OUR DAILY BREAD : THE FAIREST

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March 1
Monday


THE FAIREST

READ:
Revelation 5:8-14
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Worthy is the Lamb
who was slain!
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When I first became a Christian and started attending church at age 19, I immediately fell in love with singing the great hymns of the faith. My heart overflowed with joy and thanksgiving as we sang of God's love for us in Christ. Soon one of my favorite hymns (from the late 1600s) became "Fairest Lord Jesus!" I love the simplicity of the melody and the awesomeness of the One exalted in these words:

```````````````````````Fair is the sunshine,`````````````````````
`````````````````````fairer still the moonlight,```````````````````
``````````````````and all the twinkling starry host:````````````````
```````````````````````Jesus shines brighter,````````````````````
``````````````````Jesus shines purer than all the``````````````````
````````````````````angels heaven can boast.````````````````````
`````````````````````````Beautiful Savior!``````````````````````
```````````````````Son of God and Son of Man!```````````````````
````````````````Glory and honor, praise, adoration````````````````
``````````````````now and forevermore be Thine!`````````````````

God's Son, whom we sing about in this song, came to this earth, lived a perfect life, and gave Himself for us on the cross (Luke 23:33). He arose from the grave (Luke 24:6) and is now seated at God's right hand (Heb. 1:3). ONe day we'll join in worship with thousands upon thousands and say: "Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb forever and ever!" (Rev.5:13). Maybe we'll sing "Fairest Lord Jesus!" too.

Until then, let's allow Jesus to be "the fairest" above all in following in His ways. __Anne Cetas
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We can never praise Jesus too much.

************Today's Bible Reading __ Revelation 5:8-14************

8 Now when He had taken
the scroll, the four living
creatures and the twenty-
four elders fell down before
the Lamb, each having a
harp, and golden bowls full
of incense, which are the
prayers of the saints. 9 And
they sang a new song,
saying: "You are worthy to
take the scroll, and to open
its seals; for You were slain,
and have redeemed us to
God by Your blood out of
every tribe and tongue and
people and nation, 10 and
have made us kings and
priests to our God; and we
shall reign on the earth."

11 Then I looked, and I
heard the voice of many
angels around the throne, the
living creatures, and the
elders; and the number of
them was ten thousand times
ten thousand, and thousands
of thousands, 12 saying with
a loud voice:

"Worthy is the Lamb who
was slain to receive power
and riches and wisdom, and
strength and honor and glory
and blessing!"

13 And every creature
which is in heaven and on
the earth and under the earth
and such as are in the sea,
and all that are in them I
heard saying:

"Blessing and honor and
glory and power be to Him
who sits on the throne, and
to the Lamb, forever and
ever!"

14 Then the four living
creatures said, "Amen!" And
the twenty-four elders fell
down and worshiped Him
who lives forever and ever.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In Revelation 5:9-10, we see the second of two great anthems
that will characterize the worship of heaven. Here the theme
of the hymn is God's greatness revealed in salvation. The first of
these songs (Rev. 4:11) exalts the greatness of God as displayed in
creation. __Bill Crowder