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Thursday,
December 29, 2022
"I
Will Sing Of
My Redeemer"
Note:
Today's
message is a
bit longer due
to additional
interesting
details we
came across
for our
illustration.
Message
summary:
Hide
John 3:16 deep
in your heart.
I find it
helpful to
personalize
it. "For God
loved me so
much that He
gave His one
and only Son,
that as I
believe in
Him, I will
not perish but
have eternal
life". Indeed,
God's wondrous
love is given
to us through
the person of
Jesus Christ.
We cannot earn
His love but
we can receive
it. Won't you
receive Him
today!
Listen
to our message
on your audio
player.
"For
God so loved
the world,
that He gave
His only
begotten Son,
that whosoever
believeth in
Him should not
perish, but
have
everlasting
life" (John
3:16).
By
the end of
1876, Philip
P. Bliss
needed a
break. He had
just written
the music to
"It is Well
With my Soul"
and just
finished a
whirlwind tour
of
evangelistic
meetings.
By
the end of
1876, Philip
P. Bliss
needed a
break. He had
just written
the music to
"It is Well
With my Soul"
and just
finished a
whirlwind tour
of
evangelistic
meetings.While
he and his
wife Lucy were
spending the
Christmas
holidays with
his family in
Pennsylvania,
a a telegram
arrived
requesting
they come to
Chicago to
sing at DL
Moody's
Tabernacle on
the last
Sunday of the
year.
On
December 29th,
leaving their
two sons, ages
1 & 4,
with Lucy's
mother in
Rome, PA they
boarded the
Pacific
Express. The
snow was
blinding, and
the
eleven-coach
train was
running about
three hours
late. About
8:00 PM as the
train creaked
over a chasm
near Astabula,
Ohio, the
trestle bridge
collapsed. The
engine reached
solid ground
on the other
side of the
bridge, but
the 11 cars
plunged 75
feet into the
wet ravine.
Even before
the wooden
cars slammed
into the
bottom, they
were aflame,
set afire by
kerosene
heaters. Of
the 159
passengers in
those cars, 92
were killed
and most of
the rest
suffered
serious
injuries.
Philip
survived the
crash and
crawled out
through a
window but
Lucy was still
inside, pinned
under the
twisted metal
of the iron
seats. The
other
survivors
urged Philip
not to crawl
back into the
flaming
wreckage.
"If I cannot
save her, I
will perish
with her," he
shouted,
plunging into
the fiery car.
Both Philip
and Lucy died.
He was
thirty-eight
years old.
Now
this may seem
to be an
unusual way to
start an
encouraging
message but
this is the
real world and
God's love is
steadfast.
Ironically,
the night
before his
death, P.P.
Bliss had sung
"I'm going
home tomorrow"
while he spent
"the happiest
Christmas he
had ever
known" with
family. Philip
and Lucy set
off on their
doomed
journey,
without
knowing what
was just ahead
but knowing
the One who
would meet
them at the
end of their
earthly
journey.
D.L
Moody was
among those
who mourned
the loss of
Bliss. "In my
estimate, he
was the most
highly honored
of God, of any
man of his
time, as a
writer and
singer of
Gospel Songs,
and with all
his gifts he
was the most
humble man I
ever knew. I
loved him as a
brother, and
shall cherish
his
memory...."
Philip's
trunk finally
arrived in
Chicago
safely. In it
were found the
words to the
last hymns he
had written,
which included
"I Will Sing
of My
Redeemer".
James
McGranahan set
this to music
and it was
among the
first
recordings
made by Thomas
Edison. It
remains
another
favorite from
the remarkable
songwriter:
With so much new music being written in our time and with these newer songs being the focus in most churches these days on this next to the last Daily Encouragement message of 2022, let's purposefully focus on this classic hymn that has been an old favorite of mine from my earliest days in the faith, as it helps me consider the wondrous love of God for the human race.
Just the numeric reference is all that's needed for most long-time Christians to identify one of the most beloved verses in the entire Bible. 3:16
John 3:16 begins with the glorious phrase, "For God so loved the world". Amen, He sure does and He specifically loves you and me this day and every day. You may have experienced a loving earthly family as we thankfully have, but scores of people have not, including the two Bliss sons who grew up without a mother and father. Undoubtedly some of those people have had a very difficult time in life and still do.
There are also those of you reading our message who've had an abusive childhood or a relationship that carries deep scars. The sacred trust between an earthly spouse, parent, authority figure, or sibling was violated.
Though we often try to hide scars they're actually an indicator of healing where once there was a wound. When Ester was quite young she was very sensitive about her "zipper" that was opened and closed repeatedly over her chest cavity where she underwent numerous heart operations. And she now has three unsightly scars where her pacemakers have been inserted.
We can see only the outer scars of others, but I wonder what kind of emotional scarring God sees when He looks beneath the surface. Medical doctors are limited to treating our physical wounds, but only the Great Physician can apply salve to the inner wounds where healing and forgiveness must be applied; where love must replace hate, where trust must replace fear. God is in the process of preparing our hearts for eternity where pain, sin, and sorrow will no longer exist. As you fully receive God's love and provision for your life healing will come, if not fully in this life, it will come in the eternal life God has made possible for "whoever believes in Him."
Those whose focus is continually drawn to their ugly scars especially take note. You are now learning to trust your heavenly Father who is altogether trustworthy. His wondrous love never ceases. I know many of you have long ago memorized the daily verse. It's perhaps the single most memorized verse in the entire Bible. But don't let its familiarity diminish its wonder power.
Hide it deep in your heart. I find it helpful to personalize it. "For God loved me so much that He gave His one and only Son, that as I believe in Him, I will not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Indeed, God's wondrous love is given to us through the person of Jesus Christ. We cannot earn His love but we can receive it. Won't you receive Him today! And then sing:
"I
will sing of
my redeemer,
And His wondrous love to me;
On the cruel cross He suffered,
From the curse to set me free."
And His wondrous love to me;
On the cruel cross He suffered,
From the curse to set me free."
With so much new music being written in our time and with these newer songs being the focus in most churches these days on this next to the last Daily Encouragement message of 2022, let's purposefully focus on this classic hymn that has been an old favorite of mine from my earliest days in the faith, as it helps me consider the wondrous love of God for the human race.
Just the numeric reference is all that's needed for most long-time Christians to identify one of the most beloved verses in the entire Bible. 3:16
John 3:16 begins with the glorious phrase, "For God so loved the world". Amen, He sure does and He specifically loves you and me this day and every day. You may have experienced a loving earthly family as we thankfully have, but scores of people have not, including the two Bliss sons who grew up without a mother and father. Undoubtedly some of those people have had a very difficult time in life and still do.
There are also those of you reading our message who've had an abusive childhood or a relationship that carries deep scars. The sacred trust between an earthly spouse, parent, authority figure, or sibling was violated.
Though we often try to hide scars they're actually an indicator of healing where once there was a wound. When Ester was quite young she was very sensitive about her "zipper" that was opened and closed repeatedly over her chest cavity where she underwent numerous heart operations. And she now has three unsightly scars where her pacemakers have been inserted.
We can see only the outer scars of others, but I wonder what kind of emotional scarring God sees when He looks beneath the surface. Medical doctors are limited to treating our physical wounds, but only the Great Physician can apply salve to the inner wounds where healing and forgiveness must be applied; where love must replace hate, where trust must replace fear. God is in the process of preparing our hearts for eternity where pain, sin, and sorrow will no longer exist. As you fully receive God's love and provision for your life healing will come, if not fully in this life, it will come in the eternal life God has made possible for "whoever believes in Him."
Those whose focus is continually drawn to their ugly scars especially take note. You are now learning to trust your heavenly Father who is altogether trustworthy. His wondrous love never ceases. I know many of you have long ago memorized the daily verse. It's perhaps the single most memorized verse in the entire Bible. But don't let its familiarity diminish its wonder power.
Hide it deep in your heart. I find it helpful to personalize it. "For God loved me so much that He gave His one and only Son, that as I believe in Him, I will not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Indeed, God's wondrous love is given to us through the person of Jesus Christ. We cannot earn His love but we can receive it. Won't you receive Him today! And then sing:
Sing,
O sing of my
Redeemer!
With His blood He purchased me;
On the cross He sealed my pardon,
Paid the debt, and made me free.
With His blood He purchased me;
On the cross He sealed my pardon,
Paid the debt, and made me free.
Stephen
and Brooksyne
Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, any
material
treasure we
receive pales
in comparison
to the
unending gift
of Your pure
love given to
us in the
person of
Jesus Christ,
Your only
begotten Son.
We are so
grateful that
He willingly
laid down His
life that we
might inherit
eternal life
if we only
believe. Not
only do we
receive a
future eternal
inheritance
but we have
the power of
the Holy
Spirit to
overcome the
daily
struggles of
this life
along with any
baggage that
weighs us down
from our past.
Thank You for
Your redeeming
grace that was
provided to us
through the
birth of
Jesus, our
Redeemer.
Amen.Today's
Suggested
Music and Supplemental
Resources
"I
Will Sing Of
My Redeemer"
Video
Fernando
Ortega
"I
Will Sing Of
My
Redeemer/You
Set Me Free"
Video
Travis
Cottrell
"I
Will Sing of
My Redeemer"
Video
Homecoming
singers
Story of "I Will Sing Of My Redeemer"
Story of "I Will Sing Of My Redeemer"
Ashtabula
Bridge
Accident
Video
by "the
history
guy"
(This is a
channel I
enjoy.)
For
many years
early in our
marriage we
lived in a
remote portion
of northern
Pennsylvania
and often
passed an
historical
marker for
Phillip P.
Bliss in
northern
Clearfield
County along
Rt 255
designating
his
birthplace. We
gathered info
from the
internet and
also from
Robert J.
Morgan's Hymn
Stories book,
"Then Sings My
Soul." In
studying his
history today
we learned
that his wife
was from Rome,
PA and his
statue is
erected there,
also a P.P.
Bliss Gospel
Song Writing
museum
A
Scripture
reference Quiz
Today's
message
prompts a quiz
regarding
other
references of
well-known
Scripture
verses that
many of you
may be able to
identify
simply by the
numeric
reference even
without the
book title:
Just as 3:16 brings to mind John 3:16 what well-known verses do the following numeric references go with?
Just as 3:16 brings to mind John 3:16 what well-known verses do the following numeric references go with?
_____________
8:28
_____________ 2:8,9
_____________ 29:11
_____________ 1:1
_____________ 6:33
_____________ 1:8
_____________ 16:31
_____________ 10:10
_____________ 3:23
_____________ 40:31
_____________ 13:1
_____________ 11:6
_____________ 23:1
_____________ 6:8
_____________ 119:105
_____________ 2:8,9
_____________ 29:11
_____________ 1:1
_____________ 6:33
_____________ 1:8
_____________ 16:31
_____________ 10:10
_____________ 3:23
_____________ 40:31
_____________ 13:1
_____________ 11:6
_____________ 23:1
_____________ 6:8
_____________ 119:105
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