Beauty, Joy and Praise

Dear Ones, 
We were singing this morning the lovely chorus inspired by the prophecy of Isaiah (61:3) which Jesus quoted in the beginning of His earthly ministry:
“He gave me beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning;
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness,
That we might be trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord,
That He [...]

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The God of All Grace

Dear Friends,
Another one of the attributes I mentioned in my letter, “The God of All…”, was that our God is a “God of all Grace.”  I have written in previous letters of  ”Amazing Grace,” “Grace Great Enough,” “Sufficient Grace,” and Superlatives of Grace.  Adjectives like “more Grace,” “abundant Grace,” “exceeding Grace,” manifold Grace,” and “multiplied [...]

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The God of All Comfort

Greetings!
Among many other things, some of which were mentioned in my last letter, our God is a “God of all comfort.”  Included in some of the wonderful things Jesus told His disciples before He ascended to the Father, was a promise concerning the Comforter:
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth;  it is expedient for you that [...]

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The God of All …

Our God is the God of many things as indicated throughout the Scriptures:  the God of Heaven, the God of the earth, the God of hosts (the Angelic Armies), the God of gods, and the God of the spirits of all flesh.  He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and then of Israel.
He [...]

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