Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name...

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

    bring an offering and come before him!

Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;

     tremble before him, all the earth;

    yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,

    and let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”

Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

    let the field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy

    before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

    for his steadfast love endures forever!

     -1 Chronicles 16:28-34

So we do not lose heart...

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.    -2 Corinthians 4:16-18

"For as the heavens are higher than the earth..."

"For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven

and do not return there but water the earth,

making it bring forth and sprout,

giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;

it shall not return to me empty,

but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,

and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

For you shall go out in joy

and be led forth in peace;

the mountains and the hills before you

shall break forth into singing,

and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."

-Isaiah 55:9-12

Trust in the Lord, and do good...

Trust in the Lord, and do good;

    dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

Delight yourself in the Lord,

    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord;

    trust in him, and he will act.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,

    and your justice as the noonday.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;

    fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,

    over the man who carries out evil devices!

 -Psalm 37:3-7

Lead Us To Repentance

Lead Us To Repentance

Sovereign Grace Music 

VERSE 1

Lord, where can we hide? 

There’s nothing hidden from Your sight

You know every heart, 

You’ve seen the depths of who we are 

But when our shame says “run,” 

Your mercy calls us home

CHORUS

Lead us to repentance, make us know Your presence

Even when we fall, You are never far    

Draw us with your kindness, with You there’s forgiveness

Condemnation’s gone, all the work is done, lead us to repentance

VERSE 2

There’s no greater love, our Savior bled and died for us  

Guilty ones are dressed in Jesus’ perfect righteousness 

So when we go astray, Lord, give us grace to pray

CHORUS

Lead us to repentance, make us know Your presence

Even when we fall, You are never far    

Draw us with your kindness, with You there’s forgiveness

Condemnation’s gone, all the work is done, 

lead us to repentance

BRIDGE

Father, Your lovingkindness never has failed to find us

You have been patient with us, You always will be 

Father, Your lovingkindness never has failed to find us

You have been patient with us, You always will be    

CHORUS

Lead us to repentance, make us know Your presence

Even when we fall, You are never far    

Draw us with your kindness, with You there’s forgiveness

Condemnation’s gone, all the work is done, 

lead us to repentance

“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.

 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven

    and do not return there but water the earth,

  making it bring forth and sprout,

    giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;

    it shall not return to me empty,

but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,

    and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

     -Isaiah 55:6-11

Receive therefore every day as a resurrection from death...

O Lord, our Lord,

    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babies and infants,

you have established strength because of your foes,

    to still the enemy and the avenger.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

what is man that you are mindful of him,

    and the son of man that you care for him?

Yet you have made him a little lower 

than the heavenly beings

    and crowned him with glory and honor.

You have given him dominion 

over the works of your hands;

    you have put all things under his feet,

all sheep and oxen,

    and also the beasts of the field,

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,

    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,

    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

-Psalm 8 Image

Receive therefore every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of God’s goodness, as if you had seen it, and all things, new-created upon your account: and under the sense of so great a blessing, let your joyful heart praise and magnify so good and glorious a Creator.   -William Law

The wonder of the life of Jesus is this...

The wonder of the life of Jesus is this—and you will find it so and you have found it so if you have ever taken your New Testament and tried to make it the rule of your daily life—that there is not a single action that you are called upon to do of which you need be, of which you will be, in any serious doubt for ten minutes as to what Jesus Christ, if He were here, Jesus Christ being here, would have you do under those circumstances and with the materials upon which you are called to act.  -Phillips Brooks

Because you have kept my word about patient endurance...

Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ -Revelation 3:10-13

And I will give you a new heart...

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.  -Ezekiel 36:25-27 

Let me hear what God the Lord will speak...

Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,

    for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints;

    but let them not turn back to folly.

Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,

    that glory may dwell in our land.

-Psalm 85:8-9

God is always speaking; He is never still. Just as in prayer it is not we who momentarily catch His attention but He ours, so when we fail to hear His voice it is not because He is not speaking so much as that we are not listening. 

-Charles H. Brent