![]() ![]() Here is a video I recorded this afternoon. The survivors of the massacre were lifted up in prayer. This morning, during worship at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, I played and sang Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross, which is a beautiful old Baptist hymn. ( Wikimedia) The full artwork can be viewed here.A week has passed since the unthinkable occured at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church, just east of San Antonio, Texas. except Jesus Christ and him crucified (1 Cor. But Lent is February 25, and more importantly, we should seek to be like the Apostle Paul, who decided to know nothing. ![]() You may think it’s a bit early to be thinking about Easter reading. Excerpt from a painting located in the Basilica of Saint Nicolas in Tolentino, Italy. Nancy Guthrie has edited another outstanding anthology: Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter. Have a blessed paschal holiday as we contemplate our amazing Saviour and our amazing salvation! His death was followed by his resurrection, and then by his ascension to his place of glory in the heavenly realms. 3:18).Īs followers of Jesus, there is the wondrous tension and challenge of understanding and living out the sacrifice of the cross and of understanding and living out the triumph of the risen and exalted Jesus … because Jesus did not stay on the cross. We need to keep near the cross, but we also need to keep moving further into our new life as we continue to be transformed and conformed into Jesus’ likeness (e.g. The cross is the doorway into the new life that Jesus offers to every woman and man, girl and boy, on the planet (John 10:9). Jesus’ death on the cross, and his atonement for our sin, allows us today to enter into a new and living way (Heb. Even though it was a historic event that occurred in the ancient past, its ramifications continue. Jesus’ crucifixion is, of course, central to our faith and hope as Christians. Near the cross O Lamb of God, bring its scenes before me help me walk from day to day with its shadow o'er me. In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, ‘til at last soul shall find rest beyond the river. ‘Till my ransomed soul shall find rest beyond the river. Jesus, keep me near the cross there a precious fountain, free to all, a healing stream, flows from Calvary's mountain. In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever Near the cross, a trembling soul, Love and mercy found me There the Bright and Morning Star Shed its beams around. In the cross, in the cross, Be my glory ever, Till my ransomed soul shall find Rest beyond the river. ‘Till I reach the golden strand just beyond the river. Jesus, keep me near the Cross There a precious fountain, Free to all a healing stream Flows from Calvary’s mountain. Near the cross I’ll watch and wait, hoping, trusting ever Help me walk from day to day with its shadow o’er me. Near the cross! O Lamb of God, bring its scenes before me. There the bright and morning star sheds its beams around me. Near the cross, a trembling soul, love and mercy found me. Jesus, keep me near the cross there a precious fountain.įree to all, a healing stream flows from Calvary’s mountain. On this special day of the year, Good Friday, I’m sharing it here with you. It was sung regularly in the Reformed Church I belonged to as a child, and since then I’ve sung it frequently during my own times of worship … and in the car … and anywhere really, despite having a slight qualm about the wording in a couple of lines. ![]() ![]() “In the Cross,” written by Fanny Crosby, is one of my favourite hymns. ![]()
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