–John Newton, The Works of John Newton, Volume 2 (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1988), 2: 182-183. Our present strength is small, and without a fresh supply would be quickly exhausted but He has engaged to renew it from day to day.Īnd He will soon appear to wipe all tears from our eyes and then we shall appear with Him in glory.” Why don’t we petition His throne more or why don’t we hasten to ask of Him things when the bible says in Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Our inheritance is surely reserved for us, and we shall be kept for it by His power through faith. I wonder why we, as children of God, don’t hasten to our Father’s throne. before her in a manger and the promised inheritor of the throne of David. The way is rough, but He trod it before us, and is now with us in every step we take and every step brings us nearer to our heavenly home. The shepherds hasten to Bethlehem to join the other poor people at the center. The Lord has given us to know His name as a resting-place and a hiding-place, a sun and a shield.Ĭircumstances and creatures may change but He will be an unchangeable friend. We have therefore cause for continual praise. They have no guide in prosperity, but hurry on as they are instigated by their blinded passions, and are perpetually multiplying mischiefs and miseries to themselves.Īnd in adversity they have no resource, but must feel all the evil of affliction, without inward support, and without deriving any advantage from it. He is the fountain of life, strength, grace and comfort, and of His fulness His children receive according to their occasions: but this is all hidden from the world. To Him all things are possible and before the exertion of His power, when He is pleased to arise and work, all hindrances give way and vanish, like a mist before the sun.Īnd He can so manifest Himself to the soul, and cause His goodness to pass before it, that the hour of affliction shall be the golden hour of the greatest consolation. then the men will rush in from different directions, untie the camels. When means and hope fail, when every thing looks dark upon us, when we seem shut up on every side, when we are brought to the lowest ebb, still our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth. My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray. The smoke of the incense, mixed with the prayers of. Hark ye shepherds, hasten to the manger, Fear not to leave thy grazing sheep Hear the host of heaven loud proclaiming, While God above His watch doth keep. amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of Gods people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne. From one he tore an earthly crown, stained with blood and crime he could but hasten the time when the other should wear the unfading, heavenly crown. His ear is always open to us: let who will overlook and disappoint us, He will not. 'Hasten' in this context ( (speudontas)) probably means to urge on (Strongs 4692), or earnestly desire, and by implication, to eagerly await. When our spirits are almost overwhelmed within us, He knoweth our path. I'll hasten, I'll hasten to his throne I'll hasten to his throne hold on hold on Tears are streaming down my eyes I'll hasten, I'll hasten to his throne Yes I will, I'll run I. Yes I will, Ill run I know I can go to his throne I know I can go, I know I can go. Tears are streaming down my eyes Ill hasten, Ill hasten to his throne. O the blessed privilege of prayer! O the wonderful love, care, attention, and power of our great Shepherd! His eye is always upon us. Ill hasten, Ill hasten to his throne Ill hasten to his throne hold on hold on. There are sheep who follow after others.“How little does the world know of that intercourse which is carried on between heaven and earth what petitions are daily presented, and what answers are received at a throne of grace! See how the shepherds, summoned to his cradle, leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze. The text does not say “He shall feed the goats”, or “He shall feed the wolves”, not even “He shall feed the sheep”. Talleys - I Love the Lord / Total Praise Lyrics Artist: Talleys Album: The Ultimate Collection Heyo SONGLYRICS just got interactive. Isaiah 40:11 (KJV) shall feed his flock like a shepherd …
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