Bowels of Compassion

     "But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?"
 
     ~ 1 John 3:17

The Patriot Who Acknowledges God

     "The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty Direction."

     ~ Francis Scott Key

Everything I Need

I asked for strength and

God gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for wisdom and

God gave me problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity and

God gave me brawn and brains to work.

I asked for courage and

God gave me dangers to overcome.

I asked for patience and

God placed me in situations where I was forced to wait.

I asked for love and

God gave me troubled people to help.

I asked for favors and

God gave me opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted.

I received everything I needed.

My prayers have all been answered.

~ Author Unknown

Blessed Beyond Measure

When I look at this world

And see lives filled with hurt,

I remember 

All the pain I've never felt.

I wonder God, why not me?

My life has been so easy.

I'm no better, I know,

It's simply grace You chose to show.

I've been blessed 

By the hand of God,

And though I fail, He blesses anyhow.

There are no words to tell

Just how good God has been.

I've been blessed, so blessed,

I'm blessed beyond measure.

When I look at my life

My children and my wife,

I'm so thankful

For all He has given me.

I wonder God, why me?

I don't deserve such blessing.

I'm no better, I know,

It's simply grace You chose to show.

I've been blessed
By the hand of God
And though I fail, He blesses anyhow.
There are no words to tell
Just how good God has been.
I've been blessed, so blessed,
I'm blessed beyond measure.

Lord, as the years of time roll on and on,
To each promise You've been true.
But the greatest blessing in my life
Is to spend each day with You.


I've been blessed
By the hand of God
And though I fail, He blesses anyhow.
There are no words to tell
Just how good God has been.
I've been blessed, so blessed,
I'm blessed beyond measure.

I've been blessed,
Abundantly blessed,
Beyond measure.

God's Complete Forgiveness

     "I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee."

     ~ Isaiah 44:22

Courage

"Here I take my stand. Remain where thou art, and if thou shalt attempt to diminish by one step the distance now between us, thou shalt see that the Jewish maiden will rather trust her soul with God than her honour to the Templar!"

~ Rebecca

True Christianity

"A Christian is not someone who has a belief, but someone who has a relationship with the living God. You come to know Him."

~ Kirk Cameron

Pieces of the Puzzle

"Piece by piece, each fit perfectly until the puzzle was complete. It could not have happened without the help of an unseen power."

~ Billy Colman

Psalm 78:3-7

"We will not hide them from their childron, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; sho should arise and declare them to their children: that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:"

~ Psalm 78:3-7