That's What Calvary Said..............

I took this picture while I was at the beach.  This song just seemed to fit. I am so very thankful God sent His son to die for you and for me! 

In letters of crimson God wrote His love 
On a hillside so long, long ago 
For you and for me Jesus died 
And love’s greatest story was told 
  
I love you, I love you 
That’s what Calvary said 
I love you, I love you 
I love you written in red 
  
Down through the ages God wrote His love 
With the same hands that suffered and bled 
Giving all that He had to give 
A message so easily read 
   
I love you, I love you 
That’s what Calvary said 
I love you… 
Oh precious is the flow 
That makes me white as snow 
No other fount I know 
Nothing but the blood of Jesus 
  
I love you, I love you 
That’s what Calvary said 
I love you, I love you 
I love you written in red

Written by: Gordon Jensen 

"Make A Joyful Noise..."

I am so thankful, that the Lord gave us the book of Psalms.  So many times, the easiest way to thank God is by just making a joyful noise. God tells us simply in Psalm 95:2, "Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms."  Thank you God for giving us a way to thank you so easily.  

"Pray without ceasing."

I can think of no better way than to start this blog, with someone who I am very proud to call my brother. 

In May of this year, my brother headed off to boot camp. He was gone for three months, and the one thing he constantly asked for, during that three month duration, was PRAYER. 

"Pray without ceasing." (I Thessalonians 5:17) 

Ceasing means to bring something to an end. And in the above verse Paul encourages us to Pray without end.  

Sometimes we forget to pray, and when we do it is only when "we" are in trouble, or in need of help from God. Or when "we" have something we desperately want.  Paul writes in Colossians 1:9, "For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;".  Paul was not praying for himself, nor was he praying that he may be filled. He was praying without end for the people in whom he was writing to. 

So let this be an encouragement to you and to myself to pray for someone other than ourselves without end.