This may well be my new favorite Christmas song. It was originally written by Charles Wesley around 1745. It has been redone by Kingsway Music and made available on the album Love Divine
Here are the words. I hope you enjoy it.
Come, Thou long expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel’s Strength and Consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear Desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
Rejoice Rejoice Emmanuel
Rejoice Rejoice
Glory be to God
Glory be to God in the Highest
Born Thy people to deliver,
Born a child and yet a King,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
By Thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By Thine all sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
The Spirit of God who HELPS our weakness (Romans 8:26)
In the midst of our painful circumstances of life it is nearly impossible to put into words cohesive prayers. I am blown away by the fact that God helps us by His Spirit as He intercedes for us. How does He help?
“In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;” (Romans 8:26)
The word “helps” in the Greek comes from one long word. That word is “sunantilambano.” This is absolutely amazing!
sun – never leaves me
anti – facing me
lambano – pick up something I cannot on my own
In the midst of impossible, painful, life-shattering circumstances God’s promise to us is that His Spirit will never leave us (we will never be alone), He will face us intimately (His face will shine upon us), and He will pick up the burden we cannot carry on our own. It does not say He will help us pick it up. It says He will pick it up and that is why I Peter 5:7 tells us to cast (roll the burden off of our back and onto Him) all of our anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you.
My friend, know today that He HELPS you, not in sharing the load but carrying the entire load.
In the midst of our painful circumstances of life it is nearly impossible to put into words cohesive prayers. I am blown away by the fact that God helps us by His Spirit as He intercedes for us. How does He help?
“In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;” (Romans 8:26)
The word “helps” in the Greek comes from one long word. That word is “sunantilambano.” This is absolutely amazing!
sun – never leaves me
anti – facing me
lambano – pick up something I cannot on my own
In the midst of impossible, painful, life-shattering circumstances God’s promise to us is that His Spirit will never leave us (we will never be alone), He will face us intimately (His face will shine upon us), and He will pick up the burden we cannot carry on our own. It does not say He will help us pick it up. It says He will pick it up and that is why I Peter 5:7 tells us to cast (roll the burden off of our back and onto Him) all of our anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you.
My friend, know today that He HELPS you, not in sharing the load but carrying the entire load.
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