Daily Encouragement (5/3/21) "Yonder Sacred Throng"
Published: Mon, 05/03/21
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Monday, May 3, 2021
 We regularly pass this stone mill on Habecker Road south of Mount Joy. There are many stone mills throughout Lancaster County that have been well maintained by thoughtful
caretakers but no longer provide service as in the past. Where there's a mill there's a stream of water (this one along Chickies Creek) and the combination takes one's thoughts from the hustle and bustle of today to a slower pace of time. View this photo long enough and you can almost hear the faint sound of wagon wheels and the clip-clop of horses’ heels in the distance.
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Message summary: Today we consider that eventful moment when we will begin singing God's eternal praises with the blessed eternal "yonder sacred throng"!
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"Because You were slain, and with Your blood You purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation" (Revelation 5:9,10).
 In our Adult Bible Fellowship (ABF) we are considering Christian persecution. The four week series is led by Dennis Shelly, a 40 year veteran missionary to Nigeria.
He is using the Voice of the Martyrs' book "I Am N".* The purpose is not only to consider persecution in the church's long history but we are looking at the current examples of believers in Christ being persecuted for their faith. For me personally it provides an even greater purpose for arming myself for that which may come in my lifetime and helps me to fight the premise, "That can't happen here" or "it could never happen to me" or worse "I
deserve a persecution-free life".Last week we shared on our site a lesson titled "Embedded Rock" and considered places where people live under chronic persecution like "North Korea, Sudan and northeastern Nigeria and sadly many other places". A thoughtful reader from Nigeria named Sunday reminded me:
"Please, I want you to remember Nigeria (not just northeastern Nigeria), as the insecurity crisis has spread over the entire north, and is coming to the Southern parts now in your prayers, that God should remove the evil crushing rock ravaging our land and lives."
I had her petition on my heart yesterday in our church service as we sang "All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name" especially when we got to the final verse:
Oh, that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall! We’ll join the everlasting song, And crown Him Lord of all! The three words "yonder sacred throng" struck me in a special way although I have sung it many, many times. What colorful language in describing a future gathering when we will join all the redeemed in a "yonder sacred throng" and "join the everlasting song".
Today let us resolve to stay faithful whatever circumstances we might face now or in the future and find spiritual strength to endure to the end, with the promise of one day singing God's praises with the yonder sacred throng!
Be encouraged today, Stephen & Brooksyne Weber  Daily prayer: Father, we choose to follow You faithfully on this side
of glory until You bring to pass that climactic event when we will join the saints from every generation, from every tribe and nation. We will blend in one accord through music, praise, and worship in that yonder sacred throng to lift up the name of Jesus, to give unending thanks for all that You have done for us and for all that You have provided for us in our eternal dwelling place. Amen.Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name" Video This appears to be from India or a similar country. Powerful!
"Waymaker" Video Sinach (Osinachi Kalu Okoro Egbu), who wrote the song. This power packed version is live in some type of huge Nigerian setting. I dedicate this song to Sunday and all of our other Nigerian readers. "Waymaker" Video Calvary Church worship team from our service yesterday. (Comparatively rather
subdued!)
"Chain Breaker" Video Zach Williams "If you feel lost He's a waymaker" This is presented in dramatic form with a lady struggling with addiction and is very moving. "Turn
It Over" Video Zach Williams Dedicated to those overcoming addictions
 Saturday we discovered our backyard robin's eggs had hatched!
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 By Sunday they had already grown and were hungry!
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 Mother Robin has been busy gathering worms to feed her young. I wonder if she got any from the cluster of worms we discovered a few days ago and mentioned in Friday's message.
Click on photo to enlarge Ed, a regular reader, sent this interesting note regarding the photo: To us it may look gross, but it really is fellowship to them. Earthworms form clumps of balls together in compost or when out in the open. One of the reasons is because this is their form of communication. The study has been published in the journal of
Ethology (study of animal behavior) mentioning that worms use ‘touch’ to communicate and influence each other's behavior. (No mask mandate required in the ethology kingdom - editor's observation)
 Don't worry, I'm not gonna take the worm this mom worked hard for to provide food her hungry babies!
Finally today:  We have some unusual traffic here in Lancaster County!
(This is a sprayer)
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