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    Devotions for Lent (Ebook Shorts): Meditations Based on Best-Loved Hymns
    Devotions for Lent (Ebook Shorts): Meditations Based on Best-Loved Hymns
    Devotions for Lent (Ebook Shorts): Meditations Based on Best-Loved Hymns
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    Devotions for Lent (Ebook Shorts): Meditations Based on Best-Loved Hymns

    By Robert J. Morgan

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    The lyrics of our favorite hymns are rich in images that can help us in our daily walk with God--they are miniature Bible studies that lead us effortlessly toward worship, testimony, exhortation, prayer, and praise. They're bursts of devotional richness with rhyme and rhythm. They clear our minds, soothe our nerves, verbalize our worship, summarize our faith, and sing our great Redeemer's praise. Bestselling author Robert J. Morgan has gathered favorite hymns, as well as classic, lesser-known gems to guide your quiet time with God during Lent.

    Each devotional begins with Scripture, includes a story about the hymn or its writer and the lyrics to the hymn, and ends with a prayer. An index of hymn titles and first lines is included. What better way to end your devotional reading than with a song in your heart?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateJan 1, 2013
    ISBN9781441240446
    Devotions for Lent (Ebook Shorts): Meditations Based on Best-Loved Hymns
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    Robert J. Morgan

    Rob J. Morgan is the pastor of The Donelson Fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has served for thirty-three years. He has authored more than twenty books, including The Lord Is My Shepherd, The Red Sea Rules, and Then Sings My Soul. He conducts Bible conferences, family retreats, and leadership seminars across the country. He and his wife, Katrina, live in Nashville. His website is RobertJMorgan.com.

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      Day 1

      Footprints of Jesus

      On many occasions, we sang this hymn in the mountain church where I was raised. Mary Bridges Slade was an educator by trade, a pastor’s wife by marriage, and a hymnist by grace. Footprints of Jesus, her best-known hymn, follows the footsteps of Christ through the three years of His ministry and on to heaven, reminding us that we’re to follow in His steps.

      Sweetly, Lord, have we heard Thee calling,

      Come, follow Me!

      And we see where Thy footprints falling

      Lead us to Thee.

      Though they lead o’er the cold, dark mountains,

      Seeking His sheep;

      Or along by Siloam’s fountains,

      Helping the weak.

      If they lead through the temple holy,

      Preaching the Word;

      Or in homes of the poor and lowly,

      Serving the Lord.

      Then at last when on high He sees us,

      Our journey done,

      We will rest where the steps of Jesus

      End at His throne.

      Footprints of Jesus,

      That make the pathway glow;

      We will follow the steps of Jesus

      Where’er they go.

      He said to him, Follow Me.

      So he arose and followed Him.

      Matthew 9:9

      Day 2

      Trusting Jesus

      Simple, daily faith saves us from chronic worry. When we abide in Christ and rest in His promises, no alarm can overwhelm us for long, and no anxiety can sustain its attack. That’s the theme of this beloved song written by Edgar P. Stites, a Civil War veteran and riverboat captain. Stites was converted in the revival of 1857 and became a Methodist preacher. He wrote Trusting Jesus in 1876. Evangelist D. L. Moody saw the words in a newspaper and handed the clipping to his music director, Ira Sankey, who wrote the melody and popularized it in the Moody-Sankey campaigns.

      Simply trusting every day,

      Trusting through a stormy way;

      Even when my faith is small,

      Trusting Jesus, that is all.

      Singing if my way is clear,

      Praying if the path be drear;

      If in danger for Him call;

      Trusting Jesus, that is all.

      Trusting Him while life shall last,

      Trusting Him till earth be past;

      Till within the jasper wall,

      Trusting Jesus, that is all.

      Trusting as the moments fly,

      Trusting as the days go by;

      Trusting Him whate’er befall,

      Trusting Jesus, that is all.

      My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped.

      Psalm 28:7

      Day 3

      Anywhere with Jesus

      In the early 1800s, John Cadbury, a Quaker and teetotaler, opened a coffee and tea shop in the center of Birmingham, England. He soon became known for his cocoa, giving rise to the Cadbury Chocolate Company. John’s granddaughter, Helen, became an heir of the Cadbury fortune. A dedicated Christian, Helen married the famous song leader Charles M. Alexander, and the two traveled the world for Christ and founded the Pocket Testament League. Charles died of a heart attack in 1920 at age fifty-three. Helen labored for Christ until her death in 1969 at age ninety-two. She isn’t primarily known as a hymnist, but she did contribute the last two stanzas to this great old hymn by Jessie

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