE TO KEEP I HAVE

    Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. (Ephesians 4:1) All of us as Christians have been given a general charge—a God to glorify. We have also been given a particular charge or calling that is unique.…

  • YE SERVANTS OF GOD, YOUR MASTER PROCLAIM

    Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 … salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. (Revelation 7:10) The proclamation of the gospel requires a devoted, zealous spirit. The real purpose of this proclamation is to affect a personal conversion in the hearer, and this experience implies a radical change of lifestyle. The…

  • O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES TO SING

    Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. (Psalm 150:6) Soon after their graduation from Oxford University, John and Charles Wesley decided to sail to America, the new world, to try to minister to the rough colonists under General Oglethorpe in Georgia and to evangelize the Indians. The Wesleys…

  • I WANT A PRINCIPLE WITHIN

    Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man. (Acts 24:16) Order my footsteps by Thy Word,And make my heart sincere;Let sin have no dominion, Lord,But keep my conscience clear.— Unknown The Bible has much to say about the importance of a Christian having a strong “inner man”…

  • DEPTH OF MERCY

    Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 You are kind and forgiving, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call on You. (Psalm 86:5) Although Charles Wesley had been trained for the Anglican church ministry and had been active in religious activities, there came a time when he realized that he had never personally experienced God’s love and…

  • REJOICE THE LORD IS KING

    Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Hebrews 1:3) This text by Charles Wesley is another of the more than 6,500 hymns written by the “Sweet Bard of Methodism.” Wesley wrote on hundreds of scriptural passages as well…

  • CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY

    Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 I am the First and the Last, I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! (Revelation 1:17, 18) What a glorious truth to ponder—Jesus is not the “Great I WAS” but rather the “Great I AM!” He is not only a…

  • AND COULD IT BE THAT I SHOULD GAIN?

    Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood … (Revelation 1:5) Can any believer contemplate the “amazing love” of Calvary without sharing the awe and wonder of Charles Wesley’s questions in today’s hymn? Written a short time after his “heart-warming” Aldersgate experience on…

  • 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.…