| Holy Communion
"There is an upper realm of rapture, of communion, and conscious union with Christ,
which is far from being the common dwellingplace of believers. All believers see Christ,
but all believers do not put their fingers into the prints of the nails, nor thrust their
hand into His side. We have not all the high privilege of John to lean upon Jesus
bosom, nor of Paul, to be caught up into the third heaven. In the ark of salvation we find
a lower, second, and third story; all are in the ark, but all are not in the same story.
Most Christians, as to the river of experience, are only up to the ankles; some others
have waded till the stream is up to their knees; a few find it breast high, and but a few
Oh how few! find it a river to swim in. (Spurgeon)
Thine, wholly thine, we pant to be;
Our sacrifice receive:
Made, and preserved, and saved by Thee,
To Thee ourselves we give.
Heavenward our every wish aspires,
For all thy mercys store;
The sole return thy love requires,
Is that we ask for more.
For more we ask; we open then
Our hearts to embrace thy will;
Turn, and revive us, Lord, again;
With all thy fullness fill.
Come, Holy Ghost, the Saviors love
Shed in our hearts abroad;
So shall we ever live, and move,
And be, with Christ in God.
- Charles Wesley
God bless you,
Lee
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