Lift me higher, Nearer Thee

[Fragrant Grace]

How can we endure to live at such a distance from our Beloved? Lord Jesus draw us near to Thyself
C H Spurgeon

O lift me higher, nearer Thee
And as I rise more pure and meet
O let my soul's humility
Make me lie lower at Thy feet
Less trusting self, the more I prove
The blessed comfort of Thy love


My Beloved is mine and I am His : Song of Solomon 2:16

 

[Br. Bear]

Yes, like a branch can not live apart from the vine, we need to draw so near as to be one with the Lord and Him with us.....



John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

Bless you ....><>