|
Users viewing this topic:
none
|
|
Login  | |
|
RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/21/2008 6:58:45 PM
|
|
|
gmc4Jesus
Posts: 101
Joined: 5/21/2006
From: Torrance, California
Status: online
|
Below is a song that I wrote in 1980 and recorded in 1999. It is truly the theme song for my life. You can learn more at www.gettingtoknowjesus.org.
What Jesus Means To Me
By Glen M. Copple
April 6, 1980
I’ve got to tell somebody that Jesus died upon Calvary’s tree.
I’ve got to tell somebody that Jesus rose again for you and me.
I’ve got to tell somebody that Jesus is alive, we’ve been set free
I’ve got to tell somebody what Jesus did and what it means to me.
Jesus came to give His life to pay for all my sin.
He died upon Calvary’s tree a victory to win.
But death could not contain Him, He rose again to say—
That we could live forever if we’d let him in today.
That Jesus is alive today gives proof of His victory.
That He rose from death and conquered sin proves He set us free.
I know He’s coming back someday, to take us to be with Him.
Make Him your Lord, obey His will and leave this world of sin.
The life I live upon this earth, I’ll live it for my Lord.
I give all of my life and strength to telling of His word.
And I shall live forever, close by my Savior’s side.
He’ll give me all I ever need. In His love I’ll abide.
_____________________________
Let's talk about Jesus, His life and teachings at the www.gettingtoknowjesus.org Gospel Study Forum.
Home of "Getting To Know Jesus", a complete Bible study on the life and teachings of Jesus.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/21/2008 7:33:38 PM
|
|
|
CherishedbyGod
Posts: 2735
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: gmc4Jesus
Below is a song that I wrote in 1980 and recorded in 1999. It is truly the theme song for my life. You can learn more at www.gettingtoknowjesus.org.
What Jesus Means To Me
By Glen M. Copple
April 6, 1980
I’ve got to tell somebody that Jesus died upon Calvary’s tree.
I’ve got to tell somebody that Jesus rose again for you and me.
I’ve got to tell somebody that Jesus is alive, we’ve been set free
I’ve got to tell somebody what Jesus did and what it means to me.
Jesus came to give His life to pay for all my sin.
He died upon Calvary’s tree a victory to win.
But death could not contain Him, He rose again to say—
That we could live forever if we’d let him in today.
That Jesus is alive today gives proof of His victory.
That He rose from death and conquered sin proves He set us free.
I know He’s coming back someday, to take us to be with Him.
Make Him your Lord, obey His will and leave this world of sin.
The life I live upon this earth, I’ll live it for my Lord.
I give all of my life and strength to telling of His word.
And I shall live forever, close by my Savior’s side.
He’ll give me all I ever need. In His love I’ll abide.
Wow, that is awesome! Your website looks wonderful, also! It is thrilling to me to see someone still on fire for the Lord and centered on the Lord Jesus Christ, especially a pastor!
I look foward to digging into your website more.
Your northern California neighbor, ex-southern Californian 
Cherished...
_____________________________
~Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ~
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/30/2008 2:02:54 AM
|
|
|
CherishedbyGod
Posts: 2735
Status: offline
|
My Dear Friend
~There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother~
My Jesus, I would like to share, with any that would read, what You mean to me. I could never exhaust the words to share how very special to me You have become!
Always faithful to me, You have been. You have never rejected or disowned me even when You felt rebuffed by me. When my heart has wandered from You, You bore the pain of rejection and continued to pursue me with Your love and acceptance. When my devotion to You slackened and became less pure, yet Your passionate love towards me continued to burn.
My dear Friend, You have never betrayed me. While my dearest human friend betrayed me, You enclosed me in Your love and whispered to my heart "I am with thee". Knowing rejection all of my life by all human ties, yet You remained with me whispering to me and caressing me with Your soft touches of endearment. You know the deep agony of heart that comes from being betrayed. You allowed yourself to experience that pain so that you might know how to bring comfort to my oft broken heart.
When veils have come between us, because of sin in my life, You showed me how I might gaze upon Your beautiful Face again. You have never tried to get back at me because I sinned against you; oh, my dear Friend, there is no malice in Thee.
You have carried me through the deepest waters and pushed the waters back from my frightened heart. The floodwaters would have drowned me unless You had rescued me. Your right hand has raised me back up, more times than I can share. With a word saying ~peace be still~ You quiet the raging storms in my heart.
You teach me the way to go to find healing and hope. Gently whispering to me ~this is the way~ You bring soothing balm to my grieving heart; You lift me back up and bestow on me precious kindness. I could never live without Your kindness, my dear Friend! Without Your kindness, I would shrivel up and die. While others abuse me, causing my heart to break, yet, You tell me I am Your joy ~ You died for love of me.
I carry You in my heart all of the day. You are there to greet me with a whisper of love in the morning and You are by my side all of the day…. encouraging, comforting, whispering words of love to me. Lifting me up into the light of Your love, when all else would press me down, you set me free once more to soar with You above the clouds, upwards to gaze upon Your face from now and throughout eternity. I love You, my dear Friend. I love You so very much…
CherishedbyGod,
11.07
_____________________________
~Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ~
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 5/3/2008 9:39:19 PM
|
|
|
CherishedbyGod
Posts: 2735
Status: offline
|
When We Need Defending
~Thy sins are forgiven ~
There are numerous ways that God endears Himself to His people. But, perhaps, one of the most precious is He defends those who put their trust in Him. While others may criticize, judge and expose the sins of God’s children, God’s love “covereth a multitude of sins.” He shields, defends and protects His own. He does not expose our sins.
What a refuge for the struggling sinner our dear Lord is! How He wants us to flee to Him when we are tormented with sin, guilt and shame! We want to run away from Him when we fall to sin. Yet He pursues us as He looks upon us with eyes of longing Love.
God’s protective love for sinners is revealed in the story of Jesus’ encounter with “a woman who was a sinner.” Apparently, this was how she was known in the city where she resided. Imagine the shame and guilt she must have experienced! She was in so much emotional pain knowing that people were aware of her lifestyle.
Hearing the stories of Jesus and how He reached out with love to the outcasts, brought hope to her. She heard that He ministered to the unclean, the tormented and the sinners.
Yearning for acceptance, she did the only thing that she felt worthy to do for Him. As she washed His feet with her tears she could not help but kiss them. For she knew those precious, wearied feet had brought Him close to her. She sensed that Jesus was going to show her the acceptance and understanding for which she longed.
He did. While the Pharisee became critical towards the woman and her actions, Jesus defended her. What contrast between the proud Pharisee with his critical spirit and the tender, accepting and gracious love of the gentle Jesus.
“Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace” came the words that she yearned to hear. With these words He was telling her that He accepted her. Even though others might criticize her, He would protect and defend her. She had become His.
~ Yea the Almighty shall be thy defense ~
cherished....
_____________________________
~Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ~
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 5/11/2008 6:20:20 PM
|
|
|
CherishedbyGod
Posts: 2735
Status: offline
|
Betrayed!
~Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? ~
Luke 22:48
It is believed by some Biblical Scholars that Jesus and Judas, one of the original twelve apostles, were quite close during the ministry of Jesus on earth. They believe this verse in the psalms speaks of Jesus and Judas, ~Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me~. Even when Judas brought the soldiers to the garden so that they could arrest Jesus, Jesus called Judas “friend”.
Let us look at some verses showing how Jesus called Judas “friend” up until the time He was betrayed ~ Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him~ (Matthew 26: 46-50) Dr. C.I. Scofield says of these verses “They are, perhaps, the most touching thing in the Bible. The Lord does not disown Judas.”
Right after Judas kissed Jesus in the garden, the soldiers captured Jesus and then began the most brutal and dark scene of history this world will ever know – the torture and crucifixion of God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Is there any emotional agony greater than the pain of being betrayed by a close friend, a parent, a spouse? The pain of betrayal can shatter the most courageous of hearts. To share close, intimate friendship or marriage, to put one’s trust in a parent, a marriage partner a close friend and then to have the one who we have trusted callously and cruelly not only break that trust but turn on oneself can send one reeling in unimagined hurt.
Perhaps there is one reading this that has endured or is enduring the pain of betrayal. Have you shared with that parent, friend or spouse your deepest secrets? Have you enjoyed a close, intimate relationship with another only to have that other share your deepest things with others? Has someone you loved and trusted turned on you and become your enemy?
Jesus knows the grief of heart we carry, dear soul. Oh, He has been there. He gave His all to Judas, especially His friendship only to have Judas betray Him to be murdered for thirty pieces of silver. Jesus longs for us to come to Him and share our deepest hurts with Him. He longs to bring us the comfort we need! He endured His betrayal so that He would know how best to comfort us.
I carried to Him, on the wings of prayer, the pain of my betrayal this morning. He listened, He comforted me and then He reminded me that He knows, only too well the same pain. Is my pain now gone? No. But just to know He knows, He understands and that He will carry me through while the pain eases is enough for me to rest my heart on.
cherished
5.10.08
_____________________________
~Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ~
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 5/15/2008 7:25:52 PM
|
|
|
CherishedbyGod
Posts: 2735
Status: offline
|
Greatness, His Gentleness
~Thy Gentleness hath made me great~
How can this be? In a generation which increasingly sees greatness through sports figures, movie stars, military power and even force, the Lord pierces our hearts with an entirely different concept; His gentleness makes us great.
King David, penning these words, knew the Lord in intimacy which most of us will never attain to in this life. How beautiful God was to the Psalmist! How beautiful God desires to become to us.
It is a worthy pursuit, the pursuit of God and His ways with us. How our breath is almost taken away when we see Him in His condescension towards us. He stoops and bends to us from His lofty Throne to reveal to us a God that, although He is Mighty and All-powerful, yet...He is gentle towards His own.
Our Creator, our Saviour our Strength, the One who has all might, power and Who Created all, is also gentle! Who can fathom it? This One Who will someday create a new Heaven and Earth is the gentle One.
I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. Whenever I drive up to Lake Tahoe I am totally amazed at the grandeur and majesty of those mountains. What power, how awesome! One cannot begin to imagine the greatness behind a God who with one wave of an outstretched arm said about those mountains…"Let there be". And the mountains were brought forth at the word of His command.
And yet, the same One who created those mountains with just a breath condescends in gentleness to me... I bow, I worship….
© Cherished,
2006
_____________________________
~Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ~
|
|
|
|
 New Messages |
 No New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/ New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/o New Messages |
 Locked w/ New Messages |
 Locked w/o New Messages |
|
 Post New Thread
Reply to Message
Post New Poll
Submit Vote
Delete My Own Post
Delete My Own Thread
Rate Posts |
|
|
Forum Tools
Printable Version
