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Be Still My Soul

Steph — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:34:13 +0000

Beautiful, comforting words from an old hymn penned way back in 1752. Only a person who had a true relationship with the Lord Jesus could have written like this.

I trust you will be blessed.

Be Still My Soul

Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change, He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future, as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.

Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart,
And all is darkened in the vale of tears,
Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears.
Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay
From His own fullness all He takes away.

Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord.
When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past
All safe and blessèd we shall meet at last.

Be still, my soul: begin the song of praise
On earth, believing, to Thy Lord on high;
Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways,
So shall He view thee with a well pleased eye.
Be still, my soul: the Sun of life divine
Through passing clouds shall but more brightly shine.

Words originally in German by Katharina von Schlegel, and translated into English by Jane L Borthwick in 1855 (see CyberHymnal )

Here is St Philips Boys’ Choir and Libera singing this glorious Hymn if you would like to hear it being sung.

Bless you

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Andy — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:00:58 +0000

Andrew Murray
1828 – 1917

Humility (2)

“He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death.” -Phil.2: 8.

“Humility is the path to death, because in death it gives the highest proof of its perfection. Humility is the blossom, of which death to self, is the perfect fruit. Jesus humbled Himself unto death, and opened the path in which we too must walk. As there was no way for Him to prove His surrender to God to the very uttermost, or to give up and rise out of our human nature to the glory of the Father but through death, so with us too. Humility must lead us to die to self: so we prove how wholly we have given ourselves up to it and to God; so alone we are freed from fallen nature, and find the path that leads to life in God, to that full birth of the new nature, of which humility is the breath and the joy.”

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Andy — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:18:16 +0000

Andrew Murray
1828 – 1917

Humility (4)

“May God teach us that our thoughts and words and feelings concerning our fellowmen are His test of our humility towards Him, and that our humility before Him is the only power that can enable us to be always humble with our fellow-men. Our humility must be the life of Christ, the Lamb of God, within us.”

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Which Is Your Motto?

Andy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:57:44 +0000

There is a proud heart in every natural man. There was much pride in Adam’s sin—and there is much of it in all Adam’s sons. Pride is a radical sin, and from hence arises this over-inflated opinion of a man’s spiritual state and condition.

“The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself:
God, I thank you that I am not like other men—
robbers, evildoers, adulterers.” Luke 18:11

This is the unsaved man’s motto. A proud man has an eye to see his beauty—but not his deformity. He sees his abilities—but not his spots. He sees his seeming righteousness—but not his real wretchedness.

It must be a work of grace—which must show a man the lack of grace. The haughty eye looks upward—but the humble eye looks downward, and therefore this is the believer’s motto, “I am the least of saints—and the greatest of sinners!”

“But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared
not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead,
he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful
to me, for I am a sinner!’ I tell you, this sinner, not the
Pharisee, returned home justified before God!”
Luke 18:13-14

Matthew Mead, “The Almost Christian” 1661

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Andy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:35:38 +0000

Andrew Murray
1828 – 1917

Humility (7)

“Yes, the grace for humility is greater and nearer, too, than we think. The humility of Jesus is our salvation: Jesus Himself is our humility. Our humility is His care and His work. His grace is sufficient for us, to meet the temptation of pride too. His strength will be perfected in our weakness. Let us choose to be weak, to be low, to be nothing. Let humility be to us joy and gladness. Let us gladly glory and take pleasure in weakness, in all that can humble us and keep us low; the power of Christ will rest upon us. Christ humbled Himself, therefore God exalted Him. Christ will humble us, and keep us humble; let us heartily consent, let us trustfully and joyfully accept all that humbles; the power of Christ will rest upon us. We shall find that the deepest humility is the secret of the truest happiness, of a joy that nothing can destroy.”

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Andy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:15:47 +0000

Andrew Murray
1828 – 1917

Humility (6)

“He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death.” -Phil.2: 8.

Humility leads to perfect death. Humility means the giving up of self and the taking of the place of perfect nothingness before God. Jesus humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death. In death He gave the highest, the perfect proof of having given up His will to the will of God. In death He gave up His self, with its natural reluctance to drink the cup; He gave up the life He had in union with our human nature; He died to self, and the sin that tempted Him; so, as man, He entered into the perfect life of God. If it had not been for His boundless humility, counting Himself as nothing except as a servant to do and suffer the will of God, He never would have died.

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Andy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:02:01 +0000

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1828 – 1917

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“What a solemn thought, that our love to God will be measured by our everyday intercourse with men and the love it displays; and that our love to God will be found to be a delusion, except was its truth is proved in standing the test of daily life with our fellowmen. It is even so with our humility. It is easy to think we humble ourselves before God: humility towards men will be the only sufficient proof that our humility before God is real; that humility has taken up its abode in us; and become our very nature; that we actually, like Christ, have made ourselves of no reputation.”

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You are my hiding place

Steph — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:12:12 +0000

Psalm 32

¹ Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
² Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

³ When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
⁴ For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
⁵ I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶ For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.
⁷ You are my hiding place;
You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

⁸ I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.
⁹ Do not be like the horse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.

¹⁰ Many sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.
¹¹ Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous;
And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

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Psalm 97 – A Song of Praise to the Sovereign LORD

Bend Me Lower Lord!

John — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:06:01 +0000

This beautiful song really is the prayer of my heart right now.

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Andy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:00:56 +0000

Andrew Murray
1828 – 1917

Humility (3)

“The humble man feels no jealousy–or envy. He can praise God when others are preferred and blessed before him. He can bear to hear others praised and himself forgotten, because in God’s presence he has learnt to say with Paul, “I am nothing.” He has received the spirit of Jesus, who pleased not Himself, and sought not His own honor, as the spirit of his life.”

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Andy — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:00:14 +0000

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1828 – 1917

Humility (1)

“Humility is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing done to us, to feel nothing against us. It is to be at rest when nobody praises us and when we are blamed and despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord where we can go in and shut the door and kneel to our Father in secret, and be at peace when all around is trouble.”

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The Tender Mercies of God

Andy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:00:01 +0000

Oh! labor every day to be more humble and more low and little in your own eyes. ‘Who am I,’ says
the humble soul—’but that God should cross me in this mercy, and take away that mercy, and pass a
sentence of death upon every mercy? I am not worthy of the least mercy, I deserve not a
crumb of mercy, I have forfeited every mercy.’

Only by pride comes contention. It is only pride that puts men upon contending with God and men.

A humble soul will lie quiet at the foot of God, it will be contented with bare necessities. A dinner
of green herbs relishes well with the humble man’s palate; whereas a stalled ox is but a coarse dish to
a proud man’s stomach.

A humble heart thinks none less than himself, nor none worse than himself.

A humble heart looks upon small mercies as great mercies; and great afflictions as small afflictions;
and small afflictions as no afflictions; and therefore sits mute and quiet under all. Do but keep humble,
and you will keep silent before the Lord.

Pride kicks, and flings, and frets; but a humble man has still his hand upon his mouth. Everything on
this side hell is mercy—much mercy, rich mercy to a humble soul; and therefore he remains mute
under the smarting rod.

Thomas Brooks 1608-1680

Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:17

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Beloved

Steph — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:00:16 +0000

Beloved

I sit at your feet quietly

Adoring

Taking in every word you speak

Finally understanding without any hesitancy

Knowing that I can not ever drink enough of You

And I sit here and fill my whole being up

With Your sweet aroma,

Sweet Rose of Sharon

I sit at your feet

Worshiping

My beloved friend and Lord

Without any reserve, my heart fully open

Content to just be in Your presence

Loving and being loved in return

My joy overflowing

At the wonder of my closeness

To Jesus, the beloved Son of God

Martha is in the kitchen, preparing

She’s fussing and banging about

And getting more and more annoyed with me…

I should be there too; it’s expected of me,

But I can’t leave Him right now!

She can no longer contain herself and with a rush of breath implores-

“Lord why is my sister Mary, not helping?!”

I quietly watch as you take Martha by the hand

I cannot speak, I watch holding my breath

“Martha, dear Martha, you are much worried and troubled,

Can you not see what is important?

What she’s found?

This one thing that is needed, it will never be taken away from her

Ever!

Come and sit down beside Me and learn,

For you too

are beloved

of Me.”

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