I Need Thee Every Hour

I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine can peace afford.

Refrain:
I need Thee, O I need Thee;
Every hour I need Thee;
O bless me now, my Savior,I come to Thee.

I need Thee every hour, stay Thou nearby;
Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh.

Refrain

I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide, or life is in vain.

Refrain

I need Thee every hour; teach me Thy will;
And Thy rich promises in me fulfill.

Refrain

I need Thee every hour, most Holy One;
O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessèd Son.

Refrain

I do not know why I love this hymm so much. I play hymms to cool nerves and relax. One night I opened my hymnal and found this song immediately. I found the words soothing to my weary soul.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/n/ineedteh.htm

J'irai

J’irai sur la fin de l’Univers, loin de toutes mes inquiétudes, loin de toutes les réponses non connues de l’humanité, loin de toi, loin de tout ce que je voudrais te dire et je ne peux pas te dire, loin de moi. Quand je reviendrai, peut-être le monde sera autre. Nous serons autres... peut-être.

par Mariana Fulger

A Christ-Centered Church

While the definition of the word “Puritan” remains a matter of some debate, there is no doubt that ecclesiastical issues were close to the heart of every Puritan preacher. Despite the fact that in creed and sermon the doctrine of the church was incessantly expounded in terms of the covenant and of grace and the doctrines of Christ’s threefold office, historians of the period have not paid much attention to the strong Christocentric nature of the Puritan doctrine of the church. A full exposition of John Owen’s ecclesiology is beyond our present purpose, which is merely to demonstrate that Owen’s views of the church’s nature, composition, authority, mission, ministry, and worship have strong and direct ties to Christology.

The Nature of the Church
In the writings of John Owen one can find the following definitions of the church. The first is a definition of God’s house, his Zion:

By the church of Christ I understand, primarily, the whole multitude of them who antecedently are chosen of his Father, and given unto him; consequently, are redeemed, called, and justified in his blood;—the church which he loved, and gave himself for, ‘that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word; that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish,’ Eph. v. 26, 27. And, secondarily, also every holy assembly of mount Zion, whereunto the Lord Christ is made beauty and glory,—every particular church of his saints, inasmuch as they partake of the nature of the whole being purchased by his blood, Acts xx. 28. (8:286)

The church exists in visible structured societies, and must do so, since man was created to act in society, and the “principle end” of living in society is the glory and worship of God. To create a holy worshipping society, God revealed his will to Adam in innocence, and, after the fall, with a specific view toward the coming of Christ, to Adam’s descendants. Owen often calls such a society a “church-state” to signify all the various ecclesiastical structures since creation: households of patriarchs, the nation which covenanted together at Sinai, and the particular local church of the New Testament era (a “gospel,” or “evangelical, church-state”). By any definition, it centers on Christ.

- Richard Daniels

For the rest of the article visit:

http://www.johnowen.org/media/daniels_christology_owen.pdf

Bad Books

In English, I must read The Catcher in the Rye. I cannot take the language! I feel like every page sullies my mind to a point of non-recognition. I told my teacher that I felt that the sexual undertones and promiscuous content left much to be desired and I wished to switch books. I was ignored on the grounds that now days you must accept the language and more on she replied. She asked me how I could pick up a book that did not contain language or sexual content and I said easy. I quoted Philippians 4:8 and she looked at me like I was crazy. I failed the quiz because I refused to finish the book assignment. It frustrated me. Tonight I finished the book assignment and read excerpts aloud to my father and he was also disgusted. Arrg! I am not sure what to do next but comply with her wishes.