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Child of Jesus, Oft Depressed

November 6, 2009 by Christina

I pray you take as much encouragement from this Puritan poem as I did.

Child of Jesus, oft depressed,
Yielding to thy doubts and fear,
In thy trials sore distressed,
Fainting for some word of cheer;
Come, thy need is all supplied,
Take by faith what God doth give;
Believe that you in Christ have died,
Believe that you in Him now live.
Often weary, often weak,
Foes without and fears within;
Knowing not what path to take,
To escape from self and sin;
In thy risen Saviour hide,
From Him risen life receive;
Believe that you in Christ have died,
Believe that you in Him now live.
Sorrowing oft, and often sad,
As thy failures thou dost scan;
Selfish aims those failures made,
Now let Jesus lead and plan.
Let the Spirit ever guide,
Let the flesh no more deceive;
Believe that you in Christ have died,
Believe that you in Him now live.

by D. W. Whittle  

“Life, Warfare and Victory”

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Comments

  1. Christine says

    November 6, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    Comforting words in stressful times. Thanks!!!

  2. Lisa Guinther says

    November 7, 2009 at 2:51 am

    Wonderful, and that ties in with my thoughts all this week on “Perserverance” and what that means to us as believers. God is always faithful.

    Blessings!

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