Will We Walk By?

Isa.40:11

(Read the whole AWESOME chapter HERE)

He tends his flock like a shepherd: 

He gathers the lambs in his arms 

and carries them close to his heart;

 he gently leads those that have young.

Canning season allows time for longer listening!

Yesterday I listened to the phenomenal, timeless message shared below.

No matter where in our faith journey we are,

or perhaps not yet begun,

there is hope through the Good Shepherd, for one and all!

(side note; the tomato mountain is shrinking!)

this is what remains this morning...

starting from this (plus some not shown!) on Monday.

The week of full sunshine ripened them far faster than I expected! So thankful.

To say the least, its been an absolute thrill to gather

an abundant harvest in!

It makes the heart glad but pales in comparison

to the gladness of the Shepherd's heart

as His flock is gathered in.

The Tenderness of Jesus! - Charles Spurgeon Sermon

Like a parched land,

Like a stream, dry

Like a lost lamb

Are you and I

No viand for

The starving soul

Without God's store

To make us whole

Like a Shepherd

God tends His flock

His kind love stirred

Beyond all thought

He gathers lambs

 Into His arms

And carries them

 Close to his heart

The ninety-nine

Within the fold

He leaves to find

One in the cold

His love, no thought

Can comprehend

Its glimpse a cross

With life-Blood stained 

Have you not known?

Have you not heard?

His urgent groan

His Living Word?

Abundance waits

In rich supply

At the Fold's gates

Will we walk by?

Janet Martin

The ninety and nine by Eddy Harrison (with lyrics)

The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

The first line in today's poem was one of my first waking thoughts,

as I pondered the day at hand and all of life's varying lots...

Ephesians chapter3, verses 8-13

 (click HERE for the whole glorious chapter of love's Mystery revealed)

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, 

that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

 9 and to make all see what is the [b]fellowship of the mystery, 

which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden 

in God who created all things [c]through Jesus Christ;

 10 to the intent that now the [d]manifold wisdom of God

 might be made known by the church 

to the [e]principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 

11 according to the eternal purpose 

which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 

12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. 

13 Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart...

Generally when we hear the word riches we

visualize Things; opulence, excess, worldly wealth, etc.

How much we miss if we never discover

the unsearchable riches of God's glory!

O the Riches of My Savior - Hymn 542

We cannot trade our lot in life with someone else's so

Whatever be its care and strife, by God's grace we all go

In ups and downs of gain and loss, where unknown's verges brim

He bids us to take up our cross and trust and follow Him

In Him we find more than enough; and only faith can claim

The unsearchable riches of the glory due His name

Of love transcending thought-bound sphere, of knowledge that exceeds

The crippling realms of doubt and fear, to satisfy faith's needs

This temporal and broken world is full of trouble's woe

The curse that the first sin incurred only grace overthrows

As faith believes and thus receives the gift of God to man

Then the Holy Spirit achieves what mortal never can

Sin is the precursor to death and evil's tragedies

To blame God with our gifted breath must be the worst of these

Upon the cross of Calvary His Son/Jesus was sacrificed

To save the likes of you and me through the shed blood of Christ

Therefore, no matter what our lot, we share what matter most

We, with our whole being ought to make the Lord our boast

For all glory belongs to He who overthrew the grave

Who makes known the great Mystery of love, mighty to save

From the beginning of the world, salvation's plan was wrought

As He, the universe unfurled He knew what was His lot

To make known to the likes of us, riches beyond our ken

A Mystery most glorious through Jesus Christ. Amen

Janet Martin

Eph.1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood, 

the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

Ps.29:2

Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name;

Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

Inexhaustible Invitation and Consolation

1 Cor.2:9

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,

 neither have entered into the heart of man,

 the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Take heart, dear sick or struggling or sorrowing soul!

The Best is yet to come!! (For all who love God)

God Will Take Care of You

We all, without exception, are facing the valley of the Shadow of Death!

God, whose ear no one can exhaust

beckons all to come! 

to call on Him!

to believe in Him!

To receive salvation's gift of forgiveness and eternal life!

(because it is our sin that separates us from God

And all have sinned!! and only Christ's shed blood pardons us)

then, we can all claim the words of David...

Ps.23:4

'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

 I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; 

thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.'

Matt.11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, 

and I will give you rest.

John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, 

Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice,

 “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

John 6:35
Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. 

Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, 

and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

Isaiah 55:1-3
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; 

and you without money, come, buy, and eat! 

Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! 

Why spend money on that which is not bread, 

and your labor on that which does not satisfy?

 Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,

 and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. 

 Incline your ear and come to Me; 

listen, so that your soul may live. 

I will make with you an everlasting covenant—

My loving devotion promised to David.

Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you;

We cannot exhaust God

However oft we plead

His ear is tuned to our thought

His eye to our need

We cannot weary He

Who satisfies our want

And aids us in faith’s ministry

Where doubt's temptations taunt

We cannot drain love’s stores

However oft we cry

He who forgives our sins outpours

Mercy’s unplumbed supply

We cannot tire Him

With amen and amen

Or faze the fount where favours brim

Beyond our wildest ken

We cannot overtax

Or impoverish grace

Or fall beyond the rod and staff

Of the Shepherd’s embrace

Or ever deplete He

Whose love transcends time’s toll

For within our mortality

Lodges a deathless soul

It is for This Christ came

Our debt of shame He braved

So all who call upon His name

When death comes, will be saved

In the vale of death’s hour

Lord, crown our fear with peace

For no one can exhaust the pow’r

That purchased death’s release

….for death stalks one and all

But all who trust in You

Know, as death’s solemn shadows fall

You wait to walk us through

Thank-you Lord, as we face

The pall of Final Breath

None can exhaust Love's/Life's gift of grace

You purchased with Your death

Janet Martin

Rom.10:8-13

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”d 

that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

  9that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”

 and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

  10For with your heart you believe and are justified, 

and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

11It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”e

12For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: 

The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

  13for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”f

From Here to Him

Whether we live a day or a hundred years

(like my friend's grandma who lives in Switzerland

and  traveled to Brazil recently!!)

our final breath dissolves Time in eternity!

What was, whether a day or a hundred years, 

then, forever turned to what is!!

Oh, pray somewhere along The Way from Here to Him 

we prepare to meet God who loves us so much

He paid the debt/fare we owed to purchase

The Way to be saved from

the consequence and penalty of sin! John 3:16

And we are all sinners in need of a Saviour!

Josh Turner ~ I Serve a Savior

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, 

He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.

 No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. 

The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

The Way of the Cross Leads Home - Hymn with Lyrics

 

Life's way varied in its topography brings everyone, ultimately,

back to the Giver of life...

no matter who, where, how old or young we are

when we leave this world

by one way or another, from the four corners of the earth,

we all come from Here to Him!

Oh, that we would 'know' Him before

we meet Him face to face!

How brutal often, seems the way that draws us dearer and nearer to Him!

By passageways through vale and mount that forge, from faith's leap, hope renewed

And stirs in souls, a hallowed fount of deeper, purer gratitude

By struggles on a way called 'straight/Strait', as self-will and surrender spar

As love weathers lessons of 'wait', while we learn who we really are

By secret prayers in private rooms where God alone can enter in

To cup confession's tear-stained bloom, to forgive and cleanse us from sin

By way of Ebenezer's stone, where worship erects monuments

Of praise; 'Thus far the Lord has shown His help, and His deliverance

By the way of the cross, we find, past Golgotha and Calvary

Faith's birthplace where once we were blind, but by the grace of God, we see

By the way to Damascus, where, bent on some mission, boldly braved

For worldly laud, God met us there, and by his mercy we were saved 

By the way of faith undeterred, by the way of love's battles grim

By the way of His faithful Word, God gathers us, from Here to Him 

Janet Martin

1 Sa.7:12

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, 

and called its name [a]Ebenezer, saying,

 “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”

Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing (lyrics & chord) Chris Rice

Temporal Trinity-Faith, Hope and Love

1 Cor.13:13

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three;

but the greatest of these is love.

This was first one four-stanza poem...

Before it caught fire, and became three poems in one

Just as the light of morning breaks the dark of night, so too

By faith and hope in Him, God wakes a love we never knew...

By Faith in God we are made whole and fitted for its test

By Hope, God anchors our souls where warring winds molest

By faith, the part we cannot see defends the part we do

By hope, secured at Calvary, we know love, kind and true

By faith we trust in Jesus' name; by faith our fear is awed

Because hope brings us, not to shame but to the love of God

...and as His love is shed abroad in our hearts, we find

The joy of faith and hope in God brings peace to soul and mind

*** 

By faith our hope was justified the hour we believed

And rejoiced in Christ crucified for the grace we received 

...because the love of God did not reject atonement's price

He gave Himself; redemption wrought through I AM's sacrifice  

Just as the light of morning breaks the dark of night, so too

By faith and hope in Him, God wakes a love we never knew

His love empowers and sustains the faith and hope we boast

In Christ alone whose love remains true to the uttermost

***

Faith is the substance of Hope's Roar; of Evidence unseen

Until Love swings ajar a Door with no dark glass between 

Then, face to face we will behold Him; glorious Three-in-One  

Faith and hope will melt like a mold of mist kissed by the Son 

The peace that guarded heart and minds with Love's surpassing pow'r

Will rend the mortal bud that binds the petals of the flow'r

Where love will forever endure, and praise will ever be

Worship's fragrance, perfect and pure throughout eternity

Janet Martin

Rom.5:1-5

Therefore, having been justified by faith,

 [a]we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand,

 and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, 

knowing that tribulation produces [b]perseverance; 

4 and perseverance, [c]character; and character, hope. 

5 Now hope does not disappoint, 

because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts

 by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

"By Faith" from Praise and Harmony's Resurrecting God

With Heart Laid Bare

What grand irony that, in spite of, and in the plight of unutterable grief

in a world filled with hurt and brokenness,

we have free access to inexpressible peace and joy.

What sweet consolation; the sufferer of 'the Easter Story' 

is our Saviour and the Sustainer of faith's hope of glory.

Small wonder as we come to Him that sometimes we are speechless!

The world groans with the need of Jesus!

Jesus, sinless Lamb of God,

who suffered in our stead to break the curse of death,

that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life!

Nothing and no one in all time in all the world

 can make or keep such a loving promise,

It Was For Me {with lyrics}

The highest thoughts I think or pray at best are still so small

And oft I know not what to say as on my knees I fall

With heart laid bare before the One who knows and loves me best

Whose grief is greater than my own, whose joy transcends the test

Whose promises do not betray, whose purposes prevail

Whose grace, sufficient for the day will not falter or fail

Who does not leave me comfortless but does not turn blind eyes

To loves and habits ruinous or lesser gods I prize

Who knows the flesh is full of wants and wills that disobey

Prone to indulge the voice that taunts with ‘did God really say?’

He loves me still with thoughts and ways no mortal comprehends

And understands my stuttered phrase and makes perfect amends

With heart laid bare, Lord, well You know how wretched I would be

But for redemption You bestow, purchased at Calvary

But for fellowship you restore through faith that made me whole

With heart laid bare, I bow before the Saviour of my soul 

Janet Martin

Eph.3:20

Now to Him who is able 

to do exceedingly abundantly

 above all that we ask or think,

 according to the power that works in us,

 21to Him be glory in the church 

by Christ Jesus to all generations, 

forever and ever. 

Amen.

Lord, shield us from the perils of self-pity and doubt

lest they foster bitter despair.

Instead, as we follow your footsteps that lead to Calvary

may the incomparable love that purchased hope's incomparable gift

transform our perspective and humble our plea.

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross

1 Pet.1:8-9

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; 

and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him 

and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 

9now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Better Hope

Tomorrow's Sunday School lesson is about the wise men

who traveled a lo-o-o-ng way to find Jesus, 

and did not stop seeking till they found Him and worshipped Him

Today's poem is inspired in part by pondering this account

and partly by today's devotion from Heb.7 

esp. v.18,19

18 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment

because of its weakness and unprofitableness,

19 for the law made nothing [e]perfect;

on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, 

through which we draw near to God.

&25

25 Therefore He is also able to save [h]to the uttermost 

those who come to God through Him, 

since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Thank-you Jesus, for the Better Hope

which crowns common task/toil with holy purpose!

May we all seek to be 'wise men' seeking to

find and follow Jesus!

The 'Christmas' Story brings us to the 'Easter' story;

God's timeless and season-less love story!!!

We The Kingdom - Light of the World (Sing Hallelujah) [Lyric Video]

He saves them to the uttermost who come to Him in truth

And through the Better Hope He wrought love needs no further proof

His consolation is a refuge to which all may flee

Therein the soul is anchored through the truth/hope that sets us free

Praise Jesus for the Better Hope that faith’s persuasion brings

And worship He who gave Himself to bring us better things

Through the gift of salvation, each who repents and believes

Inherits the fulfillment of the promise faith receives

Thus we, heirs of the full assurance of His promises

Are shod with the gospel of peace and called to holiness

To endure patiently the service of Self sacrificed

Not slothful but prepared to suffer for the sake of Christ

Praise Jesus for the Better Hope this world can never boast

His cross-shaped promise crowns all He saves to the uttermost

And fills us with His purpose until we are called away

He bids us not grow weary in well-doing till that day

If it were not for Better Hope how mean would seem earth’s strife

If not for God’s goodness and mercy each day of our life

We surely would fall prey to he who seeks to compromise

Faith, with appealing subtlety of worship-stealing lies

God, make us like the wise men from the east who traveled far

To find the Child and did not cease from following the Star

The Star that did not disappoint or lead astray, or dim

The Star that shines with Better Hope for all who hope in Him

Janet Martin

The Light Eyes Cannot See

Ps.36:9

For with You is the fountain of life; 

In Your light we see light.

Some light we see with our eyes...like the light of daybreak.

Some light we see by faith...

'Thou hast put gladness in my heart,...'

Ps.4:7

2 Sa.22:29, 31-33 & 47

For Thou art my lamp, O LORD,

and the LORD will lighten my darkness....

31 As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried:

 He is a buckler to all them that trust in Him.

32 For who is God, save the LORD? 

and who is a rock, save our God?

33 God is my strength and power:

and he maketh my way perfect...

47 The LORD liveth: and blessed be my rock:

and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation

You have put gladness in my heart

And in my sorrow, song

For in the darkness You impart

A light, steadfast and strong

You try the wants of humankind

With what appears as loss

Save till faith's spirit is refined

And cheered beneath its cross

You kindle the lamp of the eye;

Either darkness or light

Manifests the mien of reply

With cries of faith or sight

...and where darkness appears to veil

A way we cannot see

Your Word, a lamp that cannot fail

Throughout eternity

...instills the seeming dark with light

And fills the heart with praise

To know, to walk by faith, not sight

Perfects imperfect ways

To know to truly trust, I must

Yield all Self would bequeath

Until the gladness of true trust

Unveils the Rock beneath 

Lord, grant within the constant care

Life/love is bound to impart

A beacon in each tear and prayer;

Your gladness in my heart

Someday life's troubles will be through

Till then, may each care be

A stepping stone that draws me to

The Light eyes cannot see

The Light that shines with hope and grace

With love, naught can destroy

The Light of our Saviour's face

To instill hearts with joy

Janet Martin

Keith & Kristyn Getty - The Lord Is My Salvation (Lyric Video)

 

Faith Dare/Prayer

It's another snowy, blowy day in Ontario!

At 5:30 a.m. we had to call my brother

to blow some mammoth snow drifts before Jim could leave.

By the time he was gone I was wide awake,

granting a cozy morning (for me😅) opportunity

to read, pray and meditate deeply on eternity-impacting truths.

This poem was written with utter joy and utter sorrow;

utter joy for all who by faith live an authentic,

humble testimony of love and obedience to God

(our topic at small group last night)

(and remembering we are all broken and all fall 

and there is forgiveness for all true repentance)

...and also utter sorrow for all who have 

not by faith received the gift of Salvation that

 God is waiting/willing to give to all who call on Him in truth.

We can do nothing other than by faith believe

in the finished work of the cross,

to receive God's gift of grace;

A gift, that when received,

will change everything we do!

Without faith it is impossible to please God. Heb.11:6

and faith without works is dead. James 2:17

We are saved by grace, not works Eph.2:8-9

for good works He prepared in advance for us to do. Eph.2:10

***

 

The gift of God no works can earn; by His grace we are saved

Through faith, (so none can boast) but turn from sin to Christ alone

He paid salvation's gruesome price upon the cross He braved

And by sin's final sacrifice laid faith's Chief Cornerstone  

By faith, we repent and receive salvation's gift of love

By faith we accept and believe the power of the cross

By faith we press toward a Goal this world knows nothing of

And by this faith that makes us whole we count all things but loss 

Faith, the substance of things hoped for, no eloquence can tell

As, by God's grace Forevermore holds unrivaled appeal

Because of His redeeming love that saves the soul from hell

 Faith's joy transcends the fickle glove of what we think-see-feel

Faith is the shield able to quench the darts of evil foes

Faith fits us for the fight; it's benchmark 'I surrender all'

Faith is full confidence in He whose Word/Will none overthrows

Faith, the fruit of humility picks us up when we fall 

The Author and Perfecter of our faith, endured the worst

To prove the extent of His love, He paid sin's penalty

Now faith and love are possible because He loved us first

And gave Himself to free mortal from death's captivity

 

Someday mortal will don the robe of Immortality

The righteous will shine as the sun as faith is turned to sight

All who deny God's gift of grace purchased at Calvary

Will waken on that day to face rejection's wailing plight 

Once we were all doomed to God's wrath through Adam and Eve's Fall 

Before we chose the holy path that only faith can claim  

Through that which only God can give; His blood-bought acquittal 

Then, by faith's diligence to live to glorify His Name

Rejection's recompense, oh, who is bold enough to dare

To wait until it is too late to call, then vainly grieve 

Oh! hearken to His Voice, his love and grace beyond compare

And by faith, make the sacred choice to repent and believe 

 Janet Martin

John 3:14-17

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, 

even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 

 that whoever believes in Him should [c]not perish but have eternal life. 

 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, 

that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 

 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, 

but that the world through Him might be saved.

Rescue the Perishing

Wonder-witnesses

Last night I got home after Jim (husband) was sleeping and he got up early to leave

so I got up as well to see him off.

then I was wide awake so I settled down for some 'quiet-time'

(such as praying for my sister-in-law Karen who is having 

a hip-replacement surgery today!! prayers valued)

but, my quiet-time was soon interrupted by a rather

suspicious rustling, so I set the mouse traps I have been saving for Jim to set,

...then returned to reading and writing (a few minutes ago I heard a 'snap!')

The background music and backdrop of poetry is often anything but poetic!!

This poem was inspired in part by a conversation this morning

 (while we waited for the coffee to brew) about

how it's harder to get the Christmas 'feeling' as we get older...

Also in part by my devotion passage from Isa.43.

As I read through the chapter I was suddenly so thankful

for the Christmas 'knowing' which is better forever

than just a 'feeling'.

We, by faith are witnesses of Hope's reason!

We are witnesses of wonder!

Isa.43:10-11

“You are My witnesses,” says the Lord,

“And My servant whom I have chosen,

That you may know and believe Me,

And understand that I am He.

Before Me there was no God formed,

Nor shall there be after Me.

11 I, even I, am the Lord,

And besides Me there is no savior.

We are witnesses of wonder...

He whose Word will never dim

Causes earth and sky to thunder

With the evidence of Him...

(upstairs window with a screen was my only option

to capture December dusk yesterday)

a wonder-evoking beauty in spite of being blocked by buildings

We are witnesses of wonder

He whose Word will never dim

Causes earth and sky to thunder

With the evidence of Him

Causes creation to capture

Eyes and ears with sight and sound

Overflowing hearts with rapture

As both great and small confound

We are witnesses of glory

So we may know and believe

In He who fulfilled love's story

Hope, joy and peace to achieve

He whose servant-like behaviour

Purchased pardon for sin's debt

Hallelujah, what a Saviour

Dying in the sinner's stead

We are witnesses of promise

Only faith can apprehend

As we fix our eyes on Jesus

And hope's assurance defend

As we trust the One and Only

Author and Perfecter of

Faith; as His truth cheers the lonely

With His everlasting love

We are witnesses of wonder

Where good tidings of great joy

Break the bars of hell asunder

Through Bethlehem's Baby Boy

Glory to God in the highest

Glory to the King of kings

Glory to His love unbiased

And the hope that Jesus brings

He, wounded for our transgression,

Bruised for our iniquities

Through Calvary's intercession

Fulfilled ancient prophecies

We, witnesses of salvation

We, who by His stripes are healed

Sing with joyful exaltation

For the Lord's pleasure revealed 

We are witnesses of 'Knowing'

What the angels sang about

Of the love of God bestowing

Light to pierce shadows of doubt

Of the Word that makes His dwelling

In the likes of you and me

Witnesses of Christ's compelling

Love for all humanity

Janet Martin

Mary's Boy Child- Jim Reeves

Jesus, Joy of the Highest Heaven (A Children's Carol) - Keith & Kristyn Getty

An Advent Reveille

 

Sometimes when daybreak kindles the eastward horizon

in flaming appeal, (like yesterday morning!!) 

it rushes the air like a celestial reveille,

beckoning us to rise and 'shine' !

Do not grow weary in love’s dues bearing eternal worth

Continue to tell the Good News of the Messiah’s birth

Continue to proclaim the Name, commanding prophecy

Tell the world of Jesus who came to set sin’s captive free

The ‘last days’ prophets long foretold, on that first Christmas morn

Began to fulfill and unfold when Jesus Christ was born

Jesus, knowing the dreadful price of His sinless blood shed

Came to become sin’s final sacrifice and crush Death’s head

Then pray, do not cease to proclaim He who conquered the grave

Salvation knows no other Name; Jesus, mighty to save

Stepped from His divine station to suffer redemption’s rod

To be the hope of nations, to fulfill the will of God

Then do not faint, but hail the Name of Jesus every morn

Good tidings of great joy proclaim; a Savior has been born

For God so loves the world, He gave His only Son to be

Sin’s off’ring once for all, to save and set condemned souls free

Joy to the world, the Prince of Peace is trustworthy and true

Someday the wars of earth will cease and all will be made new

Till then, continue to proclaim the angel’s hymn. Extol

The Good News; JESUS is His Name, the Savior of the soul

Janet Martin

Acts 3:18-26

But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, 

that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 

19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,

 so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 

20 and that He may send [c]Jesus Christ, who was [d]preached to you before, 

21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, 

which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since [e]the world began. 

22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you

 a Prophet like me from your brethren. 

Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. 

23 And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet 

shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ 

24 Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, 

as many as have spoken, have also [f]foretold these days. 

25 You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers,

 saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ 

26 To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, 

sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”