This morning's Old and New Testament readings
impresses on the reader the sacred sanctity of shed blood!
Lev.17:11
...for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’
When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all,
but rather that a [c]tumult was rising,
he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying,
“I am innocent of the blood of this [d]just Person. You see to it.”
25 And all the people answered and said,
“His blood be on us and on our children.”
26 Then he released Barabbas to them;
and when he had [e]scourged Jesus,
he delivered Him to be crucified.
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Redemption streams
for every sin
...repented of!!
God's promises
not slack concerning
...obedient love
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God is not mocked
By grace we go
While ever reaping
What we sow
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One grain of pride
Is enough to tumble
A lofty tower
ninety-nine percent humble
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When we open the door to
What Leads to Sin
We let a host
of demons in
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God's law does not author confusion
and chaos' increase
God's laws author order, holiness,
righteousness and peace
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Like a love song from lips and lives
Like a tree bearing wholesome (holy) fruit
Like a fountain from which joy thrives
Through surrender’s stream-nourished root
May faithful, fervent worship spill
From hearts, ceaselessly awed by You
Because, oh God, we know Your will
Is ever trustworthy and true
Our times are in Your righteous hands
And in far higher thoughts and ways
Than human nature’s quick demands
That undermine repentant praise
You grant each day, mercy engraved
Then, bless the greatest name of all
The name whereby mankind is saved
From the curse wrought by Adam’s fall
Sinless and undefiled You bore
Sin’s pardon for all human race
Sin that is remembered no more
As we repent and receive grace
Then, as we believe in Your Word
To undergird, exhort and thrill
May, like a love song, undeterred
Obedient, true worship spill
© Janet Martin
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