{"id":3068,"date":"2013-03-15T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2013-03-14T15:22:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T22:22:11","slug":"he-keeps-me-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/he-keeps-me-singing\/","title":{"rendered":"HE KEEPS ME SINGING!"},"content":{"rendered":"

James 1:22 & 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. The man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Luther Bridgers at\u00adtend\u00aded As\u00adbu\u00adry Coll\u00adege<\/em> in Wil\u00admore, Ken\u00adtucky. He be\u00adgan preach\u00ading at age 17, and was or\u00addained a Meth\u00adod\u00adist min\u00adis\u00adter. He served as an evan\u00adgel\u00adist in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan South and in mis\u00adsion work in Bel\u00adgium, Czech\u00ado\u00adslo\u00advak\u00adia, and Rus\u00adsia. He pas\u00adtored in Georg\u00adia and North Car\u00ado\u00adli\u00adna be\u00adfore re\u00adtir\u00ading in 1945 in Gaines\u00adville, Georg\u00adia.<\/p>\n

We sing it with joy and happiness, but it was written with a heavy heart. \u00a0Bridg\u00aders wrote this song af\u00adter a tra\u00adgic fire killed his wife and three sons. He wanted those who sang this song to know that Jesus brings a song, even when our hearts are crushed.<\/p>\n

HE KEEPS ME SINGING!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1. There(s) within my heart a melody Jesus whispers sweet and low,<\/em>
\nFear not, I am with thee, peace, be still, in all of life\u2019s ebb and flow.<\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I know, Fills my every longing,<\/em>
\nKeeps me singing as I go.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. All my life was wrecked by sin and strife, Discord filled my heart with pain,<\/em>
\nJesus swept across the broken strings, Stirred the slumbering chords again.<\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I know, Fills my every longing,<\/em>
\nKeeps me singing as I go.<\/em><\/p>\n

3. Feasting on the riches of His grace, Resting -neath His sheltering wing,<\/em>
\nAlways looking on His smiling face, That is why I shout and sing<\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I know, Fills my every longing,<\/em>
\nKeeps me singing as I go.<\/em><\/p>\n

4. Though sometimes He leads through waters deep, Trials fall across the way,<\/em>
\nThough sometimes the path seems rough and steep, See His footprints all the way.<\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I know, Fills my every longing,<\/em>
\nKeeps me singing as I go.<\/em><\/p>\n

5. Soon He(s) coming back to welcome me, Far beyond the starry sky;<\/em>
\nI shall wing my flight to worlds unknown, I shall reign with Him on high.<\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I know, Fills my every longing,<\/em>
\nKeeps me singing as I go.<\/em><\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

—Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James 1:22 & 25 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. The man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does. Luther Bridgers at\u00adtend\u00aded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-james"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}