"God does not always move as fast as we would like, nor does He always explain His mysterious providences.  He refuses to be stampeded into premature action.  His delays may be mystifying, but they are not capricious.  His seeming slowness is but the evidence of His perfect control of events.  The overriding purpose of His delay [in coming to Lazarus] was to develop the faith of His friends."  

J. Oswald Sanders.  105 Days with John.  1976. 

You do you best and nothing less

to be blessed --and try to save your soul from death;

It's all work's righteousness you know.

You cannot manufacture grace

By self denial in a religious place, 

By weeping hard upon your face

Or saying prayers to some dead saints you know.

Not through prayers or liturgy

Self-flagellation 'till you bleed, 

or sacred vows that you can't keep,

Mysteries and visions when you dream.

It's a narrow way that you must come

To the Father through the Son,

Loving Him more than other loves:

Family, friends, yourself--anything or anyone.

By grace alone,

Through faith alone,

On the Word alone,

Because of Christ alone!

He is our only hope,

He is the Cornerstone!

You cannot add one thing to Him

To save your soul from the curse of sin;

Lose your life so you may win - salvation.

Empty-handed, cling to Him

Lamb of God, Prince of Peace,

Suffering Servant, Incarnate Deity;

Christ died for God at Calvary.

Now once for all we've been redeemed.

The Son of Man gave His life for His own,

The Just for the unjust no greater love was ever shown.

Our Champion Forever now reigns from heaven's throne,

The true "gift of salvation" is by grace through faith alone.

Steve Camp.  "Cornerstone".  Abandoned to God.

"The real question today is not when human life begins, but, What is the value of human life?... We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life--the unborn--without diminishing the value of all human life... It is not for us to decide who is worthy to live and who is not... My administration is dedicated to the preservation of America as a free land, and there is no cause more important for persevering that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other right have any meaning."  

Ronald Reagan. Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation. 1984.

"Were we to hold our peace the stones would cry out; yet if we speak, what shall we say?  Teach us to know that we cannot know, for the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.  Let faith support us where reason fails, and we shall think because we believe, not in order that we may believe.  In Jesus Name.  Amen."   

A.W. Tozer.  The Knowledge of the Holy.  1961.

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