Sunday, December 07, 2008

An assurance of Pardon

Our Savior says, "Let not your heart be troubled. In my Father's house are many rooms .... I go to prepare a place for you .... that where I am you may be also." Friends, the love of God is roomy, full of welcome. Know that you are forgiven; receive the welcome of God, where you will always find shelter.

Come

Come as a child to the kingdom!

Come believing in angels on heavenly errands, with eyes for a wandering star and ears for the message of dreams. Come as a child who hears the angel proclaim, "With God all things are possible!"

Come as a child to the miraculous kingdom of our miraculous God!

Take My Life

Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of Thy love.

Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee;
Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my King.

Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold;
Take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my will and make it Thine; it shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart, it is Thine own; it shall be Thy royal Throne.

Where Charity and Love Prevail

Where charity and love prevail, there God is ever found;
Brought here together by Christ's love, by love are we thus bound.

With grateful joy and rev'rent heart true charity we learn;
Let us with heart and mind and strength now love Christ in return.

Everything good

Everything good that is done in the world is done by hope.

- Martin Luther