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At the Altar



John 10:17-18King James Version (KJV)

17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Dear Friends,
He laid down His life
That He might take it up again.
No man took His life
But He laid it down
Having laid it down
He took it up again
Up from the grave He arose

 When we consider the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus...how great the sacrifice.  He laid His life down willingly for us.  
It is at the altar that He waits for us to bring not just our cares but ourselves.  Our hopes our dreams our willingness to serve.  It is at the altar with a heart laid bare that we can find sweet communion.

in Christ,

 Sis. Stephanie

Is Your All On The Altar

by Elisha A. Hoffman  (Public Domain)

You have longed for sweet peace, and for faith to increase,
And have ernestly fervently pray'd;
But you cannot have rest, or be perfectly blest
Until all on the altar is laid.

Would you walk with the Lord, in the light of His Word,
And have peace and contentment alway,
You must do His sweet will, to be free from all ill,
On the altar your all you must lay.

Oh, we never can know what the Lord will bestow
Of the blessings for which we have pray'd.
Til our body and soul He doth fully control,
And our all on the altar is laid.

Who can tell all the love He will send from above,
And how happy our hearts will be made,
Of the fellowship sweet we shall share at His feet,
When our all on the altar is laid.

Chorus
Is your all on the altar of sacrifice laid?
Your heart, does the Spirit control?
You can only be blest and have peace and sweet rest,
As you yield Him your body and soul.

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