FRIDAY THE HAVEN OF REST, Pastor Cecil A. Thompson August 18 - DAILY-E-VOTIONAL

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART                    

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson                  

August 18, 2017                   

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THE HAVEN OF REST!                  

Psalm 46:1‐3

"God is our refuge  and strength, an ever‐present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give  way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the  mountains quake with their surging."

The Haven of Rest Quartet began singing in the year I was born, 1934.  I can recall First Mate Bob introducing the program after a fog horn sounded. The quartet then  would sing the words of this week’s hymn.

As we struggle through the storms of life it is a wonderful assurance that God  provides a haven of rest where we can safely escape the wild waves of adversity. I thank God  that many times in my life I have found God’s haven of rest for my own soul.  In the book of  Psalms, David refers to the storms of life. He was attacked on all sides by his enemies who  desired to take his life. Do you feel that way sometimes?

His predecessor, King Saul, was a demented king who imagined that David was  attempting to take the kingdom from him. (Actually it was the Lord who had rejected Saul  because of his wickedness and failing to keep the Lord in control of his life.)

In many of his Psalms, David cried out to the Lord for help and immediately  praised  Him for giving him a safe place of refuge. That is the same with us today. We may be  tossed and torn by the storms of life, but the Lord always gives us a haven of rest. That is the  hymn for this week.               

The Haven of Rest               

My soul in sad exile was out on life(s) sea,                        

So burdened with sin and distressed,                        

Till I heard a sweet voice, saying, (Make Me your choice)                         

And I entered the Haven of Rest!                      

Refrain: 

I have anchored my soul in the Haven of Rest; 

I will sail the wide  seas no more; 

The tempest may sweep over wild, stormy, deep, In Jesus I am safe  evermore.                 

I yielded myself to His tender embrace,                        

In faith taking hold of the Word,                        

My fetters fell off, and I anchored my soul;                        

The Haven of Rest is my Lord.                      

Refrain: I have anchored my soul in the Haven of Rest; I will sail the wide  seas no more; The tempest may sweep over wild, stormy, deep, In Jesus I am safe  evermore.                 

The song of my soul, since the Lord made me whole,                        

Has been the old story so blest,                        

Of Jesus, who will save whosoever will have                        

A home in the Haven of Rest.                      

Refrain: I have anchored my soul in the Haven of Rest; I will sail the wide  seas no more; The tempest may sweep over wild, stormy, deep, In Jesus I am safe  evermore.               

How precious the thought that we all may recline,                        

Like John, the beloved so blest,                        

On Jesus strong arm, where no tempest can harm,                      

Secure in the Haven of Rest.                     

Refrain: 

I have anchored my soul in the Haven of Rest; 

I will sail the wide  seas no more; 

The tempest may sweep over wild, stormy, deep, 

In Jesus I am safe  evermore.               

O come to the Savior, He patiently waits                        

To save by His power divine;                        

Come, anchor your soul in the Haven of Rest,                      

And say, ‘My Beloved is mine.’                      

Refrain: 

I have anchored my soul in the Haven of Rest; 

I will sail the wide  seas no more; 

The tempest may sweep over wild, 

stormy, deep, In Jesus I am safe  evermore.                      

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May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and  actions!
‐‐‐Pastor Cecil                    

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