Make Me a Blessing
Verse 1: Make me a blessing to everyone Make my life useful from day to day, Filled with the spirit of Jesus’ love, Making paths brighter always. Chorus Make me
Hymn
2025
Poetry
Ode to Autumn
Autumn arrived last night, lugging its trappings of hot chocolate, soft wooly sweaters, bright orange pumpkins, and bold hues of copper, amber, gold, and candlelight red. Autumn is not timid
Devotion
Yet I Shall Praise Him
Jesus piles one benefit on top of another. As if forgiveness, healing and redemption weren’t enough, He tops it off with love and mercy. Then He adds satisfaction and renewed strength.
Hymn
Jesus Paid It All
1 I hear the Savior say,“Thy strength indeed is small,Child of weakness, watch and pray,Find in Me thine all in all.” Refrain:Jesus paid it all,All to Him I owe;Sin had
Devotion
A Matter of Pride
It is tempting, at times, to believe that our jobs, our money, our health, our family, and our ministry are the fruits of our lifestyle, choices, and hard work. They’re ours, we’ve earned them. We hold job, salary, rank, title, in high regard. We set great store by becoming self-sufficient and self-sustaining. And this mentality cracks the door to pride.
Devotion
Wait for the Father
Guest post by author C.A. Simonson “The Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost…” (Luke 19:10) Tim took his ten-year-old son into the woods with
Hymn
Dark is the Night
1. Dark is the night, and cold the wind is blowing,Nearer and nearer comes the breakers’ roar;Where shall I go, or whither fly for refuge?Hide me, my Father, till the
Devotion
Pure Gift, Pure Grace
Unless we acknowledge that we are just as much in need of God’s mercy and forgiveness as the next person – regardless of their past–then we have not fully grasped the meaning of grace.
Devotion
Busted Right Down the Middle
Can I praise my Savior all the day long when a favorite possession is ruined? Much more importantly, how about when a particular hope or dream of mine is busted right down the middle, or when a promising relationship fractures? Can my heart still whistle a happy tune?
Hymn
Children of the Heav’nly Father
1. Children of the heav’nly Father,Safely in his bosom gather;Nesting bird nor star in HeavenSuch a refuge e’er was given. 2. God his own does tend and nourish;In his holy
