Twice By Faith Alone
By faith alone a man believes
The gift of God is free,
Without true faith you can’t be saved
And gain eternity.
By faith alone a Christian lives
If he would please the Lord,
Without true faith you can’t please God
And find His rich reward.
Twice over, then, by faith alone
We live by faith not sight,
Because we hope for things unseen
Which God will bring to light.
Christina Joy Hommes
Layers of Christian Growth
2 Peter 1:5-8
To faith in God add virtue
Which does whatever’s right;
To virtue add more knowledge –
God’s Word will give you light.
Add self-control to knowledge –
Resisting fleshly lusts;
Then add the grace of patience
Which loves and hopes and trusts.
Add godliness to patience –
A God-like way of life;
Then kindness as to family
Which doesn’t stir up strife.
To all of these advancements
Add charity, yes, love;
For these will make you fruitful
And guide your path above.
Christina Joy Hommes
“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:5-8
The Gospel in Three Tenses
(Past, Present, and Future)
When first I met the Gospel
And bowed my heart to grace,
It canceled all my sin debt
And showed me mercy’s face;
I joined God’s own dear family
His child reborn in love,
And got a place in heaven
Secured for me above.
Now as I live the Gospel
And yield to it each day,
I find that it’s transforming
The things I think and say;
My goals and my ambitions,
My plans and hopes are new,
All things in Christ are different –
It changes all I do.
Then I will claim the Gospel
When every battle’s won,
And it will bear me onward
To hear Christ say, “Well done.”
To heights of joy and freedom,
To depths of love and praise
The Gospel still will lead me
Throughout eternal days.
Christina Joy Hommes
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