--PEACE, BE STILL~~

“Keep me as the apple of the eye...hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.”
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--Charles Wesley was walking through the woods on a stormy day when a lightening storm broke out and the rain began to come down in torrents. A bolt of lightening flashed, and a little bird was so frightened that it flew down to Wesley and it tried to hide in his coat.

He was so moved by the scene that he wrote a song we often sing: “Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly, while the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high. Hide me, O my Savior, hide, ‘til the storm of life is past; safe unto the haven guide me, O receive my soul at last.” That’s what our Lord does. He hides us, sustains us, and keeps us.

-Are the storms of life raging around you? Hide yourself in the shadow of His wing.~~
**--Adrian Rogers~**
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--GRACE AND FORGIVENESS ARE UNEARNED GIFTS~~

--So many times we remember our sins and feel we must do something to earn God's forgiveness. But God has said it is by grace, not by works, that we are saved (EPH.2:8-9).
Speaking of a New Covenant, God promised Israel, "I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more" (JER.31:34). We have a God who forgives and no longer calls to mind the wrongs we have done.

We may still feel sad about our past, but we need to trust His Promises and believe His grace and forgiveness is real through faith in Jesus Christ. This news should lead us to thankfulness and the assurance faith brings. When God forgives, He forgets. Let's follow in His steps. ~~

-"Dear Lord, thank You for Your grace and Your offer of salvation and forgiveness through Christ. Thank You for this free gift that is not based on anything I can do, but on what you have already done for me. You paid my, (our), sin-debt by dying on that Cross. Hallelujah, What a Savior!~amen"~~

--ODB/KO--/'JESUS LOVER OF MY SOUL' / By: Darlene Zschech/Hillsong ~~
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