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God's Warrior
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God's Bell
On Sabbath all
To church I call;
The sleepy head
I rouse from bed;
When cometh harm,
I sound alarm;
Men’s death I tell
By mournful knell.
This quaint verse, engraved on an ancient bell in an old church in England, describes the many roles church bells play in worship and in the life of the surrounding community.
The use of bells and chimes for religious purposes has been ascribed to Moses, who had been educated in the priestly class of Egypt where small bells much like gongs were used in worship. He introduced bells into the ceremony of the Jewish religion. As early as the year 400, bells came into use in Christian churches in Italy. They not only summoned the faithful to religious services, but also sounded an alarm when danger threatened.
The very large bells, commonly used in church towers and steeples, appeared in the eleventh century. In the intervening centuries, they were refined with the addition of multi-toned chimes and carillons. These chimes varied in number from eight to twelve or fourteen, arranged so the notes of the musical scale sounded upon them.
Bells aid us in our worship of God. They call us to services. They peal joyfully on wedding days and toll mournfully for the departed at funerals. They ring reminding us to raise our hearts to God. The sweet voices of the bells direct our hearts toward God and draw us to church, to experience the presence of Christ, to listen to the word of God, and to offer our prayers.
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God's Bell
I KNOW WHO I AM
I am God's child (John 1:12)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15)
I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17)
I am bought with a price (1 Cor. 6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ (Acts 1:
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt. 5:13-14)
I am a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil.3:20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31-34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor.5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph 2:1
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom.8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor.1:21-22)
I am assured all things work together for good (Rom. 8: 2
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16)
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)
I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16). I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected (Phil. 1: 5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven (Col. 1:14). I have been adopted as Gods child (Eph 1:5)
I belong to God
Do you know
who you are?
Keep this bell ringing...
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