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One And Ninety Nine "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost." (Matthew 18 vs 12-14, NIV) ♪♫ There were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold. But one was out on the hills away, Far off from the gates of gold. Away on the mountains wild and bare. Away from the tender Shepherd’s care. Away from the tender Shepherd's care. ♪♫ And what did the Shepherd do? He left the ninety and nine and went after the one that strayed away. And so we might ask… ♪♫ "Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine; Are they not enough for Thee?" But the Shepherd made answer: "This of Mine Has wandered away from Me; And although the road be rough and steep, I go to the desert to find My sheep, I go to the desert to find My sheep ♪♫ ♪♫ But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed; Nor how dark was the night the Lord passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost. Out in the desert He heard its cry, Sick and helpless and ready to die; Sick and helpless and ready to die ♪♫ We don’t know what Jesus goes through to bring back a lost soul but we know He does. There is no way He’ll leave one of His flock out in the darkness to fend for themselves. Open prey to the wolves and predators that roam the darkness. So what do you think He would require of us? If we know someone who has strayed from the flock, what do you think Jesus would have us do? I think He would want us to do whatever we could to bring that one back into the fold, to reach out a hand and gently lead them home. ♪♫ "Lord, whence are those blood drops all the way That mark out the mountain's track?" "They were shed for one who had gone astray Ere the Shepherd could bring him back." "Lord, whence are Thy hands so rent and torn?" "They are pierced tonight by many a thorn; They are pierced tonight by many a thorn." ♪♫ And if they became wounded while roaming the dark we need to lift them up out of the blood and the dirt, clean them and bind their wounds and gently carry them back to the Shepherd. We are our brother’s keeper! We should never leave a brother/ sister wandering and lost in the darkness? Reach out to the lost, the One! No matter how deep the waters or dark the night, we must seek the lost and bring them back! And then we can rejoice with the angels in Heaven and the Good Shepherd and sing…….. ♪♫ And all through the mountains, thunder riven And up from the rocky steep, There arose a glad cry to the gate of Heaven, "Rejoice! I have found My sheep!" And the angels echoed around the throne, "Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own! Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own!" ♪♫ The Ninety and Nine - Andrew Peterson v=9u-umswplXU *footnote Lyrics: Elizabeth Cecelia Douglas Clephane, 1830–1869 Music: Ira David Sankey the well-known music associate of evangelist D. L. Moody.  Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt |
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I was lost once also. If not for sisters who would just not give up and if not for the Good Shepard who came for me I would have also died. The Lord never forgets one of His own. And neither should we! Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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Happy new decade Elizabeth... 
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i like this song... my mom listened this song, and shes like it.. thank you TC... love you and God Bless You... I know my Jesus Loves Me
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1/1/2011 10:18 pm |
Amen, great song. Blessings   "Love is Patient..."
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I'm in a bit of a hurry this morning as I'm expected at church early for I teach the Adult Sunday School class so I'm gonna' do a copy and paste here. The scripture lesson is the parable of the wedding. (Scripture Portion: Luke 14:16-24) 1. “GO OUT…” (verse 21) Here we are faced with the great commission of the gospel, which is that we should “go” (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15); compare Psalm 126:6. Our commission is to “go out” to the people, and the Church should be doing this all the time. There is a great danger for us, as individual Christians, or for the churches of which we are members, to get into a rut in relation to evangelism. The danger is that we become selfish and content with our own salvation and that we never feel or show any concern for those who are outside and who need to be brought to a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. God’s plan is that every saved person should go out after those who are unsaved in order to bring them in to the Great Banquet – bring them into the enjoyment of the salvation that He has provided in Jesus Christ. Notice where we are to go:- 2. “GO OUT…into the streets and alleys of the town” (verse 21) and “to the roads and country lanes” (verse 23) The servants in the parable were literally to scour the district in their search for those who were to be invited as guests to the banquet. This is how the early Christians got to work. Take the Apostle Paul, for instance: wherever he went, whether it was in a city, town or village, whether he was in the synagogue, in prison or in the palace, whether he was facing the crowd or the individual, he was always on the job seeking to bring the lost ones to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you ever look at the streets of your city and then go out to seek those who are lost so that they may be brought to Christ? When are we to do this work? Verse 21 gives us the answer to this question too. 3. “GO OUT…quickly” (verse 21) The business of evangelism is very urgent because people around us are dying without God and without hope. Some of them are our loved ones, our friends and neighbours, and it is imperative that we warn them of the peril of their present position and of their future destiny without Christ (Ezekiel 33 vs 7,8. Compare Psalm 51:14, where David prayed that he might not have the ‘blood’ of those whom he had failed to warn upon his conscience. We must not delay, because delay can be denial – look up John 4:35; John 9:4. 4. “GO OUT…and bring in…” (verse 21) The servants were not only to invite people to come to the Great Banquet but were to bring or take them. Have you ever read through the accounts of the Lord’s miracles of healing and noticed how many of those whom He healed were brought to Him by others? – Mark 2:1-12 is an example. Many can be engaged in this ministry. Perhaps you cannot preach the gospel, but if your Pastor does this you can take your friends to meetings where they will hear the Word faithfully taught. The emphasis we must recapture in all our evangelism is, ‘Each one bring one’. Who are we to seek and to bring? 5. “GO OUT…and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame” (verse 21) This surely means that we are to seek all kinds of people so that they might be brought to know the Lord, even those whom we would describe as ‘hard cases’, because ‘the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame’ were desperately needy people. No-one is beyond the reach of God’s love or of the Holy Spirit’s power; no case is too hard for Him. We are to do what Paul did (1 Corinthians 9:20-22). We shall not succeed in persuading all to come in to the Great Banquet, but we should desire that “by all possible means (we) might save some”. How much persuasion are we to use in seeking to bring others to the Lord? 6. “GO OUT…and make them come in” (verse 23) The matter of a person’s salvation is so urgent that we cannot take ‘No’ for an answer. Of course, they always make excuses for not accepting God’s invitation and taking what He has provided, and the excuses in Luke 14:18-19 are very up-to-date indeed. We must ignore these excuses and bring loving, prayerful, earnest pressure to bear upon those whom we would win for the Lord. Above all, we must seek the co-operation of the Holy Spirit and His convicting and converting ministry (John 16:8-11). When we realise the longing that God has in His heart for people to be saved this should spur us on to compel them to come in. We see the depth of His longing in verse 23:- 7. “GO OUT…so that my house will be full” (verse 23) God wants His house to be filled. That is why we read John 3:16 and 2 Peter 3:9! Do we share this longing? Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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The Parable of the Good Samaritan tells the story of a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho and while on the way he is robbed of everything he had including his clothing, and is beaten to within an inch of his life. That road was treacherously winding and was a favorite hideout of robbers and thieves. The next character Jesus introduces into His story is a priest. He spends no time describing the priest and only tells of how he showed no love or compassion for the man by failing to help him and passing on the other side of the road so as not to get involved. If there would have been anyone who would have known God’s law of love it would have been the priest. By nature of his position he was to be a person of compassion desiring to help others. Unfortunately love was not a word for him that required action on the behalf of someone else. The next person to pass by in the parable of the Good Samaritan was a Levite, and he does exactly the same thing that the priest did; he passed by without showing any compassion. Again he would have known the law, but he also failed to show the injured man compassion. The next person to come by was the Samaritan, the one least likely to have shown compassion for the man. Samaritans were considered a low class of people by the Jews since they had intermarried with non-Jews and did not keep all the law. Therefore, Jews would have nothing to do with them. We do not know if the injured man was a Jew or Gentile, but it made no difference to the Samaritan, he did not consider the man’s race or religion. The “Good Samaritan” saw only a person in dire need of assistance and assist him he did, above and beyond the minimum required. He would dress the man’s wounds with wine (to disinfect) and oil (to sooth the pain). He put the man on his animal and took him to an inn for a time of healing and paid the innkeeper with his own money. He then went beyond common decency and told the innkeeper to take could care of the man and he would pay for any extra expenses on his return trip. The Samaritan saw his neighbor as anyone who was in need. Because the good man was a Samaritan Jesus is drawing a strong contrast between those who knew the law and those who actually followed the law in their lifestyle and conduct. Jesus now asks the lawyer if he can apply the lesson to his own life with the question, “So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?" (Luke 10:36). Once again the lawyer’s answer is telling of his personal hardness of heart. He cannot bring himself to say the word Samaritan, he refers to the “good man” as “he who showed mercy.” His hate for the Samaritans (his neighbor) was so strong that he couldn’t even address him in a proper way. Jesus then tells the lawyer to “go and do likewise,” meaning that he should start living what the law tells him to do. By ending the encounter in this manner Jesus is telling us to follow the Samaritans example in our own conduct; i.e. we are to show compassion and love for those we encounter in our everyday activities. We are to love others (vs. 27) regardless of their race or religion; the criteria is need. If they need and we have the supply then we are to give generously and freely, without expectation of return. This is an impossible obligation for the lawyer, and for us. We cannot always keep the law because of our human condition; our heart and desires are mostly of self and selfishness. When left to our own we do the wrong thing, failing to meet the law. We can hope that the lawyer saw this and came to the realization that there was nothing he could do to justify himself, that he needed a personal savior to atone for his lack of ability to save himself from his sins. Thus the lessons of the parable of the Good Samaritan are three-fold: (1) On the one hand we are to set aside our prejudice and show love and compassion for others. (2) Our neighbor is anyone we encounter, we are all creatures of the creator and we are to love all of mankind as Jesus has taught. (3) Keeping the law in its entirety with the intent to save ourselves is an impossible task; we need a savior and this is Jesus. There is another possible way to interpret the Parable of the Good Samaritan; and that is as a metaphor. In this interpretation the injured man is all men in their fallen condition of sin. The robbers are Satan attacking man with the intent of destroying their relationship with God. The lawyer is mankind without the true understanding of God and His Word. The priest is religion in an apostate condition. The Levite is legalism that instills prejudice into the hearts of believers. The Samaritan is Jesus who provides the way to spiritual health. Although this interpretation teaches good lessons and the parallels between Jesus and the Samaritan are striking, this understanding draws attention to Jesus that does not appear to be intended in the text. Therefore we must conclude that the teaching of the Parable of the Good Samaritan is simply a lesson on what it means to love one’s neighbor. Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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James 5:19-20 (New International Version, ©2010) 19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins. Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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i love everyone in here...like Jesus Loves you.. ....LOVE and SMILE..... i dont care Bad or good sinner, lier, criminal, scammer...i love them how can i wrote my song if i hate them..they are my inspiration I LOVE YOU ALL... and i will pray for them... Jesus is Love I know my Jesus Loves Me
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Read Ezekiel 34...
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Not to forget the great commission, "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature" "He who believes WILL be SAVED; etc... Mark 16; 14-18 ...
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2 Tim 1:12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day "`Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' ; and, `Love your neighbor as yourself.' " I learned how to love with own my way and Jesus guide me... thank you and love you.. I know my Jesus Loves Me
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