Devotional for March 22

Today's cross: Church camp craft Pick-up Sticks cross 

made at Camp Fontanelle in Nickerson, Nebraska.

Charles Wesley, 1742

LET the world their virtue boast,
Their works of righteousness;
I, a wretch undone and lost,
Am freely sav’d by grace;
Other title I disclaim,
This, only this, is all my plea;
I the chief of sinners am,
But Jesus died for me.

Happy they whose joys abound
Like Jordan’s swelling stream,

Who like their heaven in Christ have found,
And give the praise to him;
Let them triumph in his name,
Enjoy their full felicity;
I the chief of sinners am,
But Jesus died for me.

 

Blest are them entirely blest,
Who can in him rejoice;
Lean on his beloved breast,
And hear the Bridegroom’s voice,
Meanest follo’wer of the Lamb,
His steps at a distance see;
I the chief of sinners am,
But Jesus died for me.

Jesus, thou for me hast died,
And thou in me wilt live;
I shall feel thy death applied,
I shall thy life receive:
To bring fire on earth thou cam’st,
O that it now may be kindled be!
I the chief of sinners am,
But Jesus died for me.