I recently purchased a CD by the Galkin Evangelistic Team entitled, Christ Only, Always. I LOVE this CD. There is one song called, Complete in Thee. After listening to this song several times I asked my husband to listen to it. He liked it too. So we decided that this would be our song to learn for the month of November.
Here are the words:
COMPLETE IN THEE
Complete in Thee, no work of mine could take dear Lord the place of Thine.
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me, and I shall stand complete in thee!
Yea, justified, oh blessed thought! And sanctified salvation wrought!
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me, and glorified I, too, shall be.
Complete in Thee, each want supplied, and no good thing to me denied,
since Thou my portion, Lord, will be, I ask no more, complete in Thee!
Yea, justified, oh blessed thought! And sanctified salvation wrought!
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me, and glorified I , too, shall be.
Complete in Thee, no more shall sin Thy grace has conquered reign within;
Thy blood shall bid the tempter flee, and I shall stand, complete in thee!
Yea, justified, oh blessed thought! And sanctified salvation wrought!
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me, and glorified I, too, shall be.
Dear Savior, when, before Thy bar, all tribes and tongues assembled are,
among the chosen I shall be, at Thy right hand, complete in thee!
Yea, justified, oh blessed thought! And sanctified salvation wrought!
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me, and glorified I, too, shall be.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Pumpkins With Smiley Faces
Let me start by saying that I LOVE fall!!! I love the changing colors and the crispness in the air. For me, it's always been the start of my new year. Maybe it's because that is when school always started.
When I had my first child, I took him to the pumpkin farm, got him a pumpkin, came home and thought "now what?" I didn't want to introduce the wickedness of Halloween to my son so I gave him the pumpkin, a hand full of markers and let him color the pumpkin. Over the years, my children became aware of the pumpkins with the "smiley faces". As I was talking to my mom one day, the subject of the pumpkins with the smiley faces came up. She suggested that I do the following:
When we are at the pumpkin patch choosing a pumpkin, remind the children that God chose us.
After we get home, we wash all the dirt from the pumpkins and we cut a hole in the top to scoop out the yucky insides. I then remind the children that the Lord has washed our sins away and replaced the yuckiness with the Holy Spirit. We then cut a smiley face on our pumpkin and I tell the children that the Lord has given us Joy and it puts a smile on our face. Then, we put a candle in the pumpkin and light it. This reminds us that we should be a light in the world and show Christ in our lives to others.
So that is what we have done for several years now. A couple of years ago, my mother gave me a book called: The Pumpkin Patch Parable.
This book is what I have been telling my children. It has wonderful illustrations and scripture passages for every step.
When I had my first child, I took him to the pumpkin farm, got him a pumpkin, came home and thought "now what?" I didn't want to introduce the wickedness of Halloween to my son so I gave him the pumpkin, a hand full of markers and let him color the pumpkin. Over the years, my children became aware of the pumpkins with the "smiley faces". As I was talking to my mom one day, the subject of the pumpkins with the smiley faces came up. She suggested that I do the following:
When we are at the pumpkin patch choosing a pumpkin, remind the children that God chose us.
After we get home, we wash all the dirt from the pumpkins and we cut a hole in the top to scoop out the yucky insides. I then remind the children that the Lord has washed our sins away and replaced the yuckiness with the Holy Spirit. We then cut a smiley face on our pumpkin and I tell the children that the Lord has given us Joy and it puts a smile on our face. Then, we put a candle in the pumpkin and light it. This reminds us that we should be a light in the world and show Christ in our lives to others.
So that is what we have done for several years now. A couple of years ago, my mother gave me a book called: The Pumpkin Patch Parable.
This book is what I have been telling my children. It has wonderful illustrations and scripture passages for every step.
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