"I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history."
~ H.G. Wells ~
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One of my favorite vocal artists - from Kansas even - is Jennifer Knapp. This is a song that comes to mind when I begin to get discouraged about the state of the Church in America. The visible state of the Body of Christ. Oh, His great love for us! Glory!
Listen to the lyrics. Brings tears to my eyes even now....
HOLD ME NOW by Jennifer Knapp
From glass alabaster she poured out the depth of her soul
O foot of Christ would you wait if her harlotries known?
Falls a tear to darken the dirt
Of humblest offerings to forgive the hurt
She is strong enough to stand in your love
I can hear her say....
I'm weak
I'm poor
I'm broken, Lord
But I'm your's
Hold me now, hold me now
Let he without sin cast the first stone if you will
To say that my bride isn't worth half the blood that I've spilled
Point your finger and laugh if you choose
To say my beloved is borrowed and used
She is strong enough to stand in My love
I can hear her say.... (King Jesus)
I'm weak
I'm poor
I'm broken, Lord
But I'm your's
Hold me now, hold me now
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Isn't it humbling to be reminded of His great love for His bride? Isn't is encouraging to know that even with a bride who is broken, a bride who fails so often, a bride who is so often faithless - He can cause her to stand and walk in His ways and bring glory to Him - for the good of the world! We see evidence of this all around.
Read Ezekiel 36: 26-27
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (God)
THANK YOU JESUS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF YOUR STORY! THANK YOU FOR ORDANINING ME TO BELIEVE, AND FOR APPOINTING ME TO THIS TIME AND TO THIS PARTICULAR PLACE. I LOVE YOU SO!
