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Daily
Encouragement on
Tuesday, May 28,
2019
Neff's
Mill Covered Bridge
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"Full Assurance Of
Faith"
Message
summary:
May the Lord fill
your heart with His
blessed assurance
today regardless of
what you are going
through.
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message on your
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"Let us
draw near with a
sincere heart in
full assurance of
faith" (Hebrews
10:22).
Over the
last several months
we have periodically
mentioned our friend
Tim, who was
diagnosed with ALS
this last January.
He continues to
share his journey on
his Facebook page
and recently posted
this message of the
blessed assurance he
has in Christ.
"Several
people have recently
been asking how they
should pray for me.
Amid the rapidly
declining use of my
body I have come to
this conclusion.
While having God
physically heal my
body would be a
great miracle (of
which He is quite
capable), being
taken to heaven is
an even better
miracle. Then I get
to see my Lord and
family and friends
who are already
there. Join me in
praying for the
better miracle. And
when that prayer is
granted please don't
mourn but celebrate
that I'm home, where
I will be waiting to
welcome you
someday."
Tim is
enduring a trial he
neither expected nor
ordered but is
placing his life in
the care of God and
this brings blessed
assurance. Blessed
assurance can be a
testimony we all
share as we
especially consider:
* The provisions of God in our past,
* The presence of God in our present and
* The promises of God in our future.
A reflection on these truths indeed leads to blessed assurance!
The message from this hymn text is one that is such a blessing to hide deep in our hearts; a musical expression of praise and glory to God for His work of salvation in our lives. Fanny Crosby writes about the assurance Christ gives us due to His redemptive work in our lives here on earth and a foretaste of the glorious rejoicing that will take place through all eternity.
In today's text from the book of Hebrews we read a wonderful phrase, "Full assurance of faith". What a great blessing this full assurance is. Assurance, which not a commonly used word apart from theology, comes from the word assure which in turn comes from the word, sure. It speaks of the certainty of our salvation "with no doubt as to our acceptance when coming to God by the blood of Christ" (Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary). Clarke's commentary states, "Being fully persuaded that God will accept us for the sake of his Son, and that the sacrificial death of Christ gives us full authority to expect every blessing we need."
There is surely a sound Biblical basis for Fanny Crosby's song. It's one of the greatest blessings of life to have a full assurance of faith. May the Lord fill your heart with His blessed assurance today regardless of what you are going through.
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
* The provisions of God in our past,
* The presence of God in our present and
* The promises of God in our future.
A reflection on these truths indeed leads to blessed assurance!
"Blessed
assurance, Jesus
is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of the Spirit, washed in His blood."
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of the Spirit, washed in His blood."
The message from this hymn text is one that is such a blessing to hide deep in our hearts; a musical expression of praise and glory to God for His work of salvation in our lives. Fanny Crosby writes about the assurance Christ gives us due to His redemptive work in our lives here on earth and a foretaste of the glorious rejoicing that will take place through all eternity.
In today's text from the book of Hebrews we read a wonderful phrase, "Full assurance of faith". What a great blessing this full assurance is. Assurance, which not a commonly used word apart from theology, comes from the word assure which in turn comes from the word, sure. It speaks of the certainty of our salvation "with no doubt as to our acceptance when coming to God by the blood of Christ" (Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary). Clarke's commentary states, "Being fully persuaded that God will accept us for the sake of his Son, and that the sacrificial death of Christ gives us full authority to expect every blessing we need."
There is surely a sound Biblical basis for Fanny Crosby's song. It's one of the greatest blessings of life to have a full assurance of faith. May the Lord fill your heart with His blessed assurance today regardless of what you are going through.
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, as
heirs of Your
salvation, we
have been
purchased with
the
sacrificial
blood of Your
precious Son,
Jesus. He gave
His all that
we might be
saved from the
eternal
consequences
of sin and
have our names
written in the
Lamb's Book of
Life. We have
the blessed
assurance that
we are
redeemed from
sin and saved
for eternity
in heaven.
Thank You for
such wondrous
love and
abundant
provision on
our behalf.
Amen.Yesterday
I joined our
friends Jim
and Dorothy
Schmidt for
lunch and then
a visit to the
Old Windmill
Farm and then
we drove
around scenic
Lancaster
County.
Brooksyne is
scheduled to
return from
her trip to
see family
this evening!
Tourists
from all over
the world
enjoy visiting
the Old
Windmill Farm
and taking a
horse-drawn
hayride.
Jim
and Dorothy
enjoying ice
cream at the Down
On The Farm
creamery
near
Strasburg, PA.
The
creamery
conveniently
offers a drive
through
window.
A
Lancaster
County bank
barn
The
gardens in our
area look
beautiful with
all the rain.
(Click
to enlarge)
It
was a
beautiful day
to mosey
around the
rural roads of
Lancaster
County!
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental Resources
"Blessed
Assurance" Video
Walkers to Heaven
Finally today:
Brooksyne at the Fanny Crosby tombstone in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Fanny Crosby is
surely one of the most
prolific hymn writers in
the history of the church.
I am sure most of our
readers regardless of
language, nationality or
even musical taste have
sung her hymns such as "I
am Thine O Lord", one of
her many well-known hymns.
Other hymns you may
recognize are "All the Way
My Savior Leads Me",
"Close to Thee", "To God
be The Glory", "Pass Me
Not O Gentle Savior, and
so many others still sung
in many churches.
Fanny Crosby is buried at the Mountain Grove Cemetery along I-95 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The cemetery was designed by the famous circus founder PT Barnum. In fact his monument is very near that of Fanny Crosby's.
On a small, very weathered stone at the foot of the grave that we assume to be the original tombstone we read these words, "Aunt Fanny - She hath done what she could." Although blinded shortly after her birth she faithfully served the Lord. She overcame her disability to leave a lasting impact for Christ. She once shared this remarkable outlook, "It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow I would not accept it. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me."
Fanny Crosby is buried at the Mountain Grove Cemetery along I-95 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The cemetery was designed by the famous circus founder PT Barnum. In fact his monument is very near that of Fanny Crosby's.
On a small, very weathered stone at the foot of the grave that we assume to be the original tombstone we read these words, "Aunt Fanny - She hath done what she could." Although blinded shortly after her birth she faithfully served the Lord. She overcame her disability to leave a lasting impact for Christ. She once shared this remarkable outlook, "It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow I would not accept it. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me."
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