Author: lisaw2021
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“Comfort, Comfort Ye My People” by Johann Olearius, Translated by Catherine Winkworth
Hymnal Page Scan: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God page 272 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1. Comfort, comfort ye my people,Speak ye peace, thus saith our God.Comfort those who sit in darkness,Mourning neath their sorrows’ load.Speak ye to JerusalemOf the peace that waits for them,Tell her that her sins I cover,And her warfare now…
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“Perfect Love Drives out Fear” 1 John 4:8; Imagery of Fear as a Snake from MacLaren’s Sermon “Love and Fear”
I was looking through sermons by Alexander MacLaren to study more about Isaiah 55. And then I found a sermon called “Love and Fear” and it has a lot of imagery in it. So I’m going to write about it today. It goes along with what we have been talking about with God’s offer of…
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Imagery of a Triple Fountain and a Rainbow from MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1
There is some imagery from MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1 that I meant to include in yesterday’s post. In his 2nd point when he is explaining what the offer consists of, he uses the imagery of a triple fountain. In Isaiah 55:1 God says, “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and…
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Part 2 MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1
I’m going to pick up today where I left off in my previous post. We were going through MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1, which says, “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.”…
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“Jesus, Lover of My Soul” by Charles Wesley
Hymnal Page Scan: Christian Worship: Hymnal page 511 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1 Jesus, lover of my soul,let me to thy bosom fly,while the nearer waters roll,while the tempest still is high;hide me, O my Savior, hide,till the storm of life is past;safe into the haven guide,O receive my soul at last! 2 Other refuge…
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“Only Trust Him” by John H. Stockton
Hymnal Page Scan: Our Great Redeemer’s Praise page 542 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1 Come, ev’ry soul by sin oppressed—there’s mercy with the Lord,and He will surely give you restby trusting in His Word. Refrain:Only trust Him, only trust Him,only trust Him now;He will save you, He will save you,He will save you now. 2…
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Imagery of Fountain of Living Water; MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1
The Spurgeon sermon I referenced in my previous post is called “Man’s Thoughts and God’s Thoughts” and the verse he is preaching on is Isaiah 55:1. I was going to write today about imagery we can use from that sermon, but then I was reading through Alexander MacLaren’s commentary on that verse and there is…
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Let God’s Love Melt You
I think it was in a Spurgeon sermon I was reading recently where he said, “Let God’s love melt you.” I think he was talking about letting God’s love melt a heart of stone. But it also applies to what we have been talking about with trying to get out of a freeze state in…
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“After the Shadows” by James Rowe
Hymnal Page Scan: Cornelius’ Gospel Songs No. 3 page 58 | Hymnary.org Piano Recording: Voice Note with words to 1st verse: 1 After the shadows flee, beautiful morn ‘twill be,Ended will be the old Cross-Road;We will be at the gate, greeting the friends who wait,We shall have reached the blessed abode. Refrain:After the shadows, morning…
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“Jesus I Am Resting, Resting” by Jean Sophia Pigott
Hymnal Page Scan: Rejoice Hymns page 511 | Hymnary.org Piano Recording: Voice Note with words to 1st verse: 1 Jesus, I am resting, restingin the joy of what Thou art;I am finding out the greatnessof Thy loving heart.Thou hast bid me gaze upon Thee,as Thy beauty fills my soul,for by Thy transforming power,Thou hast made…
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