Hers are some good quotes that I wrote down from Pastors massage on Sunday night. He was preaching out of Ecclesiastes 7. They may not be word for word, but this is what I got from them.
“Don’t miss what God has for you in the hard times in life.”
“The hard things in life bring true wisdom.”
“God brings hard times into our lives to change us.”
“Today is better then yesterday.”
This song I am posting here has some of the best words. My Church choir is singing it on Sunday, and I have really come to love it. The words are so powerful and true. To know that the power of Christ on the cross has made me free and forgiven. Such a awesome gift He has given me. Life and victory in him. What great love we have in the cross of Christ.
I can stand forgiven at the cross.
Oh, to see the dawn
Of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood.
CHORUS:
This, the pow’r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us;
Took the blame, bore the wrath—
We stand forgiven at the cross.
Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Ev’ry bitter thought,
Ev’ry evil deed
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.
Now the daylight flees;
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life;
“Finished!” the vict’ry cry.
Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death;
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.
FINAL CHORUS:
This, the pow’r of the cross:
Son of God—slain for us.
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross.
~ The Power of the Cross”
Words and Music by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
