Without the Cross

The meaning in our lives
living our lives in vain
without the cross
the sacrifice
the gift of the risen Christ

Different because of the cross
hope in God’s grace
believing in Christ
in the Savior of our lives
the one who was foretold
the babe who became the lamb
dying that I may live
the Son, the great I Am

September 27, 2011
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Carrying My Cross

Yoking myself to my savior
in him is my strength
carrying my cross
following my brother

Picking up my cross
my work on God’s earth
telling the good news of Christ
that all may have new birth

Going where I am called
following where I am led
traveling the way of the cross
in him I find my rest


March 7, 2010
Matthew 16:24
Matthew 16:21-28
&
Day 166, “Challenges of the Cross”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 3/7/10
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Matthew 16:15
Matthew 16:13-20
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Day 165, “The Pivotal Question”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 3/7/10
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