Matthew 5: The Beatitudes (All Scripture is from the New Living Translation) I always thought that the ideas behind the Beatitudes were original to Christ. But they were the message God has been sending all along! ********** “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs….
Category: Open My Eyes
Insights in Scripture
Desperate. Empty. Guilty.
“I come broken to be mendedI come wounded to be healedI come desperate to be rescuedI come empty to be filledI come guilty to be pardonedBy the blood of Christ the LambAnd I’m welcomed with open armsPraise God, just as I am”(This stanza is a bridge between verses of “Just As I Am,” as sung…
Wounded
“I come broken to be mendedI come wounded to be healedI come desperate to be rescuedI come empty to be filledI come guilty to be pardonedBy the blood of Christ the LambAnd I’m welcomed with open armsPraise God, just as I am”(This stanza is a bridge between verses of “Just As I Am,” as sung…
Broken
“I come broken to be mendedI come wounded to be healedI come desperate to be rescuedI come empty to be filledI come guilty to be pardonedBy the blood of Christ the LambAnd I’m welcomed with open armsPraise God, just as I am”(This stanza is a bridge between verses of “Just As I Am,” as sung…
“Just As I Am”
Charlotte Elliott (18 March 1789 – 22 September 1871) was an English poet, hymn writer, and editor. Although being an invalid for much of her life, she wrote about 150 hymns and many poems, some of which were printed anonymously, with Just As I Am probably the best known. John Brownlie described the hymn’s story in his book The Hymns…
“Don’t Quit”
By John Greenleaf Whittier “When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,When the funds are low and the debts are high,And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,When care is pressing you down a bit,Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is queer with…
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. His poetry points directly to God. The west-winds blow, and, singing low,I hear the glad streams run;The windows of my soul I throwWide open to the sun. No…
Lord of the Nations
You rule the people of the earth fairly. You guide the nations of the earth.God, may the nations praise you. May all the people on earth praise you. Psalm 67:4b-5 NIRV Say to the nations, “The Lord rules.” The world is firmly set in place. It can’t be moved. The Lord will judge the people of the world fairly. Psalm 96:10 NIRV Praise…
“Every Burden …
… Every Crown” The words kept circling my brain until, in desperation, I looked them up. Turns out they’re from a song we sing at church (I knew that) called “Make Room.” Here are the lyrics: [Verse 1]Here is where I lay it downEvery burden, every crownThis is my surrender Hmmm. What does it mean,…
Eternity
Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 New Living Translation Though we cannot experience our life as an endless present, we are eternal in God’s eyes;…