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Love God, Our Father. Above All Others
With the open heart of a small child. You and I love God Almighty with all our heart.
O Love that Will Not Let Me Go!
O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in Thee.
I give Thee back the life I owe,
that in Thine Ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.O Light that follows all my way,
I yield my flick’ring torch to Thee.
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in Thy sunshine’s blaze its day,
may brighter, fairer be. (George Matheson, 1882)
Introduction. Is the Almighty One number one in our heart? The answer must always be. YES!!!
Scripture Reading: He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And He said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live. (Luke 10:27–28, NRSV)
Do you at times feel as I do? As Hagar did in the Book of Genisis. Who fled in fear, with her newborn son, Ishmael. Into the isolation of the desert. All alone and in terror. At times we also are deserted by the family we love so dearly. Then the Almighty One reaches out His right hand once more. God Almighty once again rescues us. We usher our prayer to Heaven. Along with Hagar God’s handmaiden we pray,
