It Is Well With My Soul

If you want the peace of knowing Jesus personally and the assurance that you are going to Heaven, you can have it. 

You just need to believe that the blood of Jesus shed on the cross at Calvary was shed for your salvation, and that He rose from the tomb.   

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Ephesians 2:8-9  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 

[9] Not of works, lest any man should boast.

After suffering the loss of his children, Horatio Spafford wrote this beautiful hymn as a testament to the salvation he found in Jesus through the good and bad times 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.

“Tho’ Satan should buffet, tho’ 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—O, the bliss of this glorious tho’t   —   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! 

“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.”

Horacio G. Spafford

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Just Over In The Glory Land

 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

The word “Tabernacle” refers to “a tent, or a temporary dwelling.”  It’s used as a metaphor for these human bodies, which are a temporary home for the soul.  

When this earthly life draws to a close and we lay down these temporary bodies, we have a new body and a new life awaiting us in Heaven, Rev. 21:4; 1 Cor. 15:49-58.  

Oh, the glories of that new body and new 

home.

Thank God for that confident hope.

“Just Over In The Glory Land”

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“I’ve a home prepared where the saints abide,   —  Just over in the glory land;   —  And I long to be by my Savior’s side,   — Just over in the glory land.

Chorus:

“Just over in the glory land   —  I’ll join the happy angel band,   —  Just over in the glory land;   —  Just over in the glory land,   —  There with the mighty host I’ll stand,   —  Just over in the glory land.

“I am on my way to those mansions fair,   —  Just over in the glory land;   —  There to sing God’s praise and His glory share,   —  Just over in the glory land.

“What a joyful thought that my Lord I’ll see,   —  Just over in the glory land;   —  And with kindred saved, there forever be,   —  Just over in the glory land.

“With the blood-washed throng I will shout and sing,   —  Just over in the glory land;   —  Glad hosannas to Christ, the Lord and King,   —  Just over in the glory land.”

James W. Acuff  1906

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More Than Wonderful

The Redeemed people of God should praise the Lord for His grace and power in our lives because He is a good God. 

We should praise The Lord for His mercy even when He is behind the disruptions we encounter. 

Actually, when He workes to bring us to a place of restoration and blessing, we can still say He is wonderful.

Psalm 107:8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

He is “More Than Wonderful”.

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“He promised us that He would be a counselor  —   A Mighty God and a Prince of Peace.  —   He promised us that He would be a Father  —   And that He would love us with a love that would not cease.

“Well, I tried Him and I found His promises are true  —   He's everything He said that He would be  —   The finest words I know could not begin to tell  —   Just how much Jesus really means to me.

Chorus

“For He's more wonderful than my mind can conceive,  —   He's more wonderful than my heart can believe.  —   He goes beyond my highest hopes and fondest dreams.  —   He's everything that my soul ever longed for,  —   Everything He's promised and so much more:  —   More than amazing, more than marvelous   —   More than miraculous could ever be.  —   He's more than wonderful, that's what Jesus is to me

“I stand amazed when I think the King of glory  —   Would come to dwell within the heart of man.  —   I marvel just to know He really loves me  —   When I think of who He is, and who I am.”

Lanny Wolfe

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Peace In The Valley

Most people want peace in their lives, their homes, their town, their state, and their country.  

It seems peace is hard to come by and real peace is unless you personally know the Lord Jesus Christ. 

John 14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

According to Bible prophecy, we will have world peace when Jesus rules, and He definitely will. Read about it in Isaiah Chapter Eleven.

There will be peace even among the animals. 

Isaiah 11:5-6  And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 

[6] The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

When Jesus rules, there will be “Peace In The Valley”. 

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“I am tired and so weary   —   But I must toil on   —   Till the lord comes to call me away.   —   Where the morning is bright   —   And the Lamb is the light   —   And the night is as fair as the day.

Chorus:

“There’ll be peace in the valley for me, some day   —   There will be peace in the valley for me, I pray.   —   No more sorrow and sadness or trouble will be.    —   There’ll be peace in the valley for me.

“There the flow’rs will be blooming,   —    the grass will be green,   —   And the skies will be clear and serene.   —   The sun ever shines giving one endless beam   —   And no clouds there will ever be seen.

“The bear will be gentle   —   And the wolf will be tame   —   

And the lion shall lay down with the lamb.   —   And the beasts from the wild   —   Will be led by a child   —   And I'll be changed from this creature that I am.”

Thomas A. Dorsey

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