... answering prayer and refreshing my spirit through fellowship with believers



[b][size=small][color=330099][font=Tahoma]1 John 2:15

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. [/font][/color][/size][/b]




Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessèd Redeemer!
Sing, O Earth, His wonderful love proclaim!
Hail Him! hail Him! highest archangels in glory;
Strength and honor give to His holy Name!
Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children,
In His arms He carries them all day long:

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Praise Him! Praise Him!
Tell of His excellent greatness.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Ever in joyful song![/i]

Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessèd Redeemer!
For our sins He suffered, and bled, and died.
He our Rock, our hope of eternal salvation,
Hail Him! hail Him! Jesus the Crucified.
Sound His praises! Jesus who bore our sorrows,
Love unbounded, wonderful, deep and strong.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessèd Redeemer!
Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring!
Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever.
Crown Him! Crown Him! Prophet, and Priest, and King!
Christ is coming! over the world victorious,
Pow’r and glory unto the Lord belong.

[i]Refrain[/i]



Tune: Joyful Song
[url=http://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0235_i.mid]http://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0235_i.mid[/url]

[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000067.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000067.htm[/url]

I thank God for His mercy upon me. I thank God for so many good things He has provided for me.

I thank God for His overwhelming generosity to me in showing me kindness in so many ways!

Thank you thank you thank you God in Jesus' name.

_________________
Christopher Joel Dandrow

... the peace which rests in my soul and I in it




Now I have found the ground wherein
Sure my soul’s anchor may remain,
The wounds of Jesus, for my sin
Before the world’s foundation slain;
Whose mercy shall unshaken stay,
When Heaven and earth are fled away.

Father, Thine everlasting grace
Our scanty thought surpasses far;
Thy heart still melts with tenderness,
Thy arms of love still open are,
Returning sinners to receive,
That mercy they may taste and live.

O Love, Thou bottomless abyss,
My sins are swallowed up in Thee!
Covered is my unrighteousness,
Nor spot of guilt remains on me,
While Jesus’ blood, through earth and skies,
Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries.

By faith I plunge me in this sea,
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest;
Hither, when hell assails, I flee,
I look into my Savior’s breast;
Away, sad doubt, and anxious fear!
Mercy is all that’s written there.

Though waves and storms go o’er my head,
Though strength, and health, and friends be gone,
Though joys be withered all and dead,
Though every comfort be withdrawn,
On this my steadfast soul relies,
Father, Thy mercy never dies.

Fixed on this ground will I remain,
Though my heart fail, and flesh decay;
This anchor shall my soul sustain,
When earth’s foundations melt away;
Mercy’s full power I then shall prove,
Loved with an everlasting love.



Tune: Old 23rd (Sing each line once)
[url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/n/i/nihavftg.htm]http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/n/i/nihavftg.htm[/url]

Tune: Wonders (Sovreignty)
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0007/x000744.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0007/x000744.htm[/url]
[i]The words fit over this tune slowly - more slowly than at first it seems they should. Then, as you come to them, repeat the fourth line, the last line, then the last three lines.[/i]



[b][size=small][color=666633][font=Courier New]1 John 2:16

For all in the world -

the lust of the flesh,

the lust of the eyes and the pride of life -

is not of the Father

but is of the world. [/font][/color][/size][/b]

... Himself



Jesu, Thou Joy of loving hearts,
Thou Fount of life, Thou Light of men,
From the best bliss that earth imparts,
We turn unfilled to Thee again.

Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood;
Thou savest those that on Thee call;
To them that seek Thee Thou art good,
To them that find Thee all in all.

We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread,
And long to feast upon Thee still;
We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead,
And thirst our souls from Thee to fill.

Our restless spirits yearn for Thee,
Wherever our changeful lot is cast;
Glad when Thy gracious smile we see,
Blessed when our faith can hold Thee fast.

O Jesus, ever with us stay,
Make all our moments calm and bright;
Chase the dark night of sin away,
Shed over the world Thy holy light.


[i]Bernard of Clairvaux[/i]



Tune: Silver Hill
[url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/t/jthoujoy.htm]http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/t/jthoujoy.htm[/url]

Tune: Mendon
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0003/x000315.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0003/x000315.htm[/url]

Tune: Maryton (and others)
[url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/j/j199d.html]http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/j/j199d.html[/url]



[b][size=small][color=990000][font=Courier New]1 John 2:17

And the world is passing away

and the lust of it

but he who does the will of God

abides forever.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... His love



[b][size=small][color=CC6699][font=Courier New]1 John 2:18

Little children,

it is the last hour and as you have heard

that the Antichrist is coming, even now

many antichrists have come by which we know

that it is the last hour.[/font][/color][/size][/b]



Dwelling in the secret place
Overshadowed by His grace
Looking up into His face
Seeing only Jesus

Hidden there from all alarm
Safe from danger, fear and harm,
Holden up by His strong arm,
Seeing only Jesus.

Dwelling there, how truly blest!
Leaving all, how sweet to rest
Head upon my Saviour’s breast,
Seeing only Jesus,

Resting there, no more to roam,
Drawing near to heaven and home,
Waiting there until He come,
Seeing only Jesus.



Tune: Mercy
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0001/x000135.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0001/x000135.htm[/url]

Tune: More Like Jesus
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0008/x000898.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0008/x000898.htm[/url]
Sings as two eight line stanzas

[i](Original tune not available online.)[/i]

... continuing to wrench me out of unreality and into His glorious life



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.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey[/i].

Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

[i]Refrain[/i]

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 blessed if we trust and obey.

[i]Refrain[/i]

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.

[i]Refrain[/i]

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.

[i]Refrain[/i]



Tune: Trust and Obey
[url=http://www.opc.org/books/TH/old/Blue700.html]http://www.opc.org/books/TH/old/Blue700.html[/url]

[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0004/x000409.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0004/x000409.htm[/url]

[url=http://www.higherpraise.com/AMidDefault/TrustAndObey3.htm]http://www.higherpraise.com/AMidDefault/TrustAndObey3.htm[/url]




[b][size=x-small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 2:19

They went out from us but they were not of us

for if they had been of us

they would have continued with us

but they went out that they might be made manifest

that none of them were of us.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... His readiness to meet me where I am, and for the love and prayers of brethren in Christ



Genesis 32

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 or sin declare,
Thyself hast called me by Thy 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 hast power with God, the grace
Unspeakable I now receive,
Through faith I see Thee faith 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, Saviour, 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 shalt 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.



[i]Charles Wesley[/i]



Tune: Veni Emmanuel
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000078.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000078.htm[/url]

Tune: Creation (Repeat last two lines)
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0010/x001095.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0010/x001095.htm[/url]

Tune: Duane Street (Repeat last two lines)
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0008/x000817.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0008/x000817.htm[/url]

[Glossary: I halt = I limp]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier]1 John 2:20

But you have an anointing

from the Holy One

and you know all things.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

_________________
Diane

... releasing me from a very old bondage and opening my eyes to new truth about Himself



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.



Tune: Maori
[url=http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Search_Me_O_God/midi/]http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Search_Me_O_God/midi/[/url]

Tune: Ellers
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000065.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000065.htm[/url]




[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 2:21

I have not written to you because you do not

know the truth but because you know it

and that no lie is of the truth.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... continuing to unbind my graveclothes



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[/i]



Tune: St Columba
[url=http://www.opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=296]http://www.opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=296[/url]

Tune: Bishopthorpe
[url=http://www.ccel.org/cceh/index/metr_86.htm]http://www.ccel.org/cceh/index/metr_86.htm[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier]1 John 2:22

Who is a liar

but he who denies

that Jesus is the Christ?

He is antichrist who denies the Father

and the Son. [/font][/color][/size][/b]