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Monday, August
26, 2019
This morning our neighbors on Kraybill Church Road had their wash out to dry.
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Message
summary:
Let's make every day
our "washday" as we
confess and renounce
our sins. Let us
invite the the Holy
Spirit to cleanse
our hearts from all
impurities.
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"All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). "The blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin" (I John 1:7). "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
Yesterday
our church service
began with the great
hymn, "Blessed
Assurance". What a
blessing to be "born
of His Spirit,
washed in His
blood"!
Blessed
assurance, Jesus is
mine
O what a foretaste of glory divine
Heir of salvation, purchase of God
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood
O what a foretaste of glory divine
Heir of salvation, purchase of God
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood
Monday is
"wash day" in many
old order homes,
though the majority
of plain families
have many children
so wash day can be
any day with the
exception of the
Lord's Day.
It's
pretty obvious when
they've washed their
clothes since most
of them have a long
clothes line running
between their home
to a distant pole or
perhaps it's
attached high on the
roof of a barn. They
have a pulley on
each end and hang
the clothes out to
dry by pulling the
long line through
the pulley. This
just wouldn't work
well in the suburbs
or in the city!
Passing these long clothes lines reminds me of a sober reality, a glorious promise and a personal responsibility in the Scriptures.
The sober reality is that sin exists along with our need for forgiveness and cleansing. I have long appreciated the simple definition of sin in the Westminster catechism. "Sin is any want of conformity to and transgression of the holy law of God." The Scripture says, "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
The glorious promise is that God has provided a means of cleansing from sin. John assures us that "The blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).
Our personal responsibility is to confess and renounce our sin. "If we confess our sins." This is a fundamental aspect of our relationship with the holy God. The Bible says, "He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).
John assures us that "God is faithful and just" in forgiving us our sins. What an all-encompassing assurance and peace this verse should bring to our hearts today.
"To forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Our greatest need is finding a solution to our sin problem, yet our "faithful and just" heavenly Father has already taken care of that, not just for just a few generations, not for just one nation, nor does the sacrifice He paid for our sins have an expiration date. His sacrifice for our sins was once for all. That really is amazing all-encompassing love!
Let's make today and every day our "washday" as we confess and renounce our sins. Let us invite the Holy Spirit to cleanse our hearts from all impurities.
Passing these long clothes lines reminds me of a sober reality, a glorious promise and a personal responsibility in the Scriptures.
The sober reality is that sin exists along with our need for forgiveness and cleansing. I have long appreciated the simple definition of sin in the Westminster catechism. "Sin is any want of conformity to and transgression of the holy law of God." The Scripture says, "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
The glorious promise is that God has provided a means of cleansing from sin. John assures us that "The blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).
Our personal responsibility is to confess and renounce our sin. "If we confess our sins." This is a fundamental aspect of our relationship with the holy God. The Bible says, "He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).
John assures us that "God is faithful and just" in forgiving us our sins. What an all-encompassing assurance and peace this verse should bring to our hearts today.
"To forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Our greatest need is finding a solution to our sin problem, yet our "faithful and just" heavenly Father has already taken care of that, not just for just a few generations, not for just one nation, nor does the sacrifice He paid for our sins have an expiration date. His sacrifice for our sins was once for all. That really is amazing all-encompassing love!
Let's make today and every day our "washday" as we confess and renounce our sins. Let us invite the Holy Spirit to cleanse our hearts from all impurities.
All my
hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday's gone
All my sins are forgiven
And I've been washed by the blood
Thank God that yesterday's gone
All my sins are forgiven
And I've been washed by the blood
Be
encouraged today,
Daily
Prayer: Father, as
Paul stated, "If
in this life only
we have hope in
Christ, we are of
all men most
miserable." Thankfully,
our hope exceeds
this life where we
are simply pilgrims
wandering through
this world of sin.
Because You are
faithful and just to
forgive us our sins,
when we confess and
renounce them, we
are washed anew and
can set our sights
on heaven where sin
will no longer
exists; where there
is no sickness, toil
or danger and the
troubles of this
life will no longer
occupy our thoughts
or fill our days.
How thankful we are
for our salvation
and eternal
inheritance. Amen.See 1
Corinthians 15:19
Old
Fashioned Revival
Hour Concert held
yesterday afternoon
at Calvary Church.
In the forefront are
the accompanists,
director, soloists
and the cast of Old
Fashioned Revival
Hour, including that
of speaker Dr.
Charles E. Fuller
and his wife.
Calvary Choir and
several other local
choirs came together
to present this
recreated broadcast
of the Old Fashioned
Revival Hour based
in Pasadena, CA, and
heard on many
Christian radio
stations from
1937-1968. See here.
We have one song
"Precious Lord" that
Stephen videotaped
below in our Suggested
Music. Please
listen as it will
bless you!
Freshly washed clothing and linens drying in the natural air of Lancaster County
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Today was
the first day of
school at our new
neighborhood Amish
schoolhouse known as
"Scenic Ridge
School"
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Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental Resources
"Precious Lord, Take My Hand" Video Sung by Old fashioned Revival Hour with Brenten Megee as soloist. He was invited as a local guest singer who is also a minister of music and really brought this song to life, though the words are what truly touches the soul especially when dealing with loss, or an ongoing trial. We're reminded that we don't endure trials by ourselves but God takes our hand and leads us on. Written by Thomas A. Dorsey in 1932 he tells the story of how he came to write the song:
"Back in 1932 I
was 32 years old and a
fairly new husband. My
wife, Nettie and I were
living in a little
apartment on Chicago’s
Southside. One hot August
afternoon I had to go to
St. Louis, where I was to
be the featured soloist at
a large revival meeting. I
didn’t want to go. Nettie
was in the last month of
pregnancy with our first
child. But a lot of people
were expecting me in St.
Louis.
"In the steaming St. Louis heat, the crowd called on me to sing again and again. When I finally sat down, a messenger boy ran up with a Western Union telegram. I ripped open the envelope. Pasted on the yellow sheet were the words: YOUR WIFE JUST DIED.
"When I got back, I learned that Nettie had given birth to a boy. I swung between grief and joy. Yet that night, the baby died. I buried Nettie and our little boy together, in the same casket. Then I fell apart. For days I closeted myself. I felt that God had done me an injustice. I didn’t want to serve Him any more or write gospel songs. I just wanted to go back to that jazz world I once knew so well.
"But still I was lost in grief. Everyone was kind to me, especially a friend, Professor Frye, who seemed to know what I needed. On the following Saturday evening he took me up to Malone’s Poro College, a neighborhood music school. It was quiet; the late evening sun crept through the curtained windows. I sat down at the piano, and my hands began to browse over the keys. Words began to fall in place on the melody like drops of water falling from the crevice of a rock, "Precious Lord, take my hand lead me on, let me stand. I am tired, I am weak, I am worn."
"In the steaming St. Louis heat, the crowd called on me to sing again and again. When I finally sat down, a messenger boy ran up with a Western Union telegram. I ripped open the envelope. Pasted on the yellow sheet were the words: YOUR WIFE JUST DIED.
"When I got back, I learned that Nettie had given birth to a boy. I swung between grief and joy. Yet that night, the baby died. I buried Nettie and our little boy together, in the same casket. Then I fell apart. For days I closeted myself. I felt that God had done me an injustice. I didn’t want to serve Him any more or write gospel songs. I just wanted to go back to that jazz world I once knew so well.
"But still I was lost in grief. Everyone was kind to me, especially a friend, Professor Frye, who seemed to know what I needed. On the following Saturday evening he took me up to Malone’s Poro College, a neighborhood music school. It was quiet; the late evening sun crept through the curtained windows. I sat down at the piano, and my hands began to browse over the keys. Words began to fall in place on the melody like drops of water falling from the crevice of a rock, "Precious Lord, take my hand lead me on, let me stand. I am tired, I am weak, I am worn."
Today we will also
share a selection of several
of our favorite songs from
Gold City:
"All My Hope"
Video
Gold City
"I Will Stand"
Video
Gold City
"Same God"
Video
Gold City
"If Church Pews
Could Shout" Video
Gold City
"What Children
Believe" Video
Gold City
Finally today:
Last week I shared
my personal testimony of
salvation and received this
brief testimony from John
Keefer, our pastor friend.
He was raised in a beautiful
rural area of Pennsylvania
known as the Ridge and
Valley Province.
"It happened in
June 1961 at Rabbit Hill
outside of the town of
Millersburg along Rt 209. We
had tent meetings every year
back then. Precious memories
of God's power coming down
saving souls and blessing
the saints. The evangelist
was Bro. Edward Gilmore from
Canada. He was a gentle
saint of God that was
faithful with God's Word to
my young heart. I was
baptized in a farm pond that
same summer."
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