It is well with my soul

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well,
with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well,
with my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well,
with my soul.

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life,
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well,
with my soul.

But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well,
with my soul.

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well,
with my soul.


Dr. Reese, the chair of the Bible and Theology department at taccoa falls college, spoke sunday, he was good.

John the Piper

John Piper, on Dont waste your life, falling in with our theme of Being Men of Enfluence. MAC men's retreate this weekend.

dont waste your life.

how do people waste their lives?

lots of ways...
Pursuit of money,
pursuit of happyness,
pursuit of status,
pursuit of power,
pursuit of retirement,
pursuit of anything but Christ.

ok, so thats all well and good, but what about all that stuff we have to have to live? money being one of them. how do you aquire the means to live without pursuing money?

money* is given to us, so we can us it in such a way to show that money* is not our God.

*also friends, jobs, possessions, time, etc...

basically, we need stuff to live, but we have these things so that we can glorify God, by using in such a way that shows Christ is the most important thing.

so there is a summary, as if any Piper sermon could be summed up in so few words... I'm still wading threw the rest.

It'll prob be NA before I post again, just cus...

and just for the record, If anyone asks, Tommy got owned twice at Blurt and like 42 times in the canoes...