IN CHRIST ALONE

                          

My friend Avis is very ill. 

She shared God's Word every single day on Facebook and she allowed me to use it on my blog.

💗"Our" blogposts

Marvin, her husband wrote:  

I often sit at the piano different times and enjoy "worshiping" by playing many hymns and gospel songs. Most times I just play, but last night I decided to sing along so Avis could hear the words and she wanted me to continue-- so for about an hour, we "worshiped" together as I "serenaded" her with so many songs that blessed our souls. 

I remembered

I remembered a short story Avis posted earlier this year on facebook. Sharing it today below the picture, but first one of 'her' quotes, she shared 7 weeks ago:

Worship is a believer's response to God's revelation of Himself. It is expressing wonder, awe, and gratitude for the worthiness, the greatness, and the goodness of our Lord. It is the appropriate response to God's person, His provision, His power, His promises, and His plan. Nancy Leigh DeMoss

 

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. (Proverbs 18:10)

Every name and title of Jesus Christ

Theological convocations are not usually scintillating. According to Dr. R. C. Sproul, they tend to be academic and sometimes tedious. But he will never forget one incredible speaker at a convocation at a prestigious seminary. The topic centered on Jesus Christ. The well-respected, elderly professor climbed the steps to the podium, cleared his throat, smiled, and then spent the entire 45 minutes slowly repeating by heart every name and title of Jesus Christ:

Rock of Ages... Redeemer... King of Kings... Bread of Heaven... Living Water... Son of God... our Sure Foundation... Good Shepherd... Fairest of Ten Thousand... Savior... Mediator... our Advocate... Alpha and Omega... the Stone the Builders Rejected... Beginning and End... Wonderful Counselor... Friend of Sinners... Great Physician... Anointed One... Healer of Broken Hearts... Lamb of God... Prince of Peace... Blessed Hope... our Atonement... Mighty Fortress... Shelter... the Narrow Gate... Lord of Grace... God of all Comfort... Word of Life... Rose of Sharon... Lily of the Valley... Bright and Morning Star... Glorious Lord... Immanuel... Living Word... Chief Cornerstone... Creator... Ancient of Days... the Eternal One... Author and Finisher of our Faith... First and the Last... Son of Man... Almighty God... Resurrection and the Life... the Way, the Truth and the Life... Everlasting Father... Captain of the Lord's Army...

Focus on Jesus

At the end of the 45 minute litany of the names and titles of Jesus, the entire audience was reduced to quiet tears. This is what happens when we focus on Jesus and all that He has accomplished. Meditate on each of these names -- and more, if you have a concordance -- and express your appreciation to God for all that the Lord Christ achieved on your behalf.

🛈 Source: Joni Eareckson Tada (via Avis Blowers)

In ANY circumstance we can say, "For this I have Jesus."

In Christ alone

My hope is built on nothing less

than Jesus' blood and righteousness;

I dare not trust the sweetest frame,

but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand,

all other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness veils his lovely face,

I rest on his unchanging grace;

in ev'ry high and stormy gale,

my anchor holds within the veil. 

His oath, his covenant, his blood

support me in the whelming flood;

when all around my soul gives way,

he then is all my hope and stay.

🙏 Let's ask God would wrap his arms around Avis and her family during this time.