MY SOUL, REPEAT HIS PRAISE

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08 December 2024

MY SOUL, REPEAT HIS PRAISE

Words: I Watts

Music: J. H. G. Naegeli

My soul, repeat His praise

Whose mercies are so great;

Whose anger is so slow to rise,

So ready to abate.

High as the heavens are raised

Above the earth we tread,

So far the riches of God's grace

Our highest thoughts exceed.

His power subdues our sin;

And His forgiving love,

Far as the east is from the west,

Did all our guilt remove.

Man's life is as the grass,

Or like the morning flower;

If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field,

It withers in an hour.

But Thy compassions, Lord,

To endless years endure;

And all Thy people ever find

Thy word of promise sure.

(Source:?http://www.stempublishing.com/hymns/ss/349)

ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY

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07 December 2024

ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY

Once in royal David’s city

stood a lowly cattle shed,

where a mother laid her baby

in a manger for His bed:

Mary was that mother mild,

Jesus Christ her little Child.

He came down to earth from heaven

who is God and Lord of all,

and His shelter was a stable,

and His cradle was a stall:

with the poor, and meek, and lowly,

lived on earth our Savior holy.

And our eyes at last shall see Him,

through His own redeeming love;

for that Child so dear and gentle

is our Lord in heav'n above,

and He leads His children on

to the place where He is gone.

Not in that poor lowly stable,

with the oxen standing by,

we shall see Him, but in heaven,

set at God’s right hand on high;

when like stars His children crowned

all in white shall wait around.

(Source:?http://www.hymnary.org/text/once_in_royal_davids_city_stood_a_lowly)

HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION

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06 December 2024

HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION

Words: John Rippon

Music: Joeseph Funk

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How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,

Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!

What more can He say than to you He hath said,

To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

"In ev'ry condition in sickness, in health,

In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth;

At home or abroad, on the land, on the sea,

As days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

"Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,

For I am thy God, I will still give thee aid;

I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,

Upheld by My gracious, omnipotent hand.

"When through the deep waters I call thee to go,

The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow,

For I will be with thee, thy trials to bless,

And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

"When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,

My grace all-sufficient shall be thy supply;

The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design

Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

"The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,

I will not, I will not desert to his foes;

That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,

I'll never, no never, no never forsake!"

(Source:?http://www.popularhymns.com/how_firm_a_foundation.php)

GIVE OF YOUR BEST TO THE MASTER

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05 December 2024

GIVE OF YOUR BEST TO THE MASTER

Words: Howard B. Grose

Give of your best to the Master

Give of the strength of your youth

Armed with the sword of salvation

Join in the battle for truth

Jesus has set the example

His Life for others He gave

Give Him your loyal devotion

Give Him the best that you have

Give of your best to the Master

Give Him first place in your heart

Give Him first place in your service

Fully surrender each part

Give and to you shall be given

God His beloved Son gave

Gratefully seeking to serve Him

Give Him the best that you have

Give of your best to the Master

Naught else is worthy His Love

He gave Himself for your ransom

Gave up His Glory above

Laid down His Life without murmur

You from sin's ruin to save

Give Him your heart's adoration

Give Him the best that you have

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(Source:?https://digitalsongsandhymns.com/songs/give-of-your-best-to-the-master)

ALL THAT I AM I OWE TO THEE

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04 December 2024

ALL THAT I AM I OWE TO THEE

All that I am I owe to thee,

Thy wisdom, Lord, has fashioned me;

I give my Maker thankful praise,

Whose wondrous works my soul amaze.

Ere into being I was brought,

Thine eye did see, and in thy thought

My life in all its perfect plan

Was ordered ere my days began.

Thy thoughts, O God, how manifold,

More precious unto me than gold!

I muse on their infinity,

Awaking I am still with thee.

The wicked thou wilt surely slay,

From me let sinners turn away;

They speak against the name divine,

I count God's enemies as mine.

Search me, O God, my heart discern,

Try me, my inmost thought to learn;

And lead me, if in sin I stray,

To choose the everlasting way.

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(Source: http://www.opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=28)

I’M THANKFUL THAT GOD HAS PLACED ME

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03 December 2024

I’M THANKFUL THAT GOD HAS PLACED ME

I’m thankful that God has placed me

With you to build up His Body.

Christ in you is the hope for me!

You also need Christ lived in me.

Refrain:?

I live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

You live, if I stand firm in the Lord.

My going on is for you,

Your going on is for me,

Not sep’rate entities,

I need you saints desp’rately!

Oh, what a sweet church life have we!

Built up in Him, His bride to be!

In Him steadfast, you help me be;

Encouraged by Christ whom I see.

Your faith in Christ helps me pursue;

My progress depends upon you!

As I seek Christ, with you in view,

My heart, full of prayers, is for you.

God’s heart longs, desires that we,

His lovers, seek Him corp’rately.

On each other spent constantly;

My life is for you, yours for me.

I want to encourage you all,

Without your supply I would fall.

Never think that your Christ is small.

Christ needs you, and so do we all.

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(Source:?https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/117)

GOD MOVES IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY

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?02 December 2024

GOD MOVES IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY

Lyrics: William Cowper?

Music: William Jones

God moves in a mysterious way

? His wonders to perform:

He plants His footsteps in the sea,

? And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines

? Of never-failing skill,

He treasures up His bright designs,

? And works His sovereign will.

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;

? The clouds ye so much dread

Are big with mercy, and shall break

? In blessings on your head.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,

? But trust Him for His grace;

Behind a frowning providence

? He hides a smiling face.

His purposes will ripen fast,

? Unfolding every hour:

The bud may have a bitter taste,

? But sweet will be the flower.

Blind unbelief is sure to err,

? And scan His work in vain;

God is His own Interpreter,

? And He will make it plain.?

(Source:?https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/675)

ABIDING AND CONFIDING

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01 December 2024

ABIDING AND CONFIDING

Words: Albert B. Simpson

Music: Leander L. Pickett

I have learned the wondrous secret

Of abiding in the Lord;

I have found the strength and sweetness

Of confiding in His word;

I have tasted life’s pure fountain,

I am drinking of His blood,

I have lost myself in Jesus,

I am sinking into God.

Refrain:

I’m abiding in the Lord,

And confiding in His word,

And I’m hiding, safely hiding,

In the bosom of His love.

I am crucified with Jesus,

And He lives and dwells in me,

I have ceased from all my struggling,

’Tis no longer I but He;

All my will is yielded to Him,

And His Spirit reigns within,

And His precious blood each moment

Keeps me cleansed and free from sin.

All my cares I cast upon Him,

And He bears them all away;

All my fears and griefs I tell Him,

All my needs from day to day;

All my strength I draw from Jesus,

By His breath I live and move;

E’en His very mind He gives me

And His faith and life and love.

For my words I take His wisdom,

For my works His Spirit’s pow’r,

For my ways His gracious presence

Guards and guides me every hour;

Of my heart He is the Portion,

Of my joy the ceaseless Spring,

Savior, Sanctifier, Keeper,

Glorious Lord and loving King.?

(Source:?http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Abiding_and_Confiding/)

LEAVE IT THERE

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30 November 2024

LEAVE IT THERE

Words: Charles Albert Tindley?

?If the world from you withhold of its silver and its gold,

And you have to get along with meager fare,

Just remember, in His Word, how He feeds the little bird,

Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.

Refrain:

Leave it there, leave it there,

Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.

If you trust and never doubt, He will surely bring you out,

Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.

If your body suffers pain and your health you can’t regain,

And your soul is almost sinking in despair,

Jesus knows the pain you feel, He can save and He can heal,

Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.?

When your enemies assail and your heart begins to fail,

Don’t forget that God in heaven answers prayer;

He will make a way for you and will lead you safely through,

Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.?

When your youthful days are gone and old age is stealing on,

And your body bends beneath the weight of care,

He will never leave you then, He’ll go with you to the end,

Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.?

(Source:?https://hymnary.org/text/if_the_world_from_you_withhold_of_its_si)

SWEET WILL OF GOD

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29 November 2024

SWEET WILL OF GOD?

Words and Music: Lelia Naylor Morris

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.”

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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.?

(Source:?http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/383)

GIVE THANKS FOR LIFE

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28 November 2024

GIVE THANKS FOR LIFE

Words: Shirley Erena Murray?

Give thanks for life, the measure of our days,

mortal, we pass through beauty that decays,

yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise,

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Give thanks for those who made their life a light

caught from the Christ flame, bursting thro' the night,

who touched the truth, who burned for what is right,

Alleluia! Alleluia!

And for our own, our living and our dead,

thanks for the love by which our life is fed,

a love not changed by time or death or dread,

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Give thanks for hope, that like the wheat, the grain

lying in darkness does its life retain

in resurrection to grow green again,

Alleluia! Alleluia!?

(Source:?https://digitalsongsandhymns.com/songs/give-thanks-for-life-lead-line)

WHAT SHALL WE OFFER OUR GOOD LORD?

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27 November 2024

WHAT SHALL WE OFFER OUR GOOD LORD?

Words: August G. Spangenberg

Music: Orlando Gibbons?

What shall we of?fer our good Lord,

Poor no?things! for His bound?less grace!

Fain would we His great name re?cord,

And wor?thi?ly set forth His praise.

Great ob?ject of our grow?ing love,

To whom our more than all we owe,

Open the fount?ain from above,

And let it our full souls o’er?flow.

So shall our lives Thy pow?er pro?claim,

Thy grace for ev?ery sin?ner free;

Till all man?kind shall learn Thy name,

Shall all stretch out their hands to Thee.

Open a door which earth and hell

May strive to shut, but strive in vain;

Let Thy Word rich?ly in us dwell,

And let our gra?cious fruit re?main.

O mul?ti?ply the sow?er’s seed!

And fruit we ev?ery hour shall bear,

Throughout the world Thy Gos?pel spread,

Thy ev?er?last?ing truth de?clare.

We all, in per?fect love re?newed,

Shall know the great?ness of Thy pow?er;

Stand in the tem?ple of our God,

As pil?lars, and go out no more.?

(Source:?http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/w/h/a/s/whaswoog.htm)

COME NEAR ME

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26 November 2024

COME NEAR ME

Words: George W. Lloyd

Music: John W. Bischoff?

Come near me, O my Sav?ior;

Thy ten?der?ness re?veal;

O, let me know the sym?pa?thy

Which Thou for me dost feel;

I need Thee ev?ery mo?ment;

Thine ab?sence brings dis?may;

But when the tempt?er hurls his darts,

’Twere death with Thee away.

Come near me, my Re?deem?er,

And ne?ver leave my side;

My bark, when tossed on trou?ble’s sea,

The storm can?not out?ride

Unless the word of pow?er

Arrest the surg?ing wave;

No voice but Thine its rage can quell,

No arm but Thine can save.

Come near me, bless?èd Je?sus,

I need Thee in my joy;

No less than when the dir?est ills

My hap?pi?ness de?stroy;

For when the sun shines o’er me

And flow?ers strew the way,

Without Thy wise and guid?ing hand

More ea?si?ly I stray.

Be near me, migh?ty Sav?ior,

When comes the lat?est strife;

For Thou hast thro’ death’s sha?dows passed,

And oped the gates of life;

And when among the ran?somed

I stand with crown and palm,

To Thee, di?vine, un?fail?ing Friend,

I’ll raise eter?nal psalm.?

(Source:?http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/c/o/m/e/n/comenear.htm)

MY SOUL PROCLAIMS WITH WONDER

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25 November 2024

MY SOUL PROCLAIMS WITH WONDER

Lyrics: Carll P. Daw, Jr.

My soul proclaims with wonder

The greatness of the Lord

Rejoicing in God's goodness

My spirit is restored

To me has God shown favor

To one the world thought frail

And ever age will echo

The angel's first all hail

God's mercy shields the faithful

And saves them from defeat

With strength that turns

To scatter the proud in their conceit

The mighty have been vanquished

The lowly lifted up

The hungry find abundance

The rich an empty cup

To Abraham's descendants

The Lord will steadfast prove

For God has made with Israel

A covenant of love

My soul proclaims with wonder

the greatness of the Lord;

rejoicing in God's goodness

my spirit is restored.?

(Source:?https://digitalsongsandhymns.com/songs/song-of-mary-my-soul-proclaims-with-wonder)

MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE

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24 November 2024

MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE

Lyrics: Christopher West

Make me a channel of your peace.

Where there is hatred let me bring your love.

Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord

And where there's doubt, true faith in you.

Make me a channel of your peace

Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope

Where there is darkness, only light

And where there's sadness, ever joy.

Oh, Master grant that I may never seek

So much to be consoled as to console

To be understood as to understand

To be loved as to love with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned

In giving to all men that we receive

And in dying that we're born to eternal life.

Oh, Master grant that I may never seek

So much to be consoled as to console

To be understood as to understand

To be loved as to love with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned

In giving to all men that we receive

And in dying that we're born to eternal life.?

(Source:?https://wordtoworship.com/song/10782)

GOODNESS IS STRONGER THAN EVIL

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23 November 2024

GOODNESS IS STRONGER THAN EVIL

Lyrics: Desmond Tutu

Goodness is stronger than evil;

Love is stronger than hate;

Light is stronger than darkness;

Life is stronger than death;

Victory is ours through Him who loves us.?

(Source:?https://www.tumblr.com/globalworship/164314282270/goodness-is-stronger-than-evil-prayer-song)

WINNING SOULS FOR JESUS

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22 November 2024

WINNING SOULS FOR JESUS

Lyrics: James Bruce Mackay

Rouse, ye Christian workers, be ye up and doing,

Shall the Master’s kingdom suffer at your hands?

There are precious souls just waiting for your wooing,

Go ye forth and win them, Christ your Lord commands.

Refrain:

Winning souls, winning souls, winning souls for Jesus,

O what joy in winning souls from the downward way;

Out upon the highways, seeking to reclaim them,

O be up and winning souls, while ‘tis call’d today.

Wait no longer for some more convenient season,

Souls are dying ‘round you, let them not be lost;

Talk or sing of Jesus they will yield to reason,

Tell of their redemption, what a price it cost.?

Do your spirits falter at the undertaking,

Lest one might repay you with a cruel sneer?

Do not let them perish stand no longer quaking,

Win them for the Master, tell them He is near.?

Ev’ry soul you win shall add a star of beauty

To the crown of glory Jesus has for you;

Always thus be working, doing all your duty,

Winning souls for Jesus, they will bless you too.?

(Source:?https://hymnary.org/text/rouse_ye_christian_workers)

WEARY NOT IN WELL DOING

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21 November 2024

WEARY NOT IN WELL DOING

Lyrics: Helen Reyburn

Let us be patient, patient,

Think of the growing grain,

How long it lies in the darksome earth,

Nurtured by sun and rain.

Refrain:

Waiting, praying, striving day by day,

Something to do for the Master’s sake,

Something for Him to say.

Let us be patient, patient,

Strive as the grain to grow;

The tender grass and the ripening ear,

Heralds the corn we know.?

Let us be patient, patient,

Day after day to gain,

Till fully ripe all our sheaves may be

Gathered like golden grain.?

(Source:?https://hymnary.org/text/let_us_be_patient_patient)

MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF BLESSING

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20 November 2024

MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF BLESSING

Lyrics and Music: Harper G. Smyth

Is your life a channel of blessing?

Is the love of God flowing through you?

Are you telling the lost of the Savior?

Are you ready His service to do?

Refrain:

Make me a channel of blessing today,

Make me a channel of blessing, I pray;

My life possessing, my service blessing,

Make me a channel of blessing today.

Is your life a channel of blessing?

Are you burdened for those that are lost?

Have you urged upon those who are straying,

The Savior Who died on the cross?

Is your life a channel of blessing?

Is it a daily telling for Him?

Have you spoken the Word of salvation

To those who are dying in sin?

We cannot be channels of blessing

If our lives are not free from known sin;

We will barriers be and a hindrance

To those we are trying to win.

(Source:?http://www.hymnpod.com/2011/06/26/make-me-a-channel-of-blessing/)

TRUST AND OBEY

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19 November 2024

TRUST AND OBEY

Words: John H. Sammis

When we walk with the Lord?

in the light of his word,?

what a glory he sheds on our way!?

While we do his good will,?

he abides with us still,?

and with all who will trust and obey.?

Refrain:

Trust and obey, for there's no other way?

to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.?

Not a burden we bear,?

not a sorrow we share,?

but our toil he doth richly repay;?

not a grief or a loss,?

not a frown or a cross,?

but is blest if we trust and obey.?

But we never can prove?

the delights of his love?

until all on the altar we lay;?

for the favor he shows,?

for the joy he bestows,?

are for them who will trust and obey.?

Then in fellowship sweet?

we will sit at his feet,?

or we'll walk by his side in the way;?

what he says we will do,?

where he sends we will go;?

never fear, only trust and obey.

(Source:?https://www.godtube.com/popular-hymns/trust-and-obey/)