![]() As human beings we are all pathetic hypocrites. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching." John 14. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Following the direction given by the angel, the shepherds hasten to the manger and offer their homage to the King. See now the light shinning about thee, Sheer splendor glowing high and bring, It was foretold by men holy, ye would See Jesus our dear Lord tonight. So how many of us really love the Lord? “If you love me, keep my commands.Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. Hark ye shepherds, hasten to the manger, Fear not to leave thy grazing sheep Hear the host of heaven loud proclaiming, While God above His watch doth keep. ![]() Just be our genii in a bottle and fulfill our wishes. I think a lot of us are moved by emotions but not by obedience. Make us feel good inside but don't tell us how to live our lives. Don't tell us to live holy. Demonstrating what they truly thought about The Lord. When it came to denying the world and its pleasures, they were not willing. In all of these things they "loved The Lord." But when it came to bearing The Cross, they were not willing. When it came to dying to themselves, they were not willing. By focusing on the shepherds, Luke is reaching out to the poor and. It draws out tears from our eyes. But how many of us truly love The Lord? The crowds followed The Lord and some even sought Him out when it came to fulfilling their needs. He fed them fish and bread. They receive the good news that the savior born for all people will be found in a manger. –John Newton, The Works of John Newton, Volume 2 (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1988), 2: 182-183.This is a beautiful song that provokes strong emotions. Long as I live and troubles rise, I’ll hasten to his throne. ![]() Our present strength is small, and without a fresh supply would be quickly exhausted but He has engaged to renew it from day to day.Īnd He will soon appear to wipe all tears from our eyes and then we shall appear with Him in glory.” Our inheritance is surely reserved for us, and we shall be kept for it by His power through faith. The way is rough, but He trod it before us, and is now with us in every step we take and every step brings us nearer to our heavenly home. The Lord has given us to know His name as a resting-place and a hiding-place, a sun and a shield.Ĭircumstances and creatures may change but He will be an unchangeable friend. We have therefore cause for continual praise. They have no guide in prosperity, but hurry on as they are instigated by their blinded passions, and are perpetually multiplying mischiefs and miseries to themselves.Īnd in adversity they have no resource, but must feel all the evil of affliction, without inward support, and without deriving any advantage from it. He is the fountain of life, strength, grace and comfort, and of His fulness His children receive according to their occasions: but this is all hidden from the world. Maid delight - Miss Wright pg.17: Go Reign, the Throne awaits my Love - Duet: Sigr Cremonini & Mr. To Him all things are possible and before the exertion of His power, when He is pleased to arise and work, all hindrances give way and vanish, like a mist before the sun.Īnd He can so manifest Himself to the soul, and cause His goodness to pass before it, that the hour of affliction shall be the golden hour of the greatest consolation. When means and hope fail, when every thing looks dark upon us, when we seem shut up on every side, when we are brought to the lowest ebb, still our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth. Help me to experience the Joy of the Shepherds, the Awe of the Magi, and the Hush of Heaven as You left Your throne to become a little lower than the angels. His ear is always open to us: let who will overlook and disappoint us, He will not. When our spirits are almost overwhelmed within us, He knoweth our path. ![]() ![]() O the blessed privilege of prayer! O the wonderful love, care, attention, and power of our great Shepherd! His eye is always upon us. A common abbreviation of the name Gilbert, Gib is also the name of Shepherd 2 in the second Shepherds play. “How little does the world know of that intercourse which is carried on between heaven and earth what petitions are daily presented, and what answers are received at a throne of grace! ![]()
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