AGENDA Weekly Brief Week of January 4-10-25 by Curtis Bowers

Dear Friends,

JR Miller urged, “The new year is unopened, and we know not what shall befall us, but if we follow Christ we need have no fear. Let us leave the old year with gratitude to God for its mercies, and with penitence for its failures and sins. Let us enter the new year with earnest resolve in Christ’s name to make it the holiest and most beautiful year we have ever lived.”

1. TRUMP CERTIFIED: On Monday, Donald Trump’s landslide victory was officially certified, marking the first time since 1988 that no Democrat objected to a Republican presidential win.

Kamala Harris, who previously compared January 6, 2021, to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor and labeled Trump as a threat to democracy, a “petty tyrant, and a “wannabe dictator” on the campaign trail, presided over her own defeat.

Journalist Eric Daughtery said that Democrats did not object because Republicans did not win by kicking out poll watchers, using emergency powers to change election laws, or censoring those who reported election irregularities.

Former Trump official William Wolfe celebrated, “God really does write the best stories.”

2. THE LEGACY OF JANUARY 6: Former Vice President Mike Pence, who refused to send contested electors back to swing states four years ago, despite serious reports of fraud, praised Harris for doing her “duty.” The View’s Sunny Hostin compared January 6 to World War II, the Holocaust, and slavery.

In a Washington Post op-ed, Joe Biden wrote, “An unrelenting effort has been underway to rewrite – even erase – the history of that day… To explain it away as a protest that just got out of hand.”

Biden’s op-ed ignored the presence of multiple intelligence informants/instigators on January 6, D.C.’s refusal to deploy the National Guard, social media’s censorship of Trump’s statement calling for protestors to go home, the killing of unarmed Ashli Babbit, the fact that January 6-ers carried no firearms, and the politicized prosecutions of January 6 defendants.

Human Events called for a blanket pardon for all of the nearly 1,600 Americans prosecuted over January 6. The Soros-funded Brennan Center claimed that pardons would constitute “an attack on Constitution and country.”

The American Thinker’s J.B. Shurk wrote, “January 6 will be remembered for decades to come, but not for the reasons D.C.’s occupying clans have long hoped. More akin to the Boston Massacre, the date will remain a rallying cry for public defiance against government villainy. ‘Remember January 6’ will acquire the same connotation as ‘Remember the Alamo’ – provoking patriotic fervor in the face of despotic Big Government brutality.”

3. WILDFIRES RAVAGE LA: Ten people are dead, over 10,000 structures have been incinerated, and over 180,000 people evacuated as Los Angeles wildfires continued to rapidly spread. Residents have reported organized gangs deliberately starting fires and then robbing homes after people evacuate. Over 300 fires have reportedly been deliberately started. More arson reports here.

Billionaire real-estate developer and 2022 mayoral candidate Rick Caruso said, “There’s no water coming out of the fire hydrants… We have got a mayor that is out of the country… It looks like we’re in a third-world country here.” The LA Times reported that a massive 117 million gallon water storage reservoir was somehow empty when the fires started.

Marxist Mayor Karen Bass previously shifted $17.5 million from the fire department to addressing homelessness, while the city fired firefighters who refused the COVID vax.

Kristin Crowley, LA’s first female and LGBT Fire Chief, had described her chief objective as “creating, supporting, and promoting a culture of diversity, inclusion, and equity [DEI].” In 2022, the LA Fire Department sent surplus firefighting equipment to Ukraine.

President Donald Trump called out Governor Gavin Newsom (D) for diverting millions of gallons of water into the ocean to allegedly protect the smelt fish. In 2018, Trump urged Newsom to clean out forest underbrush to mitigate future fires. Newsom accused Trump of trying to “politicize” the disaster.

Last summer, insurer State Farm canceled policies for multiple homes in Pacific Palisades, following other private insurers who have cut insurance in at-risk areas over the past several years.

The Federalist’s Chris Bray noted, “California has enormously expensive and intrusive government that can’t even provide firefighters or water when your neighborhood burns down.”

Doug TenNapel commented, “It’s not about LA wildfires. This is what everything turns into when you turn your back on truth, goodness, and beauty.”

Conservative writer and lifelong California Peachy Keenan said, “Our government is so ridiculous. It really does feel like we’re abandoned… I just can’t believe they let the Palisade Village burn to the ground… This is my childhood.”

Ed. Note: To dive deeper, read LA Fires Clear the Way for SmartLA 2028 and 2028 LA Olympics.

4. ZUCKERBERG SAYS FACEBOOK WILL HALT CENSORSHIP: On Wednesday, Meta (Facebook) CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg promised that his platform will “get back to our roots around free expression” by “replacing fact checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on reducing mistakes.”

The shift comes as Meta added Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White to its board and replaced leftist Nick Clegg, president of the global policy team, with Republican and censorship opponent Joel Kaplan.

Zuckerberg’s crimes include donating half a billion dollars to rig the 2020 election, throttling the Hunter Biden laptop story, banning President Trump from Facebook following January 6, 2021, and censoring posts on COVID-19, elections, January 6, BLM, and more.

5. REACTIONS TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT: The Federalist’s Kylee Griswold observed that Zuckerberg blamed previous “mistakes” on “legacy media, ‘complex’ and ‘automated systems,’ ‘filters,’ political ‘movements,’ the state of California, the U.S. government, experts, and third-party fact-checkers – except himself.”

So-called fact-checkers said they were “blindsided” by the announcement, while CNN’s Brian Stelter blasted the move as a “MAGA makeover.”

Edward Dowd, author of Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Death in 2021 & 2022, said, “Damage has been done that can’t be reversed by his censorship regime.”

Children’s Health Defense CEO Mary Holland urged, “The country needs closure that this kind of fusion of state and industry to censor unwanted information will never happen again.” Holland called for Facebook and Instagram to reinstate all users who were unjustly censored or demonetized, including CHD.

Conservative talk show host Jesse Kelly said, “Genuine repentance means honest contrition for the wrongs you’ve done…and seeking reconciliation… There is a difference between repentance…and seeing which way the wind blows so you don’t get hurt over the next four years.”.

6. TRUDEAU SAYS HE WILL RESIGN: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he will resign as Prime Minister, after nearly 10 years in power. Globalists Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are among those expected to replace Trudeau.

The unpopular WEF-linked PM has flooded Canada with Muslim immigrants, deployed totalitarian measures against his opponents, and faced increased pressure to respond to Trump’s tariff threats and America-First economic proposals.

Journalist Michael Schellenberger reacted, “He framed himself as an honest, caring, and compassionate leader. He was not. He falsely smeared his critics as Nazis. He justified freezing bank accounts using faked intelligence. And he spread disinformation while demanding censorship.”

Trudeau’s half-brother Kyle Kemper called his brother a puppet, saying, “He’s not the one actually calling the plays.”

Canadian Anthony Hannon worried, “If the Liberal Party does choose a new leader, that new leader will likely be all that is needed for many Canadians to vote Liberal again. Because Canadians on the whole vote in elections for the sake of change rather than for the sake of principles, and many Canadians will see a new party leader as a change.”

Ed. Note: See more here and here.

7. GEORGE SOROS AWARDED PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM: On Saturday, Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 individuals, including Hillary Clinton and George Soros. Biden called the recipients “great leaders who have made America a better place.”

Through his $32 billion Open Societies foundation, “the world’s most efficient financier of evil” has funded DNC candidates, soft-on crime district prosecutors and mayors, violent riots, mass immigration, and other globalist initiatives.

In 2020, Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orbán blasted Soros for weaponizing mass immigration to destroy Europe and turn it into a globalist superstate.

Dr. Peter and Ginger Breggin commented, “They [the globalists] have shown their true colors by fully endorsing political Sainthood for the Devil himself when it comes to human freedom… That Soros and his son are so close to the most powerful of the aging elite politicians in America, such as Pelosi and Schumer, confirms how the American elite are collaborating in the conscious destruction of their own nation.”

8. SOROS IN HIS OWN WORDS: George Soros has described his civilization-destroying agenda in these words, “The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime… It is sort of a disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out… The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States… The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.”

Soros has stated, “The United States stands to lose the most, and China is poised to emerge as the great winner.”

Ed. Note: For more, read Biden Awards “Most Evil Man in the World” the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

9. MUSK VS. UK: Debate surrounding the Islamic abuse of girls and the British government coverup 11 years ago burst into the public discourse with a series of tweets from Elon Musk.

The American Conservative summarized the horrific scandal: “From the late ’80s to the present, tens of thousands of young British girls, most between the ages of 10 and 15, have been raped, abused, and forcibly prostituted by gangs of Pakistani Muslim men in the UK. British authorities, from the local police to the town council to members of Parliament, were not only aware of the abuses taking place, but obstructed attempts to stop the horrific crimes, bring perpetrators to justice, or allow the public to become aware of the situation… Some estimates put the total number of victims at as much as 250,000. The details of the abuse are worse still.”

Authorities, including now-PM Keir Starmer, covered up the abuse for fear of inflaming “racial tensions” and losing “votes.”

Starmer accused individuals calling for an investigation of jumping “on the bandwagon of the far-right.” The UK Labour Party voted to block an inquiry into Starmer’s coverup as head of the Crown Prosecution Service.

The Telegraph’s Allison Pearson wrote, “Thanks to Elon Musk, the multiculturalism cloak of denial and deceit has been ripped off…”

10. FL GRAND JURY RELEASES FINDINGS ON COVID-19 VACCINES: The Florida grand jury convened in December 2022 by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to investigate the COVID-19 vaccines released its final 140-page report.

From the report: “While we did not find criminal activity, we did find a pattern of deceptive and obfuscatory behavior on the part of sponsors and regulators that often straddled the line between ethical and unethical conduct… There are profound and serious issues involving the process of vaccine development and safety surveillance in the United States… These sponsors have taken in billions of taxpayer dollars for creating and selling their vaccines; they cannot be sued if something goes wrong with them.”

The jury gave six recommendations for reforming the vaccine-making process, including stopping the “revolving door” between Big Pharma and government agencies.

DeSantis stated, “The status quo cannot continue. The American people deserve transparency on how Big Pharma is using their federal tax dollars, and they deserve regulating entities that operate as watchdogs, not cheerleaders.”

However, Dr. Joseph Sansone called the grand jury “a total scam,” blasting the jury for not recommending any prosecution of criminal parties and refusing affidavits from Dr. Francis Boyle, Karen Kingston, and others asserting “that the mRNA nanoparticle injections were biological and technological weapons of mass destruction.”

11. TRUMP REITERATES CALL TO ACQUIRE GREENLAND, PANAMA CANAL: At a Thursday press conference, President Donald Trump reiterated his calls to acquire Greenland for “national security purposes” and take back the U.S.-built Panama Canal, which is “operated by China.”

Some have expressed concerns that Trump is promoting a globalist North American Union with these comments and his statements on making Canada the 51st state. However, Wade Miller, Executive Director of Citizens for Renewing America, explained that Trump’s statements are likely designed to strengthen American sovereignty and national security, and noted that Trump’s vision has infuriated globalists who desire a weaker America. Miller argued that Trump’s Canada comments put the President in a much stronger position to reverse Canada’s unfair trade and weaker border policies.

The Daily Signal’s Jarrett Stepman argued that Trump aims to revive the Monroe Doctrine by “shoring up the most important American interests at home and close to home” and “avoiding needless conflicts and adventurism in far-off places with marginal ties to American interests.”

12. SUPREME COURT REJECTS EFFORT TO STOP TRUMP “HUSH MONEY” SENTENCING: On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to allow Donald Trump’s sentencing in the Manhattan “hush money” case to proceed. Justices Roberts and Barrett voted with the three liberals.

Constitutional Attorney Robert Barnes, who warned against Barrett’s nomination in 2020, responded, “The decisive vote to allow the charade in New York to continue against President Trump is the same decisive vote that stopped SCOTUS review of the 2020 election: Barrett. As predicted, she is the 2nd coming of Roberts, not Scalia.”

On Friday, Judge Juan Merchan issued an unconditional discharge in the case, requiring no jail time for Trump but still allowing the left to brand the incoming President as a “convicted felon.” Trump responded, “Today’s event was a despicable charade. Now that it is over, we will appeal this hoax, which has no merit, and restore the trust of Americans in our once great system of justice. Make America Great Again.”

13. CHRISTIAN APOLOGIST SHARES THE GOSPEL ON JOE ROGAN: On Tuesday, Joe Rogan, the world’s top podcaster, released a three-hour interview with Christian apologist Wesley Huff. Conservative commentator Steve Deace asked, “Did we just witness, courtesy of Joe Rogan, the largest presentation of the Gospel in church history?”

Huff discussed the Biblical and historical evidence for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and asked, “How do you explain it going from 11 scared disciples in an upper room to [them] being willing to go out and die for the proclamation that you believe that Jesus rose from the dead, and you saw Him, and you touched Him, and you ate with Him.”

During one segment, Huff stated, “Jesus condemns moralism…if Jesus is nothing but a moral example, then you can save yourself, and you don’t actually need a Savior.”

In another interview, Rogan admitted, “For whatever reason, Christianity is the one religion that you’re allowed to disparage. Christianity is the one religion where people…all these progressive, open-minded leftist people…they will embrace all these different religions until it comes to Christianity.”

Ed. Note: Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

14. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:

• At Jimmy Carter’s funeral, country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood played Carter’s favorite song, John Lennon’s atheist/New World Order tune, “Imagine.” In his eulogy, Joe Biden said that Carter “showed us what it means to be practitioner of good works, a good and faithful servant of God and of the people.”
• The Blaze reports, “Residents of several counties in North Carolina are still on the hook for the full payment of their property taxes, officials warn, even if their homes were destroyed by Hurricane Helene.”
• The Daily Mail reports, ”More people are coming forward to report that have suffered a severe impact, with some linking their vaccines to major problems such as blood cancer, myasthenia gravis, and heart disorders. Jennifer Furno, 38, from Morpeth in Northumberland, suffered a blood clot on her lung before ultimately being diagnosed with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a form of blood cancer.”
• Journalist Steve Baker reveals, “We know for a fact now that General Mark Milley…in June of 2020…actually directed, ordered, and authorized the use of both heat and sound-directed energy weapons to be used against the [BLM] protesters.”
• Leo Hohmann reports, “Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is rolling out a plan to use Africans as guinea pigs for an expanded series of new genetically altering mRNA injections.”
• Economist Andy Puzder warns, “Biden is handing Trump an economy on the precipice of disaster. Thanks in large part to Biden’s four-year deficit-spending spree, the economy is shackled by an incomprehensibly huge $36 trillion in debt and $1 trillion less in Treasury cash on hand. That debt is growing exponentially, with interest alone now consuming over $1.1 trillion annually.”

15. TRUMP 2.0 QUOTES:

• “The guys who want the control grid are trying to get their people in place. The guys who want freedom are trying to get their people in place… After you get the people in place, it’s going to have to be battled out one policy at a time…” –Catherine Austin Fitts
• “The democracy dictators live in a bubble so they never thought Trump would win. They were going to continue to pursue Trump until he was in prison (and are still talking about putting him in Rikers in January 2029). Now that Trump won, they are panicking because they know how many people in the DCesspool, NY, etc., have participated in their criminal syndicate for many years.” –The Researcher
• “RFK Jr. can take three immediate steps to change this downward-spiraling system. First, for consumers to make informed decisions about the food they eat, we need objective food studies, not written or funded by the companies that profit from such reports… Second, he can make healthy food less expensive and more accessible by reducing regulations that prevent interstate commerce of local meat, produce, and raw milk. Third, he can help remove the unhealthy chemicals from our food system…” –Chef Andrew Gruel
• “Release BOTH the Epstein and Diddy lists on January 20!” –Sen. Ted Cruz
• “What we are witnessing in the final days of the Biden administration is nothing short of the deliberate sabotaging of American energy, some of it almost irreversible.” –Marc Marano on Biden’s ban on offshore drilling
• “And they want to see us do badly, but we don’t let that happen. They predicted an overpopulation crisis in the 1960s, mass starvation in the 70s, and an end of oil in the 1990s. These alarmists always demand the same thing: absolute power to dominate, transform, and control every aspect of our lives. We will never let radical socialists destroy our economy, wreck our country, or eradicate our liberty. America will always be the proud, strong, and unyielding bastion of freedom.” –Donald Trump to the World Economic Forum, January 21, 2020

16. NOTEWORTHY QUOTES:

• “Given the current evidence, the Vegas incident reads like a false flag event. The way government agencies have responded seems like narrative building rather than an honest assessment of the crime. They were constructing a story around Livelsberger on day one.” –Brandon Smith
• “We can twist ourselves into a pretzel when speaking about the issue plaguing Europe and now the U.S., but there is no way around immigration policy. You important the Middle East, you get the Middle East.” –Daniel Horowitz
• “Literally every single lever that touches our health actually wants you sick.” –Calley Means
• We all owe a debt of gratitude to Tucker Carlson for helping expose the J6 false narrative. Without him, none of this would have happened.” –Investigative journalist Julie Kelly
• “What sickens me about left-wing people, especially the intellectuals, is their utter ignorance of the way things actually happen.” –George Orwell
• “The institutions we need to revive – marriage and family, church and community, private enterprise, and public spirit—already exist. Like flowers in a garden choked by weeds, they just need room, light, and water to grow again.” –Imprimis newsletter
• “A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.” –Leonard Ravenhill

FAITH, FAMILY & FREEDOM REPORT

1. PETITION TO FREE PRO-LIFERS GROWS: Over 4,500 citizens have signed a petition requesting President Donald Trump to pardon imprisoned pro-lifers. The petition reads, “We ask you to reverse the weaponization of the Department of Justice and pardon these individuals, whose only crime was peacefully pleading for the lives of babies about to die. More than this, we beg you to consider the case for the preborn who have been sentenced to death with no trial. They are unseen and unheard, totally dependent on others, and completely vulnerable.”

2. TRUMP PROMISES MASS DEPORTATIONS: President Donald Trump promised, “On my first day back in the Oval Office, I will sign a historic slate of executive orders to close our border to illegal aliens and stop the invasion of our country. And on that same day, we will begin the largest deportation operation in American history, larger even than that of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.”

3. DESANTIS CALLS FOR STRICTER IMMIGRATION MEASURES: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) called for strict immigration rules for both legal and illegal immigrants. DeSantis stated, “[We need to be] willing to say [that] we should not have a diversity lottery, where someone just comes out of a hat. We should [be] merit-based. We shouldn’t have massive chain migration. I think we’ve got to get this right once and for all.”

4. BILL INTRODUCED TO BAN ATF: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) introduced a bill to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Boebert stated, “Instead of providing regulations that keep our communities safe, this agency has made our communities more dangerous…and Americans have had a hard time viewing these agencies and their rules as legitimate.”

5. SAVE ACT REINTRODUCED: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) reintroduced the SAVE Act, a bill that bans noncitizens from voting in US elections. Roy declared, “American elections belong to American citizens, and the public’s confidence in those elections is the cornerstone of our republic. We in Congress have a duty to our fellow citizens to provide that confidence and put concrete enforcement in place to ensure that our elections and our sovereignty cannot be hijacked.”

6. NORTH CAROLINA PAUSES CERTIFICATION IN RACE DECIDED BY SUSPICIOUS BALLOTS: In a 4-2 decision, the North Carolina Supreme Court blocked Democrat Justice Allison Riggs from retaining her seat on the court while Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin contests the election. The Federalist reported, “Griffin was leading on election night by about 10,000 votes, but absentee and provisional ballots began trickling in after Election Day…eventually giving Riggs her razor-thin, 734-vote lead.”

7. AMISH FARMER AMOS MILLER WINS LEGAL FIGHT: The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that Amish farmer Amos Miller could sell raw milk across state lines after a preliminary injunction had banned him from doing so. Miller’s attorney, Robert Barnes, wrote, “Thank you to everyone who spoke out for Amos!”

8. WIN FOR TRANSIT WORKERS FIRED OVER COVID VACCINE: California Judge William A. Alsup ruled against the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) for attempting not to pay six employees who were fired for not receiving the Covid shot. Zero Hedge reported, “[The judge] acknowledged minor ‘imperfections’ in the jury trial…and determined they were not severe enough to invalidate the jury’s October decision requiring BART to pay each of the six former workers between $1.2 million and $1.5 million.”

9. COURT STRIKES DOWN BIDEN ADMIN’S TITLE IX REWRITE: A federal court in Kentucky ruled against the Biden Administration’s attempt to redefine “sex” as “gender identity” under Title IX. President of Alliance Defending Freedom Kristen Waggoner emphasized, “This is a colossal win for women and girls across the country. The Biden administration’s radical attempt to redefine sex not only tossed fairness, safety, and privacy for female students out the window, it also threatened free speech and parental rights.”

10. RULE BLOCKED REQUIRING DOCTORS TO REMAIN SILENT: Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk blocked the Biden Administration from enforcing regulations that would have prevented doctors from reporting on abuse related to abortions and transgender surgeries. Matt Staver of the Liberty Counsel said, “Doctors take an oath to ‘do no harm’ and should be able to report abuse to protect patients.”

11. DOCTOR’S FREE SPEECH CASE MOVES FORWARD: Dr. Tara Gustilo, an OBGYN who was fired for speaking out against Black Lives Matter and Critical Race Theory, will be allowed to continue her First Amendment case against Hennepin Healthcare System in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gustilo commented, “I reject CRT because it itself rejects the traditional view of equality – the bedrock of our nation – as prescribed in our founding documents and the laws that protect us based on this foundation.”

12. MCDONALDS BACKTRACKS ON WOKENESS: McDonald’s announced they would end their DEI hiring quotas, refrain from participating in the HRC’s Corporate Equality Index, and end DEI requirements for suppliers. Activist Robby Starbuck responded, “We’ve now changed policy at companies worth well over $2.3 trillion dollars, with many millions of employees who have better workplace environments as a result.”

13. CNN SEES RATINGS CRASH: CNN posted historically low ratings in 2024, averaging less than half a million viewers per day. The Post Millennial added, “The poor performance follows disappointing election night coverage, where CNN drew 5.1 million viewers – a massive 44 percent drop from its 2020 election coverage.”

14. GOVERNORS DISCUSS PROMOTING TRADES OVER COLLEGE DEGREES: “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe revealed that he recently discussed “reinvigorating the skilled trades” with New Hampshire Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte (R) and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R). Rowe added, “I’m way more hopeful and enthusiastic than I’ve been in the last 16 years that [President Trump] does share my view around the importance of trade schools and my suspicion of this idea that the best path for the most people is a four-year degree.”

15. TEXAS QUARTERBACK GIVES GLORY TO GOD: Texas Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers spoke about his team’s spiritual revival, stating, “It’s kind of like a domino effect in the locker room. I think that’s what grows us closer, as well as just the amount of guys that are putting their faith in the Lord. We pray after every practice as a team. Prayer is very powerful, and I really believe in prayer, and it’s just been cool to see how Jesus and God have worked in our lives throughout this year.”

HYMN OF THE WEEK

Be Still by Willian Ebel

Oh, be still, thou soul of mine,
Thou art not forsaken!
Though the pow’rs of sin may rage,
Thou shalt be unshaken.
He who gave His life for thee,
Thus permits that thou should be,
For thy good as thou shalt see,
Tempted for a season.

Be courageous, firm, and true,
When life’s battle’s waging!
Oh, be still, my soul, and rest,
When the tempest’s raging!
He who doth our sorrows share,
In His love and tender care,
Trials more than thou can bear
Will not let thee suffer.

Yes, dear Lord, I will be still!
I will trust Thee ever.
I’ll submit to all Thy will,
Cling to Thee forever!
Lord, Thou knowest what is best!
Confident in this I’ll rest,
Till I dwell with all the blest,
And with Thee in heaven.