Since Jesus Came Into My Heart

Rufus McDaniel was licensed to preach at the young age of nineteen. In time he married and was blessed with three children. His youngest child broke his heart by his untimely death. 

After the burial, McDaniel realized anew that joy and contentment cannot be based on human affection or external gift. 

They flow from an endless relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Out of that experience, he wrote. “Since Jesus Came Into My Heart”.

John 14:1  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Since Jesus came into my heart.

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“What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart;   —   I have light in my soul for which long I have sought,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart.

Chorus:

“Since Jesus came into my heart,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart;   —   Floods of joy o'er my soul like the sea billows roll,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart.

“I have ceased from my wand'rings and going astray,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart;   —   And my sins which were many are all washed away,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart.

“I’m possessed of a hope that is steadfast and sure,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart;   —   And no dark clouds of doubt now my pathway obscure,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart. 

“I shall go there to dwell in that City I know,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart;   —   And I'm happy, so happy as onward I go,   —   Since Jesus came into my heart.”

Rufus H. McDaniel 1914

Just As I Am

Charlotte Elliott of Brighton, England was an embittered woman, who blamed God for her broken health. 

Hoping to help her, a Swiss minister visited her on May 9, 1822. During their conversation she admitted her life was sour, bitter, and resentful. 

“What is the cure?” She asked. 

“Give yourself to God just as you are with your fightings and fears, hates and loves, pride and shame,” he replied.  

Charlotte did come to Christ that day, claiming John 6:37.

Years later her brother, Rev. Henry Elliott, who was raising funds for a school for poor children, asked his sister to write a poem for a pamphlet for the occasion.  

She wrote, “Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.”

John 6:37. Underneath was the poem, “Just As I Am”.

John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Just as I am.

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“Just as I am - without one plea,   —   But that Thy blood was shed for me,   —   And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,   —   O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

“Just as I am - and waiting not   —   To rid my soul of one dark blot,   —   To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,   —   O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

“Just as I am - though toss'd about   —   With many a conflict, many a doubt,   —   Fightings and fears within, without,   —   O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

“Just as I am - poor, wretched, blind;   —   Sight, riches, healing of the mind,   —   Yea, all I need, in Thee to find,   —   O Lamb of God, I come. I come.

“Just as I am - Thou wilt receive,   —   Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;   —   Because Thy promise I believe,   —   O Lamb of God, I come, I come.”

Charlotte Elliot, 1835

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My Jesus I Love Thee

The love of God is the greatest thing God ever did for any of us. 

Because He loved us, He was moved to do everything else that He has done. 

Man can never reach a place when he will not be loved by God. 

God loved us first, He loved us anyway and He loves us eternally.

1 John 4:9-10  In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 

[10] Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

My Jesus I love thee.

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“My Jesus I love Thee, I know Thou art mine.   —   For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.   —   My gracious Redeemer, my Saviour art Thou;   —   If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus 'tis now.

“I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me   —   And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree.   —   I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;   —   If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus 'tis now.

“I'll love Thee in life and I will love Thee in death;   —   And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath.   —   And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow;   —   If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus 'tis now.

“In mansions of glory and endless delight,   —   I’ll ever adore Thee in Heaven so bright;   —   I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow.   —   If ever I love Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.”

William R. Featherston

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Redeemed

The blood of Jesus on the cross brings the believer into a state of redemption.

He paid the price for our sins that we could not pay, to break from our lives the chains of sin that bind us and to set us free. 

We are free from the wrath of God and from eternal condemnation in Hell, Rom. 8:1. 

We are free to live for God and to serve Him in the beauty of holiness.

1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 

[19] But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Fanny J. Crosby, blind since she was six months old, wrote near 9,000 hymns. She was asked which was her favorite hymn about her salvation. 

She said, “Redeemed.”

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“Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!   —   Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;   —   Redeemed thro’ His infinite mercy,   —   His child, and forever I am.

Chorus:

“Redeemed, redeemed,   —   Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;   —   Redeemed, redeemed,   —   His child and forever I am.

“Redeemed, and so happy in Jesus,   —   No language my rapture can tell;   —   I know that the light of His presence   —   With me doth continually dwell.

“I think of my blessed Redeemer,   —   I think of Him all the day long;   —   I sing, for I cannot be silent;   —   His love is the theme of my song.

“I know I shall see in His beauty   —   The King in whose law I delight;   —   Who lovingly guarded my footsteps   —   And giveth me songs in the night.”

Fanny J. Crosby 1882

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit.