Why should I feel discouraged?Why should the shadows come?Why should my heart feel lonely,And long for heaven and home? When Jesus is my portion,A constant friend is He.His eye is on the sparrow,And I know He watches me.– Civilla Martin...
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Jesus Confirmed
“Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse,And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,The spirit of wisdom and understanding,The spirit of counsel and strength,The spirit of knowledge and...
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Knowing Jesus
My sweet Lord, My Lord.I really want to see you.Really want to be with you.Really want to see you, Lord,But it takes so long, my Lord.My sweet Lord. My Lord, My Lord.I really want to know you.Really want to go...
Read MoreThe Death Experience (Part I)
Why should I feel discouraged?Why should the shadows come?Why should my heart feel lonely,And long for heaven and home? When Jesus is my portion,A constant friend is He.His eye is on the sparrow,And I...
Read MoreJesus Confirmed
“Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse,And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,The spirit of wisdom and understanding,The spirit of counsel...
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Knowing Jesus
My sweet Lord, My Lord.I really want to see you.Really want to be with you.Really want to see you, Lord,But it takes so long, my Lord.My sweet Lord. My Lord, My Lord.I really want...
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Whose Christianity?
I paused to watch a darting speck That flickered in the yellow breeze And came to taste my daisy bed And touched with gold my lazy trees And blessed all I had done. And though I had to turn my...
Read More“My Commandment” (Part II)
Jesus calls us o’er the tumult of our life’s wild restless sea;day by day his voice still calls us saying, ‘Christian, follow me.’As of old Saint Andrew heard it by the Galilean lake,turned from home and work and kindred, leaving...
Read More“My Commandment” (Part I)
Day by day, Day by day,Oh, Dear Lord,Three things I pray.To see thee more clearly,Love thee more dearly,Follow thee more nearly,Day by day.– John-Michael Tebelak (1949-1985) & Stephen Lawrence Schwartz from “Day by Day” (1970) Preparing the materials for teachingsbyjesus.com is...
Read MoreYou and God
(I come to the garden alone,While the dew is still on the roses.And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,The Son of God discloses.And He walks with me,And He talks with me,And He tells me I am His own.And...
Read MoreBorn Today!
Joy to the world! The Lord is come.Let earth receive her King!Let every heart prepare Him room,And heaven and nature sing!And heaven and nature sing!And heaven, and heaven and nature sing!– Isaac Watts (1674-1748), from “Joy to the World” (1719)...
Read MoreGod or Man?
I don’t know how to love Him. What to do. How to move Him.I’ve been changed, yes really changed.In these past few days, when I’ve seen myself,I seem like someone else.I don’t know how to take this.I don’t see why...
Read MoreFear’s Ghastly Harvest
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve been through.Nobody knows my sorrow.Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen.Glory hallelujah!Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down.Oh, yes, Lord!Sometimes I’m almost to the ground.Oh, yes, Lord.– From “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Had” in Slave Songs of...
Read MoreReligionism vs. Materialism
I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky.I think about it every night and day.Spread my wings and fly away.I believe I can soar. I see me running through that open door!I believe I can fly,...
Read MoreFishers of People
The road is long, with many a winding turnThat leads us to who knows where, who knows when.But I’m strong, strong enough to carry him.He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother.… So on we go. His welfare is of my concern.No...
Read MoreGod Needs No Religion
With what shall I come to the LordAnd bow myself before the God on high?Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings,With yearling calves?Does the Lord take pleasure in thousands of rams,In ten thousand rivers...
Read MoreMy Spirit Guide
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.He leads me to lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul.He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sale.Even though...
Read MoreWho Do You Say That I Am?
The church’s one foundationIs Jesus Christ her Lord;She is his new creationBy water and the Word.From heaven he came and sought herTo be his holy bride;With his own blood he bought her,And for her...
Read MoreFaith vs. Knowing
I wonder as I wander out under the sky,How Jesus the Savior did come for to die.For poor on’ry people like you and like I…I wonder as I wander out under the sky. When...
Read MoreThe Silver Cord
Remember Him—before the silver cord is severed,and the golden bowl is broken;before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,and the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns to the ground it came from,and...
Read MoreMy Lord and My God
A week later His disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said,“Peace be with you!” Then He said to...
Read MorePearl of Great Price
Day by day, Day by day,Oh, Dear Lord, three things I pray.To see thee more clearly,Love thee more dearly,Follow thee more nearly,Day by day.– John-Michael Tebelak (1949-1985) & Stephen Schwartz, from “Day by day”...
Read MoreSeeking Sense in Hindsight
Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be.With God as our father, brothers all are we.Let me walk...
Read MoreSeek Reality Online
Nothing real can be threatened.Nothing unreal exists.Herein lies the peace of God.– ACIM, Preface.1:1-3 Seek Reality Online goes live officially on Monday, June 27th. But if you go to seekreality.com before that date, you will find...
Read MoreHis Turn at Last!
There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens. – from The Christian Bible’s Old Testament (Ecclesiastes 3:1) For most of my life I was one of the most...
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