Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
There is a place of rest for the weary soul and that place is Jesus Christ.
There is also a rest which the believer experiences, and it comes through commitment and consecration to Christ.
Living in the center of God’s will gives a joy, a fulfillment, a happiness that can be found no where else in life.
It is Well With My Soul
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When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, — When sorrows like sea billows roll; — Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, — It is well, it is well with my soul
CHORUS:
It is well (it is well) with my soul (with my soul). — It is well, it is well with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, —Let this blest assurance control, — That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate, — And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! — My sin, not in part but the whole, — Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, — Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live: — If Jordan above me shall roll, — No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life — Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait, — The sky, not the grave, is our goal; — Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord! — Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!
And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, — The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; — The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, — Even so, it is well with my soul.
Horatio G. Spafford 1873
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