{"id":7414,"date":"2019-12-27T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/?p=7414"},"modified":"2019-12-27T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T22:40:35","slug":"at-the-cross-hebrews-121-2-devotional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/at-the-cross-hebrews-121-2-devotional\/","title":{"rendered":"AT THE CROSS! – Hebrews 12:1-2 Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hebrews 12:1-2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“<\/em><\/strong>Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

This week\u2019s hymn was written over 300 years ago by Isaac Watts. It would be impossible to fully know the number of lives it has touched since he wrote it. One of those lives was the blind hymn writer, Fanny J. Crosby. In the autumn of 1850 revival meetings were being held in the Thirtieth Street Methodist Church in New York City.<\/p>\n

Fanny and some of her friends attended each night and she craved for spiritual joy, but could not find it. On the evening of November 20, 1850, it seemed to her that the light must indeed come then or never. After a prayer was offered, they began to sing this hymn. When they sang \u201cHere Lord, I give myself away,\u201d her soul was flooded with a celestial light. She realized what her problem had been. She realized that she had been trying to hold the world in one hand and the Lord in the other.<\/p>\n

At the Cross<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1. Alas! and did my Savior bleed, And did my Sovereign die? Would He devote that sacred head, For sinners such as I?<\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain: At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, And the burden of my heart rolled away, It was there by faith I received my sight,
\nAnd now I am happy all the day!<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Was it for crimes that I had done, He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! grace unknown! And love beyond degree! <\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain: At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, And the burden of my heart rolled away, It was there by faith I received my sight,
\nAnd now I am happy all the day!<\/em><\/p>\n

3. Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in, When Christ, the mighty Maker died, For man the creature\u2019s sin. <\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain: At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, And the burden of my heart rolled away, It was there by faith I received my sight,
\nAnd now I am happy all the day!<\/em><\/p>\n

4. But drops of grief can ne\u2019er repay, The debt of love I owe: Here, Lord, I give myself away, \u2019Tis all that I can do. <\/em><\/p>\n

Refrain: At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, And the burden of my heart rolled away, It was there by faith I received my sight,
\nAnd now I am happy all the day!<\/em><\/p>\n

Are you like Fanny Crosby\u2014looking for joy to fill your soul? Her answer is our answer\u2014 Here, Lord, I give myself away, \u2019Tis all that I can do.<\/em><\/p>\n

To access this week\u2019s free inspirational video from GloryScapes.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong> please go to: https:\/\/gloryscapes.com\/atthecross\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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":"

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