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Hold Me Steady

Welcome to Wednesday Wanderings with Dr. Sherri–a time we set aside to wander in the Presence of Jesus and ponder His truths. When you are ready, prepare your mind, body, and soul to have a transformational encounter with Jesus.

PREPARATION: In our last Wandering with Dr. Sherri, we examined He Promised. This week we will examine Hold Me Steady.  When you are ready, you may begin the dialogue with Jesus and state: “Jesus, I invite you to help me to leisurely wander into your Presence. Prepare my heart to receive, and illuminate my spiritual senses to encounter you.”

 PROMISE: Psalm 71:3 Amplified Bible

Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

When we are tossed about, Jesus is our rock of refuge, a sheltering stronghold, a fortress that will hold us steady.

PSALM: Just as I am 1835
Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Just as I am Thou tossed about
With many a conflict many a doubt
Fightings and fears within without
O Lamb of God I come I come

Some tossings are to tame the waves, overtake our fears, and fight our doubts. Sometimes, the waves of darkness can bring our attention to the Light.

PARABLE:  I begin standing. Bracing myself by sinking my heels in the sand. I slightly trust that I am stable yet doubt that I am grounded enough to withstand the waves. I try anyway. Fighting back my fears. The gentle waves wash over my feet until the big wave comes and washes the sand away beneath me and tosses me to my knees. Eventually, I surrender and come to my knees. I kneel in the sand with the heat of the sun warming my legs. I wait for the cool breeze of the waves to crash on the shore, toss me about, and wash over me. Clinging to his hand, I say to Troy, “Hold me steady.”  Something about tossing when I am on my knees and holding on to Troy’s hand, helps me feel safe and certain. 

I want to trust God in the same way. Yet, I confess there are times when my emotional earth is shaking, when my spiritual confidence is in an earthquake, when my logical mind is drifting, that what I believe at that moment and what I KNOW are at war. That is when, just as I am, I come to The Lamb of God. The one who is tender enough to hold me steady in the waves. I reach my hands to the Son, call upon His name, and hold desperately to His promises. I remember what I know. There is peace available to me in the raging waves. The sinking sand is converted to jointing sand that fills the empty spaces of my anxious heart. My sanctuary, Jesus will find me where the waves of life meet the rock of refuge and sheltering stronghold that holds me steady.

Soul care training exercise:  Situations can appear to crumble the ground beneath us. When the ground seems to give way, you can come to the ROCK that NEVER moves. Jesus will hold you steady. Ponder the question In this moment, what truth do I most need to know about Jesus’ promises to be the constant, steady, Rock of Ages? 

  • Reflect and let the Holy Spirit reveal to you His promise He wants you to hold on to in this moment.
  • Notice without judgment and with a curious awareness of what comes to your mind. Invite God into your sanctified imagination. Ask Him to bring to your attention what He wants you to know.
  • Next scan your mind and notice what the Holy Spirit is sharing that you need to know, hear, or do as you come to Jesus just as you are in this moment. Expand your thoughts, it may be something you never heard told this way before.
  • Finally, Focus on what you see and hear. With a breath of assurance, breathe in and breathe out and accept what Jesus is offering to you.

PRAYER: Jesus, I come just as I am knowing you are my constant. You steady the waves of my crashing mind. You hold me steady when the chaos is taking my breath away. You are the Breath of Life that leads me back to the truth that fear is a liar, doubt is a liar, and your faithful, constant, steady, kind, and gracious love is true. The tossing waves will be tamed. You will meet me where the waves meet the sand. In Jesus name, Amen. 

PRAISE: Now that you have emptied your mind of the clutter and wandered with Jesus, take a closing moment to thank Jesus that He will hold you steady. Then take the mindfulness of Jesus’ Presence in these last few minutes of wandering into the next ones and beyond.

Until next time, be Resonant.

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Are Your Waves Causing You to Drift From God?

Just as I am though tossed about

Just as I am though tossed about
With many a conflict many a doubt
Fightings and fears within without
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

What’s Causing Your Waves?

We all face them. Even people of faith. Things come which make waves, disrupting our peaceful journey.

What circumstances in your life are causing your waves? Maybe you do not even realize them. Maybe you are surprised you have lasted this long without capsizing, so great is the tossing. Acknowledging they are there is the beginning of getting mastery over them. Are you ready to do that?

Just as I am though tossed about

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. James 1:6 ESV

Sometimes we are more affected by things outside of ourselves than inside. Like the waves of the seas that are tossed about so our souls are flung around by the circumstances of our lives. Even still God welcomes us to come just like that to Him and find peace.

Life can be very hard. Things come at us sometimes like the waves in a storm, one after another, relentlessly. We are tossed about like a small boat, helpless to overcome them. Still, God allows us to ride on the tops of those waves if we look to Him. Ask Him to help you.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and acknowledge the waves in your life. Then consider their source. Can you identify what is causing them. Ask the Spirit to help you do that, then make this your simple prayer today “God, help me ride the tops of the waves.” 

Conflicts and Doubts

With many a conflict many a doubt

As sure as the seasons change, we each battle the two-headed monster of conflict and doubt. Sometimes one causes the other or vice versa. Either way, they are unavoidable.

It is simply not a question of whether you will have conflict or doubt, but when. They make focusing on God difficult as they threaten to pull our minds away from Him. They seem like things we would tend to want to avoid, but they can have a very refining effect on us.

With many a conflict many a doubt

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:7-8 ESV

Sometimes we are more affected by things inside of ourselves than outside. Our hearts and our minds struggle to find rest as we waver back and forth from trusting God and His word or not. That causes us to be unstable as it robs us of the stability we could know in Christ.

It is often conflict and doubt that create those waves, the result not of physical storms but mental, emotional and relational ones. What conflicts are you battling? What doubt are you facing? We all have them. The best of us simply learn Who to come to when we do.

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the conflicts and doubts in your life. What effect are they having on you?  Are they tempting you to run from God, or to Him? Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Lord, help me bring conflicts and doubts to You.” 

God, thank You for the waves in my life. They encourage me to cling to You when I see them as passing through Your sovereign hands. Help me to always see them this way. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Single-Minded Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence. We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

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Video 33.5 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

Just as I am though tossed about
With many a conflict many a doubt
Fightings and fears within without
O Lamb of God I come I come

Life can be very hard. Things come at us sometimes like the waves in a storm, one after another, relentlessly. We are tossed about like a small boat, helpless to overcome them. Still, God allows us to ride on the tops of those waves if we look to Him. Ask Him to help you.

God, help me ride the tops of the waves.

It is often conflict and doubt that create those waves, the result not of physical storms but mental, emotional and relational ones. What conflicts are you battling? What doubt are you facing? We all have them. The best of us simply learn who to come to when we do.

Lord, help me bring conflicts and doubts to You.

Sometimes the struggles are spiritual which can be very difficult to discern and even more challenging to master. Are you familiar with those fightings and fears that seem to return with regularity? Ask the Holy Spirit to help you identify them rightly and then bring them to God. 

Spirit, help me discern my fightings and fears.

Whether conflict, doubt, fighting or fears, we must learn to allow them only to drive us to God and never keep us from coming. He only allows them for that purpose yet we often fail to acknowledge this, embrace them and bring them to Jesus. Ask for His help to do that today.

Jesus, help me bring the things that may have kept me from You.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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How Do You Live If You Are Crucified?

Now to be Thine and Thine alone

Just as I am Thy Love unknown
Hath broken ev’ry barrier down
Now to be Thine yes Thine alone
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this worshipful version of this hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the podcast below.

Here is podcast content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Everyone enjoy this podcast and transcript below!  It features meditative music and moments to contemplate the Scriptures and reflections shared.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s think about this.

Crucified with Christ

What is your response to the crucifixion of Christ? Maybe “Thank You, Lord”. Maybe “Hallelujah!” Maybe stunned silence “the hour you first believed”.

We must carefully consider our response. It must not be haphazard or lacking thoughtfulness. The action that broke every barrier down demands an appropriate response. Another hymn says it like this…

Love so amazing so Divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

It could be argued that offering ourselves entirely is the only appropriate response. Scripture bears out that truth as well. Can you say with Charlotte Eliott…

Now to be Thine yes Thine alone

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Galatians 2:20a ESV

Having broken down all those barriers and ushering in His peace He enables us to be His. That requires us to die daily to ourselves so that we may live for Him. That is our response to His love: demonstrating we are His by allowing Him to live in us. What will that look like today?

My response to all that love? Giving myself to Him entirely, and Him alone. Easier said than done though. There are so many other things that come along that I want to give myself to, but I must remember that I have given myself to Him and must continue to do so.

 

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and contemplate your response to the crucifixion. How did you respond when you first opened your eyes of faith? How are you responding to it this week? Pray this simple prayer, “God, help me give myself to you and you alone every day.” 

Living By Faith

O Lamb of God I come, I come

We should live our lives by faith, continually coming to the Lamb of God. There is a sense in which He is ever before us, drawing us heavenward and upward in a great procession of saving faith. Every moment of every day in every single pursuit this overarching purpose must be seen, coming to the Lamb of God who gave Himself for me.

Singing this hymn in or out of church? Yes. Driving down the road? Yes. Speaking to my family, a neighbor or co-worker? Yes. Spending my money? Yes. Fill in the blank ________? Still yes.

Learning to come through every activity in life is part of what living by faith means.

O Lamb of God I come I come

And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20b ESV

As we come to him, we do so acknowledging our desire to live by faith in His Son. It is imperative that we acknowledge that because our flesh will war against it at every opportunity. We come to give our lives to Him because He came to give His life to us.

When I come to Him I am reminded that I need to continue to give myself to him as one part of my continual response to the work of His love breaking down every barrier, most notably the one between me and him. Come to Jesus again today and respond to His love.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider how you will come to the Lamb of God today. He has already broken every barrier down so you have no excuse. Pray simply, “Jesus, I come in response to Your great love made known to me.“

Lord, thank You breaking every barrier down and inviting me to offer myself to You as You offered Yourself for me: completely and without reserve. Show me how to do that today. In Jesus name. Amen.

Dedicated Thinking!

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Podcast 33.4 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.

Just as I am Thy Love unknown

…God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—Ephesians 2:4-5 ESV

When we were dead in our sins we did not know his love. In his great mercy He made us alive by making His love known to us. We do not resurrect ourselves anymore than we discover his love. All these things demonstrations of his unmerited grace to each of us.

Hath broken ev’ry barrier down

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility…Ephesians 2:14 ESV

His love ushers and his peace. Peace we were missing both with God and with one another. His love breaks down every barrier first between us and God and then between us and everyone else. We must learn to walk in His love so we can live in His peace.

Now to be Thine yes Thine alone

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Galatians 2:20a ESV

Having broken down all those barriers and ushering in his peace he enables us to be his. That requires us to die daily to ourselves so that we may live for him. That is our response to His love: demonstrating we are His by allowing Him to live in us. What will that look like today?

O Lamb of God I come I come

And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20b ESV

As we come to him, we do so acknowledging our desire to live by faith in His Son. It is imperative that we acknowledge that because our flesh will war against it at every opportunity. We come to give our lives to Him because he came to give His life to us. 

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

Just as I am Thy Love unknown
Hath broken ev’ry barrier down
Now to be Thine yes Thine alone
O Lamb of God I come I come

Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Every Barrier Broken Down

Just As I Am Thy Love Unknown

Just as I am Thy Love unknown
Hath broken ev’ry barrier down
Now to be Thine yes Thine alone
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

Something in the Way

There was a time in each of our lives when we did not know the love of God. It was is if there was a fence there. We may have been able to see God’s love but we did not know it. We had no personal understanding or experience of it because something stood in the way.

What was that something? Our sin, or our trespasses. We were marked by the wrong things we had done and had no way of coming to understand God’s love for us. That is, until He made a way.

Just as I am Thy Love unknown

…God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—Ephesians 2:4-5 ESV

When we were dead in our sins we did not know his love. In his great mercy He made us alive by making His love known to us. We do not resurrect ourselves anymore than we discover his love. All these things demonstrations of his unmerited grace to each of us.

Can you recall what it was like to not know God‘s love for you? If you have known God’s love for some time it can be difficult to remember what it felt like when you did not. Take a few moments right now and ask the Holy Spirit to remind you what it was like to not know His love.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and try to recall what it was felt like before you knew God’s love for you. Maybe you were miserable. Maybe you were just ignorant. Either way, there was no lasting peace in your life. Make this your simple prayer today “Spirit, remind me what it was like to not know Your love.” 

Removing Barriers

Hath broken ev’ry barrier down

But God tore through that fence created by our sin. Actually, he tore it down entirely. He made us one through His broken body.

But the barrier between us and Him is not the only barrier He has broken down. In tearing down that wall, He has made a way for every wall to be torn down. Walls between us and others. Walls within in our own hearts.

Hath broken ev’ry barrier down

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility…Ephesians 2:14ESV

His love ushers in His peace. Peace we were missing both with God and with one another. His love breaks down every barrier first between us and God and then between us and everyone else. We must learn to walk in His love so we can live in His peace.

Even before I knew His love, it had already broken every barrier down. What a picture of grace that God would do all that work not only before I would even know of it but also because I could never have come to know it without His help.Thank Him for doing it.

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the barriers God has removed. Maybe there are some you feel are still there, but God has already effectively torn down. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Lord, thank You for breaking every barrier down.” 

God, thank You for tearing down eery dividing wall: between me and you and between me and others. Help me to live like they are down, and not to erect new ones. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Barrier-Free Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence. We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

Like what you’re finding here?  Fill out the form to the right to get an email with each fresh post and updates of new tools to help you be Resonant.

Please comment below and share if you have found this helpful in your journey of being more resonant.

Video 33.4 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

Just as I am Thy Love unknown
Hath broken ev’ry barrier down
Now to be Thine yes Thine alone
O Lamb of God I come I come

Can you recall what it was like to not know God‘s love for you? If you have known God’s love for some time it can be difficult to remember what it felt like when you did not. Take a few moments right now and ask the Holy Spirit to remind you what it was like to not know His love. 

Spirit, remind me what it was like to not know Your love.

Even before I knew His love, it had already broken every barrier down. What a picture of grace that God would do all that work not only before I would even know of it but also because I could never have come to know it without his help.Thank Him for doing it. 

Lord, thank You for breaking every barrier down.

My response to all that love? Giving myself to Him entirely, and Him alone. Easier said than done though. There are so many other things that come along that I want to give myself to, but I must remember that I have given myself to Him and must continue to do so. 

God, help me give myself to you and you alone every day.

When I come to Him I am reminded that I need to continue to give myself to him as one part of my continual response to the work of His love breaking down every barrier, most notably the one between me and him. Come to Jesus again today and respond to His love.

Jesus, I come in response to Your great love made known to me.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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If You Believe His Promise You Will Come

Because Thy Promise I believe

Just as I am Thou wilt receive
Wilt welcome pardon cleanse relieve
Because Thy Promise I believe
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this worshipful version of this hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the podcast below.

Here is podcast content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Everyone enjoy this podcast and transcript below!  It features meditative music and moments to contemplate the Scriptures and reflections shared.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s think about this.

Promise

What exactly is God’s Promise? In one sense it is His Word. It contains His promises and is in fact His Promise.

But Christ is also the Incarnate Word, so in anther sense it is Jesus. Jesus is both the Promise and the Promise fulfilled. He accomplishes everything we need to find peace with God, and is Himself that Peace.

Do you believe it? Do you accept as true all that God has assured us will happen? If someone took at assessment of the way you live would there be enough evidence to convict you of believing? Is it obvious that you believe God’s Promise?

Because Thy Promise I believe

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, John 1:12 ESV

Here are the conditions of our surrender. We must receive Him and believe in His name with all the promises it holds which includes becoming children of God. We were separated from Him by our sin with no way back until Jesus made the way for us to come. Thank You Lord.

Though it is no small thing and many fail to do it, the only thing we must do is believe. Believe His promise. Believe that He has already accomplished everything needed to grant us access. Believe we can come. And demonstrate that by simply coming. Will you come today?

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and assess the evidence of your belief. If you truly believe you will come to Jesus, and then keep coming to Him day after day after day…Pray this simple prayer, “Spirit, help me to believe and come.” 

I Come

O Lamb of God I come I come

But will you really?

His Promises are so accessible to us. Probably more so than at any other time in human history. You can carry multiple Bibles in your pocket, but when was the last time you came to it? When was the last time you read it?

Not as a part of a class. Not during the sermon. Not while trying to find some verse you could not quite remember.

Just read it.

Reading His Word is a way of coming to God. That approach informs your coming. It also helps you see Him clearly.

O Lamb of God I come I come

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!…” John 1:29 ESV

John the Baptist saw his cousin drawing near and exclaimed the wonder of God’s grace. Jesus became the Lamb of God to pay for our sins, and the sins of the whole world. Not everyone sees this and not even all of those who see come. Come to Him again today.

The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. John saw Him and exclaimed this truth. Have you ever done that? It is on the basis of this belief we can come at all so we should be quick to declare it. Believe it in your heart and confess it with your lips today.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and consider how you have declared the Lamb of God. John said “Behold” and we can issue that same invitation today. Pray simply, “Lord, help me to declare Your saving work.“

Lord, thank You revealing Yourself to me through the Person of Your Son, Jesus Christ. I believe He is Who He said He is, and will do what He said He will do. Thank You for taking away my sins. In Jesus name. Amen.

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Podcast 33.3 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.

Just as I am Thou wilt receive

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 ESV

We are received based solely on the merits of Jesus Christ given for our salvation. We are drawn to the Father,  given eternal life and spared from never-ending anguish if we believe in Him. Even still few choose to come. Thank God for receiving you just as you are. 

Wilt welcome pardon cleanse relieve

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7 ESV

Wicked and unrighteous. Those are the words that describe us before we return to the Lord. His compassion is revealed in the sacrifice of His Son and flows to us through the quickening of our conscience by the Holy Spirit. We are abundantly pardoned. Give praise to God!

Because Thy Promise I believe

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, John 1:12 ESV

Here are the conditions of our surrender. We must receive Him and believe in His name with all the promises it holds which includes becoming children of God. We were separated from Him by our sin with no way back until Jesus made the way for us to come. Thank You Lord.

O Lamb of God I come I come

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!…” John 1:29 ESV

John the Baptist saw his cousin drawing near and exclaimed the wonder of God’s grace. Jesus became the Lamb of God to pay for our sins, and the sins of the whole world. Not everyone sees this and not even all of those who see come. Come to Him again today.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

Just as I am Thou wilt receive
Wilt welcome pardon cleanse relieve
Because Thy Promise I believe
O Lamb of God I come I come

Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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