Before the Throne of God Above

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea:
A great High Priest, Whose name is Love,
Who ever lives and pleads for me.

My name is graven on His hands,
My name is written on His heart;
I know that while in heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair,
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look, and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin.

Because a sinless Savior died,
My sinful soul is counted free;
For God, the Just, is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Praise the One, Risen Son of God!

Behold Him there, the risen Lamb
My perfect, spotless righteousness,
The great unchangeable I am,
The King of glory and of grace!

One in himself, I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high,
With Christ, my Savior and my God
With Christ, my Savior and my God

[©Shane & Shane, "Before the Throne of God," 2007]

You Are My Hope

I wait and hope for and expect the Lord; I am brave and of good courage and my heart is stout and enduring. Yes, I wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.
[Adapted from Psalm 27:14]

I will come forward and draw near with a true, honest and sincere heart, in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith - by leaning my entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness - and my heart will be sprinkled and purified from a guilty conscience and my body cleansed with pure water. I will seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope I cherish and confess, and my acknowledgment of it, for He Who promised is reliable, sure and faithful to His word.
[Adapted from Hebrews 10:22-23]

For You are my hope; O Lord God.
[Psalm 71:5]

If I Keep On Asking

If I keep on asking, it will be given me; if I keep on seeking I will find; if I keep on knocking reverently, the door will be opened to me. For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, the door will be opened.
[Adapted from Matthew 7:7-8]

I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in me will continue until the day of Jesus Christ - right up to the time of His return, developing that good work and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in me.
[Adapted from Philippians 1:6]

Lord, help my heart and courage endure and help my hands be strong in the days that You deal with me.
[Adapted from Ezekiel 22:14]

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me - I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency.
[Philippians 4:13]

The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.
[Psalm 138:8]

Constancy and Fearlessness

I will not, even for a moment, be frightened or intimidated in anything by my opponents and adversaries, for my constancy and fearlessness will be a clear sign to them of their impending destruction, and a sure token and evidence of my deliverance and salvation from God.
[Adapted from Phililppians 1:28]