Today, I'm praising God for... 2

Saints,

This is a way to show our thankfulness to God in "everything" as we trust in God with our lifes.

I am today thankful for God for His provision and care upon my soul as a shepard!

... He puts a new song in my mouth every day!

Hallelujah! Sing to Jesus,
His the sceptre, His the throne;
Hallelujah! His the triumph,
His the victory alone;
Hark, the songs of holy Zion
Thunder like a mighty flood:
'Jesus out of every nation
Hath redeemed us by His blood.'

Hallelujah! Not as orphans
Are we left in sorrow now;
Hallelujah! He is near us,
Faith believes, nor questions how;
Though the clouds from sight received Him
When the forty days were o'er,
Shall our hearts forget His promise,
'I am with you ever more'?

Hallelujah! Bread of heaven,
Thou on earth our food, our stay;
Hallelujah! Here the sinful
Flee to Thee from day to day;
Intercessor, Friend of sinners,
Earth's Redeemer, plead for me,
Where the songs of all the sinless
Sweep across the crystal sea.

Hallelujah! sing to Jesus,
His the sceptre, His the throne;
Hallelujah! His the triumph,
His the victory alone;
Hark, the songs of holy Zion
Thunder like a mighty flood:
'Jesus out of every nation
Hath redeemed us by His blood.'

Tune: Hyfrydol
[url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/l/l531.html]http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/l/l531.html[/url]

[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000011.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000011.htm[/url]

[url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-HallelujahSingToJesus-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3]http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-HallelujahSingToJesus-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3[/url]

Revelation 4
After this I looked, and, behold, a door [i]was[/i] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [i]was[/i] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, 'Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter'. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [i]one[/i] sat on the throne.

And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and [i]there was[/i] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne [i]were[/i] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [i]there were[/i] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. And before the throne [i]there was[/i] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [i]were[/i] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

And the first beast [i]was[/i] like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast [i]was[/i] like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [i]him[/i]; and [i]they were[/i] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come'.

And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
'Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created'.

His Word, His Forgiveness, His Promises, and every good and perfect gift that comes from above. Jesus is that perfect gift. The greatest gift of all.

...the fact that I didn't break anything when I fell off a chair yesterday while tiling the bathroom walls. I fell and landed on the edge of the tub and actually fell into the tub. :-) It didn't even hurt really . It looked much worse than it was especially to my husband who witnessed the whole thing.

The only time I have ever broken anything was a year and a half ago when I fell off a ladder helping my husband by pulling nails out of the soffit. :-P

A loving wife, healthy children and grandchildren, health improvements for me. Financial provision and provisions in all things.
Always forgiving me in my weaknesses.

ginnyrose wrote:
I would like to share a story I heard last Sunday that is truly a jaw-dropper.

Ever think how much God not only protects us but others? Consider this:

.................................................
Recently an 18-wheeler was barreling down a four-lane highway just a few miles north of us. The driver felt a strong inclination to pull over into the left lane for which there was no apparent reason to do so. After he crested the hill, there he saw a man on all fours crawling down the middle of the right lane!

This left him shaking and weak...knowing full well why and Who compelled him to pull over into the other lane!

God not only saved the life of a man he also saved the driver from the trauma of killing a man accidentally.

This just makes us so much more aware of how much we need to pray for divine protection when we get on the road.

Yes, God is so good - all the time!

Blessings,
ginnyrose

Amen Ginny, a few months ago, I was washing dishes and my wife was on her way home from work. She had called me on her cell when she left work and we talked a few minutes. I felt an uneasiness about her when I looked at the clock and seen it was almost time for her to be home. I prayed right then, Lord please look over her. A few minutes later she arrived home. Later that night, after we ate, she was telling me about the huge buck deer, with horns, that ran in front of her car that day as she was coming home. I said where were you at when this happened. She said just inside the city limits of our hometown. She said, I don't know how I missed him. This was about the same moment, according to the time when I looked at the clock and felt the uneasiness and said the prayer. We need to be mindful of these promptings. Thank You Lord.

This from Redemption Hymnal, was a favourite of Edgar Parkyns. It has been on my heart all week, but I can't find it online - neither the words by George Perfect, nor the music by Powell G Fithian, called Summer Land (6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4) - which seems even more reason to share it, in hope it is a particular blessing to someone.

Jesus was slain for me
At Calvary
Crowned with thorns was He
At Calvary
There He in anguish died
There from His opened side
Poured forth the crimson tide
At Calvary

Pardoned is all my sin
At Calvary
Cleansed is my heart within
At Calvary
Now robes of praise I wear
Gone are my grief and care
Christ bore my burdens there
At Calvary

Wondrous His love for me
At Calvary
Glorious His victory
At Calvary
Vanquished are death and hell
Oh, let His praises swell
Ever my tongue shall tell
Of Calvary

Possible tunes
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0004/x000484.htm]More love to Thee - Doane[/url]

[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0004/x000418.htm]Something for Jesus - Lowry[/url]

This also, has blessed me this week. I praise God for the men and women who could write like this - both the words and great spiritual music.

[url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/n/e/w/newsong.htm]With harps and with vials,[/url] there stand a great throng,
In the presence of Jesus, and sing this new song: ...

I hadn't noticed there was a new post above, when I posted.

My heart was filled with so much gratitude and praise....Thank you so much LORD!!!

How good is the God we adore,
Our faithful, unchangeable Friend,
Whose love is as great as His power
And knows neither measure nor end.

'Tis Jesus the first and the last,
Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home,
We'll praise Him for all that is past,
And trust Him for all that's to come.

[i]Tune - [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-ThisIsTheGodWeAdore-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3]Celeste[/url][/i]

amen!!

Today, I'm praising the Lord for proving His practical word to me in this last week, in a promise He made to me several years ago, in which He has never yet failed. It has been a test which I felt I could not share aloud, until I'd received the answer. Praise God, He cannot fail!

Hallelujah to the God only wise, the immortal, invisible Creator, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[url=http://songoffaith.com/mp3s/Albums/OnlyLoveIsSpokenHere/OLISH_LeanHardOnMe_DonFrancisco.mp3]Lean Hard on Me by Don Francisco[/url]

Someone else knowing what to pray, for me to be released from having got entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of Heav’n to earth come down;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling;
All thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation;
Enter every trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit,
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit;
Let us find that second rest.
Take away our bent to sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.

Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all Thy life receive;
Suddenly return and never,
Never more Thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.

Finish, then, Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in Heav’n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune: [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000011.htm]Hyfrydol[/url][/i]

Facing me with more unpleasant truth about my natural state without Christ.

Jesus only is our message,
Jesus all our theme shall be;
We will lift up Jesus ever,
Jesus only will we see.

[i]Refrain

Jesus only, Jesus ever,
Jesus all in all we sing,
Savior, Sanctifier, and Healer,
Glorious Lord and coming King.[/i]

Jesus only is our Savior,
All our guilt He bore away,
All our righteousness He gives us,
All our strength from day to day.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Jesus is our Sanctifier,
Cleansing us from self and sin,
And with all His Spirit’s fullness,
Filling all our hearts within.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Jesus only is our Healer,
All our sicknesses He bare,
And His risen life and fullness,
All His members still may share.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Jesus only is our Power,
He the Gift of Pentecost,
Jesus, breathe Thy pow’r upon us,
Fill us with the Holy Ghost.

[i]Refrain[/i]

And for Jesus we are waiting,
List’ning for the advent call;
But ’twill still be Jesus only,
Jesus ever, all in all.

[i]Refrain[/i]

[url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/j/e/jesoisom.htm]http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/j/e/jesoisom.htm[/url]

... for he is worthy, and wonderful, and His gentleness is a sign of His strength and greatness. Amen!

In heavenly love abiding, no change my heart shall fear.
And safe in such confiding, for nothing changes here.
The storm may roar without me, my heart may low be laid,
But God is round about me, and can I be dismayed?

Wherever He may guide me, no want shall turn me back.
My Shepherd is beside me, and nothing can I lack.
His wisdom ever waking, His sight is never dim.
He knows the way He’s taking, and I will walk with Him.

Green pastures are before me, which yet I have not seen.
Bright skies will soon be over me, where darkest clouds have been.
My hope I cannot measure, my path to life is free.
My Savior has my treasure, and He will walk with me.

[i]Tune - [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/p/e/penlan.mid]Penlan[/url][/i]

1 Kings 22:7 - 14
And Jehoshaphat said, [i]Is there[/i] not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [i]There is[/i] yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten [i]hither[/i] Micaiah the son of Imlah. And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [i]it[/i] into the king's hand. And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [i]declare[/i] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [i]that which is[/i] good. And Micaiah said, [i]As[/i] the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.

... His astonishing power, His word, and His grace ...

O Thou Who camest from above,
The pure celestial fire to impart,
Kindle a flame of sacred love
Upon the mean altar of my heart.

There let it for Thy glory burn
With inextinguishable blaze,
And trembling to its source return,
In humble prayer and fervent praise.

Jesus, confirm my heart’s desire
To work and speak and think for Thee;
Still let me guard the holy fire,
And still stir up Thy gift in me.

Ready for all Thy perfect will,
My acts of faith and love repeat,
Till death Thy endless mercies seal,
And make my sacrifice complete.

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune - [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0008/x000883.htm]Hereford[/url][/i]

2 Kings 1:9 - 13
Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I [i]be[/i] a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I [i]be[/i] a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

... His clear word in scripture, His whisper in my heart, His peace despite uncertainties in my natural life

O how sweet the glorious message simple faith may claim
Yesterday, today, forever Jesus is the same.
Still He loves to save the sinful, heal the sick and lame
Cheer the mourner, still the tempest, glory to His Name.

[i]Refrain

Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change, but Jesus never! Glory to His Name!
Glory to His Name! Glory to His Name!
All may change, but Jesus never! Glory to His Name![/i]

He, who was the Friend of sinners, seeks the lost one now
Sinner come, and at His footstool penitently bow
He who said “I’ll not condemn thee, go and sin no more,”
Speaks to thee that word of pardon as in days of yore.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Oft on earth He healed the sufferer by His mighty hand
Still our sicknesses and sorrows go at His command
He who gave His healing virtue to a woman’s touch
To the faith that claims His fullness still will give as much.

[i]Refrain[/i]

As of old He walked to Emmaus, with them to abide
So through all life’s way He walketh ever near our side
Soon again we shall behold Him, hasten Lord the day
But 'twill still be this same Jesus as He went away.

[i]Refrain

A B Simpson

[url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/y/e/yestofor.htm]Tune[/url][/i]

George Matheson wrote this hymn when his fiance broke off their engagement because he was going blind - just before his sister's wedding.

Matheson said about this hymn:

"My hymn was com­posed in the manse of In­ne­lan [Ar­gyle­shire, Scot­land] on the ev­en­ing of the 6th of June, 1882, when I was 40 years of age. I was alone in the manse at that time. It was the night of my sister’s mar­ri­age, and the rest of the fam­i­ly were stay­ing over­night in Glas­gow. Some­thing hap­pened to me, which was known only to my­self, and which caused me the most se­vere men­tal suf­fer­ing. The hymn was the fruit of that suf­fer­ing. It was the quick­est bit of work I ever did in my life. I had the im­press­ion of hav­ing it dic­tat­ed to me by some in­ward voice ra­ther than of work­ing it out my­self. I am quite sure that the whole work was com­plet­ed in five min­utes, and equal­ly sure that it ne­ver re­ceived at my hands any re­touch­ing or cor­rect­ion. I have no na­tur­al gift of rhy­thm. All the other vers­es I have ever writ­ten are man­u­fact­ured ar­ti­cles; this came like a day­spring from on high."

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[b]O LOVE THAT WILT NOT LET ME GO[/b]

O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.

O light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.

O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.

O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/l/oltwnlmg.htm

... for rest in Christ's death, and in His life.

[i]Psalm 148 Scottish Metrical Version 2[/i]

The Lord of heav'n confess,
On high his glory raise.
2 Him let all angels bless,
Him all his armies praise.
3 Him glorify
Sun, moon, and stars;
4 Ye higher spheres,
And cloudy sky.

5 From God your beings are,
Him therefore famous make;
You all created were,
When he the word but spake.
6 And from that place,
Where fix'd you be
By his decree,
You cannot pass.

7 Praise God from earth below,
Ye dragons, and ye deeps:
8 Fire, hail, clouds, wind, and snow.
Whom in command he keeps.
9 Praise ye his name,
Hills great and small,
Trees low and tall;
10 Beasts wild and tame;

All things that creep or fly.
11 Ye kings, ye vulgar throng,
All princes mean or high;
12 Both men and virgins young,
Ev'n young and old,
13 Exalt his name;
For much his fame
Should be extoll'd.

O let God's name be prais'd
Above both earth and sky;
14 For he his saints hath rais'd,
And set their horn on high;
Ev'n those that be
Of Isr'el's race,
Near to his grace.
The Lord praise ye.

[i]Tunes

[url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/XX-TheLordOfHeavenConfess-514.php]St John (Parish Choir)[/url]

[url=http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Darwall_148.mid]Darwall's 148th[/url][/i]

Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Romans 1
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [i]it[/i] unto them. 20 [b]For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [i]even[/i] his eternal power and Godhead[/b]; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [i]him[/i] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts...

2 Peter 1
1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [i]pertain[/i] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith ...

... being free to worship in spirit and truth from my heart, regardless of external circumstances

OH, TO SEE THE DAWN
Of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood.

[i]Refrain

This, the power of the cross:
Christ became sin for us.
Took the blame, bore the wrath -
We stand forgiven at the cross.[/i]

Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Every bitter thought,
Every evil deed
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.

Now the daylight flees,
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life;
'Finished!' the vict'ry cry.

Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death,
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.

[i](Final chorus)[/i]
This, the power of the cross:
Son of God - slain for us.
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross.

[i]Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2005 Thankyou Music[/i]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwzt9jRUPNg]audio (excellent) visual (optional) from youtube[/url]

Romans 5:6
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Arise, my soul, arise; shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears:
Before the throne my surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.

He ever lives above, for me to intercede;
His all redeeming love, His precious blood, to plead:
His blood atoned for all our race,
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

Five bleeding wounds He bears; received on Calvary;
They pour effectual prayers; they strongly plead for me:
“Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry,
“Nor let that ransomed sinner die!”

The Father hears Him pray, His dear anointed One;
He cannot turn away, the presence of His Son;
His Spirit answers to the blood,
And tells me I am born of God.

My God is reconciled; His pardoning voice I hear;
He owns me for His child; I can no longer fear:
With confidence I now draw nigh,
And “Father, Abba, Father,” cry.

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune - [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/j/i/jimlight.htm]Millennium[/url][/i]

Ye ransomed sinners, hear,
The prisoners of the Lord;
And wait till Christ appear
According to His Word.
Rejoice in hope; rejoice with me.
We shall from all our sins be free.

Let others hug their chains,
For sin and Satan plead,
And say, from sin’s remains
They never can be freed:
Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me,
We shall from all our sins be free.

In God we put our trust:
If we our sins confess,
Faithful He is, and just,
From all unrighteousness
To cleanse us all, both you and me;
We shall from all our sins be free.

Surely in us the hope
Of glory shall appear;
Sinners, your heads lift up
And see redemption near.
Again I say: rejoice with me.
We shall from all our sins be free.

Who Jesu’s sufferings share,
My fellow-prisoners now,
Ye soon the wreath shall wear
On your triumphant brow:
Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me,
We shall from all our sins be free.

The Word of God is sure,
And never can remove;
We shall in heart be pure
And perfected in love.
Rejoice in hope; rejoice with me.
We shall from all our sins be free.

Then let us gladly bring
Our sacrifice of praise;
Let us give thanks and sing
And glory in His grace.
Rejoice in hope; rejoice with me.
We shall from all our sins be free.

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune - [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0005/x000533.htm]Arthur's Seat[/url], [url=http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/ArthursSeat.mid]Arthur's Seat[/url][/i]

Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

... for the constant ministry of the Spirit, to lift Him up and glorify Him

Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad His wonderful Name;
The Name all victorious of Jesus extol,
His kingdom is glorious and rules over all.

The waves of the sea have lift up their voice,
Sore troubled that we in Jesus rejoice;
The floods they are roaring, but Jesus is here;
While we are adoring, He always is near.

When devils engage, the billows arise,
And horribly rage, and threaten the skies:
Their fury shall never our steadfastness shock,
The weakest believer is built on a rock.

God ruleth on high, almighty to save,
And still He is nigh, His presence we have;
The great congregation His triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation to Jesus, our King.

“Salvation to God, who sits on the throne!”
Let all cry aloud and honor the Son;
The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
Fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb.

Then let us adore and give Him His right,
All glory and power, all wisdom and might;
All honor and blessing with angels above,
And thanks never ceasing and infinite love.

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune - [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/index.php?KeyWordType=Tune&KeyWordData=Montgomery]Montgomery[/url], [url=http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Lyons.mid]Lyons[/url][/i]

Isaiah 2:5
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

... for providing according to my heart's desire (which I suspect He put there before I even knew it!)

Psalm 23

1 The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want.
2 He makes me down to lie
In pastures green: he leadeth me
the quiet waters by.

3 My soul he doth restore again;
and me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
ev'n for his own name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
yet will I fear none ill:
For thou art with me; and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.

5 My table thou hast furnished
in presence of my foes;
My head thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.

6 Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me:
And in God's house for evermore
my dwelling-place shall be.

[i]Tunes - [url=http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BainJLM/brother_james_air/brother_james_air.mid]Brother James' Air (piano)[/url], [url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/h/h404.html]Brother James' Air (organ)[/url], [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-TheLordsMyShepherd-Orlington-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]Orlington (pipe organ)[/url][/i]

Isaiah 4:3 And it shall come to pass, [i]that he that is[/i] left in Zion, and [i]he that[/i] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [i]even[/i] every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. 5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory [i]shall be[/i] a defence. 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

[Notes
among...: or, to life
upon all: or, above all
defence: Heb. covering]

... because He's got [i][b]everything[/b][/i] (not just 'my life') under control, and, I believe Him, and, I love Him (anyway)

[url=http://www.good-music.org/good-music/moores-chapel/midi-hymns/hes-got-the-whole-world-in-his-hands.mp3]He's got the whole world, in His hands![/url]

... His always having my highest good at the heart of what He arranges for my life

Sing to the Lord a joyful song,
Lift up your hearts, your voices raise;
To us His gracious gifts belong,
To Him our songs of love and praise.

For life and love, for rest and food,
For daily help and nightly care,
Sing to the Lord, for He is good,
And praise His Name, for it is fair.

For strength to those who on Him wait,
His truth to prove, His will to do,
Praise ye our God, for He is great,
Trust in His Name, for it is true.

For joys untold, that from above
Cheer those who love His sweet employ,
Sing to our God, for He is love,
Exalt His Name, for it is joy.

For He is Lord of Heav’n and earth,
Whom angels serve and saints adore,
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
To Whom be praise forevermore.

[i]Tune: [url=http://www.pateys.nf.ca/music//222_theflamingbannersofourking.mid]Gonfalon Royal[/url][/i]

This copyright tune is also available on www.smallchurchmusic.com, where there is an extremely inexpensive system for downloading copyrighted music.

Isaiah 14
3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 4 that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, [i]and[/i] the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, [i]and[/i] none hindereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, [i]and[/i] is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, [i]and[/i] the cedars of Lebanon, [i]saying[/i], Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

Amen.

... drawing me to see His beauty more and more

I lift my heart to Thee, Savior divine;
For Thou art all to me, and I am Thine;
Is there on earth a closer bond than this,
That my Belovèd’s mine, and I am His?

Thine am I by all ties; but chiefly Thine,
That through Thy sacrifice Thou, Lord, art mine.
By thine own cords of love, so sweetly wound,
Around me, I to Thee am closely bound.

To Thee, Thou bleeding Lamb, I all things owe—
All that I have, and am, and all I know.
All that I have is now no longer mine,
And I am not mine own; Lord, I am Thine.

How can I, Lord, withhold life’s brightest hour
From Thee; or gathered gold, or any power?
Why should I keep one precious thing from Thee;
When Thou hast giv’n Thine own dear self for me?

I pray Thee, Savior, keep me in Thy love,
Until death’s holy sleep shall me remove
To that fair realm where, sin and sorrow o’er,
Thou and Thine own are one forevermore.

[i]Tune - [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/c/o/u/coupward.htm]Sursum Corda[/url][/i]

... who can cheer the heart like Jesus?

Rejoice, the Lord is King!
Your Lord and King adore;
Mortals give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore;
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

Jesus, the Savior, reigns,
The God of truth and love;
When He had purged our stains He took His seat above;
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

His kingdom cannot fail,
He rules o’er earth and Heav’n,
The keys of death and hell are to our Jesus giv’n;
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

He sits at God’s right hand
Till all His foes submit,
And bow to His command, and fall beneath His feet:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

He all His foes shall quell,
Shall all our sins destroy,
And every bosom swell with pure seraphic joy;
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice,
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

Rejoice in glorious hope!
Jesus the Judge shall come,
And take His servants up to their eternal home.
We soon shall hear th’archangel’s voice;
The trump of God shall sound, rejoice!

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune: [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0011/x001113.htm]Gopsal[/url], [url=http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Darwall_148.mid]Darwall's 148th[/url][/i]

Isaiah 40
25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [i]things[/i], that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [i]he is[/i] strong in power; not one faileth. 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [i]that[/i] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [i]there is[/i] no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to [i]them that have[/i] no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [i]their[/i] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [i]and[/i] they shall walk, and not faint.

With harps and with vials, there stand a great throng
In the presence of Jesus, and sing this new song:

[i]Refrain
Unto Him Who hath loved us and washed us from sin,
Unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.[/i]

All these once were sinners, defiled in His sight,
Now arrayed in pure garments in praise they unite:

[i]Refrain[/i]

He maketh the rebel a priest and a king,
He hath bought us and taught us this new song to sing:

[i]Refrain[/i]

How helpless and hopeless we sinners had been,
If He never had loved us till cleansed from our sin:

[i]Refrain[/i]

Aloud in His praises our voices shall ring,
So that others believing, this new song shall sing:

[i]Refrain[/i]

[i]Fanny Crosby

[url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/n/e/w/newsong.htm]Tune: New Song[/url][/i]

... 'Love's resistless current sweeping all the regions deep within ...'

Full salvation! Full salvation!
Lo, the fountain opened wide,
Streams through every land and nation
From the Savior's wounded side.
Full salvation! Full salvation!
Streams an endless crimson tide.
Streams an endless crimson tide.

Oh, the glorious revelation!
See the cleansing current flow,
Washing stains of condemnation
Whiter than the driven snow:
Full salvation! Full salvation!
Oh, the rapturous bliss to know.
Oh, the rapturous bliss to know.

Love's resistless current sweeping
All the regions deep within;
Thought, and wish, and senses keeping
Now, and every instant, clean:
Full salvation! Full salvation!
From the guilt and power of sin.
From the guilt and power of sin.

Life immortal, Christ descending,
Lo! my heart the Spirit's shrine:
God and man in oneness blending,
Oh, what fellowship is mine!
Full salvation! Full salvation!
Raised in Christ to life divine!
Raised in Christ to life divine!

Care and doubting, gloom and sorrow,
Fear and shame are mine no more;
Faith knows naught of dark tomorrow,
For my Savior goes before:
Full salvation! Full salvation!
Full and free for evermore!
Full and free for evermore!

[i]Tune: [url=http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/321]Cwm Rhondda[/url], [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-FullSalvation-G-5V-CWMRhondda-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3]Cwm Rhondda[/url][/i]

John 4
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and [b]the well is deep[/b]: from whence then hast thou that living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 15 [b]The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not[/b], neither come hither to draw.

... speaking to me day by day, gently, kindly, faithfully, helpfully, understandingly, and, giving strength to live

Rejoice, Rejoice, Christ is in you
The hope of glory in your heart
He lives, He lives, His breath is in you
Arise a mighty army
Arise, arise.

Now is the time for us to march upon the land
Into our hearts He will give the ground we claim
He rides in majesty to lead us into victory
The world shall see that Christ is Lord.

Rejoice, Rejoice, Christ is in you
The hope of glory in your heart
He lives, He lives, His breath is in you
Arise a mighty army
Arise, arise.

God is at work in us His purpose to perform
Building a kingdom of power and not of words
Where things impossible by faith shall be made possible
Let’s give the glory to Him now.

Rejoice, Rejoice, Christ is in you
The hope of glory in your heart
He lives, He lives, His breath is in you
Arise a mighty army
Arise, arise.

Though we are weak His grace is everything we need
We’re made of clay but His treasure is within
He turns our weaknesses into His opportunities
So that the glory goes to Him.

Rejoice, Rejoice, Christ is in you
The hope of glory in your heart
He lives, He lives, His breath is in you
Arise a mighty army
Arise, arise.

[i][url=http://www.turnbacktogod.com/rejoice-rejoice-christ-is-in-you-song/]Music[/url]

[url=http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/rejoice_rejoice.html]Rejoice, rejoice (midiforworship)[/url][/i]

... the love of brethren in Christ, fellowship, and the word of God honestly poured out

The Church’s one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord,
She is His new creation
By water and the Word.
From Heav’n He came and sought her
To be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her
And for her life He died.

She is from every nation,
Yet one o’er all the earth;
Her charter of salvation,
One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy Name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.

The Church shall never perish!
Her dear Lord to defend,
To guide, sustain, and cherish,
Is with her to the end:
Though there be those who hate her,
And false sons in her pale,
Against both foe or traitor
She ever shall prevail.

Though with a scornful wonder
Men see her sore oppressed,
By schisms rent asunder,
By heresies distressed:
Yet saints their watch are keeping,
Their cry goes up, “How long?”
And soon the night of weeping
Shall be the morn of song!

’Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace forevermore;
Till, with the vision glorious,
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.

Yet she on earth hath union
With God the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is won,
With all her sons and daughters
Who, by the Master’s hand
Led through the deathly waters,
Repose in Eden land.

O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with Thee:
There, past the border mountains,
Where in sweet vales the Bride
With Thee by living fountains
Forever shall abide!

[i]Tune: [url=http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Aurelia.mid]Aurelia[/url][/i]

... His encouragements and patience and faithfulness, none of which I deserve

To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.

[i]Refrain
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.[/i]

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Great things He has taught us, great things He has done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher, and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

[i]Refrain[/i]

[i][url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/Midi/ToGodBeTheGlory-SPiano-CAM.mid]Tune[/url][/i]

... abundantly supplying all my need, and for His riches in Christ Jesus

Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

[i]Refrain
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?[/i]

Are you walking daily by the Savior’s side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

[i]Refrain[/i]

When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

[i]Refrain[/i]

Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb!

[i]Refrain

Music - [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKSz-bOr8w4]Ensemble (youtube)[/url][/i]

... making it through this week, and, meeting new people who know God

Loved with everlasting love, led by grace that love to know;
Gracious Spirit from above, Thou hast taught me it is so!
O this full and perfect peace! O this transport all divine!
In a love which cannot cease, I am His, and He is mine.
In a love which cannot cease, I am His, and He is mine.

Heav’n above is softer blue, Earth around is sweeter green!
Something lives in every hue Christless eyes have never seen;
Birds with gladder songs o’erflow, flowers with deeper beauties shine,
Since I know, as now I know, I am His, and He is mine.
Since I know, as now I know, I am His, and He is mine.

Things that once were wild alarms cannot now disturb my rest;
Closed in everlasting arms, pillowed on the loving breast.
O to lie forever here, doubt and care and self resign,
While He whispers in my ear, I am His, and He is mine.
While He whispers in my ear, I am His, and He is mine.

His forever, only His; Who the Lord and me shall part?
Ah, with what a rest of bliss Christ can fill the loving heart!
Heav’n and earth may fade and flee, firstborn light in gloom decline;
But while God and I shall be, I am His, and He is mine.
But while God and I shall be, I am His, and He is mine.

[i]Tune - [url=http://smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-LovedWithEverlastingLove-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3]Everlasting Love[/url][/i]

... rest in Christ - the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world - His blood shed for me - the everlasting proof of His love for mankind

My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the pleasures of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon when nailed to the tree.
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say, when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
If ever I loved Thee, if ever I loved Thee,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

[i]Tune: [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/m/y/j/my_Jesus_i_ilove_Thee.mid]My Jesus, I love Thee[/url] [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-MyJesusILoveThee-Ellis-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]2 - organ[/url]

Note: verse 2, first line, 'loved' is given two syllables - [/i]lov-ed.

[color=0000CC]1 John 3
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, [i]who[/i] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.

And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

John 1
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [i]even[/i] to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
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... no pressure

O to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

[i]Refrain
O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.[/i]

O to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O to be like Thee! Lord, I am coming
Now to receive anointing divine;
All that I am and have I am bringing,
Lord, from this moment all shall be Thine.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

[i]Refrain

[url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-OToBeLikeThee-Rondinella-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]Tune[/url][/i]

... the knowledge that though I may feel as if I'm floundering, He is keeping me steady, and, He knows exactly where He is leading

Thy hand, O God, has guided
Thy flock from age to age;
The wondrous tale is written,
Full clear, on every page;
Our fathers owned Thy goodness,
And we their deeds record;
And both of this bear witness,
“One Church, one Faith, one Lord.”

Thy heralds brought glad tidings,
To greatest, as to least;
They bade men rise, and hasten
To share the great King’s feast;
And this was all their teaching,
In every deed and word,
To all alike proclaiming,
“One Church, one Faith, one Lord.”

When shadows thick were falling,
And all seemed sunk in night,
Thou, Lord, didst send Thy servants,
Thy chosen sons of light.
On them and on Thy people
Thy plenteous grace was poured,
And this was still their message:
“One Church, one Faith, one Lord.”

Through many a day of darkness,
Through many a scene of strife,
The faithful few fought bravely,
To guard the nation’s life,
Their Gospel of redemption,
Sin pardoned, man restored,
Was all in this enfolded,
“One Church, one Faith, one Lord.”

And we, shall we be faithless?
Shall hearts fail, hands hang down?
Shall we evade the conflict,
And cast away our crown?
Not so: in God’s deep counsels
Some better thing is stored:
We will maintain, unflinching,
“One Church, one Faith, one Lord.”

Thy mercy will not fail us,
Nor leave Thy work undone;
With Thy right hand to help us,
The victory shall be won;
And then, by men and angels,
Thy Name shall be adored,
And this shall be their anthem,
“One Church, one Faith, one Lord.”

[i]Tune: [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-ThyHandOGod-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]Thornbury[/url][/i]

1 Samuel 17
40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling [i]was[/i] in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield [i]went[/i] before him.

45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle [i]is[/i] the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang [i]it[/i], and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but [i]there was[/i] no sword in the hand of David.

51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

... His leadings, and readiness to speak when we seek Him

How do Thy mercies close me round!
For ever be Thy name adored!
I blush in all things to abound;
The servant is above his Lord!

Inured to poverty and pain,
A suffering life my Master led;
The Son of God, the Son of Man,
He had not where to lay His head.

But, lo, a place He has prepared
For me, whom watchful angels keep;
Yea, He Himself becomes my guard,
He smooths my bed, and gives me sleep.

Jesus protects! My fears, be gone!
What can the Rock of Ages move?
Safe in thine arms I lay me down,
Thine everlasting arms of love.

While Thou art intimately nigh,
Who, who shall violate my rest?
Sin, earth, and hell I now defy;
I lean upon my Saviour’s breast.

I rest beneath th'Almighty’s shade,
My griefs expire, my troubles cease;
Thou, Lord, on whom my soul is stayed,
Wilt keep me still in perfect peace.

Me, for Thine own, Thou lov’st to take,
In time and in eternity;
Thou never, never wilt forsake
A helpless worm that trusts in Thee.

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune: [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-LordIWasBlind-Saxby-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]Saxby[/url][/i]

... grace for the day!

Meet and right it is to praise
God, the giver of all grace,
God, whose mercies are bestowed
On the evil and the good;
He prevents His creatures' call,
Kind and merciful to all;
Makes His sun on sinners rise,
Showers His blessings from the skies.

Least of all Thy creatures, we
Daily Thy salvation see;
As by heavenly manna fed,
Through a world of dangers led;
Through a wilderness of cares;
Through ten thousand thousand snares,
More than now our hearts conceive,
More than we could know, and live!

By our bosom-foe beset,
Taken in the fowler's net,
Passion's unresisting prey,
Oft within the toils we lay:
Sleeping on the brink of sin,
Tophet gaped to take us in,
Mercy to our rescue flew,
Burst the snare and brought us through.

Here, as in the lion's den,
Undevoured we still remain;
Pass secure the watery flood,
Hanging on the arm of God;
Here we raise our voices higher,
Shout in the refiner's fire,
Clap our hands amidst the flame,
Glory give to Jesu's name.

Jesu's name in Satan's hour
Stands our adamantine tower;
Jesus doth his own defend,
Love, and save us to the end.
Love shall make us persevere
Till our conquering Lord appear,
Bear us to our thrones above,
Crown us with His heavenly love.

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune: [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-HolyLambWho-Syria-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]Syria[/url][/i]

... His longsuffering, and the patience it is working in me

Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne.
Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless King through all eternity.

Crown Him the virgin’s Son, the God incarnate born,
Whose arm those crimson trophies won which now His brow adorn;
Fruit of the mystic rose, as of that rose the stem;
The root whence mercy ever flows, the Babe of Bethlehem.

Crown Him the Son of God, before the worlds began,
And ye who tread where He hath trod, crown Him the Son of Man;
Who every grief hath known that wrings the human breast,
And takes and bears them for His own, that all in Him may rest.

Crown Him the Lord of life, who triumphed over the grave,
And rose victorious in the strife for those He came to save.
His glories now we sing, who died, and rose on high,
Who died eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die.

Crown Him the Lord of peace, whose power a scepter sways
From pole to pole, that wars may cease, and all be prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end, and round His piercèd feet
Fair flowers of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet.

Crown Him the Lord of love, behold His hands and side,
Those wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified.
No angel in the sky can fully bear that sight,
But downward bends his burning eye at mysteries so bright.

Crown Him the Lord of Heaven, enthroned in worlds above,
Crown Him the King to Whom is given the wondrous name of Love.
Crown Him with many crowns, as thrones before Him fall;
Crown Him, ye kings, with many crowns, for He is King of all.

Crown Him the Lord of lords, who over all doth reign,
Who once on earth, the incarnate Word, for ransomed sinners slain,
Now lives in realms of light, where saints with angels sing
Their songs before Him day and night, their God, Redeemer, King.

Crown Him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time,
Creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail! For Thou has died for me;
Thy praise and glory shall not fail throughout eternity.

[i]Tune: Diademata [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-CrownHimWithMany-D-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]1[/url] [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-CrownHimWithMany-D-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]2[/url][/i]

... the opportunity to praise Him today

Father of everlasting, grace,
Thy goodness and Thy truth we praise,
Thy goodness and Thy truth we prove;
Thou hast, in honour of Thy Son,
The gift unspeakable sent down,
The Spirit of life, and power, and love.

The purchased Comforter is given,
For Jesus is returned to heaven
To claim and then the Grace impart:
Our day of Pentecost is come,
And God vouchsafes to fix His home
In every poor expecting heart.

Father, on Thee, whoever call
Confess Thy promise is for all,
While everyone who asks receives,
Receives the Gift and Giver too,
And witnesses that Thou art true,
And in Thy Spirit walks and lives.

Send us the Spirit of Thy Son,
To make the depths of Godhead known,
To make us share the life divine;
Send Him the sprinkled blood to apply,
Send Him our souls to sanctify,
And show and seal us ever Thine.

So shall we pray, and never cease,
So shall we thankfully confess
Thy wisdom, truth, and power, and love;
With joy unspeakable adore,
And bless and praise Thee evermore,
And serve Thee as Thy hosts above:

Till, added to that heavenly choir,
We raise our songs of triumph higher,
And praise Thee in a bolder strain,
Out-soar the first-born seraph's flight,
And sing, with all our friends in light,
Thine everlasting love to man.

[i]Charles Wesley

EDIT: 21.12.09 I notice I posted the wrong tune, originally. Sorry! The correct tune is linked below.

Tune: [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-FatherOfEverlasting-Stamford-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]Stamford[/url][/i]

... the many and deatiled proofs of His love

O glorious hope of perfect love!
It lifts me up to things above,
It bears on eagles' wings;
It gives my ravished soul a taste
And makes me for some moments feast
With Jesu's priests and kings,
With Jesu's priests and kings,
It gives my ravished soul a taste
And makes me for some moments feast
With Jesu's priests and kings.

Prisoner of hope, to Thee I turn,
And, calmly confident, I mourn,
And pray, and weep for Thee;
Tell me Thy love, Thy secret tell,
Thy mystic name in me reveal,
Reveal Thyself in me,
Reveal Thyself in me,
Tell me Thy love, Thy secret tell,
Thy mystic name in me reveal,
Reveal Thyself in me.

Rejoicing now in earnest hope,
I stand, and from the mountain-top
See all the land below;
Rivers of milk and honey rise
And all the fruits of paradise
In endless plenty grow,
In endless plenty grow,
Rivers of milk and honey rise
And all the fruits of paradise
In endless plenty grow.

A land of corn, and wine, and oil,
Favoured with God's peculiar smile,
With every blessing blessed;
There dwells the Lord our Righteousness,
And keeps His own in perfect peace
And everlasting rest,
And everlasting rest,
There dwells the Lord our Righteousness,
And keeps His own in perfect peace
And everlasting rest.

O that I might at once go up,
No more on this side Jordan stop,
But now the land possess;
This moment end my legal years,
Sorrows, and sins, and doubts, and fears,
A howling wilderness,
A howling wilderness,
This moment end my legal years,
Sorrows, and sins, and doubts, and fears,
A howling wilderness.

Now, O my Joshua, bring me in,
Cast out my foes; the inbred sin,
The carnal mind remove.
The purchase of Thy death divide;
And O, with all the sanctified
Give me a lot of love,
Give me a lot of love,
The purchase of Thy death divide;
And O, with all the sanctified
Give me a lot of love.

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune: [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-OGloriousHope-Praise-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]Praise[/url][/i]

Please note on previous page, I've corrected the Tune link for 'Father of everlasting grace', by Charles Wesley. (This is the first time it's been available online, cuurtesy of smallchurchmusic.com.)

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... for answering before I called

We give Thee but Thine own,
Whate’er the gift may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from Thee.

May we Thy bounties thus
As stewards true receive,
And gladly, as Thou blessest us,
To Thee our firstfruits give.

O hearts are bruised and dead,
And homes are bare and cold,
And lambs for whom the Shepherd bled
Are straying from the fold.

To comfort and to bless,
To find a balm for woe,
To tend the lone and fatherless
Is angels’ work below.

The captive to release,
To God the lost to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace—
It is a Christ-like thing.

And we believe Thy Word,
Though dim our faith may be;
Whate’er for Thine we do, O Lord,
We do it unto Thee.

[i]Tune: [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-WeGiveTheeBut-Schumann-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]Schumann[/url][/i]

... His Fatherly care

Glory to God, and praise and love
Be ever, ever given, (x2)
By saints below and saints above,
The church in earth and heaven. (x3)

On this glad day the glorious Sun
Of Righteousness arose; (x2)
On my benighted soul He shone
And filled it with repose. (x3)

Sudden expired the legal strife,
’Twas then I ceased to grieve; (x2)
My second, real, living life
I then began to live. (x3)

Then with my heart I first believed,
Believed with faith divine, (x2)
Power with the Holy Ghost received
To call the Savior mine. (x3)

I felt my Lord’s atoning blood
Close to my soul applied; (x2)
Me, me He loved, the Son of God,
For me, for me He died! (x3)

I found and owned His promise true,
Ascertained of my part, (x2)
My pardon passed in heaven I knew
When written on my heart. (x3)

Look unto Him, ye nations, own
Your God, ye fallen race; (x2)
Look, and be saved through faith alone,
Be justified by grace. (x3)

See all your sins on Jesus laid:
The Lamb of God was slain, (x2)
His soul was once an offering made
For every soul of man. (x3)

Awake from guilty nature’s sleep,
And Christ shall give you light, (x2)
Cast all your sins into the deep,
And wash the Æthiop white. (x3)

Harlots and publicans and thieves
In holy triumph join! (x2)
Saved is the sinner that believes
From crimes as great as mine. (x3)

Murderers and all ye hellish crew
In holy triumph join! (x2)
Believe the Savior died for you;
For me the Savior died. (x3)

With me, your chief, ye then shall know,
Shall feel your sins forgiven; (x2)
Anticipate your heaven below,
And own that love is heaven. (x3)

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcwawIcbWGE]Lyngham[/url][/i]

... 'seasonal' opportunities to proclaim Christ

Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown,
When Thou camest to earth for me;
But in Bethlehem’s home was there found no room
For Thy holy nativity.

[i]Refrain

O come to my heart, Lord Jesus,
There is room in my heart for Thee.[/i]

Heaven’s arches rang when the angels sang,
Proclaiming Thy royal degree;
But of lowly birth didst Thou come to earth,
And in great humility.

[i]Refrain[/i]

The foxes found rest, and the birds their nest
In the shade of the forest tree;
But Thy couch was the sod, O Thou Son of God,
In the deserts of Galilee.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Thou camest, O Lord, with the living Word,
That should set Thy people free;
But with mocking scorn and with crown of thorn,
They bore Thee to Calvary.

[i]Refrain[/i]

When the heav’ns shall ring, and her choirs shall sing,
At Thy coming to victory,
Let Thy voice call me home, saying “Yet there is room,
There is room at My side for thee.”

[i]My heart shall rejoice, Lord Jesus,
When Thou comest and callest for me.[/i]

[i]Tune: [url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t585.html]Margaret[/url], [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/Snippet/S-ThouDidstLeave-VocalOrgan-48-JR.mp3]pipe organ with vocal[/url][/i]

... today's instances of God's kindness and goodness

As with gladness, men of old
Did the guiding star behold
As with joy they hailed its light
Leading onward, beaming bright
So, most glorious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.

As with joyful steps they sped
To that lowly manger bed
There to bend the knee before
Him Whom Heaven and earth adore;
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek Thy mercy seat.

As they offered gifts most rare
At that manger rude and bare;
So may we with holy joy,
Pure and free from sin’s alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to Thee, our heavenly King.

Holy Jesus, every day
Keep us in the narrow way;
And, when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds Thy glory hide.

In the heavenly country bright,
Need they no created light;
Thou its Light, its Joy, its Crown,
Thou its Sun which goes not down;
There forever may we sing
Alleluias to our King!

[i]Tune: [url=http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Dix.mid]Dix[/url][/i]

... the pure love of brothers and sisters in Christ, which is an example to me

Luke 2
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 ([i]And[/i] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. 6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this [i]shall be[/i] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they had seen [i]it[/i], they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 18 And all they that heard [i]it[/i] wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered [them] in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.

“Fear not!” said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind.
“Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.

“To you, in David’s town, this day
Is born of David’s line
A Savior, who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign.

“The heavenly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid.”

Thus spake the seraph and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God on high,
Who thus addressed their song:

“All glory be to God on high,
And to the Earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from Heav’n to men
Begin and never cease!”

Tune: [i] [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-WhileShepherds-WinchesterOld-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3]Winchester Old 1[/url], [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-WhileShepherds-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3]2[/url], [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-WhileShepherds-VocalOrgan-128-JR.mp3]with vocal[/url][/i]

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him, born the King of angels;

[i]Refrain
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.[/i]

True God of true God, Light from Light Eternal,
Lo, He shuns not the Virgin’s womb;
Son of the Father, begotten, not created;

[i]Refrain[/i]

Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation;
O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God, all glory in the highest;

[i]Refrain[/i]

See how the shepherds, summoned to His cradle,
Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze;
We too will thither bend our joyful footsteps;

[i]Refrain[/i]

Lo! star led chieftains, Magi, Christ adoring,
Offer Him incense, gold, and myrrh;
We to the Christ Child bring our hearts’ oblations.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Child, for us sinners poor and in the manger,
We would embrace Thee, with love and awe;
Who would not love Thee, loving us so dearly?

[i]Refrain[/i]

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning;
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Tune: [i][url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/CFCM_1157457381_MP3-OComeAllYeFaithful-128-CFCM.mp3]Adeste Fideles - Choir[/url], [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-OComeAllYeFaithful-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3]Piano only[/url], [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-OComeAllYeFaithful-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3]Organ only[/url][/i]

... knowing what it would take to save us, and caring to accomplish it - a lengthy demonstration of His identification with mankind - into death and resurrection.

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love.

Tune: [url=http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Manoah.mid]Manoah[/url]

... the Desire of all nations did come [i][b]to us[/b][/i] and HE cheers our hearts with His light and love

O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.

[i]Refrain
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.[/i]

O come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
Who orderest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O come, O come, great Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times once gave the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O come, Thou Root of Jesse’s tree,
An ensign of Thy people be;
Before Thee rulers silent fall;
All peoples on Thy mercy call.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O come, Desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind;
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease,
And be Thyself our King of Peace.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Tune: Veni Veni Emmanuel [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-OComeEmmanuel-Veni-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3]piano[/url], [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000078.htm]electric organ[/url], [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/YouTube.php?T=3443&S=v/xRi1GDoaQu4]Ensemble vocal Fribourg Veni [/url]

... for His ability to unravel our complexities, to bring us into the simplicity of His love

All hail the power of Jesu's name!
\tLet angels prostrate fall,
\tLet angels prostrate fall;
\tBring forth the royal diadem,
\tAnd crown Him, crown Him,
\tCrown Him, crown Him,
\tAnd crown Him Lord of all.

Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
\tYe ransomed from the fall,
\tYe ransomed from the fall,
\tHail Him who saves you by His grace,
\tAnd crown Him, crown Him,
\tCrown Him, crown Him,
\tAnd crown him Lord of all.

Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
\tThe wormwood and the gall,
\tThe wormwood and the gall,
\tGo spread your trophies at His feet,
\tAnd crown Him, crown Him,
\tCrown Him, crown Him,
\tAnd crown Him Lord of all.

Let every kindred, every tribe
\tOn this terrestrial ball,
\tOn this terrestrial ball,
\tTo Him all majesty ascribe,
\tAnd crown Him, crown Him,
\tCrown Him, crown Him,
\tAnd crown Him Lord of all.

Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,
\tWho from His altar call,
\tWho from His altar call;
\tExtol the Stem of Jesse's Rod,
\tAnd crown Him, crown Him,
\tCrown Him, crown Him,
\tAnd crown Him Lord of all.

O that with yonder sacred throng
\tWe at His feet may fall,
\tWe at His feet may fall!
\tWe'll join the everlasting song,
\tAnd crown Him, crown Him,
\tCrown Him, crown Him,
\tAnd crown Him Lord of all.

Tune: [url=http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh155.sht]Diadem[/url] (downloading options at foot of page)

... the continuous stream of His word to my spirit, my soul, my understanding, my heart

Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
Let us Thine influence prove:
Source of the old prophetic fire,
Fountain of life and love.

Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by Thee
The prophets wrote and spoke;
Unlock the truth, Thyself the key,
Unseal the sacred book.

Expand Thy wings, celestial Dove,
Brood o’er our nature’s night;
On our disordered spirits move,
And let there now be light.

God, through Himself, we then shall know
If Thou within us shine,
And sound with all Thy saints below,
The depths of love divine.

[i]Charles Wesley

Tune: [url=http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/StColumba.mid]St Columba[/url][/i]

... His amazing love, which is so much greater than human mind can comprehend

Come down, O love divine, seek Thou this soul of mine,
And visit it with Thine own ardor glowing.
O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear,
And kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.

O let it freely burn, til earthly passions turn
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
And let Thy glorious light shine ever on my sight,
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.

Let holy charity mine outward vesture be,
And lowliness become mine inner clothing;
True lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part,
And o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.

And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long,
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace, till he become the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling.

[i]Tune: [url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/o/comelove.htm]Down Ampney, piano[/url], [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0008/000822a.mid]electric organ[/url], [url=http://smallchurchmusic.com/index.php?RSongID=409]pipe organ[/url][/i]

... keeping my soul in rest

The King of love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never,
I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine forever.

Where streams of living water flow
My ransomed soul He leadeth,
And where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.

Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me.

In death’s dark vale I fear no ill
With Thee, dear Lord, beside me;
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy cross before to guide me.

Thou spread’st a table in my sight;
Thy unction grace bestoweth;
And O what transport of delight
From Thy pure chalice floweth!

And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise
Within Thy house forever.

Tune: Dominus Regit Me [url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/mid/d/o/m/Dominus_regit_me.mid]1[/url], [url=http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/DominusRegitMe.mid]2[/url]

... travelling mercies, peace and courage

The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame
Their great Original proclaim.
Th’unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator’s powers display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty Hand.

Soon as the evening shades prevail
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;
While all the stars that round her burn
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.

What though in solemn silence all
Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid the radiant orbs be found?
In reason’s ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice,
Forever singing as they shine,
“The hand that made us is divine.”

[i]Joseph Addison (17th century)

Tune: [url=http://smallchurchmusic.com/index.php?RSongID=2719]Firmament[/url][/i]

(Paraphrased from Psalm 19 vv 1 - 6.)

... continually drawing me to focus on Him more deeply

Jesu, we follow Thee,
In all Thy footsteps tread,
And pant for full conformity
To our exalted Head.

We would, we would partake
Thine every state below,
And suffer all things for Thy sake,
And to Thy glory do.

We in Thy birth are born,
Sustain Thy grief and loss,
Share in Thy want, and shame, and scorn,
And die upon Thy cross.

Baptised into Thy death,
We sink into Thy grave,
Till Thou the quickening Spirit breathe,
And to the utmost save.

Thou saidst 'Where'er I am
There shall my servant be,'
Master, the welcome word we claim
And die to live with Thee.

To us who share Thy pain
Thy joy shall soon be given,
And we shall in Thy glory reign
For Thou art now in heaven.

[i]Charles Wesley[/i]

Tune: Dennis [url=http://smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-BlestBeTheTie-Dennis-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3]piano[/url], [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0002/x000256.htm]electric organ[/url]

... the unexpected blessings of yesterday

[i]Scottish Metrical Psalm 65[/i]

1 Praise waits for thee in Sion, Lord:
to thee vows paid shall be.
2 O thou that hearer art of pray'r,
all flesh shall come to thee.

3 Iniquities, I must confess,
prevail against me do:
But as for our transgressions,
them purge away shalt thou.

4 Bless'd is the man whom thou dost chuse,
and mak'st approach to thee,
That he within thy courts, O Lord,
may still a dweller be:

We surely shall be satisfy'd
with thy abundant grace,
And with the goodness of thy house,
ev'n of thy holy place.

5 O God of our salvation,
thou, in thy righteousness,
By fearful works unto our pray'rs
thine answer dost express:

Therefore the ends of all the earth,
and those afar that be
Upon the sea, their confidence,
O Lord, will place in thee.

6 Who, being girt with pow'r, sets fast
by his great strength the hills.
7 Who noise of seas, noise of their waves,
and people's tumult, stills.

8 Those in the utmost parts that dwell
are at thy signs afraid:
Th' outgoings of the morn and ev'n
by thee are joyful made.

9 The earth thou visit'st, wat'ring it;
thou mak'st it rich to grow
With God's full flood; thou corn prepar'st,
when thou provid'st it so.

10 Her rigs thou wat'rest plenteously,
her furrows settelest:
With show'rs thou dost her mollify,
her spring by thee is blest.

11 So thou the year most lib'rally
dost with thy goodness crown;
And all thy paths abundantly
on us drop fatness down.

12 They drop upon the pastures wide,
that do in deserts lie;
The little hills on ev'ry side
rejoice right pleasantly.

13 With flocks the pastures clothed be,
the vales with corn are clad;
And now they shout and sing to thee,
for thou hast made them glad.

Tune: [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0009/x000956.htm]Spohr[/url] (Gerald)

Psalm 65
1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
3 Iniquities prevail against me: [i]as for[/i] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
4 Blessed [i]is the man whom[/i] thou choosest, and causest to approach [i]unto thee, that[/i] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [i]even[/i] of thy holy temple.
5 [i]By[/i] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; [i]who art[/i] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [i]upon[/i] the sea:
6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; [i]being[/i] girded with power:
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, [i]which[/i] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12 They drop [i]upon[/i]] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

... for healing

Afflictions do not come alone,
A voice attends the rod;
By both He to His saints is known,
A Father and a God!

Let not My children slight the stroke
I for chastisement send;
Nor faint beneath My kind rebuke,
For still I am their Friend.

The wicked I perhaps may leave
Awhile, and not reprove;
But all the children I receive
I scourge, because I love.

If therefore you were left without
This needful discipline;
You might, with cause, admit a doubt,
If you, indeed, were Mine.

Shall earthly parents then expect
Their children to submit?
And wilt not you, when I correct,
Be humbled at My feet?

To please themselves they oft chastise,
And put their sons to pain;
But you are precious in My eyes,
And shall not smart in vain.

I see your hearts, at present, filled
With grief, and deep distress;
But soon these bitter seeds shall yield
The fruits of righteousness.

Break through the clouds, dear Lord, and shine!
Let us perceive Thee nigh!
And to each mourning child of Thine
These gracious words apply.

[i]John Newton[/i]

Tune: [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/a/f/f/afflictions.htm]Abridge[/url], (St Stephen, Scottish Psalter)

... my natural family

Jesus, we look to Thee,
Thy promised presence claim;
Thou in the midst of us shall be,
Assembled in Thy Name.

Thy Name salvation is,
Which here we come to prove;
Thy Name is life, and health, and peace,
And everlasting love.

Not in the name of pride
Or selfishness we meet;
From nature’s paths we turn aside,
And worldly thoughts forget.

We meet, the grace to take
Which Thou hast freely giv’n;
We meet on earth for Thy dear sake
That we may meet in Heav’n.

Present we know Thou art;
But, O, Thyself reveal!
Now, Lord, let ev’ry waiting heart
The mighty comfort feel.

O may Thy quickening voice
The death of sin remove;
And bid our inmost souls rejoice,
In hope of perfect love.

[i]Charles Wesley[/i]

Possible tunes: [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/b/u/c/bucklands.mid]Bucklands [/url], [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/v/i/vigil_albans.mid]Vigil[/url] (Albans), [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/t/r/trentham.mid]Trentham[/url]

2 John 1:12
Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write] with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

Psalms 27:8
[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Psalm 22:22
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

... being able to serve the body of Christ for a season

O worship the King, all glorious above,
O gratefully sing His power and His love;
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose panoply space,
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old;
Established it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

O measureless might! Ineffable love!
While angels delight to hymn Thee above,
Thy humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall lisp to Thy praise.

Tune: Hanover [url=http://smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-OWorshipTheKing-Hanover-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3]1[/url], [url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/y/y013a.html]2[/url]

... I know He holds the future

Come, Holy Ghost, life-giving fire,
Come, and in me delight to rest!
Drawn by the lure of strong desire,
O, come, and consecrate my breast:
The temple of my soul prepare,
And fix Thy sacred presence there!

If now Thy influence I feel,
If now in Thee begin to live,
Still to my heart Thyself reveal;
Give me Thyself, for ever give
A point my good, a drop my store:
Eager I ask, and pant for more.

Eager for Thee I ask and pant,
So strong the principle Divine
Carries me out with sweet constraint,
Till all my hallowed soul be Thine;
Plunged in the Godhead's deepest sea,
And lost in Thy immensity.

My peace, my life, my comfort now,
My treasure, and my all Thou art!
True witness of my sonship Thou,
Engraving pardon on my heart:
Seal of my sins in Christ forgiven,
Earnest of love, and pledge of heaven.

Come then, my God, mark out Thy heir,
Of heaven a larger earnest give,
With clearer light Thy witness bear;
More sensibly within me live:
Let all my powers Thy entrance feel,
And deeper stamp Thyself the seal.

[i]Charles Wesley[/i]

Tune: [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-ComeHolyGhostLife-Hornsea-PipeSKL-128-CAM.mp3]Hornsea[/url]

... again, hearing the cry of my heart and answering according to His own wisdom

Majestic sweetness sits enthroned
Upon the Saviour’s brow;
His head with radiant glories crowned,
His lips with grace o’erflow,
His lips with grace o’erflow.

No mortal can with Him compare
Among the sons of men;
Fairer is He than all the fair
Who fill the heav’nly train,
Who fill the heav’nly train.

He saw me plunged in deep distress
And flew to my relief;
For me He bore the shameful cross
And carried all my grief,
And carried all my grief.

To Him I owe my life and breath
And all the joys I have;
He makes me triumph over death
And saves me from the grave,
And saves me from the grave.

To Heav’n, the place of His abode,
He brings my dancing feet;
Shows me the glories of my God,
And makes my joy complete,
And makes my joy complete.

Since from His bounty I receive
Such proofs of love divine,
Had I a thousand hearts to give,
Lord, they should all be Thine,
Lord, they should all be Thine.

To Christ, the Lord, let every tongue
Its noblest tribute bring
When He’s the subject of the song,
Who can refuse to sing?
Who can refuse to sing?

Survey the beauties of His face,
And on His glories dwell;
Think of the wonders of His grace,
And all His triumphs tell,
And all His triumphs tell.

Tune: Ortonville - [url=http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/177]1[/url], [url=http://smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-MajesticSweetness-Ortonville-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3]2[/url]

John 15
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [i]that[/i] your joy might be full.

... leading me by His Spirit

O magnify the Lord with me,
Ye people of His choice.
Let all to whom He lendeth breath
Now in His Name rejoice.
For love’s blest revelation,
For rest from condemnation,
For uttermost salvation,
To Him give thanks.

[i]Refrain

Let all the people praise Thee.
Let all the people praise Thee,
Let all the people praise Thy Name
Forever and forevermore,
[Forevermore, O Lord
Let all the people praise Thee.
Let all the people praise Thee,
Let all the people praise Thy Name
Forever and forevermore.][/i]

O praise Him for His holiness,
His wisdom, and His grace;
Sing praises for His precious blood
Which ransomed all our race.
In tenderness He sought us;
From depths of sin He brought us;
The way of life then taught us.
To Him give thanks.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Had I a thousand tongues to sing,
The half could ne’er be told
Of love so rich, so full and free,
Of blessings manifold;
Of grace that faileth never,
Peace flowing as a river
From God, the glorious Giver.
To Him give thanks.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Tune: [url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/m/omagnify.htm]Morris[/url]

Please note: the harmonies are slightly incorrect in this file, so if you are going to play it, please download the score and read it accurately. It will sound even better. This is a tremendous hymn to sing in the Spirit.

EDIT:

I've just checked the Redemption Hymnal and added the words of the second half of the refrain, which runs to the same tune as the first.

The optional words joining both halves 'Forevermore O Lord' can be sung by anyone, but [u]while[/u] the first 'more' is being held to the end of the bar. This gives the whole song a more balanced feel, with 8 lines in each part.

(I don't know why cyberhymnal has left this out.)

... today's sermon by Carter Conlon, 'Fear Not, Neither Be Dismayed'

Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;

These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [i]which is[/i] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [i]I will write upon him[/i] my new name.

13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Loved with everlasting love,
Led by grace that love to know;
Gracious Spirit from above,
Thou hast taught me it is so!
O this full and perfect peace!
O this transport all divine!
In a love which cannot cease,
I am His, and He is mine.
In a love which cannot cease,
I am His, and He is mine.

Heav’n above is softer blue,
Earth around is sweeter green!
Something lives in every hue
Christless eyes have never seen;
Birds with gladder songs o’erflow,
Flowers with deeper beauties shine,
Since I know, as now I know,
I am His, and He is mine.
Since I know, as now I know,
I am His, and He is mine.

Things that once were wild alarms
Cannot now disturb my rest;
Closed in everlasting arms,
Pillowed on the loving breast.
O to lie forever here,
Doubt and care and self resign,
While He whispers in my ear,
I am His, and He is mine.
While He whispers in my ear,
I am His, and He is mine.

His forever, only His;
Who the Lord and me shall part?
Ah, with what a rest of bliss
Christ can fill the loving heart!
Heav’n and earth may fade and flee,
Firstborn light in gloom decline;
But while God and I shall be,
I am His, and He is mine.
But while God and I shall be,
I am His, and He is mine.

Tune: [url=http://www.scriptureandmusic.com/Music/MIDI/I_Am_His_And_He_Is_Mine_N.mid]Everlasting Love[/url]

... His promise that 'the giants' are 'bread for us'

1. O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There's a light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free!

[i]Refrain
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.[/i]

2. Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there;
Over us sin no more hath dominion
For more than conquerors we are!

[i]Refrain[/i]

3. His Word shall not fail you He promised;
Believe Him, and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell!

[i]Refrain[/i]

[url=http://www.scriptureandmusic.com/Music/MIDI/Turn_Your_Eyes_Upon_Jesus_ALT.mid]Tune[/url]

... yesterday's blessings and the 'bread' of the previous day's victories

1. Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious;
See the Man of Sorrows now!
From the fight returned victorious,
Every knee to Him shall bow.
Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him!
Crowns become the Victor's brow.

2. Crown the Savior! Angels, crown Him!
Rich the trophies Jesus brings;
On the seat of power enthrone Him
While the vault of heaven rings.
Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him!
Crown the Savior King of kings.

3. Sinners in derision crowned Him,
Mocking thus the Savior's claim;
Saints and angels crowd around Him,
Own His title, praise His name.
Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him!
Spread abroad the Victor's fame!

4. Hark, those bursts of acclamation!
Hark, those loud triumphant chords!
Jesus takes the highest station;
Oh, what joy the sight affords!
Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him!
King of kings and Lord of lords!

Tune: [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0013/001361a.mid]Truimph[/url] (Gauntlett)

Isaiah 63:1 Who [i]is[/i] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [i]that is[/i] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength?

I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

2 Wherefore [i]art thou[/i] red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people [i]there was[/i] none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance [i]is[/i] in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

5 And I looked, and [i]there was[/i] none to help; and I wondered that [i]there was[/i] none to uphold:

therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

... daily strength and direction

The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want.
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

My soul He doth restore again;
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
Even for His own Name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For Thou art with me; and Thy rod
And staff my comfort still.

My table Thou hast furnishèd
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God’s house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be.

[i]Metrical Psalm 23[/i]

Tune: [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/l/m/lmysheph.htm]Crimond[/url]

Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that [i]were[/i] in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [i]and[/i] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [i]am[/i] a child.

7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I [i]am[/i] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I [i]am[/i] with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. 12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof [i]is[/i] toward the north.

14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. 16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I [i]am[/i] with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

... His love, His life in me, His general greatness and omnipotence

O worship the King, all glorious above,
O gratefully sing His power and His love;
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space,
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old;
Established it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

O measureless might! Ineffable love!
While angels delight to worship Thee above,
The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall all sing Thy praise.

Tune: [url=http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-OWorshipTheKing-Hanover-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3]Hanover[/url]

... the comfort of His word, and, His eternal optimism in the salvation He has brought Himself, through Christ

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

1. Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed thro' His infinite mercy,
His child and forever I am.

2. Redeemed, and so happy in Jesus,
No language my rapture can tell;
I know that the light of His presence
With me doth continually dwell.

3. I think of my blessed Redeemer,
I think of Him all the day long:
I sing, for I cannot be silent;
His love is the theme of my song.

Chorus:
Redeemed, redeemed,
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!
His child and forever I am.

[i]Fanny Crosby[/i]

Tune: [url=http://www.scriptureandmusic.com/Music/MIDI/Redeemed_How_I_Love_To_Proclaim_It_L.mid]Redeemed[/url]

... for speaking to me clearly, today

My heart is full of Christ, and longs
Its glorious matter to declare!
Of Him I make my loftier song,
I cannot from His praise forbear;
My ready tongue makes haste to sing
The glories of my heavenly King.

Fairer than all the earth-born race,
Perfect in comeliness Thou art;
Replenished are Thy lips with grace,
And full of love Thy tender heart:
God ever blest! we bow the knee,
And own all fullness dwells in Thee.

Gird on Thy thigh the Spirit's sword,
And take to Thee Thy power divine;
Stir up Thy strength, almighty Lord,
All power and majesty are Thine:
Assert Thy worship and renown;
O all redeeming God, come down!

Come, and maintain Thy righteous cause,
And let Thy glorious toil succeed;
Dispread the victory of Thy cross,
Ride on, and prosper in Thy deed;
Through earth triumphantly ride on,
And reign in every heart alone.

[i]Charles Wesley[/i]

Tune: Carey's Surrey - [url=http://www.hymnary.org/files/hymnary/audio/UMH579.MID]1[/url], [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0010/x001089.htm]2[/url]

O thou who camest from above
the fire celestial to impart,
kindle a flame of sacred love
on the mean altar of my heart.

There let it for thy glory burn
with inextinguishable blaze,
and trembling to its source return
in humble prayer and fervent praise.

Jesus, confirm my heart's desire
to work and speak and think for thee;
still let me guard the holy fire
and still stir up the gift in me.

Still let me prove thy perfect will,
my acts of faith and love repeat,
till death thy endless mercies seal,
and make the sacrifice complete.

[i]Charles Wesley[/i]

Tune: Hereford - [url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/o/o649.html]1[/url], [url=http://home.freeuk.net/midis/hereford.mid]2[/url]

... He is a faithful God, who intends to bring us through to glory

Titus 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, [i]but[/i] gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [i]and[/i] hating one another. 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

When He cometh, when He cometh
To make up His jewels,
All His jewels, precious jewels,
His loved and His own.

[i]Refrain
Like the stars of the morning,
His brightness adorning,
They shall shine in their beauty,
Bright gems for His crown.[/i]

He will gather, He will gather
The gems for His kingdom;
All the pure ones, all the bright ones,
His loved and His own.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Little children, little children,
Who love their Redeemer,
Are the jewels, precious jewels,
His loved and His own.

[i]Refrain[/i]

[url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/w/h/whenheco.htm]Tune[/url]

... truth

The God of Abraham praise, who reigns enthroned above;
Ancient of everlasting days, and God of Love;
Jehovah, great I AM! by earth and Heav’n confessed;
I bow and bless the sacred Name forever blessed.

The God of Abraham praise, at Whose supreme command
From earth I rise—and seek the joys at His right hand;
I all on earth forsake, its wisdom, fame, and power;
And Him my only Portion make, my Shield and Tower.

The God of Abraham praise, whose all sufficient grace
Shall guide me all my happy days, in all my ways.
He calls a worm His friend, He calls Himself my God!
And He shall save me to the end, thro’ Jesus’ blood.

He by Himself has sworn; I on His oath depend,
I shall, on eagle wings upborne, to Heav’n ascend.
I shall behold His face; I shall His power adore,
And sing the wonders of His grace forevermore.

Tho’ nature’s strength decay, and earth and hell withstand,
To Canaan’s bounds I urge my way, at His command.
The wat’ry deep I pass, with Jesus in my view;
And thro’ the howling wilderness my way pursue.

The goodly land I see, with peace and plenty bless’d;
A land of sacred liberty, and endless rest.
There milk and honey flow, and oil and wine abound,
And trees of life forever grow with mercy crowned.

There dwells the Lord our King, the Lord our righteousness,
Triumphant o’er the world and sin, the Prince of peace;
On Sion’s sacred height His kingdom still maintains,
And glorious with His saints in light forever reigns.

He keeps His own secure, He guards them by His side,
Arrays in garments, white and pure, His spotless bride:
With streams of sacred bliss, with groves of living joys—
With all the fruits of Paradise, He still supplies.

Before the great Three-One they all exulting stand;
And tell the wonders He hath done, through all their land:
The list’ning spheres attend, and swell the growing fame;
And sing, in songs which never end, the wondrous Name.

The God Who reigns on high the great archangels sing,
And “Holy, holy, holy!” cry, “Almighty King!
Who was, and is, the same, and evermore shall be:
Jehovah—Father—great I AM, we worship Thee!”

Before the Savior’s face the ransomed nations bow;
O’erwhelmed at His almighty grace, forever new:
He shows His prints of love—they kindle to a flame!
And sound thro’ all the worlds above the slaughtered Lamb.

The whole triumphant host give thanks to God on high;
“Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,” they ever cry.
Hail, Abraham’s God, and mine! (I join the heav’nly lays,)
All might and majesty are Thine, and endless praise.

[url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/o/godofabe.htm]Tune[/url]

... His integrity, in which I can trust wholeheartedly

The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want.
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

My soul He doth restore again;
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
Even for His own Name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For Thou art with me; and Thy rod
And staff my comfort still.

My table Thou hast furnishèd
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God’s house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be

Tune: [url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/w/i/l/wiltshire.mid]Wiltshire[/url]

... His continuously shining light on my understanding - dispelling previously held imaginations

The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want.
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

My soul He doth restore again;
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
Even for His own Name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For Thou art with me; and Thy rod
And staff my comfort still.

My table Thou hast furnishèd
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God’s house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be

Tune: [url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0010/001017a.mid]Orlington[/url]

Today joy and gladness just keeps on bubbling out.
PRAISE GOD!

HE is my strong and mighty tower.. my sheild and buckler!
HE ALONE IS MIGHTY TO SAVE!!!!!!!

Today God is praised for being that one and only friend that hangs out with me wherever i go and in whatever i do.
He is the only friend that sticks closer than a brother!

... keeping me in His love, and His peace, and hope in Him, through difficult days. Amen.

1. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
To His feet thy tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Who, like thee, His praise should sing?
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise the everlasting King.

2. Praise Him for His grace and favor
To our fathers in distress.
Praise Him still the same forever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Glorious in His faithfulness.

3. Fatherlike, He tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows.
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Widely as His mercy flows.

4. Frail as summer's flower we flourish,
Blows the wind and it is gone;
But while mortals rise and perish
God endures, unchanging, on,
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Hallelujah!
Praise the High Eternal One!

5. Angels, help us to adore Him;
Ye behold Him face to face;
Sun and moon, bow down before Him,
Dwellers all in time and space.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise with us the God of grace.

Tune: [url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/p/r/a/praisems.htm]Lauda Anima[/url]

Ephesians 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

... His faithfulness to my children

To God the only wise,
Our Savior and our King,
Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.

’Tis His almighty love,
His counsel, and His care,
Preserves us safe from sin and death,
And every hurtful snare.

He will present our souls,
Unblemished and complete,
Before the glory of His face,
With joys divinely great.

Then all the chosen seed
Shall meet around the throne,
Shall bless the conduct of His grace,
And make His wonders known.

To our Redeemer, God,
Wisdom and power belongs,
Immortal crowns of majesty,
And everlasting songs.

Isaac Watts

Suggested tune: Victory (Whitehead)
http://hymntime.com/tch/mid/v/i/c/victory_whitehead.mid

Joshua 11:18 - 20
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took in battle. For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Today i'm not praising God for the ability to pray for forgiveness; but, i'm praising God for the ability to pray because of this.

... yesterday's dynamic message from Times Square Church, which blessed me tremendously!

(Coming to Jericho Means Coming to Maturity

http://sermon3a.tscnyc.ws/2010/mp3g/20100829S1.mp3)

... His great faithfulness to make His word known to my understanding, as my heart seeks Him

O glorious hope of perfect love!
It lifts me up to things above,
It bears on eagles' wings;
It gives my ravished soul a taste
And makes me for some moments feast
With Jesu's priests and kings,
With Jesu's priests and kings,
It gives my ravished soul a taste
And makes me for some moments feast
With Jesu's priests and kings.

Prisoner of hope, to Thee I turn,
And, calmly confident, I mourn,
And pray, and weep for Thee;
Tell me Thy love, Thy secret tell,
Thy mystic name in me reveal,
Reveal Thyself in me,
Reveal Thyself in me,
Tell me Thy love, Thy secret tell,
Thy mystic name in me reveal,
Reveal Thyself in me.

Rejoicing now in earnest hope,
I stand, and from the mountain-top
See all the land below;
Rivers of milk and honey rise
And all the fruits of paradise
In endless plenty grow,
In endless plenty grow,
Rivers of milk and honey rise
And all the fruits of paradise
In endless plenty grow.

A land of corn, and wine, and oil,
Favoured with God's peculiar smile,
With every blessing blessed;
There dwells the Lord our Righteousness,
And keeps His own in perfect peace
And everlasting rest,
And everlasting rest,
There dwells the Lord our Righteousness,
And keeps His own in perfect peace
And everlasting rest.

O that I might at once go up,
No more on this side Jordan stop,
But now the land possess;
This moment end my legal years,
Sorrows, and sins, and doubts, and fears,
A howling wilderness,
A howling wilderness,
This moment end my legal years,
Sorrows, and sins, and doubts, and fears,
A howling wilderness.

Now, O my Joshua, bring me in,
Cast out my foes; the inbred sin,
The carnal mind remove.
The purchase of Thy death divide;
And O, with all the sanctified
Give me a lot of love,
Give me a lot of love,
The purchase of Thy death divide;
And O, with all the sanctified
Give me a lot of love.

John & Charles Wesley

Tune: Praise
http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-OGloriousHope-Praise-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us.

... He makes me to lie down beside still waters. In pastures green, He leads me.

My God! I know, I feel Thee mine,
And will not quit my claim,
Till all I have be lost in Thine,
And all renewed I am.

I hold Thee with a trembling hand;
I will not let Thee go,
Till steadfastly by faith I stand,
And all Thy goodness know.

When shall I see the welcome hour,
That plants my God in me!
Spirit of health, and life, and power,
And perfect liberty!

Jesus, Thine all-victorious love
Shed in my heart abroad;
Then shall my feet no longer rove,
Rooted and fixed in God.

Love only can the conquest win,
The strength of sin subdue,
(My own unconquerable sin)
And form my soul anew.

Love can bow down the stubborn neck,
The stone to flesh convert,
Soften, and melt, and pierce, and break
An adamantine heart.

O that in me the sacred fire
Might now begin to glow,
Burn up the dross of base desire,
And make the mountains flow!

O that it now from heaven might fall,
And all my sins consume!
Come, Holy Ghost, for Thee I call,
Spirit of burning, come!

Refining fire, go through my heart,
Illuminate my soul;
Scatter Thy life through every part,
And sanctify the whole.

No longer then my heart shall mourn,
While, purified by grace,
I only for His glory burn,
And always see His face.

My steadfast soul, from falling free,
Shall then no longer move;
And Christ is the world to me,
And all my heart is love.

Charles Wesley

Tunes -

Irish: http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/irish.mid

Wiltshire: (Please scroll down page for blue download icon.)
http://www.hymnswithoutwords.com/hymns/Category:Wiltshire

... this prayer

Burn, fire of God, my ransomed soul possessing;
Pure fire Thou art, and I would dwell in Thee;
Light of my life, true source of ev'ry blessing,
Grant all my days one holy flame to be.
Light of my life, true source of ev'ry blessing,
Grant all my days one holy flame to be.

Burn, fire of God, Thy grace and glory knowing,
My cleansed heart, shall be all fire within;
Love all-constraining, tenderness o'erflowing,
One kindling passion, other lives to win.
Love all-constraining, tenderness o'erflowing,
One kindling passion, other lives to win.

Burn, fire of God, Thy cloven tongues bestowing,
Baptising me with heav'nly energy,
Touched with live coals, from off Thine altar glowing,
My purged lips shall speak alone of Thee.
Touched with live coals, from off Thine altar glowing,
My purged lips shall speak alone of Thee.

Burn, fire of God, with seven-fold refining,
Till, mirrored from my deeps, Thine eyes shall see,
In purest gold, Thy perfect image, shining,
Thy Christ, revealed in clear irradiancy.
In purest gold, Thy perfect image, shining,
Thy Christ, revealed in clear irradiancy.

Burn, fire of God, by Thine own love transcending,
Let all I hold be Thine, and Thine alone!
Heart, mind and will, a sacrifice ascending,
Consumed by fire, from out Thy fiery throne.
Heart, mind and will, a sacrifice ascending,
Consumed by fire, from out Thy fiery throne.

Music: Finlandia

http://library.timelesstruths.org/library/music/W/We_Rest_on_Thee/We_Rest_on_Thee.mid

... for more than enough

What shall I do, my God to love,
My loving God to praise!
The length, and breadth, and height to prove
And depth of sovereign grace?

Thy sovereign grace to all extends,
Immense and unconfined;
From age to age it never ends,
It reaches all mankind.

Throughout the world its breadth is known,
Wide as infinity,
So wide it never passed by one;
Or it had passed by me.

My trespass was grown up to Heaven;
But far above the skies,
In Christ abundantly forgiven,
I see Thy mercies rise!

The depth of all-redeeming love,
What angel-tongue can tell?
O may I to the utmost prove
The gift unspeakable!

Deeper than hell, it plucked me thence;
Deeper than inbred sin:
Jesus’ love my heart shall cleanse,
When Jesus enters in.

Come quickly, then, my Lord, and take
Possession of Thine own;
My longing heart vouchsafe to make
Thine everlasting throne.

Assert Thy claim, receive Thy right,
Come quickly from above,
And sink me to perfection’s height,
The depth of humble love.

Charles Wesley

Tune: Jerusalem

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-WhatShallIDo-Jerusalem-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

Spirit of faith, come down, reveal the things of God,
And make to us the Godhead known, and witness with the blood.
’Tis Thine the blood to apply and give us eyes to see,
Who did for every sinner die hath surely died for me.

No man can truly say that Jesus is the Lord,
Unless Thou take the veil away and breathe the living Word.
Then, only then, we feel our interest in His blood,
And cry with joy unspeakable, “Thou art my Lord, my God!”

O that the world might know the all atoning Lamb!
Spirit of faith, descend and show the virtue of His Name;
The grace which all may find, the saving power, impart,
And testify to all mankind, and speak in every heart.

Inspire the living faith (which whosoever receive,
The witness in themselves they have and consciously believe),
The faith that conquers all, and doth the mountain move,
And saves whoever on Jesus call, and perfects them in love.

Charles Wesley

Tune: Diademata -

http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/000052a.mid

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-CrownHim-Diademata-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

... His answers to the prayers of my heart

Jesus, my stength and righteousness,
My Saviour, and my King,
Triumphantly Thy name I bless,
Thy conquering name I sing.
Thou, Lord, hast magnified Thy name,
Thou hast maintained They cause,
And I enjoy the glorious shame,
The scandal of Thy cross.

This is the saving power of God;
Whoe'er this word receive,
Feel all the effects of Jesu's blood,
And sensibly believe;
Saved from the guilt and power of sin
By instantaneous grace,
They trust to have Thy life brought in,
And always see Thy face.

The pure in heart Thy face shall see
Before they hence remove,
Redeemed from all iniquity,
And perfected in love.
This is the great salvation! This
The prize at which we aim,
The end of faith, the hidden bliss,
The new, mysterious name.

The name inscribed in the white stone,
The unbeginning Word,
The mystery so long unknown,
The secret of the Lord.
The living bread sent down from heaven,
The saints' and angels' food,
The immortal seed, the little leaven,
The effluence of God!

The tree of life that blooms and grows
In the midst of paradise,
The pure and living stream that flows
Back to its native skies;
The Spirit's law, the convenant seal,
The eternal righteousness,
The glorious joy unspeakable,
The unutterable peace!

The treasure in the gospel-field,
The wisdom from above,
Hid from the wise, to babes revealed,
The precious pearl of love;
The mystic power of godliness,
The end of death and sin,
The antepast of heavenly bliss,
The kingdom fixed within.

The Morning Star that glittering bright,
Shines to the perfect day,
The Sun of Righteousness - the Light,
The Life, the Truth, the Way;
The image of the living God,
His nature and His mind,
Himself He hath on us bestowed,
And all in Christ we find.

Charles Wesley

Tune: Goshen (German Air, Beulah)

www.ccel.org/cceh/0008/x000863.htm

http://www.nisbett.com/hymns/mid/goshen.mid

... His provision in an unexpected way, today

We sing the praise of Him Who died,
Of Him Who died upon the cross;
The sinner’s hope let men deride,
For this we count the world but loss.

Inscribed upon the cross we see
In shining letters, “God is Love”;
He bears our sins upon the tree;
He brings us mercy from above.

The cross! it takes our guilt away;
It holds the fainting spirit up;
It cheers with hope the gloomy day,
And sweetens every bitter cup.

It makes the coward spirit brave,
And nerves the feeble arm for fight;
It takes the terror from the grave,
And gilds the bed of death with light.

The balm of life, the cure of woe,
The measure and the pledge of love,
The sinner’s refuge here below,
The angels’ theme in Heav’n above.

Tune: Walton (MediaPlayer playspeed: fast)

http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/we_sing_the_praise_of_him_who_died.html

... for grace

3 Who is the man that shall ascend
into the hill of God?
Or who within his holy place
shall have a firm abode?

4 Whose hands are clean, whose heart is pure,
and unto vanity
Who hath not lifted up his soul,
nor sworn deceitfully.

5 He from th' Eternal shall receive
the blessing him upon,
And righteousness, ev'n from the God
of his salvation.

6 This is the generation
that after him enquire,
O Jacob, who do seek thy face
with their whole heart's desire.

from Psalm 24

Tune: Manoah

http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0005/x000565.htm

http://www.nisbett.com/hymns/mid/manoah.mid

... His love is a consuming fire

7 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high;
ye doors that last for aye,
Be lifted up, that so the King
of glory enter may.

8 But who of glory is the King?
The mighty Lord is this;
Ev'n that same Lord, that great in might
and strong in battle is,
Ev'n that same Lord, that great in might
and strong in battle is.

9 Ye gates, lift up your heads; ye doors,
doors that do last for aye,
Be lifted up, that so the King
of glory enter may.

10 But who is he that is the King?
The King of glory, who is this?
The Lord of hosts, and none but he,
the King of glory is,
The Lord of hosts, and none but he,
the King of glory is.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen, amen.

from Psalm 24

Tune: St George's, Edinburgh

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-YeGatesLiftUp-StGeorges-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

... communicating His love

One there is, above all others,
Well deserves the name of Friend;
His is love beyond a brother’s,
Costly, free, and knows no end:
They who once His kindness prove,
Find it everlasting love!

Which of all our friends to save us,
Could or would have shed their blood?
But our Jesus died to have us
Reconciled, in Him to God:
This was boundless love indeed!
Jesus is a Friend in need.

Men, when raised to lofty stations,
Often know their friends no more;
Slight and scorn their poor relations
Though they valued them before.
But our Savior always owns
Those whom He redeemed with groans.

When He lived on earth abasèd,
Friend of sinners was His name;
Now, above all glory raisèd,
He rejoices in the same:
Still He calls them brethren, friends,
And to all their wants attends.

Could we bear from one another,
What He daily bears from us?
Yet this glorious Friend and Brother,
Loves us though we treat Him thus:
Though for good we render ill,
He accounts us brethren still.

O for grace our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, at length to love;
We, alas! forget too often,
What a Friend we have above:
But when home our souls are brought,
We will love Thee as we ought.

Tune: Godesburg

http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Godesberg.mid

... caring for me

My stubborn will at last hath yielded;
I would be Thine, and Thine alone,
And this the prayer my lips are bringing,
"Lord, let in me Thy will be done."

Refrain
Sweet will of God, still fold me closer,
Till I am wholly lost in Thee;
Sweet will of God, still fold me closer,
Till I am wholly lost in Thee.

I'm tired of sin, footsore and weary,
The darksome path hath dreary grown,
But now a light has ris'n to cheer me;
I find in Thee my Star, my Sun.

Thy precious will, O conqu'ring Savior,
Doth now embrace and compass me;
All discords hushed, my peace a river,
My soul a prisoned bird set free.

Shut in with Thee, O Lord, forever,
My wayward feet no more to roam;
What pow'r from Thee my soul can sever?
The center of God's will my home.

Tune: http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/383

and especially after deliverances we should prepare a song for our God. Earth should be a temple filled with the songs of grateful saints, and every day should be a censor smoking with the sweet incense of thanksgiving. ~ C H Spurgeon

There’s no greater Name than Jesus,
Name of Him who came to save us,
In that saving Name of Jesus
Every knee should bow.

Let everything that is ‘neath the ground,
Let everything in the world around,
Let everything that’s high o’er the sky
Bow at Jesus’ Name.

In our minds by faith professing,
In our hearts by inward blessing,
On our tongues by words confessing,
Jesus Christ is Lord!

©1964 M A Baughen

http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/theres_no_greater_name_than_jesus.html

... what davidc wrote in Things to Come (Scripture $ Doctrine forum)

'To Paul all these things which would come across him in life were just that "things". And He wrote "Nay, IN all these things, we are more than conquerors.

My precious brother and sister in Christ, be fully persuaded in you heart of the love of Christ for you. Nothing, no thing can seperate us.'

O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.

O Light that foll’west all my way,
I yield my flick’ring torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.

O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.

O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.

Tune: St Margaret (Please paste link into URL window)

http://rosemck1.tripod.com/o-love-that-wilt-not.mid

... His patient dealings in love for my soul

Full salvation! Full salvation!
Lo! The fountain open'd wide
Streams thro' ev'ry land and nation
From the Saviour's wounded side.
Full salvation! Full salvation!
Streams an endless crimson tide,
Streams an endless crimson tide.

Oh! The glorious revelation!
See the cleanising current flow;
Washing stains of condemnation
Whiter than the driven snow;
Full salvation! Full salvation!
Oh! the rapturous bliss to know!
Oh! the rapturous bliss to know!

Love's resistless current sweeping
All the regions deep within;
Thought and wish and senses keeping
Now, and every instant clean;
Full salvation! Full salvation!
From the guilt and power of sin,
From the guilt and power of sin.

Life Immortal, heaven descending,
Lo! my heart the Spirit's shrine!
God and man in oneness blending -
Oh! What fellowship is mine!
Full salvation! Full salvation!
Raised in Christ to life divine!
Raised in Christ to life divine!

Tune: Cwn Rhondda

http://www.opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=241

... His gracious help and encouragements

Jesus calls us over the tumult
Of our life’s wild, restless, sea;
Day by day His sweet voice soundeth,
Saying, “Christian, follow Me!”

As of old Saint Andrew heard it
By the Galilean lake,
Turned from home and toil and kindred,
Leaving all for Jesus’ sake.

Jesus calls us from the worship
Of the vain world’s golden store,
From each idol that would keep us,
Saying, “Christian, love Me more!”

In our joys and in our sorrows,
Days of toil and hours of ease,
Still He calls, in cares and pleasures,
“Christian, love Me more than these!”

Jesus calls us! By Thy mercies,
Savior may we hear Thy call,
Give our hearts to Thine obedience,
Serve and love Thee best of all.

Tunes: http://ingeb.org/spiritua/stuttgar.mid

St Andrew - http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/jesus_calls_us_oer_the_tumult.html

EDIT added:

Galilee - http://www.scriptureandmusic.com/Music/MIDI/Jesus_Calls_Us.mid

... He is Lord of all. He speaks peace to my soul. I receive His word.

All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall,
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him Lord of all;

Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,
Who from His altar call;
Who from His altar call;
Extol the Stem of Jesse's rod,
And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him Lord of all;

Ye seed of Israel's cho-sen race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Ye ransomed from the fall;
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him Lord of all;

Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall,
The wormwood and the gall,
Go, spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him Lord of all;

Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,
On this terrestrial ball;
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him Lord of all;

O that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall,
We at His feet may fall!
Join in the everlasting song,
And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him Lord of all;

Diadem - http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Diadem.mid

EDIT: voices only (four verses)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_N0YibyXBI

... His worthiness of our praise. He is worthy!

I lift my hands (echo)
To the coming King, (echo)
To the great I AM, (echo)
To You I sing, (echo)
For You’re the One (echo)
Who reigns within my heart. (all)

Chorus
And I will serve no foreign gods
Nor any other treasure
You are my heart's desire
Spirit without measure
Unto Your name, I will raise my sacrifice

Copyright ©1989 Kempen Music/Kingsway’s Thank you Music

Music
http://www.praise-church.com/ILiftMyHands.html

http://www.gracecovenantpca.org/music/songs/I%20Lift%20my%20Hands%20to%20the%20Coming%20King%20--%202.mp3

He's the Lord of Glory
He is the great I Am
The Alpha and Omega
The beginning and the end
His name is Wonderful
The Prince of Peace is He
He's the everlasting Father
Throughout eternity.

... the safety of His lovings hands

Search me, O God,
And know my heart today;
Try me, O Savior,
Know my thoughts, I pray.
See if there be
Some wicked way in me;
Cleanse me from every sin
And set me free.

I praise Thee, Lord,
For cleansing me from sin;
Fulfill Thy Word,
And make me pure within.
Fill me with fire
Where once I burned with shame;
Grant my desire
To magnify Thy Name.

Lord, take my life,
And make it wholly Thine;
Fill my poor heart
With Thy great love divine.
Take all my will,
My passion, self and pride;
I now surrender, Lord
In me abide.

O Holy Ghost,
Revival comes from Thee;
Send a revival,
Start the work in me.
Thy Word declares
Thou wilt supply our need;
For blessings now,
O Lord, I humbly plead.

J. Edwin Orr

Tune: Maori

http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Search_Me_O_God/score/

JESUS CHRIST
LORD of hosts
has torn out the root
doing damage
by our enemy. . .
and now one of our own
will see greater liberty
not being forced
to go to Oregon.

Thank you
oh thank you Lord Jesus!
You are mighty to deliver
doing all things well.

From deep inside,
behind the tongue
words could not form
for the grief in heart. . .
yet your Spirit fills
us with utterance to you
wherefrom groanings and wailing
once came.

We have cried out to You
and You alone: faithful and true
Have never left
never forsaken
your own.

Highest praise to you only!

Halleluyah!

... how real are His blessings to my soul

Praise, praise ye the name of Jehovah our God;
Declare, oh, declare ye His glories abroad;
Proclaim ye His mercy, from nation to nation,
Till the uttermost islands have heard His salvation.

Refrain
For His love floweth on, free and full as a river;
And His mercy endureth forever and ever.

Praise, praise ye the Lamb, who for sinners was slain;
Who went down to the grave, and ascended again;
And who soon shall return, when these dark days are o'er,
To set up His kingdom, in glory and power.

Then the heav'ns and the earth, and the sea shall rejoice;
The field and the forest shall lift their glad voice;
The sands of the desert shall flourish in green,
And Lebanon's glory be shed o'er the scene.

Her bridal attire, and her festal array,
All nature shall see on that glorious day;
For her King cometh down with His people to reign,
And His presence shall bless her with Eden again.

Horatius Bonar

Tune: Laus Deo

http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/150

... another day to worship Him

The first Noel, the angel did say,
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.

Refrain
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.

They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the the East, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.

And by the light of that same star,
Three wise men came from country far;
To seek for a King was their intent,
And to follow the star wherever it went.

This star drew night to the northwest,
O'er Bethlehem it took its rest;
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.

Then entered in those wise men three,
Full reverently upon their knee;
And offered there in his presence,
Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.

Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord;
That hath made Heaven and earth of naught,
And with His blood mankind hath bought.

Music: http://www.the-north-pole.com/carols/1stnoel.html

... the gift of life and time and every new day in which He is always worthy to be praised

1 WITH glorious clouds encompassed round,
Whom angels dimly see,
Will the Unsearchable be found,
Or God appear to me

2 Will he forsake his throne above,
Himself to worms impart
Answer, thou Man of grief and love,
And speak it to my heart!

3 In manifested love explain
Thy wonderful design;
What meant the suffering Son of man,
The streaming blood divine

4 Didst thou not in our flesh appear,
And live and die below,
That I may now perceive thee near,
And my Redeemer know

5 Come then, and to my soul reveal
The heights and depths of grace,
The wounds which all thy sorrows heal,
That dear disfigured face.

6 Before my eyes of faith confest,
Stand forth a slaughtered Lamb;
And wrap me in thy crimson vest,
And tell me all thy name.

7 Jehovah in thy person show,
Jehovah crucified!
And then the pardoning God I know,
And feel the blood applied;

8 I view the Lamb in his own light,
Whom angels dimly see,
And gaze, transported at the sight,
Through all eternity.

Charles Wesley

Tune: Irish - http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/irish.mid

... the ministry of the body of Christ amongst its members

'Tis the Church triumphant singing,
Worthy the Lamb;
Heav'n throughout with praises ringing,
Worthy the Lamb.
Thrones and pow'rs before Him bending,
Odours sweet with voice ascending
Swell the chorus never ending,
Worthy the Lamb.

Every kindred, tongue and nation,
Worthy the Lamb;
Join to sing the great salvation,
Worthy the Lamb.
Loud as mighty thunders roaring,
Floods of mighty waters pouring,
Prostrate at His feet adoring,
Worthy the Lamb.

Harps and songs forever sounding,
Worthy the Lamb;
Mighty grace o'er sin abounding,
Worthy the Lamb.
By His blood He dearly bought us;
Wand'ring from the fold He sought us,
And to glory safely brought us;
Worthy the Lamb.

Sing with blest anticipation
Worthy the Lamb;
Through the vale of tribulation,
Worthy the Lamb.
Sweetest notes, all notes excelling,
On the theme forever dwelling,
Still untold, though ever telling,
Worthy the Lamb.

Tune: http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/181

... He is the God of all hope. In HIM alone I put my trust.

O for a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free,
A heart that always feels Thy blood
So freely shed for me.

A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer’s throne,
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.

A humble, lowly, contrite, heart,
Believing, true and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From Christ who dwells within.

A heart in every thought renewed
And full of love divine,
Perfect and right and pure and good,
A copy, Lord, of Thine.

My heart, Thou know’st, can never rest
Till Thou create my peace;
Till of mine Eden repossest,
From self, and sin, I cease.

Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above;
Write Thy new name upon my heart,
Thy new, best name of Love.

Charles Wesley

C.M. suggested tune: Jerusalem (Grosvenor)

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-WhatShallIDo-Jerusalem-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

... speaking clearly to me

Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Refrain

Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are you walking daily by the Savior’s side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Refrain

When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Refrain

Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb!

Refrain

Words and music: Elisha Hoffman

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-HaveYouBeenToJesus-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

Why is God's Strength Made Perfect in Our Weakness - Carter Conlon

http://sermon3a.tscnyc.ws/2011/mp3g/20110123S1.mp3

... the cleansing power of Christ's blood and the after-effects of having been washed in it

Who can cheer the heart like Jesus,
By His presence all divine?
True and tender, pure and precious,
O how blest to call Him mine!

Refrain
All that thrills my soul is Jesus;
He is more than life to me;
And the fairest of ten thousand,
In my blessed Lord I see.

Love of Christ so freely given.
Grace of God beyond degree,
Mercy higher than the heaven,
Deeper then the deepest sea.

What a wonderful redemption!
Never can a mortal know
How my sin, tho’ red like crimson,
Can be whiter than the snow.

Every need His hand supplying,
Every good in Him I see;
On His strength divine relying,
He is all in all to me.

By the crystal flowing river
With the ransomed I will sing,
And forever and forever
Praise and glorify the King.

Words and music by Thoro Harris (Copyright)

At smallchurchmusic.com the webmaster has a system of 10 credits for $2 to honour his performances of copyright music. For 1 credit each you can downloaded these tunes.

Tune: http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/Snippet/S-WhoCanCheerTheHeart-PipeLC-48-CAM.mp3

Easy-listening version and lyrics
http://preciouslordtakemyhand.com/publish/christianhymns/who-can-cheer-the-heart-like-jesus-all-that-thrills-my-soul-is-jesus/

... the transforming gift of the Holy Spirit

O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound;
Let ev’ry Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!

Refrain
The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from Heav’n, the Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found—
The Comforter has come!

Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings,
To ev’ry captive soul a full deliverance brings;
And through the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come!

O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine
To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine—
That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine!
The Comforter has come!

Sing till the echoes fly above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above to all below reply,
In strains of endless love, the song that ne’er will die:
The Comforter has come!

Tune: Comforter

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-OSpreadTheTidings-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

EDIT: note to musicians:
This transposition, down a tone from the original C, is easier to sing.

... the anointing which breaks the yoke of all oppressions

Out of my bondage, sorrow, and night,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of my sickness, into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of earth’s sorrows into Thy balm,
Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of unrest and arrogant pride,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy blessèd will to abide,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love,
Out of despair into raptures above,
Upward for aye on wings like a dove,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy throne,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Tune: http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-OutOfMyBondage-Stebbins-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

by Alive-to-God

... the anointing which breaks the yoke of all oppressions

Out of my bondage, sorrow, and night,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of my sickness, into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of earth’s sorrows into Thy balm,
Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of unrest and arrogant pride,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy blessèd will to abide,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love,
Out of despair into raptures above,
Upward for aye on wings like a dove,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy throne,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Bless GOD. Glory to The Lamb that was slain! Alleluia.

... for continuously restoring my soul

I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.”
I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad;
I found in Him a resting place, and He has made me glad.

I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Behold, I freely give
The living water; thirsty one, stoop down, and drink, and live.”
I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in Him.

I heard the voice of Jesus say, “I am this dark world’s Light;
Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, and all thy day be bright.”
I looked to Jesus, and I found in Him my Star, my Sun;
And in that light of life I’ll walk, till traveling days are done.

Horatius Bonar

Tune: Vox Dilecti - http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-IHeardTheVoice-VoxDilecti-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

... He is a strong tower, my shield and strength

Jesus, I am resting, resting,
In the joy of what Thou art;
I am finding out the greatness
Of Thy loving heart.
Thou hast bid me gaze upon Thee,
And Thy beauty fills my soul,
For by Thy transforming power,
Thou hast made me whole.

Refrain
Jesus, I am resting, resting,
In the joy of what Thou art;
I am finding out the greatness
Of Thy loving heart.

O, how great Thy loving kindness,
Vaster, broader than the sea!
O, how marvelous Thy goodness,
Lavished all on me!
Yes, I rest in Thee, Belovèd,
Know what wealth of grace is Thine,
Know Thy certainty of promise,
And have made it mine.

Simply trusting Thee, Lord Jesus,
I behold Thee as Thou art,
And Thy love, so pure, so changeless,
Satisfies my heart;
Satisfies its deepest longings,
Meets, supplies its every need,
Compasseth me round with blessings:
Thine is love indeed!

Ever lift Thy face upon me
As I work and wait for Thee;
Resting ’neath Thy smile, Lord Jesus,
Earth’s dark shadows flee.
Brightness of my Father’s glory,
Sunshine of my Father’s face,
Keep me ever trusting, resting,
Fill me with Thy grace.

Jean S. Pigott

Tune: Resting
http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-JesusIAmResting-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

(This was Hudson Taylor's favourite hymn.)

... being able to fellowship with saints around the world

Day is dying in the west;
Heav’n is touching earth with rest;
Wait and worship while the night
Sets the evening lamps alight
Through all the sky.

Refrain
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts!
Heav’n and earth are full of Thee!
Heav’n and earth are praising Thee,
O Lord most high!

Lord of life, beneath the dome
Of the universe, Thy home,
Gather us who seek Thy face
To the fold of Thy embrace,
For Thou art nigh.

While the deepening shadows fall,
Heart of love enfolding all,
Through the glory and the grace
Of the stars that veil Thy face,
Our hearts ascend.

When forever from our sight
Pass the stars, the day, the night,
Lord of angels, on our eyes
Let eternal morning rise
And shadows end.

Mary A. Lathbury

Tune: Evening Praise

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/CAM_MP3-DayIsDying-Pipe01C-128-CAM_1180583017.mp3

... His renewing of my strength

Far away the noise of strife upon my ear is falling.
Then I know the sins of earth beset on every hand.
Doubt and fear and things of earth in vain to me are calling.
None of these shall move me from Beulah Land.

Refrain
I’m living on the mountain, underneath a cloudless sky.
I’m drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry.
O yes! I’m feasting on the manna from a bountiful supply,
For I am dwelling in Beulah Land.

Far below the storm of doubt upon the world is beating.
Sons of men in battle long the enemy withstand.
Safe am I within the castle of God’s Word retreating.
Nothing then can reach me—’tis Beulah Land.

Let the stormy breezes blow, their cry cannot alarm me;
I am safely sheltered here, protected by God’s hand.
Here the sun is always shining, here there’s naught can harm me.
I am safe forever in Beulah Land.

Viewing here the works of God, I sink in contemplation.
Hearing now His blessèd voice, I see the way He planned.
Dwelling in the Spirit here I learn of full salvation.
Gladly I will tarry in Beulah Land.

C. Aus­tin Miles (Words and music.)

Tune: Beulah Land - http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0005/000540a.mid

... hearing the cry of my heart and fixing things for me

Jesu, Thy boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare;
Unite my thankful heart with Thee
And reign without a rival there.
To Thee alone, dear Lord, I live;
Myself to Thee, dear Lord, I give.
Myself to Thee, dear Lord, I give.

O, grant that nothing in my soul
May dwell but Thy pure love alone!
Oh, may Thy love possess me whole,
My joy, my treasure, and my crown!
All coldness from my heart remove;
My every act, word, thought, be love.
My every act, word, thought, be love.

O love, how cheering is thy ray!
All pain before thy presence flies;
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away
Where'er thy healing beams arise.
O Jesus, nothing may I see,
Nothing desire or seek, but Thee!
Nothing desire or seek, but Thee!

This love unwearied I pursue
And dauntlessly to Thee aspire.
Oh, may Thy love my hope renew
Burn in my soul like heavenly fire!
And day and night be all my care
To guard this sacred treasure there.
To guard this sacred treasure there.

My Savior, Thou Thy love to me
In shame, in want, in pain, hast showed;
For me, on the accursed tree,
Thou pourest forth Thy guiltless blood;
Thy wounds upon my heart impress,
Nor aught shall the loved stamp efface.
Nor aught shall the loved stamp efface.

More hard than marble is my heart,
And foul with sins of deepest stain;
But Thou the mighty Savior art,
Nor flowed thy cleansing blood in vain;
Ah soften, melt this rock, and may
Thy blood wash all these stains away!
Thy blood wash all these stains away!

O that I, as a little child,
May follow Thee, and never rest
Till sweetly Thou hast breathed Thy mild
And lowly mind into my breast!
Nor ever may we parted be,
Till I become as one with Thee.
Till I become as one with Thee.

Still let Thy love point out my way;
How wondrous things Thy love hath wrought!
Still lead me, lest I go astray;
Direct my word, inspire my thought;
And if I fall, soon may I hear
Thy voice, and know that love is near.
Thy voice, and know that love is near.

In suffering be Thy love my peace,
In weakness be Thy love my power;
And when the storms of life shall cease,
Jesus, in that important hour,
In death as life be Thou my guide,
And save me, who for me hast died.
And save me, who for me hast died.

Words: Paul Ger­hardt, in Prax­is Pi­e­ta­tis Mel­i­ca, by Jo­hann Crü­ger (Ber­lin: 1653) (O Je­su Christ, mein schön­stes Licht); trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by John Wes­ley, Hymns and Sac­red Po­ems, 1739.

Tune: Euphony

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-VictimDivine-Euphony-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

... for having all things - ALL THINGS - in His control

1 LET earth and heaven agree,
Angels and men be joined,
To celebrate with me
The Saviour of mankind;
To adore the all-atoning Lamb,
And bless the sound of Jesu's name.

2 Jesus, transporting sound!
The joy of earth and heaven;
No other help is found,
No other name is given,
By which we can salvation have;
But Jesus came the world to save.

3 Jesus, harmonious name!
It charms the hosts above;
They evermore proclaim
And wonder at his love;
'Tis all their happiness to gaze,
'Tis heaven to see our Jesu's face.

4 His name the sinner hears,
And is from sin set free;
'Tis music in his ears,
'Tis life and victory;
New songs do now his lips employ,
And dances his glad heart for joy.

5 Stung by the scorpion sin,
My poor expiring soul
The balmy sound drinks in,
And is at once made whole:
See there my Lord upon the tree!
I hear, I feel, he died for me.

6 O unexampled love!
O all-redeeming grace!
How swiftly didst thou move
To save a fallen race!
What shall I do to make it known
What thou for all mankind hast done?

7 O for a trumpet voice,
On all the world to call!
To bid their hearts rejoice
In him who died for all;
For all my Lord was crucified,
For all, for all my Saviour died!

Charles Wesley

Tune: Millennium
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/m/i/l/millennium.mid

... reviving my soul supernaturally

I’ve found the pearl of greatest price,
My heart doth sing for joy;
And sing I must, for Christ is mine;
Christ shall my song employ.

Christ is my Prophet, Priest and King;
A Prophet full of light,
My great High Priest before the throne,
My King of heav’nly might.

For He indeed is Lord of lords,
And He the King of kings;
He is the Sun of righteousness,
With healing in His wings.

Christ is my Meat, Christ is my Drink,
My Medicine and my Health,
My Portion, mine Inheritance,
Yea, all my boundless Wealth.

Christ is my peace; He died for me,
For me He gave His blood;
And as my wondrous Sacrifice
Offered Himself to God.

Christ Jesus is my all in all,
My comfort and my love,
My life below, and He shall be
My joy and crown above.

J. Mason

The tune from Redemption Hymnal (Congress) is not available online.

Alternative possibilities:

Gerontius - http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0008/000882a.mid

Materna - http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0005/000508a.mid (8 lines together)

Orlington - http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0010/001017a.mid (repeat third line)

Eagley - http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0002/000246a.mid

Coleshill - http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0011/001142a.mid

... hope and peace

Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blest,
Beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed.
I know not, O I know not, what joys await us there,
What radiancy of glory, what bliss beyond compare.

They stand, those halls of Zion, all jubilant with song,
And bright with many an angel, and all the martyr throng;
The Prince is ever in them, the daylight is serene.
The pastures of the blessèd are decked in glorious sheen.

There is the throne of David, and there, from care released,
The shout of them that triumph, the song of them that feast;
And they, who with their Leader, have conquered in the fight,
Forever and forever are clad in robes of white.

O sweet and blessèd country, the home of God’s elect!
O sweet and blessèd country, that eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us to that dear land of rest,
Who art, with God the Father, and Spirit, ever blessed.

Brief life is here our portion, brief sorrow, short lived care;
The life that knows no ending, the tearless life, is there.
O happy retribution! Short toil, eternal rest;
For mortals and for sinners, a mansion with the blest.

That we should look, poor wanderers, to have our home on high!
That worms should seek for dwellings beyond the starry sky!
And now we fight the battle, but then shall wear the crown
Of full and everlasting, and passionless renown.

And how we watch and struggle, and now we live in hope,
And Zion in her anguish with Babylon must cope;
But He whom now we trust in shall then be seen and known,
And they that know and see Him shall have Him for their own.

For thee, O dear, dear country, mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love, beholding, thy happy name, they weep:
The mention of thy glory is unction to the breast,
And medicine in sickness, and love, and life, and rest.

O one, O only mansion! O paradise of joy!
Where tears are ever banished, and smiles have no alloy;
The cross is all thy splendor, the Crucified thy praise,
His laud and benediction thy ransomed people raise.

Jerusalem, exulting on that securest shore,
I hope thee, wish thee, sing thee, and love thee evermore!
I ask not for my merit: I seek not to deny
My merit is destruction, a child of wrath am I.

But yet with faith I venture and hope upon the way,
For those perennial guerdons I labor night and day.
The best and dearest Father who made me, and who saved,
Bore with me in defilement, and from defilement laved.

When in His strength I struggle, for very joy I leap;
When in my sin I totter, I weep, or try to weep:
And grace, sweet grace celestial, shall all its love display,
And David’s royal fountain purge every stain away.

Strive, man, to win that glory; toil, man, to gain that light;
Send hope before to grasp it, till hope be lost in sight.
Exult, O dust and ashes, the Lord shall be thy part:
His only, His forever thou shalt be, and thou art.

Words: Ber­nard of Mor­laix, 1146 (Urbs Si­on aur­ea); trans­lat­ed from La­tin to En­glish by John M. Neale, The Rhy­thm of Ber­nard of Mor­laix, Monk of Clu­ny, on the Ce­les­ti­al Coun­try, 1858.

Tune: Ewing

http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0005/000588a.mid

Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.

{perfect...: Heb. peace, peace}

{mind: or, thought, or, imagination}

... the excellencies of His love

Christ is made the sure foundation,
Christ the head and cornerstone;
Chosen of the Lord, and precious,
Binding all the Church in one,
Holy Zion’s help forever,
And her confidence alone.

All that dedicated city,
Dearly loved of God on high,
In exultant jubilation,
Pours perpetual melody,
God the One in Three adoring
In glad hymns eternally.

To this temple, where we call Thee,
Come, O Lord of Hosts, today;
With Thy wonted lovingkindness
Hear Thy servants as they pray.
And Thy fullest benediction
Shed within its walls alway.

Here vouchsafe to all Thy servants
What they ask of Thee to gain;
What they gain from Thee forever
With the blessèd to retain,
And hereafter in Thy glory
Evermore with Thee to reign.

Laud and honor to the Father,
Laud and honor to the Son,
Laud and honor to the Spirit,
Ever Three and ever One;
Consubstantial, co-eternal,
While unending ages run.

Words: Unknown au­thor, 7th Cen­tu­ry (An­gu­lar­is fun­da­ment­um); trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by John M. Neale in Me­di­ae­val Hymns, 1851.

Tunes

Tantum Ergo Sacramentum or 'Grafton' (Finnish Melody)
http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-ChristIsMade-Grafton-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

Westminster Abbey (Purcell)
http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-ChristIsMade-WestminsterAbbey-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

... Jesus Christ - the brightness of His glory

I bind unto myself today
The strong name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same
The Three in One and One in Three.

I bind this today to me forever
By power of faith, Christ’s incarnation;
His baptism in Jordan river,
His death on cross for my salvation;
His bursting from the spicèd tomb,
His riding up the heavenly way,
His coming at the day of doom
I bind unto myself today.

I bind unto myself today
The virtues of the star lit heaven,
The glorious sun’s life giving ray,
The whiteness of the moon at even,
The flashing of the lightning free,
The whirling wind’s tempestuous shocks,
The stable earth, the deep salt sea
Around the old eternal rocks.

I bind unto myself today
The power of God to hold and lead,
His eye to watch, His might to stay,
His ear to hearken to my need.
The wisdom of my God to teach,
His hand to guide, His shield to ward;
The Word of God to give me speech,
His heavenly host to be my guard.

Against the demon snares of sin,
The vice that gives temptation force,
The natural lusts that war within,
The hostile men that mar my course;
Or few or many, far or nigh,
In every place and in all hours,
Against their fierce hostility
I bind to me these holy powers.

Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

I bind unto myself the name,
The strong name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.
By whom all nature hath creation,
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
Praise to the Lord of my salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.

Words:

Mrs Cecil Alexander put into meter the English prose of an Irish Gaelic poem.

More information and verses: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/s/t/stpatric.htm

Tune: St Patrick (Traditional Irish melody)

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-IBindUntoMyself-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

Beautiful!

... the privilege of serving God in any way at all

Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee.

Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from Thee.
Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use every power as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will, and make it Thine; it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own; it shall be Thy royal throne.
Take my love, my Lord, I pour at Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for Thee.

Frances R. Havergal

Tunes

Nottingham (2 lines)

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-TakeMyLife-Nottingham-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

Maidstone (4 lines together)

http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0013/001383a.mid

... the spirit of life in Christ Jesus

Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God,
In every part with praise,
That my whole being may proclaim
Thy being and Thy ways.
Not for the lip of praise alone,
Nor e’en the praising heart
I ask, but for a life made up
Of praise in every part!

Praise in the common words I speak,
Life’s common looks and tones,
In fellowship in hearth and board
With my belovèd ones;
Not in the temple crowd alone
Where holy voices chime,
But in the silent paths of earth,
The quiet rooms of time.

Fill every part of me with praise;
Let all my being speak
Of Thee and of Thy love, O Lord,
Poor though I be, and weak.
So shalt Thou, Lord, from me, e’en me,
Receive the glory due;
And so shall I begin on earth
The song forever new.

So shall each fear, each fret, each care
Be turned into a song,
And every winding of the way
The echo shall prolong;
So shall no part of day or night
From sacredness be free;
But all my life, in every step
Be fellowship with Thee.

Horatius Bonar

Tune: All Saints New

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-TheSonOfGod-AllSaintsNew-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0005/000516a.mid

... teaching me how He thinks differently from the world

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy; merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

Reginald Heber (1826)

Tune: Nicaea

http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Nicaea.mid

http://opc.org/books/TH/MIDI/Th1_087.mid

... the renewal of His great kindness and mercy day by day

O kind Creator, bend Thine ear
To mark the cry, to know the tear
Before Thy throne of mercy spent
In this Thy holy fast of Lent.

Our hearts are open, Lord, to Thee;
Thou knowest our infirmity;
Pour out on all who seek Thy face
Abundance of Thy pardoning grace.

Our sins are many, this we know;
Spare us, good Lord, Thy mercy show;
And for the honor of Thy name
Our fainting souls to life reclaim.

Give us the self control that springs
From discipline of outward things,
That fasting inward secretly
The soul may purely dwell with Thee.

We pray Thee, Holy Trinity,
One God, unchanging Unity,
That we from this our abstinence
May reap the fruits of penitence.

Words: At­trib­ut­ed to Greg­o­ry I, 6th Cen­tu­ry (Au­di, be­nig­ne Con­di­tor); trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by Thom­as A. La­cey in The Eng­lish Hymn­al (Lon­don: Ox­­ford Un­i­ver­si­ty Press, 1906), num­ber 66.

Tunes

Cannons - http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/c/a/n/cannons.mid

Jesu Dulcis Memoria - http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-KindMaker-JesuDulcisM-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

Faster (piano)
http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2011/MP3/MP3-KindMaker-JesuDulcisMemoria-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

Federal Street - http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2011/MP3/MP3-JesusAndShallIt-FederalSt-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

Quebec - http://members.toast.net/puritan/Hymns/Quebec.mid

... The Ancient of Days and truth from everlasting to everlasting

Thy Kingdom come, O God,
Thy rule, O Christ, begin;
Break with Thine iron rod
The tyrannies of sin.

Where is Thy reign of peace,
And purity, and love?
When shall all hatred cease,
As in the realms above?

When comes the promised time
That war shall be no more—
Oppression, lust, and crime,
Shall flee Thy face before?

We pray Thee, Lord, arise,
And come in Thy great might;
Revive our longing eyes,
Which languish for Thy sight.

Men scorn Thy sacred Name,
And wolves devour Thy fold;
By many deeds of shame
We learn that love grows cold.

O’er heathen lands afar
Thick darkness broodeth yet:
Arise, O Morning Star,
Arise, and never set!

Tune: St Cecilia

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-GodFromOnHigh-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3

Exodus 15

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, [and] the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be [as] still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, [which] thou hast purchased. Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, [in] the place, O LORD, [which] thou hast made for thee to dwell in, [in] the Sanctuary, O Lord, [which] thy hands have established.

The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry [land] in the midst of the sea.

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

... His revelation of eternity, which changed my perspective for ever

Eternal Light! eternal Light!
How pure the soul must be
When, placed within Thy searching sight,
It shrinks not, but with calm delight
Can live, and look on Thee!

The spirits that surround Thy throne
May bear the burning bliss;
But that is surely theirs alone,
Since they have never, never known
A fallen world like this.

O how shall I, whose native sphere
Is dark, whose mind is dim,
Before the Ineffable appear,
And on my naked spirit bear
That uncreated beam?

There is a way for man to rise
To that sublime abode:
An offering and a sacrifice,
A Holy Spirit’s energies,
An Advocate with God.

These, these prepare us for the sight
Of holiness above;
The sons of ignorance and night,
May dwell in the eternal Light,
Through the eternal Love.

Tune: Newcastle

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-EternalLight-Newcastle-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

... understanding my confusion

Years I spent in vanity and pride,
Caring not my Lord was crucified,
Knowing not it was for me He died on Calvary.

Refrain
Mercy there was great, and grace was free;
Pardon there was multiplied to me;
There my burdened soul found liberty at Calvary.

By God’s Word at last my sin I learned;
Then I trembled at the law I’d spurned,
Till my guilty soul imploring turned to Calvary.

Refrain

Now I’ve given to Jesus everything,
Now I gladly own Him as my King,
Now my raptured soul can only sing of Calvary!

Refrain

Oh, the love that drew salvation’s plan!
Oh, the grace that brought it down to man!
Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span at Calvary!

Refrain

Tune: At Calvary

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-YearsISpentInVanity-Towner-SPiano-128-CT.mp3

... the love of God penetrating my densest denseness!

The head that once was crowned with thorns is crowned with glory now;
A royal diadem adorns the mighty victor’s brow.

Refrain
He lives! (I know He lives!)
He lives! (I know He lives!)
I know that my Redeemer lives! (I know He lives!)
He lives! (I know He lives!)
He lives! (I know He lives!)
I know that my Redeemer lives!

The highest place that Heav’n affords is His, is His by right;
The King of kings and Lord of lords and heaven’s eternal Light.

The joy of all who dwell above, the joy of all below,
To whom He manifests His love and grants His Name to know.

To them the cross with all its shame, with all its grace, is given;
Their name an everlasting name, their joy the joy of Heaven.

They suffer with their Lord below, they reign with Him above;
Their profit and their joy to know the myst'ry of His love.

The cross He bore is life and health, though shame and death to Him,
His people’s hope, His people’s wealth, their everlasting theme.

Tune: Othello http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0004/000442a.mid

(This tune is similar in rhythm and speed to Redemption Hymnal 192, but not identical.)

... holding me in the shadow of His hand

How calm and beautiful the morn
That gilds the sacred tomb,
Where Christ the crucified was borne,
And veiled in midnight gloom!
O weep no more the Saviour slain;
The Lord is ris'n; he lives again.

Ye mourning saints, dry ev'ry tear
For your departed Lord;
Behold the place, he is not here,
The tomb is all unbarred;
The gates of death were closed in vain:
The Lord is ris'n; he lives again.

Now cheerful to the house of prayer
Your early footsteps bend;
The Saviour will himself be there,
Your Advocate and Friend:
Once by the law your hopes were slain,
But now in Christ ye live again.

How tranquil now the rising day!
'Tis Jesus still appears,
A risen Lord to chase away
Your unbelieving fears:
O weep no more your comforts slain;
The Lord is ris'n; he lives again.

And when the shades of evening fall,
When life's last hour draws nigh,
If Jesus shine upon the soul,
How blissful then to die!
Since he has ris'n that once was slain,
Ye die in Christ to live again.

Tune: Hastings

http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0013/001336a.mid

http://www.opc.org/books/TH/MIDI/Th1_209.mid (piano)

AtG, this reminded me that not all "shadows" presented to us are the same.

Isa 49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

Isa 30:2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Yes, not all shadows are the same. Praise God for the true Shadow and shade of His hand. Give us discernment O Lord to know what shadows are not of you.

Jdg 9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

The bramble represented Abimelech, who wanted power and influence (Judges 9:15). He offered an invitation to "take refuge in my shade" which means that he would give special protection to those who aligned with him. This term to be "in his shade" is mentioned elsewhere. (Isaiah 30:2 Hosea 14:7 and Daniel 4:12).

But if you think about it, a thornbush or bramble cannot really provide any shade.

Jdg 9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

We need to be more like Jotham and run away from all these voices today that promise us "shade".

Yet, at the same time we need to cry out warnings of the "Abimelech's" of our time. After Abimelech crowned himself king, Jotham climbed up on a ledge and cried out a warning to the people of Shechem. His warning was related in a story about trees and how one tree went out to anoint a king for themselves.

The olive tree, the fig tree and the vine did not accept the offer of kingship. Instead, they would continue to grow where God had planted them and to produce the kind of fruit God desired.

Jdg 9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

Jdg 9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Jdg 9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

Jdg 9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Jdg 9:12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

Jdg 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

These righteous trees refused to tear their roots from the soil and be lifted up above the other trees in a presumptuous act of self-promotion. They were content where God had planted them. And why not? They had fatness and sweetness and good fruit which cheered God and man.

We see much of this today. Many desire to rule over their brethren and are constantly promoting themselves instead of lifting up Jesus Christ. They are jockeying for position. For a position of superiority over others. But the vines, fig trees and olive trees, the planting of the Lord, are content and see the danger of being promoted over other trees. They know only ONE who is over ALL the trees.

However, all the other trees (not vine, nor fig nor olive trees) wanted the bramble to reign over them.

Jdg 9:14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

Jdg 9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

And here we see the phrase, "come trust in my shadow", which simply means, "let me be over you, look to me for your shade, your spiritual growth, your blessings."

When you look to a man rather than God you are actually putting your trust in their "shadow" and many do not realize that they are replacing the headship of Jesus in their life. It is a very subtle thing and must be guarded against vigilantly. Many do not actually know what they are doing until they have been harmed spiritually.

The lesson is this:
Those that do accept the offer to be promoted over others eventually destroy themselves and others.

The wrath of Abimelech came upon the leaders of Shechem. The words "let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon" (Judges 9:15) refers to the wrath of Abimelech.

This is exactly what happened: Abimelech eventually destroyed Shechem (verse 45) and burned its leaders in the city tower (verses 46-49).

Jdg 9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

God's prophecy against Abimelech (verse 20) also came true:

Jdg 9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

This renegade Israelite was finally killed at Thebez (verses 50-54). His unholy desire for promotion and desire for kingship over his brethren had cost him his life.

We see the same thing today. Our God is a jealous God and does not take kindly to another "mediator" coming between His Son, Jesus and His blood bought children. There is only ONE that is capable of being called King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

I am praising God today for the "shadow of HIS hand"!! No other "shadow" do I want or desire.

Let us guard against self-promotion and preeminence over others.

... for strengthening my feeble faith, and restoring my vision of His victory

By the cross of Jesus standing,
Love our straitened souls expanding,
Taste we now the peace and grace!
Health from yonder tree is flowing,
Heav’nly light is on it glowing,
From the blessed Sufferer’s face.

Here is pardon’s pledge and token,
Guilt’s strong chain forever broken,
Righteous peace securely made;
Brightens now the brow once shaded,
Freshens now the face once faded,
Peace with God now makes us glad.

All the love of God is yonder,
Love above all thought and wonder,
Perfect love that casts out fear!
Strength, like dew, is here distilling,
Glorious life our souls is filling,
Life eternal, only here!

Here the living water welleth;
Here the Rock, now smitten, telleth
Of salvation freely giv’n:
This the fount of love and pity,
This the pathway to the city,
This the very gate of Heav’n.

Horatius Bonar

Tune: Evening Hymn

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-FatherInHigh-EveningHymn-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].

... the recreative power of His life, and His great compassion towards me

The head that once was crowned with thorns
Is crowned with glory now;
A royal diadem adorns
The mighty victor’s brow.
The highest place that Heav’n affords
Belongs to Him by right;
The King of kings and Lord of lords
And heaven’s eternal Light.

The joy of all who dwell above,
The joy of all below,
To whom He manifests His love
And grants His Name to know.
To them the cross with all its shame,
With all its grace, is given;
Their name an everlasting name,
Their joy the joy of Heaven.

They suffer with their Lord below,
They reign with Him above;
Their profit and their joy to know
The mystery of His love.
The cross He bore is life and health,
Though shame and death to Him,
His people’s hope, His people’s wealth,
Their everlasting theme.

Tune: Maui

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/m/a/u/maui.mid

... the way He works in a soul

I want, dear Lord, a heart that's true and clean;
A sunlit heart with not a cloud between.
A heart like Thine, a heart divine,
A heart as white as snow;
On me, dear Lord, a heart like this bestow.

I want, dear Lord, a love that feels for all;
A deep, strong love that answers ev'ry call.
A love like Thine, a love divine,
A love for high and low;
On me, dear Lord, a love like this bestow.

I want, dear Lord, a soul on fire for Thee;
A soul baptized with heav'nly energy.
A willing mind, a ready hand
To do whate'er I know
To spread Thy light wherever I may go.

Words and music by G Jackson (half way down on left)

http://preciouslordtakemyhand.com/publish/christianhymns/a-heart-like-thine/

... He renews my strength day by day

JESUS let Thy Splendour
Like a mantle fall,
On this waiting spirit,
Whilst I yield Thee all;
Clothe me with Thy beauty,
Bathe me in Thy will,
And with life triumphant
All my nature fill.

Refrain
Fellowship with Jesus,
This is victory;
They who own His Lordship
Know true liberty.

Give to me a vision
Reaching to the throne.
Let me see earth’s problems
In that light alone:
‘Tis Thy Word assures me
All shall work for good,
Things that long have baffled
Soon be understood.

Blessed cross of Jesus,
I Thy Power would prove,
‘Neath Thy shadow living,
Naught this soul shall move.
Sanctify me wholly,
Purge from every stain,
All that makes for bondage,
Let it now be slain.

Fired with holy passion,
Moved by urge divine.
What shall henceforth hinder
Vict’ry being mine?
Men may raise their war-cry,
Lift their standards high,
But before love’s challenge
Each vain thought shall fly.

Tunes: Wye Valley

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-LikeARiver-WyeValley-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

Lyndhurst (8 lines no chorus, or, each 4 lines + chorus)

http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0008/000848a.mid

... fellowship in the Holy Spirit with saints on earth

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet;
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Our God is marching on.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free;
[originally …let us die to make men free]
While God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
While God is marching on.

He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to the brave;
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of wrong His slave,
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Our God is marching on.

Tune: Battle Hymn

http://breadsite.org/midi/battlhym.mid

http://ingeb.org/spiritua/mineeyes.mid

http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Battle_Hymn/

Thanks AtG! This song always gives me a Boost whenever I hear it. :)

... clear direction

Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad His wonderful Name;
The Name all-victorious of Jesus extol,
His kingdom is glorious and rules over all.

The waves of the sea have lift up their voice,
Sore troubled that we in Jesus rejoice;
The floods they are roaring, but Jesus is here;
While we are adoring, He always is near.

When devils engage, the billows arise,
And horribly rage, and threaten the skies:
Their fury shall never our steadfastness shock,
The weakest believer is built on a rock.

God ruleth on high, almighty to save,
And still He is nigh, His presence we have;
The great congregation His triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation to Jesus, our King.

“Salvation to God, who sits on the throne!”
Let all cry aloud and honor the Son;
The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
Fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb.

Then let us adore and give Him His right,
All glory and power, all wisdom and might;
All honor and blessing with angels above,
And thanks never ceasing and infinite love.

Charles Wesley

Tune: Montgomery

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/m/o/n/montgomery.mid

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-ThyFaithfulness-Montgomery-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-ThyFaithfulness-Montgomery-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

EDIT:

Tune: Laudate Dominum

http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0006/000659a.mid

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-OPraiseYeTheLord-LaudateD-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-OPraiseYeTheLord-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3

... drawing me on

Come, O thou Traveller unknown,
Whom still I hold, but cannot see!
My company before is gone,
And I am left alone with Thee;
With Thee all night I mean to stay,
And wrestle till the break of day.

I need not tell Thee who I am,
My misery and sin declare;
Thyself hast called me by my name,
Look on Thy hands, and read it there;
But who, I ask Thee, who art Thou?
Tell me Thy name, and tell me now.

Yield to me now, for I am weak,
But confident in self-despair;
Speak to my heart, in blessings speak,
Be conquered by my instant prayer;
Speak, or Thou never hence shalt move,
And tell me if Thy name is Love.

’Tis Love! ’tis Love! Thou diedst for me!
I hear Thy whisper in my heart;
The morning breaks, the shadows flee,
Pure, universal love Thou art;
To me, to all, Thy bowels move;
Thy nature and Thy name is Love.

My prayer hath power with God; the grace
Unspeakable I now receive;
Through faith I see Thee face to face,
I see Thee face to face, and live!
In vain I have not wept and strove;
Thy nature and Thy name is Love.

I know Thee, Savior, who Thou art.
Jesus, the feeble sinner’s friend;
Nor wilt Thou with the night depart.
But stay and love me to the end,
Thy mercies never shall remove;
Thy nature and Thy name is Love.

Contented now upon my thigh
I halt, till life’s short journey end;
All helplessness, all weakness I
On Thee alone for strength depend;
Nor have I power from Thee to move:
Thy nature, and Thy name is Love.

Lame as I am, I take the prey,
Hell, earth, and sin, with ease o’ercome;
I leap for joy, pursue my way,
And as a bounding hart fly home,
Through all eternity to prove
Thy nature and Thy name is Love.

Charles Wesley

Tune: Mozart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxIcovehXWA

http://www.familyfriendlychurches.org.uk/NewSite/Hymnlib/HP788.MID

(The pause at the ends of line 2 and 4 can be omitted.)

... helping me to endure

Lo! He comes with clouds descending,
\tOnce for favored sinners slain;
\tThousand, thousand saints attending
\tSwell the triumph of His train.
\tHallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
\tGod appears on earth to reign.

Every eye shall now behold Him,
\tRobed in dreadful majesty;
\tThose who set at naught and sold Him,
\tPierced and nailed Him to the tree,
\tDeeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
\tShall the true Messiah see.

The dear tokens of His passion
\tStill His dazzling body bears;
\tCause of endless exultation
\tTo His ransomed worshippers;
\tWith what rapture, with what rapture, with what rapture,
\tGaze we on those glorious scars!

Yea, Amen! Let all adore Thee,
\tHigh on Thy eternal throne;
\tSavior, take the power and glory,
\tClaim the kingdom for Thine own.
\tHallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
\tEverlasting God, come down!

Tune: Helmsley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F44sxGHnt4o (organ)

http://www.hymnsite.com/midifiles/umh71801.mid (piano)

... His way is glorious

My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace,
Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God:
'Tis His to lead me there, not mine but His -
'At any cost, dear Lord, by any road!'

So faith bounds forward to its goal in God,
And love can trust her Lord to lead her there;
Upheld by Him, my soul is following hard,
Till God hath full fulfilled my deepest prayer.

No matter if the way be sometimes dark,
No matter though the cost be oft-times great,
He knoweth how I best shall reach the mark,
The way that leads to Him must needs be straight.

One thing I know, I cannot say Him nay;
One thing I do, I press toward my Lord:
My God, my glory here from day to day,
And in the glory there my Great Reward.

Tune: Morecambe

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3-2010/MP3-SpiritOfGod-Morecambe-SPiano-128-CAM.mp3

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-SpiritOfGodDescend-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

... help from above, and fellow-saints, every day...

Sweet is the work, my God, my King,
To praise Thy Name, give thanks and sing,
To show Thy love by morning light
And talk of all Thy truth at night.

Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal cares shall seize my breast.
O may my heart in tune be found,
Like David’s harp of solemn sound!

My heart shall triumph in my Lord
And bless His works and bless His Word.
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!
How deep Thy counsels, how divine!

But I shall share a glorious part,
When grace has well refined my heart;
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.

Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desired and wished below;
And every power find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.

Isaac Watts

Tune: Deep Harmony

http://www.stempublishing.com/hymns/data/music/_lm/deep_harmony.mid

... His constant care

O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound;
Let ev’ry Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!

Refrain
The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from Heav’n, the Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found—
The Comforter has come!

Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings,
To ev’ry captive soul a full deliverance brings;
And through the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come!

O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine
To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine—
That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine!
The Comforter has come!

Sing till the echoes fly above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above to all below reply,
In strains of endless love, the song that ne’er will die:
The Comforter has come!

Tune: Comforter

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/c/o/m/the_Comforter_has_come.mid

... giving me a loving shake out of complacency

O how sweet the glorious message simple faith may claim,
Yesterday, today, forever Jesus is the same.
Still He loves to save the sinful, heal the sick and lame,
Cheer the mourner, still the tempest, glory to His name.

Refrain
Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change, but Jesus never! Glory to His name!
Glory to His name! Glory to His name!
All may change, but Jesus never! Glory to His name!

He, who was the friend of sinners, seeks the lost one now,
Sinner come, and at His footstool penitently bow,
He who said I’ll not condemn thee, go and sin no more,
Speaks to thee that word of pardon as in days of yore.

Oft on earth He healed the sufferer by His mighty hand,
Still our sicknesses and sorrows go at His command,
He who gave His healing virtue to a woman’s touch,
To the faith that claims His fullness still will give as much.

As of old He walked to Emmaus, with them to abide,
So through all life’s way He walketh ever near our side,
Soon again we shall behold Him, hasten Lord the day,
But 'twill still be this same Jesus as He went away.

A B Simpson

Tune: Burke

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/mid/y/e/s/yesterday_today_forever.mid

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-YesterdayToday-Nyack-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

... His glorious victory over sin and death!

Look, ye saints! The sight is glorious,
See the Man of Sorrows now!
From the fight returned victorious,
Every knee to Him shall bow!
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Crowns become the Victor's brow.

Crown the Savior! Angels, crown Him;
Rich the trophies Jesus brings;
In the seat of power enthrone Him,
While the vault of heaven rings;
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Crown the Savior King of kings.

Sinners in derision scorned Him,
Mocking thus the Savior's claim;
Saints and angels crowd around Him,
Own His title, praise His Name;
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Spread abroad the Victor's fame.

Hark, those bursts of acclamation!
Hark, those loud triumphant chords!
Jesus takes the highest station;
O what joy the sight affords!
Crown Him! Crown Him!
King of kings and Lord of lords!

Thomas Kelly

Tune: Triumph

http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-LookYeSaints-PipeLC-128-CAM.mp3

Matthew 28

1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead [men].

5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead;