Pastor Lloyd
Soul of Jesus, sick to death !
Thy Blood and prayer together plead ;
My sins have bowed Thee to the ground,
As the storm bows the feeble reed.

Midnight and still the oppressive load
Upon Thy tortured Heart doth lie ;
Still the abhorred procession winds
Before Thy spirit’s quailing eye.

Deep waters have come in, Lord !
All darkly on Thy Human Soul ;
And clouds of supernatural gloom
Around Thee are allowed to roll.

The weight of the eternal wrath
Drives over Thee with pressure dread ;
And, forced upon the olive roots,
In deathlike sadness droops Thy Head.

Thy spirit weighs the sins of men ;
Thy science fathoms all their guilt ;
Thou sickenest heavily at Thy Heart,
And the pores open, Blood is spilt.

And Thou hast struggled with it, Lord I
Even to the limit of Thy strength,
While hours, whose minutes were as years,
Slowly fulfilled their weary length.

And Thou hast shuddered at each act,
And shrunk with an astonished fear,
As if Thou couldst not bear to see
The loathsomeness of sin so near.

Sin and the Father’s Anger ! they
Have made Thy lower nature faint ;
All save the love within Thy Heart,
Seemed for the moment to be spent.

- Frederick William Faber

I shared this poem on Sunday Morning. I pray that you will consider these few lines and how they describe the agony of Jesus in the final days before his crucifixion.

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Our farewell dinner

Group meeting at the Garden Tomb

Group meeting at the Garden Tomb

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Singing Amazing Grace in Saint Ann’s Church. In Chinese?

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Saying shalom from the temple steps

Walking along the Via Delorosa

Walking along the Via Delorosa

Can’t get away from the rivalry

Can’t get away from the rivalry

Walking on the ramparts of the old city of Jerusalem

Walking on the ramparts of the old city of Jerusalem

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Small clip of Joshua Fund intro to our Israel Trip. You can see more of their vision at Joshuafund.net

Sitting on the very steps Jesus would have gone up to the Temple on (actually descended here) and taught his disciples

Sitting on the very steps Jesus would have gone up to the Temple on (actually descended here) and taught his disciples

John Moser sharing the vision of the Joshua Fund warehouse ministry with our group.
We gave them a small gift and were encouraged with the vision they have to supply resources for storefront relief help to the poor through the various ministries thru Israel and her neighbors.  Anyone who wants to support this effort can go to joshuafund.net

John Moser sharing the vision of the Joshua Fund warehouse ministry with our group.

We gave them a small gift and were encouraged with the vision they have to supply resources for storefront relief help to the poor through the various ministries thru Israel and her neighbors.  Anyone who wants to support this effort can go to joshuafund.net

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Valley of Elah

Kevin sharing account of David and Goliath in the valley of Elah by the brook David would have picked five smooth stones to fight Goliath.

Kevin sharing account of David and Goliath in the valley of Elah by the brook David would have picked five smooth stones to fight Goliath.