Truth Foundations

Psalm 11:3 ; I Corinthians 1:18-31  (NKJV)

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who
are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the
power of God.  For it is written:  "I will destroy the wisdom
of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the
prudent."  Where  is  the wise?  Where  is  the scribe?  
Where  is  the disputer of this age?  Has not God made
foolish the wisdom of this world?  For since, in the
wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not
know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of
the message preached to save those who believe.  For
Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling
block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who
are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of
God and the wisdom of God.  Because the foolishness
of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is
stronger than men.  For you see your calling, brethren,
that not many wise according to the flesh, not many
mighty, not many noble,  are called.  But God has
chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise,
and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to 
shame the things which are mighty;  and the base things of
the world and the things which are despised God has
chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing
the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His pre-
sence.  But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became
for us wisdom from God - and righteousness and sancti-
fication and redemption - that, as it is written,  "He who
glories, let him glory in the LORD."

          LORD God, by grace we continue in  thanks-giving. 
          For  Your  loving generosity, we give  You  praise.  As
          we persist  in Christ,  may our expressions of ongoing
          thanks-living  include this prayer song ... 


Glorify  Thy  Name  * 

Father, we love You,
We worship and adore You.
Glorify Thy name in all the earth.
Glorfy Thy name, glorify Thy name,
Glorify Thy name in all the earth.

[ Optional verses:  Jesus, we love You ...
                                   Spirit, we love You ... ]

May the Lord grant us  His  wisdom to discern
the foolish deceptions the world is currently
offering to those who walk in bondage to the
evil one.  May we be God's lights, pointing folks
to the way, the truth and the life - Jesus Christ.
What freedom indeed - John 8:31, 32

May the Lord open our eyes to His clear Truths.  May He
do so to the extent we  discern dark culture**  and  see His
glorious  Truths  forever settled in heaven.   

God's  Miraculous  Word - Part 3

Isaiah 40:6-8 ; I Peter 1:22-25 ; II Peter 1:16-21  (NKJV)

The voice said, "Cry out!"  And he said, "What shall I cry?"
"All flesh  is  grass, and all its loveliness  is  like the flower 
of the field.  The grass withers, the flower fades, because the 
breath of the LORD blows upon it;  surely the people  are  
grass.  The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of
our God stands forever.

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth
through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one
another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again,
not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word
of God which lives and abides forever, because  "All flesh is
as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word
of the LORD endures forever."  Now this is the word which
by the gospel was preached to you.

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we
made known to you the power and coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.  For
He received from God the Father honor and glory when
such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory:  "This
is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."  And we
heard this voice which came from heaven when we were
with Him on the holy mountain.  And so we have the
prophetic word confirmed [ or,  We also have the more
sure prophetic word],  which you do well to heed as a light
that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the
morning star rises in your hearts;  knowing this first, that
no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,
for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men
of God spoke  as they were  moved by the Holy Spirit.

          Glorious Word of God, we exalt and honor You.  In
          so doing, Lord Jesus, we honor Your Father ... our
          Father.  Incarnate Word of God, we give You thanks
          for You.  We also give thanks for what You graciously
          extend to us - all the heavenly blessings.  Thank You
          for Your kind mercy Lord.  Thank You for safeguarding
          Your written Word.  We praise You that it's eternal,
          most unlike the temporary words of man.  What a con-
          trast You and Your Word are to that of man and his/her
          words!  Merciful everlasting Father, help us better accept
          Your written revelation concerning these  end of days.
          Because of the  full Counsel  therein, help us ever sing:
          In Your time, in Your time, You make all things
          beautiful, in Your time!  In Jesus Christ's name, amen.

In His Time  *

In His time, in His time,
He makes all things beautiful in His time.
Lord please show me every day,
as You're teaching me Your way,
that You do just what You say in Your time. 

In Your time, in Your time,
You makes all things beautiful in Your time.
Lord my life to You I bring,
may each song I have to sing,
be to You a lovely thing  in Your time. 

May the Lord grant us  patient endurance  until He
sees fulfilled, all that is written in the Bible - His holy
Word to us - concerning the days just prior to His initial
appearing.   

God's  Miraculous  Word - Part 2

Isaiah 55:8-11 ; Hebrews 4:12  (NKJV)

"For My thoughts  are  not your thoughts, nor  are  your ways
My ways," says the LORD.  "For  as  the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts
higher than your thoughts.  For as the rain comes down, and the
snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth,
and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower
and bread to the eater, so shall My  word  be that goes forth from
My mouth;  It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish
what I please, and it shall prosper  in the thing  for which I sent it."

For the word of God  is  living and powerful, and sharper than
any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of the soul
and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.

          Lord Jesus, thank You for securing Your earthly ministries
          by placing revelation of them in Your Word.  We praise You
          that Your perfect act of love - Your sacrificial atonement - is
          recorded.  THANK YOU.  Thank You, too, for informing us
          about  end time  things, some of which bear eternal conse-
          quence.  Increase our faith Lord, please.  And Lord, please 
          be honored in this song of testimony as we pray it through
          song ...

My Faith Has Found A Resting Place  *

My faith has found a resting place - not in  device  or  creed;
I trust the Ever-living One - His wounds for me shall plead.

     I need no other argument, I need no other plea:
     It is enough that Jesus died, and that He died for me.

Enough for me that Jesus saves - this ends my fear and doubt;
A sinful soul I come to Him - He'll never cast me out.

     I need no other argument, I need no other plea:
     It is enough that Jesus died, and that He died for me.

My heart is leaning on the Word - the written Word of God:
Salvation by my Savior's name - salvation thru His blood.

     I need no other argument, I need no other plea:
     It is enough that Jesus died, and that He died for me.

My great Physician heals the sick - the lost He came to save;
For me His precious blood He shed - for me His life He gave.

     I need no other argument, I need no other plea:
     It is enough that Jesus died, and that He died for me.

God's  Miraculous  Word - Part 1

Psalm 119:89, 160 ; II Timothy 3:16, 17  (NKJV)

Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. ...
The entirety of Your word  is  truth, and every one
of Your righteous judgments  endures  forever.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and  is 
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may
be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

          Holy Father God, we praise You for Your loving   
          expressions of love for us through Your generous
          communication to us.  Thank You for Your Word.
          We exalt You for Your Word Incarnate - Jesus Christ.
          We exalt You for Your written Word - the Bible.  Lord,
          in troubled days - like those highlighted in Judges 10
          [see verses 10, 15, 16] - we humble ourselves and con-
          fess our contemporary compromises.  We thank You
          for reconciliation in Your beloved Son, Christ Jesus.
          And Lord, thank You for Your Counsel as to living in
          Your provisions through the  perfect storm  which has
          recently begun.  Receive our testimony, please, as 
          sincere expression of thanksgiving and praise:

A Shelter in the Time of Storm  *

The Lord's our Rock, in Him we hide, a shelter in the time of storm;
Secure whatever ill betide, a shelter in the time of storm.

     O, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land, a weary land, a weary land;
     O, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land, a shelter in the time of storm.

A shade by day, defense by night, a shelter in the time of storm;
No fears alarm, no foes affright, a shelter in the time of storm.

     Refrain

The raging storms may round us beat, a shelter in the time of storm;
We'll never leave our safe retreat, a shelter in the time of storm.

     Refrain

O Rock divine, O Refuge dear, a shelter in the time of storm.
Be Thou our helper ever near, a shelter in the time of storm.

Contemporary Expressions Of Bible Accuracy - Part 6

II Thessalonians 2:1-12  (NKJV)

Now brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you,
not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by
spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though
the day of Christ had come.  Let no one deceive you by
any means;  for  that day will not come  unless the falling
away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son
of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all
that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as
God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is
God.  Do you not remember that when I was still with
you I told you these things?  And now you know what
is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work;  only
He who now restrains  will do so  until He is taken out
of the way.  And then the lawless one will be revealed,
whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His
mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
The coming of the  lawless one  is according to the
working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying
wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among
those who perish, because they did not receive the
love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And for
this reason God will send them strong delusion, that
they should believe the lie, that they all may be con-
demned who did not believe the truth but had
pleasure in unrighteousness. 

          Oh glorious One, we exalt You and You alone.  Thank
          You for Your gracious  window  of opportunity to say
          “YES”  to You.  As occurred the days of Noah, Your loving,
          mercy-filled invitation is in the process of closing.  Lord,
          help the lost to say  yes  to You concerning the gift of Your
          beloved Son before it’s too late.  Lord, You further hard-
          ened the heart of Pharaoh in the days of Moses.  Please
          open the eyes of the lost to Your Truth found here in
          II Thes. 2 – that if they persist in rejecting Your kind
          salvation offer, You will give them over to their hearts’
          desire – life without You – whereby they will be further
          deceived by “strong delusion” currently unfolding.  And
          Lord, thank You for  hiding the souls  of those who are
          truly Yours.  In Jesus Christ’s holy name we pray, amen.

He  Hideth  My  Soul  *

A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord, a wonderful
Savior to me.  He hideth my soul in the cleft of the
rock where rivers of pleasure I see.

     He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock
     that shadows a dry, thirsty land;
     He hideth my life in the depths of His love
     and covers me there with His hand, and
     covers me there with His hand.

A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord, He taketh my
burden away.  He holdeth me up, and I shall not be
moved;  He giveth me strength as my day.

     Refrain

With numberless blessings each moment He crowns;
and filled with His fullness divine, I sing in my rapture,
“Oh, glory to God, for such a Redeemer as mine!”

     Refrain

When clothed in His brightness, transported I rise to
meet Him in the clouds of the sky;  His perfect salvation,
His wonderful love, I’ll shout with the millions on high.

     Refrain

Contemporary Expressions Of Bible Accuracy - Part 2

II Timothy 4:1-5 ; II Peter 2:1-3  (NKJV)

I charge  you  therefore before God and the Lord
Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the
dead at His appearing and His kingdom:  Preach
the word!  Be ready in season  and  out of season.
Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering
and teaching.  For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine, but according to
their own desires,  because  they have itching
ears, they will heep up for themselves teachers;
and they will turn  their  ears away from the
truth, and be turned aside to fables.  But you
be watchful in all things, endure afflictions,
do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your
ministry.

But there were also false prophets among the
people, even as there will be false teachers
among you, who will secretly bring in destruc-
tive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought
them,  and  bring on themselves swift destruction.
And many will follow their destrctive ways, because
of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.  By
covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive
words;  for a long time their judgment has not been
idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

          Holy  Tri-une  God, we exalt Your
          glorious, most precious name together.
          Your pertinent Counsel to us  today  is
          amazing!  THANK YOU for Your generous,
          protective love as our heavenly Shepherd
          through Your revelation to us in these
          dark,  end of days.  In Jesus Christ's
          name we pray dear Most High God.

Spirit of the Living God *

Spirit of the living God,
   fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God,
   fall fresh on me.
Break me, melt me,
   mold me, fill me.
Spirit of the living God,
   fall fresh on me.

* Lyrics by  Daniel Iverson ; 1935

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Contemporary Expressions Of Bible Accuracy - Part 1

I Timothy 4:1 ; II Timothy 3:1-5  (NKJV)

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times
some will depart from the faith, giving heed to
deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons ...

But know this, that in the last days perilous
times will come:  For men will be lovers of
themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, with-
out self-control, brutal, despisers of good,
traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God, having a form of god-
liness but denying its power.  And from such
people turn away!

          Father God, we praise You for Your
          glorious Word.  Thank You for Your kind,
          eternal Word Incarnate - God with us.
          It's in His holy name we pray.
          Thank You for Your written Word - the
          Bible [Old and New Testaments].  Lord,
          as we conclude this prayer, we sing ...

Thy Word *

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
   and a light unto my path.
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
   and a light unto my path.
When I feel afraid, think I've lost my way,
   still You're there right beside me.
And nothing will I fear as long as You
   are near.  Please be near me to the end.

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
   and a light unto my path.
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
   and a light unto my path.
I will not forget Your love for me, and yet
   my heart forever is wandering.
Jesus, be my guide and hold me to Your side,
   and I will love You to the end.

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
   and a light unto my path.

* Song by  Amy Grant & Michael W. Smith ; 1984