CROSS

Snippet

The Cross represents only one thing for us— complete, entire, absolute identification with the Lord Jesus Christ— and there is nothing in which this identification is more real to us than in prayer. Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest August 06

Scripture

The teaching about the cross is foolishness to those who are being lost, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1Corinthians 1:18 NCV

Song

Still the Cross FFH http://youtu.be/tdnFIYtN4XA

Sometimes it seems the world's unraveling around us

We fear it all my one day come undone

We can't forget the One who came before us

To forgive the past and bring hope for what's to come

When it all comes crashing down

The cross still stands alone

And on this our faith is built

And our courage is made strong

Sometimes it seems that I have been forgotten

I don't know how I will make it on my own

But the One who said I will never be forsaken

He still hears my prayer and I will never be alone

When it all comes crashing down

The cross still stands alone

And on this my faith is built

And my courage is made strong

When the world falls apart

And you fear for your heart

There's a tower of peace

It's still the cross

So bring your sick and your poor

And your longing for more

To the place of relief

It's still the cross

Though the world may not confess

You and Your holiness

One day all will see

You in all Your majesty

And the cross will stand alone

As the place where You made known

Your love for all mankind

Till then in it we'll hide

When the world falls apart

And you fear for your heart

There's a tower of peace

It's still the cross

So bring your sick and your poor

And your longing for more

To the place of relief

It's still the cross

There is hope for the lost

When the world falls apart

And you fear for your heart

There's a tower of peace

It's still the cross

So bring your sick and your poor

And your longing for more

To the place of relief

It's still the cross

There is hope for the lost

It's still the cross

There is hope for the lost

It's still the cross

Sentence Prayer

Jesus;

Ruler of the everlasting kingdom.

Prince of peace, champion of the despised:

You are the king;

You make a cross your throne;

You wear a crown of thorns;

You call your subjects friends.

Help us take up our cross,

To hunger and thirst for all that is good;

Then will your kingdom come on earth as in heaven.  Amen

(New Zealand Prayer Book pg 118)