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Monday, April 11, 2022

This Is Love's Power and Glory

To the Christian the power of God;
 His Word that in the beginning created the heavens and the earth,
His love that brought salvation to the world,
His Son who suffered our sin's penalty,
 are first thoughts that come to mind when hearing the word 'power'!

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, 
because it is the power of God 
that brings salvation to everyone who believes: 
first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.



The Power of the Cross-Keith and Kristyn Getty



Death could not subjugate Life Everlasting
Hatred could never be greater than love
The empty cross was hope’s graphic forecasting
Christ shed the grave like a linen glove

‘"Tetelestai!" "It is finished!" Love’s story
Nothing can thwart; the tomb’s stone could not stay
‘Thine is the kingdom, the power and glory
Forever.' Nothing can take it away

No one can nullify the sinner’s pardon
No one the King of kings can overthrow
After the battle of wills in The Garden
Christ, through submission vanquished hope’s dark foe

Redemption’s scarlet flood flows through the ages
Nothing can abrogate Atonement’s Gift
Though scorn is violent and hate, tenacious
Hope is an anchor that nothing can shift

Though wars unfold horrors, brutal and gory
These are the fulfilling of prophecy
Before the King of Kings appears in glory
To dispel evil in a fiery sea

Death, is the shadow that each breath is casting
Death, though it seems to have the final word
To those whose hope is in Life Everlasting
Know God’s love and justice is undeterred

Love’s hands, through which hatred’s daggers were driven
Love’s brow thorn-torn; Love’s body crucified
Love’s blood, the flood whereby sins are forgiven
This is the love that stripped death of its pride

This is love’s power and glory we honour
Name above all names, Love, mighty to save
This is the power above any other
This is the glory that shatters the grave

Death cannot subjugate Life Everlasting
Hatred will never be greater than love
The empty cross is hope’s symbol, forecasting
Graves that will be shed like a linen glove

© Janet Martin



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