Hebrews 10:19-24 / 2nd Timothy 1:1-5
Gleanings from the life of Eunice Crosby
- Eunice Crosby is the Godly maternal-grandmother of Fanny Crosby (famous American hymnist and one of the best known women in United States).
- She lived with Fanny's family and took care of baby Fanny since she became blind at six weeks old, and when Fanny's mother had to work as a maid to fend for the family.
- She was always holding Fanny on her knees, told her stories of the world she would never see. She affected Fanny's soul with colourful description of things around her.
- Eunice and Fanny listened to melodies of songs and those from birds together. This helped Fanny to distinguish each bird by its song.
- She took her time to explain some lovely visions of things and most especially the beauties of nature, this left strong records of nature on Fanny's mind.
- Eunice taught Fanny the importance of prayer and close relationship with God. She encouraged her to memorise scriptures, this contributed to Fanny's mental alertness and spiritual sight.
- She gave Fanny a “disposition of sunny” to make every night...day and for her to see beauty in ugly situations. This granted Fanny a long and blessed life.
- She helped Fanny with the book of Psalms, Proverbs, Ruth, Old Testament stories and New Testament stories in details. All these impacted on her hymn-writing.
Fanny's
words - “It may seem a little old-fashioned always to begin one's work with
prayer; but I never undertake a hymn without first asking the good Lord to be
my inspiration”
Prayer
- Lord, please have mercy on me in any way that I might have pulled down destinies instead of building them. Please grant me a second chance and release all that it takes for me to be faithful in this area in Jesus name.
- Lord, anoint me afresh for this purpose. Help me to always build my life in Your Word, so that I can also build others You will bring my way with the same Word. Let Your power find expression in all that I do, in all that I say and in every task committed into my hands.
- Lord, please grant me peculiar joy for each of my situations, so as to find grace to give hope to any trusting/believing soul around me. Beautify any ugly area of my life and make me the specimen of Your glory.
- Lord, I put my hands in Your hands, do whatever You did to Eunice the mother of Timothy in the bible, Lois his grandmother and Eunice Crosby; that they were able to affect the destinies You committed into their hands remarkably.
- Lord, affect my heart in a definite way for Your Kingdom-building. Make me worthy by my inheritance in Christ Jesus. Fulfil Your joy and Your expectations in my life.
- JESUS DID NOT FAIL IN THIS AREA, LORD, PLEASE HELP ME NOT TO FAIL YOU.
