... continuing His blessing to my life



Give me a new, a perfect heart,
From doubt, and fear, and sorrow free;
The mind which was in Christ impart,
And let my spirit cleave to Thee.

O take this heart of stone away!
Thy sway it doth not, cannot own;
In me no longer let it stay;
O take away this heart of stone!

Cause me to walk in Christ my Way;
And I Thy statutes shall fulfill,
In every point Thy law obey,
And perfectly perform Thy will.

Within me Thy good Spirit place,
Spirit of health, and love, and power;
Plant in me Thy victorious grace,
And sin shall never enter more.

O that I now, from sin released,
Thy Word may to the utmost prove!
Enter into the promised rest,
The Canaan of Thy perfect love.

Now let me gain perfection’s height;
Now let me into nothing fall,
Be less than nothing in Thy sight,
And feel that Christ is all in all.



Tune: Overberg
[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/m/n/gmnphart.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/m/n/gmnphart.htm[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 5:8

And there are three that bear witness

in earth, the Spirit,

and the water and the blood

and these three agree in one.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... making me know I'm in the Body of Christ




Ring the bells of Heaven! There is joy today,
For a soul, returning from the wild!
See, the Father meets him out upon the way,
Welcoming His weary, wandering child.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Glory! Glory! How the angels sing:
Glory! Glory! How the loud harps ring!
’Tis the ransomed army, like a mighty sea,
Pealing forth the anthem of the free.[/i]

Ring the bells of Heaven! There is joy today,
For the wanderer now is reconciled;
Yes, a soul is rescued from his sinful way,
And is born anew a ransomed child.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Ring the bells of Heaven! Spread the feast today!
Angels, swell the glad triumphant strain!
Tell the joyful tidings, bear it far away!
For a precious soul is born again.

[i]Refrain[/i]



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

[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/r/i/ringbell.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/r/i/ringbell.htm[/url]




[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 5:9

If we receive the witness of men

the witness of God is greater,

for this is the witness of God

which He has testified of His Son. [/font][/color][/size][/b]

... His peace.... more than usual of it



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 5:10

He who believes in the Son of God

has the witness in himself;

he who does not believe God

has made Him a liar

because he has not believed the testimony

that God has given of His Son.[/font][/color][/size][/b]



In heavenly love abiding,
No change my heart shall fear;
And safe is such confiding,
For nothing changes here:
The storm may roar without me,
My heart may low be laid;
But God is round about me,
And can I be dismayed?

Wherever he may guide me,
No want shall turn me back;
My Shepherd is beside me,
And nothing can I lack.
His wisdom ever waketh,
His sight is never dim:
He knows the way he taketh,
And I will walk with him.

Green pastures are before me,
Which yet I have not seen;
Bright skies will soon be o’er me,
Where the dark clouds have been.
My hope I cannot measure:
My path to life is free:
My Saviour has my treasure,
And he will walk with me.



Tune: Penlan
[url=http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/in_heavenly_love_abiding.html]http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/in_heavenly_love_abiding.html[/url]

... the saints who make this fellowship real



Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into battle see His banners go!

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before[/i].

At the sign of triumph Satan’s host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
Brothers lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
One in hope and doctrine, one in charity.

[i]Refrain[/i]

What the saints established that I hold for true.
What the saints believèd, that I believe too.
Long as earth endureth, men the faith will hold,
Kingdoms, nations, empires, in destruction rolled.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,
But the church of Jesus constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never gainst that church prevail;
We have Christ’s own promise, and that cannot fail.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.
Glory, laud and honor unto Christ the King,
This through countless ages men and angels sing.

[i]Refrain[/i]



Tune: St Gertrude
[url=http://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0871_i.mid]http://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0871_i.mid[/url]

[url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/o/o812.html]http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/o/o812.html[/url]

[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/n/onwardcs.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/n/onwardcs.htm[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony

that God has given us eternal life

and this life is in His Son. [/font][/color][/size][/b]

... health and strength and His Spirit's whisperings



The King of love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never,
I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine forever.

Where streams of living water flow
My ransomed soul He leadeth,
And where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.

Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me.

In death’s dark vale I fear no ill
With Thee, dear Lord, beside me;
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy cross before to guide me.

Thou spread’st a table in my sight;
Thy unction grace bestoweth;
And O what transport of delight
From Thy pure chalice floweth!

And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise
Within Thy house forever.



Tune: Dominus Regit Me
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0002/x000215.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0002/x000215.htm[/url]

[url=http://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0187_i.mid]http://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0187_i.mid[/url]




[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 5:12

He who has the Son has life;

he who does not have the Son of God

does not have life.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... answering a cry of my heart, yesterday



O Love divine, what hast thou done!
The immortal God hath died for me!
The Father’s co-eternal Son
Bore all my sins upon the tree.
Th’immortal God for me hath died:
My Lord, my Love, is crucified!

Is crucified for me and you,
To bring us rebels back to God.
Believe, believe the record true,
Ye all are bought with Jesus’ blood.
Pardon for all flows from His side:
My Lord, my Love, is crucified!

Behold and love, ye that pass by,
The bleeding Prince of life and peace!
Come, sinners, see your Savior die,
And say, “Was ever grief like His?”
Come, feel with me His blood applied:
My Lord, my Love, is crucified!

Then let us sit beneath His cross,
And gladly catch the healing stream:
All things for Him account but loss,
And give up all our hearts to Him:
Of nothing think or speak beside,
My Lord, my Love, is crucified!



Tune: Se­le­na
[url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/l/olovediv.htm]http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/l/olovediv.htm[/url]

[url=http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh287.sht]http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh287.sht[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 5:13

These things I have written to you

who believe in the name of the Son of God,

that you may know that

you have eternal life

and that you may [continue to] believe

in the name of the Son of God.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... the outworking of yesterday's answered heart cry, and new understanding



While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around,
And glory shone around.

“Fear not!” said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind.
“[b]Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind
To you and all mankind[/b].

“To you, in David’s town, this day
Is born of David’s line
A Savior, who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign,
And this shall be the sign.

“The heavenly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid,
And in a manger laid.”

Thus spake the seraph and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God on high,
Who thus addressed their song,
Who thus addressed their song:

“[b]All glory be to God on high,
And to the Earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from Heaven to men
Begin and never cease,
Begin and never cease![/b]”


No last line repeat in tune 'Winchester Old'
[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/s/wshepwtf.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/s/wshepwtf.htm[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 5:14

Now this is the confidence that

we have in Him, that if we ask anything

according to His will,

He hears us.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... speaking to me through William Tyndale's translation of Romans 8-)



Abba Father, let me be
Yours and Yours alone;
May my will forever be
Ever more Your own;

Never let my heart grow cold
Never let me go...;

Abba father, let me be
Yours and Yours alone.



[url=http://www.pwarchive.com/song.aspx?SongID=2370&v=1]http://www.pwarchive.com/song.aspx?SongID=2370&v=1[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 5:15

And if we know that He hears us,

whatever we ask,

we know that we have the petitions

that we have asked of Him.[/font][/color][/size][/b]




[i](Tyndale's New Testament.
A modern-spelling edition of the 1534 translation with an introduction by David Daniell.

Softcover ISBN 0-300-06580-9)[/i]

... a special time with my departing (to University) daughter



JESUS, all-atoning Lamb,
Thine, and only thine, I am;
Take my body, spirit, soul;
Only thou possess the whole.

Thou my one thing needful be;
Let me ever cleave to thee;
Let me choose the better part;
Let me give thee all my heart.

Fairer than the sons of men,
Do not let me turn again,
Leave the fountain-head of bliss,
Stoop to creature-happiness.

Whom have I on earth below?
Thee, and only thee, I know;
Whom have I in heaven but thee?
Thou art all in all to me.

All my treasure is above,
All my riches is thy love:
Who the worth of love can tell?
Infinite, unsearchable!

Thou, O love, my portion art:
Lord, thou know'st my simple heart!
Other comforts I despise,
Love be all my paradise.

Nothing else can I require,
Love fills up my whole desire;
All thy other gifts remove,
Still thou giv'st me all in love!


[i]Charles Wesley[/i]



Tune: Newington
[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/t/f/tforever.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/t/f/tforever.htm[/url]

Tune: Orientis Partibus
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0011/x001124.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0011/x001124.htm[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]1 John 5:16

If anyone sees his brother sinning

a sin which does not lead to death,

he will ask, and He will give him

life for those who commit sin

not leading to death.


There is sin leading to death.

I do not say that he should pray about that. [/font][/color][/size][/b]

SermonIndex!!!

God bless you all with the Lord Himself,
richie

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Richie