Happy Sunday to each of you!!\u00a0 Here’s a song that came to my mind late last night. How very thankful I am for my Dearest Friend – Jesus! Do you know Him as your Saviour? He longs to save you and be your Dearest Friend as well…<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend!
\nHe loved me ere I knew Him;
\nHe drew me with the cords of love,
\nAnd thus He bound me to Him.
\nAnd round my heart still closely twine
\nThose ties which naught can sever,
\nFor I am His, and He is mine,
\nForever and forever.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend!
\nHe bled, He died to save me;
\nAnd not alone the gift of life,
\nBut His own Self He gave me!
\nNaught that I have mine own I call,
\nI\u2019ll hold it for the Giver,
\nMy heart, my strength, my life, my all
\nAre His, and His forever.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend!
\nAll pow\u2019r to Him is given,
\nTo guard me on my onward course,
\nAnd bring me safe to heaven.
\nTh\u2019 eternal glories gleam afar,
\nTo nerve my faint endeavor;
\nSo now to watch, to work, to war,
\nAnd then to rest forever.<\/p>\n
I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend!
\nSo kind and true and tender,
\nSo wise a Counselor and Guide,
\nSo mighty a Defender!
\nFrom Him who loves me now so well
\nWhat pow\u2019r my soul can sever?
\nShall life or death, shall earth or hell?
\nNo! I am His forever.<\/p>\n
(James G. Small)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy Sunday to each of you!!\u00a0 Here’s a song that came to my mind late last night. How very thankful I am for my Dearest Friend – Jesus! Do you know Him as your Saviour? He longs to save you and be your Dearest Friend as well… I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend! He loved me ere I knew Him; He drew me with the cords of love, And thus He bound me to Him. And round my heart still closely twine Those ties which naught can sever, For I am His, and He is mine, Forever and forever. I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend! He bled, He died to save me; And not alone the gift of life, But His own Self He gave me! Naught that I have mine own I call, I\u2019ll hold it for the Giver, My heart, my strength, my life, my all Are His, and His forever. I\u2019ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend! All pow\u2019r to Him is given, To guard me on my onward course, And bring me safe to heaven. Th\u2019 eternal glories gleam afar, To nerve my faint endeavor; So now to watch, to work, to war, And then to rest forever. I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend! So kind and true and tender, So wise a Counselor and Guide, So mighty a Defender! From Him who loves me now so well What pow\u2019r my soul can sever? Shall life or death, shall earth or hell? No! I am His forever. (James G. Small)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41,59,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friendship","category-gods-love","category-song"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-11G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3949,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions\/3949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}