The Cross a Trading Post,

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The Cross a Trading Post, the place of great exchange


I’ve traded being lost for being found by ‘the Great Shepherd’ Luke 15:4-6
I’ve traded bondage for ‘liberty’ Luke 4:18
I’ve traded ‘brokenness for his healing, because ‘He is the Lord that heals me’ Exodus 15:26
I’ve traded a ‘broken heart for his healing touch’ Luke 4:18

I’ve traded captivity for freedom in Christ for ‘he that the Son sets free is free indeed’ John 8:36
I’ve traded condemnation for ‘there is now therefore no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus’ Romans 8:1

I’ve traded darkness for his ‘glorious light’ 2 Corinthians 4:4
I’ve traded death for ‘the power of Christ’s resurrection’ Philippians 3:10
I’ve traded doubts for faith in Christ

I’ve traded evil thoughts for thoughts that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and of good report and praise’ Philippians 4:8
I’ve traded ‘enticing words of mans wisdom’ for the ‘demonstration of the Spirit and of power’
1 Corinthians 2:1-4

I’ve traded fear for ‘perfect love that casts out fear’ 1 John 4:18

I’ve traded ‘good works and filthy rags’ for ‘the righteousness which is of God by faith; Isaiah 64:6, Philippians 3:9
I’ve traded guilt for ‘his redemption and forgiveness’ Colossians 1:14

I’ve traded hatred for ‘everlasting love’ Jeremiah 31:3

I’ve traded mortality for ‘immortality’1 Corinthians 15:24
I’ve traded mourning for dancing; Psalm 30:11
I’ve traded my needs for the one who ‘supplies all my need according to his riches’ Philippians 4:19
I’ve traded my foolishness for the Spirit of wisdom; Ephesians 1:17
I’ve traded my life for ‘life more abundant’ John 10:10
I’ve traded my thoughts for his thoughts and my ways for his ways… Isaiah 55:8

I’ve traded ‘perishing for eternal life by believing in Christ’ John 3:15
I’ve traded poverty for ‘wealth and riches; Psalm 112:3

I’ve traded sackcloth for gladness; Psalm 30:11
I’ve traded self righteousness for ‘sanctification in Christ’ 1Corinthians 1:30
I’ve traded selfishness for ‘it is more blessed to give than to receive’ Acts 20:35
I’ve traded sickness for the health that Christ purchased ‘by his stripes’ 1 Peter 2:24
I’ve traded sin for the ‘righteousness of God in Christ’ 2 Corinthians 5:21
I’ve traded sorrow for ‘Joy unspeakable and full of glory’ 1 Peter 1:8

I’ve traded tears for the ‘joy that comes in the morning’ Psalm 30:5
I’ve traded ‘things’ for his ‘kingdom’ Luke 12:31
I’ve traded the ‘schoolmasters’ cane for the ‘cross of Christ’ Galatians 3:25, 1 Corinthians 1:17-18
I’ve traded torment for his ‘peace that passes all understanding’ Philippians 4:7

I’ve traded judgement for ‘justification’ Romans 5:18

I’ve traded ‘the wages of sin which is death; for the gift of God which is eternal life through Jesus Christ my Lord. Romans 6:23
I’ve traded weakness for ‘the joy of the Lord which is my strength’ Nehemiah 8:10
I’ve traded worldly treasures for ‘treasure in Heaven where rust and moths cannot destroy nor robbers break in and steal them’ Matthew 6:19 (GNB)

I’ve traded the world and its riches and its temptations for a life filled with the salvation of Christ, the goodness of God and the fellowship of his Holy Spirit


David Robinson