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HYMN: O Jesus, Thou art standing | A Jesu, Iwo nduro

 ENGLISH LYRICS: O Jesus, Thou art standing “ It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh saying open to me” Song of Sol. 5:2 1. O Jesus, Thou art standing Outside the fast-closed door, In lowly patience waiting To pass the threshold o’er 2. Shame on us Christian brothers, His Name and sign who bear; Oh, shame-thrice shame upon us To keep Him standing there 3. O Jesus, Thou art knocking And lo! That hand is scarred, And thorns Thy brow encircle, And tears Thy face have marred! 4. Oh, love that passeth knowledge, So patiently to wait! Oh, sin that bath no equal, So fast to bar the gate! 5. O Jesus, Thou art pleading, In accents meek and low, I died for you, My children, And will ye treat me so 6. O Lord, with shame and sorrow We open now the door: Dear Saviour enter, enter, And leave us never more! YORUBA LYRICS: A Jesu, Iwo nduro “ Ohun olufe mi ni nkankun, wipe silekun fun mi” Orin Sol. 5:2 1. A Jesu, Iwo nduro Lode, lehin ‘lekun Iwo fi suru duro Lati koja sile 2. Itiju l’o...

The First Good Thing On Earth

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. Genesis 1:1-3 (CSBBible) A man in heaven saw the earth filled with darkness, he also saw some few lights and asked an angel what the few lights means, "they are the serious Christians in the world" the Angel replied. What is the First Good Thing on Earth? Light is the first good thing on earth. Light is a paramount thing in life. It is so important that before God could start creating any other thing; he had to create the light first. He knew without it, he might make mistakes in the creation process. After creating the light, God said “it was good” ; this was the first good thing that God commented as good . Light is so powerful that as a matter of necessity, darkness...