If I Go, I Will Send Him To You

However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby, Paraclete) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you].
-- Words of Jesus in John 16:7 (Amplified Bible)

But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
-- John 16:7 (NIV)

Holiness Unto the LORD!
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"I Will Praise Him" -- A Praise Hymn

Psalm 22:3 indicates to us that our God inhabits the praises of His people or is enthroned in the praises of His people.

I awoke this morning singing loudly an old praise hymn titled "I Will Praise Him". It was written by Margaret J. Harris in 1898.

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When I saw the cleansing fountain
Open wide for all my sin,
I obeyed the Spirit’s wooing,
When He said, "Wilt thou be clean?"
Refrain
I will praise Him! I will praise Him!
Praise the Lamb for sinners slain;
Give Him glory, all ye people,
For His blood can wash away each stain.

Though the way seems straight and narrow,
All I claimed was swept away;
My ambitions, plans and wishes,
At my feet in ashes lay.

Refrain
I will praise Him! I will praise Him!
Praise the Lamb for sinners slain;
Give Him glory, all ye people,
For His blood can wash away each stain.

Then God’s fire upon the altar
Of my heart was set aflame;
I shall never cease to praise Him
Glory, glory to His Name!

Refrain
I will praise Him! I will praise Him!
Praise the Lamb for sinners slain;
Give Him glory, all ye people,
For His blood can wash away each stain.

Blessed be the Name of Jesus!
I’m so glad He took me in;
He’s forgiven my transgressions,
He has cleansed my heart from sin.

Refrain
I will praise Him! I will praise Him!
Praise the Lamb for sinners slain;
Give Him glory, all ye people,
For His blood can wash away each stain.

Glory, glory to the Father!
Glory, glory to the Son!
Glory, glory to the Spirit!
Glory to the Three in One!

Refrain
I will praise Him! I will praise Him!
Praise the Lamb for sinners slain;
Give Him glory, all ye people,
For His blood can wash away each stain.

Raise His Praise,
Grateful

Make Us One

If you rebel against the Lord today, He will be angry with all of us tomorrow.-- Joshua 22:18b (NLT)

God you demand and deserve a holy people. Help us as a whole community to totally turn from rebellion against you to true relationship with you. Lead us one-by-one from sinning to worshipping and make us one in Your Spirit, yes, one in You Lord. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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I pray that they will all be one, just as You and I are one—as you are in Me, Father, and I am in You. And may they be in Us so that the world will believe You sent Me.
-- Prayer of Jesus in John 17:21 (NLT)

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Remember The Brevity of Your Life

(13) Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” (14) How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. -- James 4:13-14 (NLT)

(13) You should know better than to say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to the city. We will do business there for a year and make a lot of money!" (14) What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears. -- James 4:13-14 (CEV)

LET'S REMEMBER THAT WHILE OUR EARTHLY LIVES ARE FRAGILE,
HIS ETERNAL LIFE (WITHIN US) IS FOR FOREVER AND FOREVER!

Holiness Unto the LORD!
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My Heart's Prayer As Easter Draws Near

Lord, during this season leading up to the celebration of Your Resurrection, You invite me to enter more totally into the mystery of Your suffering. I believe You are inviting me into a deeper desire that I might continue to know You with ever-increasing intimacy. As I journey on the way that You have charted for me, help me to embrace the burdens that I am to bear for my own good and more especially for Your glory. If I know my heart, I have died to the desire to choose my own way and to want what I want. The goal is not to be a hero but a servant like You, who Loves You. In Your marvelous and matchless Name I pray. Amen.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. -- Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

Count it all joy.
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The Way To Have Eternal Life

And this is the way to have eternal life—to know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the One You sent to earth.
-- John 17:3 (NLT)

Lord, I want to know You more!
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My Life's Testimony in Psalm 71?

As I was reading through the Psalms, I came upon Psalm 71:17-22 in The Message Paraphrase of The Holy Bible. Talk about finding myself in the midst of God's Word! The Psalmist surely wrote out my own life's testimony. Here it is:

You got me when I was an unformed youth, God, and taught me everything I know. Now I'm telling the world Your wonders; I'll keep at it until I'm old and gray. God, don't walk off and leave me until I get out the news of Your strong right arm to this world, news of Your power to the world yet to come, Your famous and righteous ways, O God. God, You've done it all! Who is quite like you?

Holiness Unto the LORD!
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