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WITH JESUS!

When you first wake up, when your feet hit the floor, during breakfast, when you start your daily activities, for lunch, all afternoon, for dinner, during your evening and when you go back to bed, Jesus was there all the time! In everything you do each day, let Jesus be a part of it and Enjoy The Day With Jesus!

In 1873, Fanny J. Crosby wrote the words to this song. What an encouragement and reminder to praise our Savior, all the day long.

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Saviour am happy and blest;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Saviour all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Saviour all the day long.

The Bible guides us…

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.“

In John’s Gospel, Jesus chose to “live among us,” and He delighted to spend time with people, loving them, listening to them with their needs and questions, and talking with them.

Matthew 11:28 KJV Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

LAST MONTH'S STORY

Softly and Tenderly

As I heard the story, the hymn, "Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling," was written by Will Lamartine Thompson, born in 1847 in Ohio. Thompson had quite a busy music ministry. He would travel around in a horse and buggy to small towns in Ohio, singing his songs wherever he went. The song was based on Mark 10:49 KJV “And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, ‘Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee’.”

The hymn invites listeners to come home to Jesus, emphasizing His gentle and loving call. The song is a reminder that Jesus is calling the weary and lost to come home. He calls, not in anger, but in love and mercy. Its tender and pleading tone makes it one of the most effective invitation hymns in Christian worship, inviting sinners to return to Jesus, emphasizing His gentle, loving, and compassionate call.

Thompson was inspired to devote himself to writing while attending a meeting by popular evangelist Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899). When Moody was dying in the hospital, he told Thompson, “Will, I would rather have written ‘Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling’ than anything I have been able to do in my whole life.” So powerful is this song that even Moody recognized its ability to bring people to God.

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,

Calling for you and for me;

See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching,

Watching for you and for me.

Come home, come home,

Ye who are weary, come home;

Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,

Calling, O sinner, come home!

Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,

Pleading for you and for me?

Why should we linger and heed not His mercies,

Mercies for you and for me?

Come home, come home,

Ye who are weary, come home;

Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,