Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love...

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,

    for in you I trust.

Make me know the way I should go,

    for to you I lift up my soul.

   Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!

    I have fled to you for refuge.

Teach me to do your will,

    for you are my God!

Let your good Spirit lead me

    on level ground!

   -Psalm 143:8-10

Since then we have a great high priest...

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. -Hebrews 4:14-16 Image

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon his knees.  -William Cowper

Do not love the world or the things in the world...

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. -1 John 2:15-17

If our common life is not a common course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we don’t live the lives of Christians.  

-William Law

Blessed Be Our God and Father

 

Blessed Be Our God and Father 

Sovereign Grace Music

VERSE 1

Blessed be our God and Father 

Who has filled our lives with blessing

Every gift from heaven’s fullness 

now is ours in Jesus Christ 

Oh, what riches of his favor poured out 

freely from His throne

We rejoice in praise for the glory of His grace

VERSE 2

Blessed be our God and Father 

Who before the world’s foundation

Knew He’d make us pure and blameless, 

changing sinners into saints

Oh, what mercy to be chosen

and in love to bear His name

We rejoice in praise for the glory of His grace

CHORUS

Hallelujah! to Your name be all the glory

Hallelujah! to Your name be all praise

VERSE 3

Blessed be our God and Father 

Who with unimagined kindness

Gave His Only Son to save us 

for the glory of His name

Oh what power in His passion, 

raised from death to endless reign

We rejoice in praise for the glory of His grace

CHORUS

Hallelujah! to Your name be all the glory

Hallelujah! to Your name be all praise

Hallelujah! to Your name be all the glory

Hallelujah! to Your name be all praise

The Lord has made known his salvation...

The Lord has made known his salvation;

    he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness

    to the house of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have seen

    the salvation of our God.

  -Psalm 98:2-3

Every one who receives this Word, and by it salvation, receives along with it the duty of passing this Word on... Where there is no mission, there is no Church, and where there is neither Church nor mission, there is no faith.   -Emil Brunner Image

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering...

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. -Hebrews 10:19-25

The Lord is gracious and merciful...

The Lord is gracious and merciful,

    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

The Lord is good to all,

    and his mercy is over all that he has made.

All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,

    and all your saints shall bless you!

They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom

    and tell of your power,

to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds,

    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

    and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

          -Psalm 145:8-13 Image

But the Lord will be your everlasting light...

The sun shall be no more

    your light by day,

nor for brightness shall the moon

    give you light;

but the Lord will be your everlasting light,

    and your God will be your glory.

Your sun shall no more go down,

    nor your moon withdraw itself;

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

    and your days of mourning shall be ended.

Your people shall all be righteous;

    they shall possess the land forever,

the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,

    that I might be glorified.

The least one shall become a clan,

    and the smallest one a mighty nation;

I am the Lord;

    in its time I will hasten it.

-Isaiah 60:19-22 

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“Seek the Lord while he may be found..."

“Seek the Lord while he may be found;

    call upon him while he is near;

let the wicked forsake his way,

    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;

let him return to the Lord, 

that he may have compassion on him,

    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

    neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

    so are my ways higher than your ways

    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

-Isaiah 55:6-9

The Lord is at hand...

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 4:4-7

Prayer has everything to do with moulding the soul into the image of God, and has everything to do with enhancing and enlarging the measure of Divine grace. It has everything to do with enriching, broadening and maturing the soul’s experience of God. That man cannot possibly be called a Christian, who does not pray. -E.M. Bounds Image

Holy God!

Holy God,

Holy and Mighty

Holy Immortal One,

Have mercy; have mercy on us!

My help comes from the Lord...

I lift up my eyes to the hills.

From where does my help come?

My help comes from the Lord,

 who made heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot be moved;

    he who keeps you will not slumber.

Behold, he who keeps Israel

    will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is your keeper;

    the Lord is your shade on your right hand.

The sun shall not strike you by day,

    nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all evil;

    he will keep your life.

The Lord will keep

    your going out and your coming in

    from this time forth and forevermore.

   -Psalm 121