| Dear Friends, I’m sure that you may have heard that our childhood years play a huge part in influencing us. The reason this thought comes to mind is the presence of music and musicals from stage and screen and the effect they have had on me in my life and ministry. Doris Day, Danny Kaye and Mario Lanza to name just a few. In almost every circumstance, there seems to be the line of a song which is on the tip of my tongue. Whether I am reading to the children a story from Hans Christian Anderson or preparing for worship, there is a song in my heart or a hymn on my lips. Today, Bev asked me for a sermon title and whilst yesterday, I was stumped, today, awoke with the answer, the title I came up with was ‘Perfect Submission’. Do you recognize these words from the third verse of the hymn Blessed Assurance? Perfect Submission, perfect delight Visons of rapture burst on my sight Angels descending bring from above Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. This is my story, this is my song Praising my Savior, all the day long. This is my story, this is my song Praising my Savior, all the day long. When Jesus, though perfect as He was, emerged from the water of baptism, His awareness of God’s pleasure that He had given all the glory to Him came from the knowledge that He had truly fulfilled all righteousness. And the affirmation of the Holy Spiritdescending upon Him like a dove was indeed Blessed Assurance. Pastor Cliff |
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