Blessed Assurance

Beware of  despairing about yourself.

You are commanded to put your trust in God,

and not in yourself.

- St. Augustine -

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! 

O 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 Savior am happy and blest, 

watching and waiting, looking above, 

filled with his goodness, lost in his love. 

Chorus:

This is my story, this is my song, 

praising my Savior all the day long; 

this is my story, this is my song, 

praising my Savior all the day long. 

- Fanny J. Crosby -

 Behold, God is my salvation; 

I will trust, and not be afraid: 

for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; 

he also is become my salvation.

- Isaiah 12:2 -

 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, 

that we are the children of God:

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; 

if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

- Romans 8:16 -17 -

 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, 

that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

- Romans 15:13 -

Looking for that blessed hope, 

and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, 

and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

- Titus 2:13-14 -

The Scriptures teach that we can know with absolute confidence

that we have the life of God within us.

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; 

that ye may know that ye have eternal life, 

and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

1 John 5:13 -

This confidence is not based on inner feelings or outer signs.

Rather, this assurance is founded upon the promises 

of a faithful God and His inspired Word.

It depends not on the amount of our faith

but on the object of our faith - Christ Himself.

- Kenneth W. Osbeck -

My dear friends,

if you have accepted Christ as your personal Savior,

live with the absolute conviction and triumphant faith

that the apostle Paul had when he exclaimed-

"...for I know whom I have believed."

Have a blessed and joyous Lord's Day!

{{ hugs }}