Today I read: 2 Kings 23, Psalm 78, Joel 2, Hebrews 5.
Gospel summary: We have all rebelled against God in our sins, often even rejecting his gifts of grace to us, and he has set a day in which he will judge mankind. But God freely offers us his sweet fellowship and the eternal blessings of the gospel if we will repent and trust in Christ.
Prayer: Father in heaven, thank you that in my rebellion and rejection of you, you came for my salvation in the person of your Son Jesus. Yet even now as I have come to know your grace, I still reject your good purposes for me and think I know better. Let me see your amazing patience toward me in Christ and your fervent desire to see my heart on fire for you so that I may stop playing with sin and truly repent. Help me to live a life of repentance, always coming broken before you and clinging to your Son. I pray it in Jesus' name, amen.
Memory verses: "“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster". (Joel 2:12-13 ESV)
Hymn: "Jesus, I Come" by William T. Sleeper
Out of my bondage, sorrow and night,
Jesus, I come; Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of my sickness into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come; Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of earth's sorrows into Thy balm,
Out of life's storm and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come; Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy home,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Jesus, I come; Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of my sickness into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come; Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of earth's sorrows into Thy balm,
Out of life's storm and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come; Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy home,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
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