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Abide with me! fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide! When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me. |
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Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou who changest not, abide with me. |
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Come not in terrors, as the King of kings; But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings: Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea; Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me. |
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I need Thy presence every passing hour: What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power? Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me. |
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I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless: Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness: Where is death’s sting? where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me. |
The fourth step in escaping the fall is to know the frailty of man. Enosh is another interesting name in Genesis 4. Enosh means "frail, mortal man." This implies that to escape from walking on the path of the fall, we need to know the frailty of man. We need to know that man is nothing and can break, just as a glass cup breaks easily. This is frailty. Man is frail. Some people do not know themselves. They think that they are smart, wise, and strong, when in fact they have nothing of which to boast. When a car hits a man, he is as fragile as a glass cup. When he is infected with tuberculosis, he must lie down. He may even die from tuberculosis. Man's life is frail. Man's name is Abel, but man's name is also Enosh. Abel means that man is vain, but Enosh means that man is frail. People who dream about their life should wake up. Man is not strong. Man will collapse when he is sick, and he will die if a car hits him. A wife can collapse when she is mad at her husband. She can even get ulcers because of her anger. A person can live to be one hundred years at most. The Chinese say that few can live to the age of seventy. Being fifty years old is not yet the twilight hour, but it is already four o'clock in the afternoon. Some people are at eight or nine o'clock in the evening. There is a hymn that says, "Swift to its close ebbs our life's little day" (Hymns, #370, stanza 2). People must wake up from their dreams, because human life is vain and frail. In order to escape the fall, we must realize the meaning of human life. Those who continue in the fall do not know their own human life. In chapter 4 those who were delivered out of the fall knew that human life is vain and frail.
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Irving, TX, United States
LS Matt. mess. 18
Our age is an age of fornication and adultery. Every country is filled with immorality. Concerning this matter, so many have been drugged by “garlic” and have lost their sense concerning this sin. May this word sober us! We must stay away from today’s trend. Nothing insults God more than fornication, which damages the man created by God in His image. We all must flee our temper and our lust. Flee your temper! Flee your lust! It is not an insignificant thing to lose our temper or to give in to our lust. Indulging in these things may cause us to be burned. Thus, we need to heed this sober word, a word that will force us to stay close to Christ. We need to pray, “Lord, I have temper and lust within me. But, Lord, I thank You that I have You in my spirit. Lord, I don’t want to stay with my physical lust or my psychological temper. I want to stay in my spirit with You, dear Lord Jesus. ” Here is our salvation, our rescue, our holiness. Day and night we must stay with the Lord Jesus in our spirit, looking to Him, contacting Him, and trusting in Him.
Kitwe, Zambia
I put my hands in thine, lead me on till I get on yonder shore! Let me feel the presence and hold me tight lest I fall, please abide with for you are my strength!
Nairobi, Kenya
Have gone through a lot in this land and being forsaken by men but Lord you stuck with me even when I stunk. Eagerly waiting the day we will link up
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I just woke up this morning and this hyme gave to my mouth - abide with me . My teacher taught me this son in primary 4 and can never cease to brighten my day. Thank You Lord
Please abide with me in every situation I pass through on this unpredictable world 🌎 amen!..
Kisumu, Kenya
Abide with me oh Lord. Fill me with your peace
This is hope in my life
This is joy may God bless the person who made this
London, United Kingdom
Love your enemies like the story of the good Samaritan.
Arlington Hts, IL, United States
The instrumental version of this wonderful hymn was playing when I received word of my friend's passing. It reminds me that the troubles of this life no longer have any hold on a Christ follower when they pass into the presence of Jesus, who has promised us that we will indeed abide with Him in glory!
England, United Kingdom
God is a amazing and powerful
Aba, Abia, Nigeria
This song is indeed a song of hope
It's giving me d hope dat everything is going to be well for me
When other helpers fail and comfort flee
Help of d helpless
Lord abide with me
I will make dis as a prayer point
Lord Jesus Christ
Thank you for speaking to me through dis him
I am grateful oh Lord