... strength for the day, and the knowledge of righteousness



The Lord is King! lift up thy voice,
O earth; and all ye heav’ns, rejoice!
From world to world the joy shall ring,
“The Lord omnipotent is King.”

The Lord is King! Who then shall dare
Resist His will, distrust His care,
Or murmur at His wise decrees,
Or doubt His royal promises?

The Lord is King! Child of the dust,
The Judge of all the earth is just;
Holy and true are all His ways;
Let every creature speak His praise.

O when His wisdom can mistake,
His might decay, His love forsake,
Then may His children cease to sing,
“The Lord omnipotent is King!”

Alike pervaded by His eye,
All parts of His dominion lie;
This world of ours, and worlds unseen,
And thin the boundary between.

He reigns! ye saints, exalt your strains;
Your God is King, your Father reigns;
And He is at the Father’s side,
The Man of love, the Crucified.

Come, make your wants, your burdens known;
He will present them at the throne;
And angel bands are waiting there
His messages of love to bear.

One Lord, one empire, all secures;
He reigns, and life and death are yours:
Through earth and Heav’n shall ring,
“The Lord omnipotent is King!”




Tune: Church Triumphant
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Tune: various
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[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us,

we also ought to love one another.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... peace in my heart over His will



You Are Worthy of My Praise
[i]David Ruis[/i]


I will worship (I will worship)
With all of my heart (with all of my heart)
I will praise You (I will praise You)
With all of my strength (all my strength)
I will seek You (I will seek You)
All of my days (all of my days)
And I will follow (I will follow)
All of Your ways (all Your ways)

I will give You all my worship
I will give You all my praise
You alone I long to worship
You alone are worthy of my praise

I will bow down (I will bow down)
Hail You as king (hail You as king)
And I will serve You (I will serve You)
Give You everything (give You everything)
I will lift up (I will lift up)
My eyes to Your throne (my eyes to Your throne)
And I will trust You (I will trust You)
I will trust You alone (trust You alone)

I will give You all my worship
I will give You all my praise
You alone I long to worship
You alone are worthy of my praise




[i]Copyright © 1993 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing. All rights reserved. International copyright secured.[/i]


You Are Worthy of My Praise (E)
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[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 4:12

No one has seen God at any time.


If we love one another,

God abides in us,

and His love has been perfected

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

... answering a very personal prayer



O for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heav'nly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!

Where is that blessedness I knew
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soulrefreshing view
Of Jesus and His Word?

What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their mem'ry still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.

Return, O holy Dove! return,
Sweet messenger of rest!
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,
And drove Thee from my breast.

The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.

So shall my walk be close with God,
Serene and calm my frame;
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.



Tune: Martyrdom (or Avon)
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[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 4:13

By this we know that

we abide in Him

and He in us

because He has given us of His Spirit.[/font][/color][/size][/b]




A text sermon by Ernest O'Neill springing from v 2 of the hymn above.
[url=http://www.worldinvisible.com/life/freelive.htm]http://www.worldinvisible.com/life/freelive.htm[/url]

... His unfailing ministry to my heart, mind, strength and all-round well-being



I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore,
Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more,
But the Master of the sea, heard my despairing cry,
From the waters lifted me, now safe am I.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Love lifted me! Love lifted me!
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me![/i]

All my heart to Him I give, ever to Him I’ll cling
In His blessèd presence live, ever His praises sing,
Love so mighty and so true, merits my soul’s best songs,
Faithful, loving service too, to Him belongs.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Souls in danger look above, Jesus completely saves,
He will lift you by His love, out of the angry waves.
He’s the Master of the sea, billows His will obey,
He your Savior wants to be, be saved today.

[i]Refrain[/i]



Tune: Safety
[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/l/lliftdme.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/l/lliftdme.htm[/url]

Select 'Classic Hymns', [I], I was sinking deep in sin
[url=http://hymnal.net/]http://hymnal.net/[/url]

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[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 4:14

And we have seen

and testify that the Father

has sent

the Son

as Savior of the world.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... the cutting edge of the word of God, and the power of the cross



Jesus, keep me near the cross,
there a precious fountain
free to all, a healing stream
flows from Calvary's mountain.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]In the cross, in the cross,
be my glory ever;
till my raptured soul shall find
rest beyond the river[/i].

Near the cross, a trembling soul,
love and mercy found me;
there the bright and morning star
sheds its beams around me.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
bring its scenes before me;
help me walk from day to day,
with its shadows over me.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand,
Just beyond the river.

[i]Refrain[/i]




[url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/j/j103.html]http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/j/j103.html[/url]

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[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 4:15

Whoever confesses that Jesus

is the Son of God, God abides in him

and he in God. [/font][/color][/size][/b]

... an important landmark in my life as a parent



I will offer a sacrifice of praise

I will give thanks to Him who knoweth all my days

And I will worship

The One Whose Name is Love

Yes I will worship

Jesus my Lord of love.



[i](Tune not available online as far as I know.)[/i]




[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New] 1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love

that God has for us.


God is love

and he who abides in love

abides in God

and God in him.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... His continually speaking to me that I might know Him more



I am weak, but Thou art strong;
Jesus, keep me from all wrong;
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be[/i].

Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

[i]Refrain[/i]

When my feeble life is o’er,
Time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently, safely o’er
To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.

[i]Refrain[/i]




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[b][size=small][font=Courier New][color=006699]1 John 4:17

Love has been perfected among us

in this: that we may have boldness

in the day of judgment;

because as He is,

so are we in this world.[/font][/size][/b][/color]

I am including this contemporary song. It is so beautiful and so complete, that it would seem anticlimatic to add any more thoughts:

HOW DEEP THE FATHER’S LOVE FOR US,
How vast beyond all measure,
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure.
How great the pain of searing loss –
The Father turns His face away,
As wounds which mar the Chosen One
Bring many sons to glory.

Behold the man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders;
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers.
It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished;
His dying breath has brought me life –
I know that it is finished.

I will not boast in anything,
No gifts, no power, no wisdom;
But I will boast in Jesus Christ,
His death and resurrection.
Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer;
But this I know with all my heart –
His wounds have paid my ransom.

Stuart Townend.
Copyright © 1995 Thankyou Music

_________________
Diane

... convicting me of a very wrong attitude; He is faithful...



(KJV)Acts 17

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, [b]his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry[/b].

17 [b]Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him[/b].

18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

20 For [b]thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean[/b].

21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, [Ye] [b]men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious[/b].

23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore [b]ye ignorantly worship[/b], him declare I unto you.

24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, [b]and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation[/b];

27 [b]That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us[/b]:

28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

30 [b]And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but [u]now commandeth all men every where to repent[/u][/b]:

31 [b]Because [u]he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge[/u] the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained[/b]; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

32 [b]And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked[/b]: and others said, We will hear thee again of this.

33 So Paul departed from among them.

34 [b]Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed[/b]: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.



Jesus is alive, (Hallelujah!)
Jesus is alive!
His is the blood that ransomed me,
His is the power that sets me free,
His risen life He's given to me,
Yes, Jesus is alive!

...taking me on (to great joy), helping me to face unhappy truths about my 'self'



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love

but perfect love casts out fear

because fear involves torment.


But he who fears has not

been made perfect in love.[/font][/color][/size][/b]



When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done[/i].

Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
And you will keep singing as the days go by.

[i]Refrain[/i]

When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings. Wealth can never buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.

[i]Refrain[/i]

So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
Do not be disheartened, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.

[i]Refrain[/i]



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