OCTOBER. 18TH.
Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:22, 23)
Some people claim to have accepted Christ as savior, yet they live in the tragic uncertainty of doubting their personal relationship with God. The scriptures teach, however, that we can know with absolute confidence that we have the life of God within us (1 John 5:13). This confidence is not based on inner feelings or outer signs. Rather, this assurance is found 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.
Though blinded at six weeks of age through improper medical treatment, Fanny Crosby wrote more than 8,000 gospel songs texts in her lifetime of 95years. Her many favorites such as “Blessed Assurance” have been an important part of evangelical worship for the past century. Only eternity will disclose the hosts of individuals whose lives have been spiritually enriched through the texts of Fanny Crosby’s man y hymns. Engraved on Fanny J. Crosby’s tombstone at Bridgeport, Connecticut, are these significant words taken from our Lord’s remarks too Mary, the sister of Lazarus, after she had anointed Him with costly perfume-“she hath done what she could” (Mark14:8).
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 daylong;
this is my story; this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.
TAKEN FROM “AMAZING GRACE; 366 INSPIRING HYMN STORIES FOR DAILY DEVOTION”
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