Love Lustres At Calvary

Our Communion Service was a joy. Thank you to all who served and attended. It was a beautiful evening as we feasted together at the Lord’s Table.

Below is a prayer from the Valley of Vision that Pastor Eric shared during the service. Let this gospel-saturated prayer nourish your soul and remind you of the glad price that Jesus paid to ransom us.

Christ was all anguish that I might be all joy,
cast off that I might be brought in,
trodden down as an enemy
that I might be welcomed as a friend,
surrendered to hell’s worst
that I might attain heaven’s best,
stripped that I might be clothed,
wounded that I might be healed,
athirst that I might drink,
tormented that I might be comforted,
made a shame that I might inherit glory,
entered darkness that I might have eternal light.
My Saviour wept that all tears might be wiped from my eyes,
groaned that I might have endless song,
endured all pain that I might have unfading health,
bore a thorny crown that I might have a glory-diadem,
bowed his head that I might uplift mine,
experienced reproach that I might receive welcome,
closes his eyes in death that I might gaze on unclouded brightness,
expired that I might forever live.
O Father, who spared not thine only Son that thou mightest spare me,
All this transfer thy love designed and accomplished;
Help me to adore thee by lips and life.

Taken from “Love Lustres at Calvary”, a prayer from the Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions.