Before I loved Him, He loved me.
Before I found Him, He found me.
Before I sought Him, He sought for me,
Yes, Jesus cares for me.

Lord God, not a word upon my tongue but for Thy glory, not a movement of my temper but for Thy glory, not an affection of love or hate in my heart but for Thy glory, and according to Thy blessed will.

~ Andrew Murray

It is so sweet to be nothing and less than nothing that Christ may be my All in all. ~ David Brainerd

Oh, the bitter shame and sorrow
That a time could ever be
When I let the Saviour's pity
Plead in vain, and proudly answered:
"All of self, and none of Thee."

Yet He found me: I beheld Him
Bleeding on the accursed tree;
Heard Him pray, "Forgive them, Father,"
And my wistful heart said faintly:
"Some of self and some of Thee."

Day by day, His tender mercy,
Healing, helping, full and free,
Sweet and strong, and oh, so patient,
Brought me lower, while I whispered:
"Less of self and more of Thee."

Higher than the highest heaven,
Deeper than the deepest sea,
Lord, Thy love at last has conquered:
Grant me now my soul's desire,
"None of self and all of Thee."

~ David Brainerd

The Purpose Of My Soul

Be this the purpose of my soul,
My solemn, determined choice.
To yield to God's supreme control
And in my every trial rejoice.

~ Anon.

Dearest Teresa, thanks so much for sharing this very encouraging quote with me. May each of us surrender every single aspect of our lives to God's sovereign control come what may. Thank God that He always knows best and we can trust Him with our lives. Love you sis..God bless..*hugs* =)

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

~ Proverbs 22:4

The Beautiful Names of Jesus

Advocate (1 John 2:1)
Almighty (Rev. 1:8; Mt. 28:18)
Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8; 22:13)
Amen (Rev. 3:14)
Apostle of our Profession (Heb. 3:1)
Atoning Sacrifice for our Sins (1 John 2:2)
Author of Life (Acts 3:15)
Author and Perfecter of our Faith (Heb. 12:2)
Author of Salvation (Heb. 2:10)
Beginning and End (Rev. 22:13)
Blessed and only Ruler (1 Tim. 6:15)
Bread of God (John 6:33)
Bread of Life (John 6:35; 6:48)
Bridegroom (Mt. 9:15)
Capstone (Acts 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:7)
Chief Cornerstone (Eph. 2:20)
Chief Shepherd (1 Pet. 5:4)
Christ (1 John 2:22)
Creator (John 1:3)
Deliverer (Rom. 11:26)
Eternal Life (1 John 1:2; 5:20)
Gate (John 10:9)
Faithful and True (Rev. 19:11)
Faithful Witness (Rev. 1:5)
Faith and True Witness (Rev. 3:14)
First and Last (Rev. 1:17; 2:8; 22:13)
Firstborn From the Dead (Rev. 1:5)
Firstborn over all creation (Col. 1:15)
Gate (John 10:9)
God (John 1:1; 20:28; Heb. 1:8; Rom. 9:5; 2 Pet. 1:1;1 John 5:20; etc.)
Good Shepherd (John 10:11,14)
Great Shepherd (Heb. 13:20)
Great High Priest (Heb. 4:14)
Head of the Church (Eph. 1:22; 4:15; 5:23)
Heir of all things (Heb. 1:2)
High Priest (Heb. 2:17)
Holy and True (Rev. 3:7)
Holy One (Acts 3:14)
Hope (1 Tim. 1:1)
Hope of Glory (Col. 1:27)
Horn of Salvation (Luke 1:69)
I Am (John 8:58)
Image of God (2 Cor. 4:4)
Immanuel (Mt. 1:23)
Judge of the living and the dead (Acts 10:42)
King Eternal (1 Tim. 1:17)
King of Israel (John 1:49)
King of the Jews (Mt. 27:11)
King of kings (1 Tim 6:15; Rev. 19:16)
King of the Ages (Rev. 15:3)
Lamb (Rev. 13:8)
Lamb of God (John 1:29)
Lamb Without Blemish (1 Pet. 1:19)
Last Adam (1 Cor. 15:45)
Life (John 14:6; Col. 3:4)
Light of the World (John 8:12)
Lion of the Tribe of Judah (Rev. 5:5)
Living One (Rev. 1:18)
Living Stone (1 Pet. 2:4)
Lord (2 Pet. 2:20)
Lord of All (Acts 10:36)
Lord of Glory (1 Cor. 2:8)
Lord of lords (Rev. 19:16)
Man from Heaven (1 Cor. 15:48)
Mediator of the New Covenant (Heb. 9:15)
Mighty God (Isa. 9:6)
Morning Star (Rev. 22:16)
Offspring of David (Rev. 22:16)
Only Begotten Son of God (John 1:18; 1 John 4:9)
Our Great God and Savior (Titus 2:13)
Our Holiness (1 Cor. 1:30)
Our Husband (2 Cor. 11:2)
Our Protection (2 Thess. 3:3)
Our Redemption (1 Cor. 1:30)
Our Righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30)
Our Sacrificed Passover Lamb (1 Cor. 5:7)
Power of God (1 Cor. 1:24)
Precious Cornerstone (1 Pet. 2:6)
Prophet (Acts 3:22)
Rabbi (Mt. 26:25)
Resurrection and Life (John 11:25)
Righteous Branch (Jer. 23:5)
Righteous One (Acts 7:52; 1 John 2:1)
Rock (1 Cor. 10:4)
Root of David (Rev. 5:5; 22:16)
Ruler of God’s Creation (Rev. 3:14)
Ruler of the Kings of the Earth (Rev. 1:5)
Savior (Eph. 5:23; Titus 1:4; 3:6; 2 Pet. 2:20)
Son of David (Lk. 18:39)
Son of God (John 1:49; Heb. 4:14)
Son of Man (Mt. 8:20)
Son of the Most High God (Lk. 1:32)
Source of Eternal Salvation for all who obey him (Heb. 5:9)
The One Mediator (1 Tim. 2:5)
The Stone the builders rejected (Acts 4:11)
True Bread (John 6:32)
True Light (John 1:9)
True Vine (John 15:1)
Truth (John 1:14; 14:6)
Way (John 14:6)
Wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:24)
Word (John 1:1)
Word of God (Rev. 19:13)

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

~ Psalm 8:1

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

~ Philippians 2:9-11

His Greatly Beloved Are We

A man greatly beloved.
~ Daniel 10:11

Child of God, do you hesitate to appropriate this title? Ah! has your unbelief made you forget that you are greatly beloved too? Must you not have been greatly beloved, to have been bought with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot?

When God smote his only begotten Son for you, what was this but being greatly beloved? You lived in sin, and rioted in it, must you not have been greatly beloved for God to have borne so patiently with you? You were called by grace and led to a Saviour, and made a child of God and an heir of heaven. All this proves, does it not, a very great and superabounding love?

Since that time, whether your path has been rough with troubles, or smooth with mercies, it has been full of proofs that you are a man greatly beloved. If the Lord has chastened you, yet not in anger; if he has made you poor, yet in grace you have been rich.

The more unworthy you feel yourself to be, the more evidence have you that nothing but unspeakable love could have led the Lord Jesus to save such a soul as yours. The more demerit you feel, the clearer is the display of the abounding love of God in having chosen you, and called you, and made you an heir of bliss.

Now, if there be such love between God and us let us live in the influence and sweetness of it, and use the privilege of our position. Do not let us approach our Lord as though we were strangers, or as though he were unwilling to hear us -- for we are greatly beloved by our loving Father. "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" ~ Romans 8:32

Come boldly, O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of thine own heart, thou art greatly beloved. Meditate on the exceeding greatness and faithfulness of divine love this day, and so go to thy bed this evening in peace.

~ C.S. Spurgeon

Love this world through us

Love this world through us, dear Lord,
Love this world through us.
Broken lives are everywhere
Lost in sin and dark despair.
Only You can help them,
Save and set them free.
Use our lives to reach them, dear Lord.
Love this world through us.

His Sheep Are We

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
~ Psalm 100:3

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
~ Psalm 95:7a

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
~ Isaiah 40:11

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
~ Psalm 79:13

Our good Shepherd has in His flock a variety of experiences, some are strong in the Lord, and others are weak in faith, but He is impartial in His care for all His sheep, and the weakest lamb is as dear to Him as the most advanced of the flock.

Lambs are wont to lag behind, prone to wander, and apt to grow weary, but from all the danger of these infirmities the Shepherd protects them with His arm of power.

He finds new-born souls, like young lambs, ready to perish -- He nourishes them till life becomes vigorous; He finds weak minds ready to faint and die -- He consoles them and renews their strength. All the little ones He gathers, for it is not the will of our heavenly Father that one of them should perish.

What a quick eye He must have to see them all! What a tender heart to care for them all! What a far-reaching and potent arm, to gather them all! In His lifetime on earth He was a great gatherer of the weaker sort, and now that He dwells in heaven, His loving heart yearns towards the meek and contrite, the timid and feeble, the fearful and fainting here below. How gently did He gather me to Himself, to His truth, to His blood, to His love, to His church! With what effectual grace did He compel me to come to Himself!

Since my first conversion, how frequently has He restored me from my wanderings, and once again folded me within the circle of His everlasting arm! The best of all is, that He does it all Himself personally, not delegating the task of love, but condescending Himself to rescue and preserve His most unworthy servant. How shall I love Him enough or serve Him worthily? I would fain make His name great unto the ends of the earth, but what can my feebleness do for Him?

Great Shepherd, add to Thy mercies this one other, a heart to love Thee more truly as I ought.

~ C. S. Spurgeon

If You Know The Lord

If you know the Lord, you'll need nobody else,
To see you through the darkest night.
You can walk alone, you only need the Lord,
He'll lead you through on the road marked right.
Take time to pray everyday,
And when you're heading home, He'll show you the way,
If you know the Lord, you'll need nobody else,
To see the light, His wonderful light..=)

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.

~ Job 19:25

You Are My Hiding Place

You are my hiding place,
You always fill my heart
With songs of deliverance,
Whenever I am afraid,
I will trust in You,
I will trust in You,
Let the weak say I am strong
In the strength of the Lord
I will trust in You.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

~ Psalm 37:4-5, 23-24, 30-31, 37-40

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth..~ Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember I am the LORD,
I am the LORD your God,
Present yourself to Me a sacrifice..
And in the days of my youth
I will always praise You,
I will remember You are my God.

Chorus:
In the twilight of my years,
In the springtime of my life,
In my laughter, in my tears,
You are my God.

You are the God of my days,
You are my light, my praise,
I will remember You are my God..=)

Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.

~ Amy Carmichael

The Lord's name is to be praised!

Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised.
The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

~ Psalm 113:1-6

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High.. ~ Psalm 92:1

Thank you, God, for giving me many gifts of my very own.
Thank you, God, for giving Your only Son for us to atone.
Thank you, God, for giving me salvation, full and rich and free.
Thank you, God, for giving me a beautiful life, knowing Thee.
Thank you, God, for giving me the Holy Spirit, three in One.
Thank you, God, for everything; for You left nothing yet undone.

~ Joyce C. Lock

Dearest Father God,

i thank you for the precious gift of Your only Son Jesus Christ. Thank you so much for giving us the Lamb of God to save all of us in this world from our sins. Lord Jesus, thank you so much for embracing Your wounds so sacrificially to heal us from our sin. Thank you so much for making me to know You and to love You in this life. Thank you for all the ways You have been so faithful and gracious to me. i praise You today that You welcome me to worship You every moment of my life in spirit and in truth. Teach me how to worship You truly in this life, Lord. From my heart, i will never understand why You allowed certain things to happen in my life..i ask You to teach me to trust You daily and believe totally that You absolutely know best. Thank you that even when my heart condemns me You are bigger and greater than my heart. Thank you for helping me see Your Hand even in the most painful of places. Give me the grace and the courage to bring every wound of my life to Your healing light. Please continue to give me Your eyes to see, Your ears to hear, and Your very own heart to feel and experience the pain of others who are hurting too, and to also understand that You desire Your best for the lives of Your children always. Help me recognise and resist the lies of the enemy every day of my life and to encourage and help others do the same for Your glory. Please fill me, precious Spirit of the Living God..and grant me Your all-sufficient power and grace to live victoriously in this imperfect world. Dearest Father, continue to teach me to long for You more than for what You might do for me..help me to lay all of my burdens down and rest in You completely. Thank you for Your perfect, compassionate and unconditional love that will never ever let me go. May You continue to help me to always choose faith over fear no matter the circumstance and to always hear and obey Your still, small voice. i bring my life to You and surrender all of me to all of You, my precious Lord, my loving Redeemer..my one true God.

In the power of Your holy and glorious name,
amen.

Unless the Lord Jesus Christ is Lord of all, He is not Lord at all.

~ Hudson Taylor

..preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

~ Acts 10:36

Not I, But Christ

Not I, but Christ, be honoured, loved, exalted;
Not I, but Christ, be seen, be known, be heard;
Not I, but Christ, in every look and action;
Not I, but Christ, in every thought and word.

Oh, to be saved from myself, dear Lord,
Oh, to be lost in Thee;
Oh, that it may be no more I,
But Christ that lives in me.

Not I, but Christ, to gently soothe in sorrow;
Not I, but Christ, to wipe the falling tear;
Not I, but Christ, to lift the weary burden;
Not I, but Christ, to hush away all fear.

Oh, to be saved from myself, dear Lord,
Oh, to be lost in Thee;
Oh, that it may be no more I,
But Christ that lives in me.

Not I, but Christ, in lowly, silent labour;
Not I, but Christ, in humble, earnest toil;
Christ, only Christ! no show, no ostentation;
Christ, none but Christ, the gatherer of the spoil.

Christ, only Christ, ere long will fill my vision;
Glory excelling, soon, full soon, I'll see --
Christ, only Christ, my every wish fulfilling --
Christ, only Christ, my All in all to be.

Oh, to be saved from myself, dear Lord,
Oh, to be lost in Thee;
Oh, that it may be no more I,
But Christ that lives in me.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

~ Galatians 2:20

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

~ Proverbs 19:21

Rejoice!

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

~ Psalm 89:15-16

THaNK GoD, THaNK YoU! =)

Friendship is a chain of gold
Shaped in God's all perfect mould
Each link a smile, a laugh, a hug, a tear
A grip of the hand, a word of cheer
Steadfast as the ages roll
Binding closer soul to soul
No matter how far or heavy the load
Sweet is the journey on friendship road.

Just want to say a big THaNK YoU to all of you for blessing my life with your sacrificial kindness and amazing love. May our gracious Heavenly Father bless each of you so abundantly..may He amaze and astound each one of you every single day of your lives by blessing you with a hundred-fold load of His bestest and most precious blessings! From my heart, i praise God so much for the precious brother-sister-ship-in-Christ and glorious friendship we can share together, and for each of your lives which have touched and impacted my life greatly. Thank you so much for praying, learning, laughing, crying, sharing, growing, rejoicing and walking on together with me on friendship road in the light of God's powerful love.. the Lord has made the pilgrim journey with each of you so sweet and beautiful. All praise and glory to our loving Redeemer! :)