{"id":5854,"date":"2017-09-01T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/daily-e-votional\/?p=5854"},"modified":"2017-08-30T09:54:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:54:31","slug":"close-to-thee-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/close-to-thee-3\/","title":{"rendered":"CLOSE TO THEE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ruth 2:8<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Then Boaz said to Ruth, ‘You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women.'”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

It is hard to make a list of beloved hymns without encountering Fanny J. Crosby. This blind little lady composed well over 8,000 hymns and poems in her life. It is sad that many churches never sing these songs anymore. They are the losers!<\/p>\n

As I think about the life of Fanny J. Crosby I am humbled. With her physical limitations she expressed her longing to be more and more like the Master she served. This hymn seems to highlight her aim to draw closer to Him.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s Scripture, Boaz instructed Ruth to stay near the women who worked for him. He was her kinsman redeemer even though she did not know it. Christ is our Kinsman Redeemer and we know it because the Bible tells us so. Are we like Fanny J. Crosby having a desire to be closer to Him?<\/p>\n

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Close to Thee<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Thou my everlasting portion,
\nMore than friend or life to me,
\nAll along my pilgrim journey,
\nSavior, let me walk with Thee.<\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain:
\nClose to Thee, close to Thee,
\nClose to Thee, close to Thee;
\nAll along my pilgrim journey,
\nSavior, let me walk with Thee.<\/em><\/p>\n

Not for ease or worldly pleasure,
\nNor for fame my prayer shall be;
\nGladly will I toil and suffer,
\nOnly let me walk with Thee.<\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain:
\nClose to Thee, close to Thee,
\nClose to Thee, close to Thee,
\nGladly will I toil and suffer,
\nOnly let me walk with Thee.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lead me through the vale of shadows,
\nBear me o\u2019er life\u2019s fitful sea;
\nThen the gate of life eternal
\nMay I enter, Lord, with Thee.<\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain:
\nClose to Thee, close to Thee,
\nClose to Thee, close to Thee,
\nThen the gate of life eternal
\nMay I enter, Lord, with Thee.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Enjoy this free inspirational video of, \u201cClose to Thee<\/em><\/a>\u201d by going to:\u00a0http:\/\/www.gloryscapes.com\/closetothee\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!<\/p>\n

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

Ruth 2:8 “Then Boaz said to Ruth, ‘You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women.’” It is hard to make a list of beloved hymns without encountering Fanny J. Crosby. This blind little lady composed well […]<\/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":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ruth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5854","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=5854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}