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I came upon this from “Precious Things from the Everlasting Hills” by James Smith, may you find it a blessing to you also.

“My meditation of Him shall be sweet!” Psalm 104:34

The Lord Jesus is the subject of my meditations I dwell at times on . . .

the glories of His person,
the riches of His grace,
the merit of His blood,
the transcendent glory of His righteousness,
the tenderness of His sympathy,
the constancy of His love,
the vastness of His resources,
the greatness of His power,
the glory of His offices,
the prevalence of His intercession, and
the grandeur of His second coming

*Looking Unto Jesus!*
(James Smith, ” God, the Portion of His People)

”Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily besets
us–and let us run with patience the race that is set before
us–*looking unto Jesus!*” Hebrews 12:1-2

The world is a race-course, life is a race, and every one of us are
racers! A mark is set up, at which we are to aim; and a prize is
promised to every over comer.

But there are many difficulties in the way, and we have many weights
hanging about us. Those difficulties must be mastered, and those
weights must be laid aside.

We must run the race set before us with patience–keeping our eye on Jesus.

Jesus is our Example–we must copy Him.
Jesus is our Leader–we must follow Him.
Jesus is our Sovereign–we must submit to Him.
Jesus is our Savior–we must trust alone in Him.

We must look . . . to His blood–for pardon, to His righteousness–for
justification, to His Spirit–for strength, and to His fullness–for all
our supplies.

We must make use of Jesus . . . every day, every hour, every minute!

Christian, look to Jesus!

When discouraged–He will animate you!
When timid–He will embolden you!
When feeble–He will strengthen you!
When weary–He will stimulate you!
When dying–He will give you the victory!

Let your last look–be a look at Jesus!

No one ever looked to Him in vain. As everyone who looked to the
brazen serpent was healed–so is every one saved, sanctified, and
sustained–who looks to Jesus! Look to Him for all you need–and from
all you fear.

Keep the eye fixed on Jesus; doing so, you will . . . conquer the world,
overcome Satan, reach the mark and obtain the prize!

”Those who look to Him for help–will be radiant with joy.” Psalm 34:5

Weekly Prayer for week of July 4, 2010
For our weekly blog page, I am sharing with you each week “A Prayer for this Week” taken from a book entitled, “The Valley of Vision”. Please use it for your private devotions. The book contains over 200 prayers of Puritans and can be purchased from The Banner of Truth (http://www.banneroftruth.org). Reprinted by permission from Banner of Truth Trust.

GOD THE SOURCE OF ALL GOOD

O LORD GOD, WHO INHABITS ETERNITY,
The heavens declare thy glory,
The earth thy riches,
The universe is thy temple; Thy presence fills immensity,

Yet thou hast of thy pleasure created life,
and communicated happiness;

Thou hast made me what I am, and given me what I have;
In thee I live and move and have my being;

Thy providence has set the bounds of my habitation,
and wisely administers all my affairs.

I thank thee for thy riches to me in Jesus,
for the unclouded revelation of him in thy Word,
where I behold his person, character, grace, glory,
humiliation, sufferings, death, and resurrection;

Give me to feel a need of his continual saviourhood,
and cry with Job, ‘I am vile’,
with Peter, ‘I perish’,
with the publican, ‘Be merciful to me, a sinner’.

Subdue in me the love of sin,
Let me know the need of renovation as well as of forgiveness,
in order to serve and enjoy Thee for ever.

I come to thee in the all-prevailing name of Jesus,
with nothing of my own to plead,
no works, no worthiness, no promises.

I am often straying, often knowingly opposing thy authority,
often abusing thy goodness;

Much of my guilt arises from my religious privileges,
my low estimation of them,
my failure to use them to my advantage,

But I am not careless of thy favour or regardless of thy glory;
Impress me deeply with a sense of thine omnipresence,
that thou art about my path, my ways, my lying down, my end