The Lord’s Prayer

Again, did Jesus journey on,

When, in a certain place,

He lifted up His voice in prayer

With unction, power and grace.

 * * *

When He had ceased on of the twelve

Said :”Lord, teach us to pray,

As John taught those who followed him,

“We wish to do as they.”

 * * *

He taught them then that form of prayer

Which pure devotion is;

Known a The Lord’s Prayer ever since,

Because the words are His.

* * *

Then on He went, and preached the truth,

Along each country road,

And taught the people, high and low,

The love and fear of God;

* * *

And told them how God answers prayer.

If prayer be warm and true–

With far more loving, swift response

Than earthly parents do.

The Upper Room

Now came the first day of the feast–

Day of unleavened bread–

When the Passover must be killed;

And the disciples said :

* * *

“Where wilt Thou, Lord, that we shall go

And preparation make

For Thee to eat the Passover,

And we, with Thee, partake?”

* * *

Peter and John He then sent forth,

Saying: “As ye walk the street,

A man, bearing a pitcher

Of water, ye shall meet.

 * * *

“Then follow him into the house,

And to the good man say :

The Master needs the guest-chamber

To keep the feast to-day.

* * *

“And a large, furnished, upper room

He unto you will show.”

Then the disciples went and found,

As the Lord said, ’twas so.

 * * *

Now, at the evening hour, the Lord

With His disciples came,

And sat down round the table where

Was served the paschal lamb.

 * * *

And He said unto them : “I have

Desired with every breath

To eat this Passover with you,

Before I suffer death.”

The Mother of Jesus

Now there stood by that dreadful cross

The mother of the Lord,

Whose soul with sharpest agony

Was pierced, as with a sword.

 * * *

When Jesus therefore saw her near,

And His disciple, John,

The man whom He loved best, He said:

“Woman, behold thy son.”

* * *

Then said to the disciple:

“Thy mother here behold!”

And John thence forth his loving care

Around her did enfold.

JHS (iota eta sigma)

JHS (iota eta sigma) in black by Kathy Grimm

JHS (iota eta sigma) in yellow by Kathy Grimm

JHS (iota eta sigma) in pink by Kathy Grimm

Titles (Names) of Christ In the Old Testament

• Seed of the woman. Gen. 3: 15.
• Mine Angel. Ex. 23: 23.
• A Star out of Jacob. Num. 24: 17.
• A Prophet. Deut. 18: 15,18.
• Captain of the host of the Lord. Joshua 5: 14.
• A Friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. 18: 24.
• My Beloved. Song of Solomon 2: 10.
• Chiefest amoung ten thousand. Song of Solomon 5: 10.
• (One) altogether lovely. Song of Solomon 5: 16.
• The Mighty God. Isa. 9: 6.
• The Everlasting Father. Isa. 9: 6.
• The Prince of Peace. Isa. 9: 6.
• The Lord Our Righteousness. Jer. 23:5,6.
• The Son of God. Dan. 3: 25.
• The Son of Man. Dan. 7: 13.
• Michael, . . . the Great Prince. Dan. 12: 1.
• The Branch. Zech. 6: 12,13.
• The Messenger of the covenant. Mal. 3: 1.
• The Sun of Righteousness. Mal. 4: 2.

Titles (Names) of Christ In the New Testament

• The Word. John 1:1
• The Lamb of God. John 1: 29.
• The Bread of Life. John 6: 35.
• The Light of the world. John 8: 12.
• The Door of the sheep. John 10: 7.
• The Good Shepherd. Verse 11.
• The Ressurection and the Life. John 11: 25.
• The Way, the Truth, and the Life. John 11:25.
• The True Vine. John 15:1.
• The Rock. 1 Cor. 10: 4.
• The last Adam. 1 Cor. 15: 45.
• The Chief Corner-stone. Eph. 2: 20.
• The Man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. 2: 5.
• A Great High Priest. Heb. 4: 14.
• The Author and Finisher of our faith. Heb. 12: 2.
• The Chief Shepherd. 1 Peter 5: 4.
• An Advocate. 1 John 2: 1.
• Michael, the Archangel. Jude 9.
• The Lion of the tribe of Judah. Rev. 5: 5.
• The Morning Star. Rev. 22: 16.
• King of kings, and Lord of lords. Rev. 19: 16.

Christ is referred to in the Bible under something like three hundred different titles and figures, of which the above are only examples. Why this is so is because He is all that these names and figures represent.

Bible Outwears Assault

by Dr. John Clifford

Last eve I paused beside a blacksmith’s

door,

And heard the anvil sing the vesper

chime;

Then, looking in, I saw upon the floor

Old hammers, worn with beating years of

time.

 * * *

“How many anvils have you had,” said I,

“To wear and batter all those hammers

so?”

“Just one,” he said; then, with a twinkling

eye,

“The anvil wears the hammers out, you

know.”

* * *

And so, I thought, the anvil of God’s word

For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;

Yet, tho the noise of falling blows was heard,

The anvil is unharmed–the hammers gone.

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Little Marble Donkey

“When my brothers and I were very small, our father took us just over the Texas boarder to a little Mexican village for a day trip. Dad had grown up in Chrystal City, Texas and he wanted us to see and do some of what he had experienced. We visited a little market and he purchased this small, carved donkey from marble for me. I have kept it ever since and if often finds its way on to our Easter dinner table.” Kathy Grimm

In the accounts of the four canonical Gospels, Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem takes place about a week before his Resurrection.

According to the Gospels, Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem, and the celebrating people there lay down their cloaks in front of him, and also lay down small branches of trees. The people sang part of Psalms 118: 25–26 – … Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the house of the Lord ….

The symbolism of the donkey may refer to the Eastern tradition that it is an animal of peace, versus the horse, which is the animal of war. Therefore, a king came riding upon a horse when he was bent on war and rode upon a donkey when he wanted to point out he was coming in peace. Therefore, Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem symbolized his entry as the Prince of Peace, not as a war-waging king.

In many lands in the ancient Near East, it was customary to cover in some way the path of someone thought worthy of the highest honor. The Hebrew Bible (2Kings 9:13) reports that Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat, was treated this way. Both the Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel of John report that people gave Jesus this form of honor. However, in the Synoptic Gospels they are only reported as laying their garments and cut rushes on the street, whereas John more specifically mentions palm fronds. The palm branch was a symbol of triumph and victory in Jewish tradition, and is treated in other parts of the Bible as such (e.g., Leviticus 23:40 and Revelation 7:9). Because of this, the scene of the crowd greeting Jesus by waving palms and carpeting his path with them and their cloaks has become symbolic and important.

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Jesus Only

by Rev. Carl J. Segerhammer

        “And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man save Jesus only.” Jesus had taken His three disciple, Peter, James, and John, with Him up on the Mount of Transfiguration, and there He had been glorified in their sight. “His face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light. And there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with Him.” Everything was so inspiring, so glorious. The disciples would gladly have remained there indefinitely, as we can draw from the words of the impulsive Peter; “Lord let us make here three tabernacles,” etc. But in a moment all the splendor had vanished. Moses and Elias were gone; the conditions of everyday life had returned, “and when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man save Jesus only.” But was not that enough? Surely.

This incident from the life of Jesus and the disciples comes to our mind not because we have lately celebrated that day, the “Day of Transfiguration,” — that is still many weeks hence, — but because we have had lately in our church a season of more than ordinary significance — the Iowa Conference Convention. May we not say that those days were to us as a season of transfiguration? Who among us did not feel as though he were looking upon life, not as usual, form the vale of toilsome everyday experiences, but from the lofty summit of the Mount of Transfiguration? Did we not see our dear Savior glorified? For in the many beautiful sermons and addresses to which we listened, He was presented to us in all His glory and power, in all His love and mercy. There were also the “servants of God” “talking with Him” and of Him. How beautiful! How inspiring! But, alas, soon was the splendor vanished; the servants of God, whose fellowship we had enjoyed for a time, had gone, “and when we had lifted up our eyes, we saw no man save Jesus only.” That, dear reader, is at least our earnest hope and prayer. God grant that it may be said of each and every one of us, now that the convention, that season of refreshing, is over, as it was said of the disciples when the hour of transfiguration was past: “They was no man save Jesus only.” They saw Him. He was still with them, their Comforter, their all. May it be so with us! May His image have been implanted in our hearts, His Spirit in our soul! Then we have need of nothing more, for as Asaph says: “Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee. My flesh and my heart faileth, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

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Christ A Guide To The Father

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Baptism of The Savior

Baptism of The Savior by Kath Grimm

“I Thirst.”

"I Thirst." by Kathy Grimm