... taking me up [i]immediately[/i] on something I asked Him to do for me. :-D Amen!



I will sing of my Redeemer,
And His wondrous love to me;
On the cruel cross He suffered,
From the curse to set me free.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Sing, oh sing, of my Redeemer,
With His blood, He purchased me.
On the cross, He sealed my pardon,
Paid the debt, and made me free.[/i]

I will tell the wondrous story,
How my lost estate to save,
In His boundless love and mercy,
He the ransom freely gave.

[i]Refrain[/i]

I will praise my dear Redeemer,
His triumphant power I’ll tell,
How the victory He giveth
Over sin, and death, and hell.

[i]Refrain[/i]

I will sing of my Redeemer,
And His heav’nly love to me;
He from death to life hath brought me,
Son of God with Him to be.

[i]Refrain[/i]



[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/y/myrdeemr.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/y/myrdeemr.htm[/url]



Galatians 4:12 - 16
Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I [i]became[/i] like you. You have not injured me at all. You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first. And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, [i]even[/i] as Christ Jesus. What then was the blessing you [i]enjoyed?[/i]

For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

... strength and daily opportunity to abandon the treasures of Egypt



Oh, the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Wealth that can never be told!
Riches exhaustless of mercy and grace,
Precious, more precious than gold!

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Precious, more precious,
Wealth that can never be told!
Oh, the unsearchable riches of Christ!
Precious, more precious than gold.[/i]

Oh, the unsearchable riches of Christ!
Who shall their greatness declare?
Jewels whose luster our lives may adorn,
Pearls that the poorest may wear!

[i]Refrain[/i]

Oh, the unsearchable riches of Christ!
Freely, how freely they flow,
Making the souls of the faithful and true
Happy wherever they go!

[i]Refrain[/i]

Oh, the unsearchable riches of Christ!
Who would not gladly endure
Trials, afflictions, and crosses on earth,
Riches like these to secure!

[i]Refrain[/i]


[i]Fanny Crosby[/i]



Tune: Unsearchable Riches
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000097.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000097.htm[/url]

[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/u/n/unsearch.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/u/n/unsearch.htm[/url]



Galatians 4:16 - 26
Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

[b]They zealously court you[/b], [i]but[/i]] [b]for no good[/b]; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them.

But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, 20 I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.

Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?

For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he [i]who was[/i] of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, [u]which things are symbolic[/u]. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar -- for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children -- but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.

... more of His grace




My Savior’s praises I will sing,
And all His love express;
Whose mercies each returning day
Proclaim His faithfulness.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]“Every day will I bless Thee!
Every day will I bless Thee!
And I will praise, will praise Thy Name
For ever and ever!”[/i]

Redeemed by His almighty power,
My Savior and my King;
My confidence in Him I place,
To Him my soul would cling.

[i]Refrain[/i]

On Thee alone, my Savior, God,
My steadfast hopes depend;
And to Thy holy will my soul
Submissively would bend.

[i]Refrain[/i]

O grant Thy Holy Spirit’s grace,
And aid my feeble powers,
That gladly I may follow Thee
Thro’ all my future hours.

[i]Refrain[/i]




[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/e/d/edwibthe.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/e/d/edwibthe.htm[/url]



Galatians 4:27 - 31
For it is written:
"Rejoice, O barren,
[i]You[/i] who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband."

Now we, brethren, as Isaac [i]was,[/i] are children of promise. But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him [i]who was born[/i] according to the Spirit, even so [i]it is[/i] now. Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman."

So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

... the treasures of wisdom and knowledge He hid in Christ Jesus

and sunshine



One there is, above all others,
Well deserves the name of Friend;
His is love beyond a brother’s,
Costly, free, and knows no end:
They who once His kindness prove,
Find it everlasting love!

Which of all our friends to save us,
Could or would have shed their blood?
But our Jesus died to have us
Reconciled, in Him to God:
This was boundless love indeed!
Jesus is a Friend in need.

Men, when raised to lofty stations,
Often know their friends no more;
Slight and scorn their poor relations
Though they valued them before.
But our Savior always owns
Those whom He redeemed with groans.

When He lived on earth abasèd,
Friend of sinners was His name;
Now, above all glory raisèd,
He rejoices in the same:
Still He calls them brethren, friends,
And to all their wants attends.

Could we bear from one another,
What He daily bears from us?
Yet this glorious Friend and Brother,
Loves us though we treat Him thus:
Though for good we render ill,
He accounts us brethren still.




Tune: (Godesberg) Gott Des Himmels
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0013/x001302.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0013/x001302.htm[/url]

'God of' under 'G', find Gott des Himmels und der Erden
[url=http://ingeb.org/spirigod.html]http://ingeb.org/spirigod.html[/url]




Galatians 4:30, 31
Nevertheless what does the Scripture say?

"Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman."

So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

... the constancy of His goodness to me



Lamp of our feet whereby we trace
Our path when wont to stray;
Stream from the fount of heav’nly grace,
Brook by the traveler’s way.

Bread of our souls whereon we feed,
True manna from on high;
Our guide and chart wherein we read
Of realms beyond the sky.

Pillar of fire, through watches dark,
Or radiant cloud by day;
When waves would break our tossing bark,
Our anchor and our stay.

Word of the ever living God,
Will of His glorious Son;
Without Thee, how could earth be trod
Or Heav’n itself be won?

Yet to unfold thy hidden worth,
Thy mysteries to reveal,
That Spirit which first gave thee forth,
Thy volume must unseal.

Lord, grant us all aright to learn
The wisdom it imparts
And to its heavenly teaching turn
With simple, childlike hearts.



Tune: Beatitudo
[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/a/lampofof.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/a/lampofof.htm[/url]

Tune: Sheffield (Mather)
[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/p/r/praisetw.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/p/r/praisetw.htm[/url]



Galatians 5:2 - 6
Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. You have become estranged from Christ, you who [i]attempt to[/i] be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

... the way He weaves things together to bring about His will in more lives than mine - vision, hope, grace and faith




As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after Thee
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship Thee

[i]Chorus[/i]
[i]You alone are my strength, my shield
To you alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship Thee[/i]

You're my friend and you are my brother
Even though you are a king
I love you more than any other
So much more than anything

[i]Chorus[/i]

I want you more than gold or silver
Only you can satisfy
You alone are the real joy giver
And the apple of my eye

[i]Chorus[/i]



[url=http://ingeb.org/spiritua/asthedee.html]http://ingeb.org/spiritua/asthedee.html[/url]

[url=http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/as_the_deer_pants_for_the_water.html]http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/as_the_deer_pants_for_the_water.html[/url]

[url=http://my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis2/deer.html]http://my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis2/deer.html[/url]



Galatians 5:7 - 11
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

This persuasion does not [i]come[/i] from Him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

... strength for the day - a long day...




O that I could my Lord receive,
Who did the world redeem,
Who gave his life, that I might live
A life concealed in him!

O that I could the blessing prove,
My heart's extreme desire,
Live happy in my Saviour's love,
And in his arms expire!

Mercy I ask to seal my peace,
That, kept by mercy's power,
I may from every evil cease
And never grieve thee more.

Now if thy gracious will it be,
Even now, my sins remove
And set my soul at liberty,
By thy victorious love.

In answer to ten thousand prayers,
Thou pardoning God, descend;
Number me with salvation's heirs,
My sins and troubles end.

Nothing I ask or want beside,
Of all in earth or heaven,
But let me feel thy blood applied,
And live and die forgiven.



[i]Charles Wesley[/i]



Tune: St Agnes (Dykes)
[url=http://hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0209_i.mid]http://hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0209_i.mid[/url]

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Galatians 5:12 - 18
I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off! For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not [i]use[/i] liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [i]even[/i] in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

... working His life into me through normal circumstances and relationships




The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame
Their great Original proclaim.

Th’unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator’s powers display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty Hand.

Soon as the evening shades prevail
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;

While all the stars that round her burn
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.

What though in solemn silence all
Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid the radiant orbs be found?

In reason’s ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice,
Forever singing as they shine,
“The hand that made us is divine.”



Tune: Creation (Hadyn)
[url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t352.html]http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t352.html[/url]

Tune: Wareham
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0004/x000456.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0004/x000456.htm[/url]



[i]from Psalm 19 (NKJV)

1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.
2 Day unto day utters speech,
And night unto night reveals knowledge.
3 [/i]There is[i] no speech nor language
[/i]Where[i] their voice is not heard.
4 Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.
In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which [/i]is[i] like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
[/i]And[i] rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
6 Its rising [/i]is[i] from one end of heaven,
And its circuit to the other end;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

7 The law of the LORD [/i]is[i] perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the LORD [/i]is[i] sure, making wise the simple;
8 The statutes of the LORD [/i]are[i] right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the LORD [/i]is[i] pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 The fear of the LORD [/i]is[i] clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD [/i]are[i] true [/i]and[i] righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired [/i]are they[i] than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
[/i]And[i] in keeping them [/i]there is[i] great reward.
12 Who can understand [/i]his[i] errors?
Cleanse me from secret [/i]faults.[i]
13 Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous [/i]sins;[i]
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer[/i].

... boxing me into a corner from which the only way out was through Him



For God so loved the world
He gave His only Son
To die on Calv'ry's tree,
From sin to set me free;
Some day He's coming back,
What glory that will be!
Wonderful His love to me!



Click 'Listen' to hear the song
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Galatians 5:19 - 21
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told [i]you[/i] in time past, that those who practise such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

... a heart [i][b]for[/i][/b] victory



O for a heart of calm repose
Amid the world’s loud roar,
A life that like a river flows
Along a peaceful shore!

Come, Holy Spirit! still my heart
With gentleness divine;
Indwelling peace Thou canst impart;
O make the blessing mine.

Above these scenes of storm and strife
There spreads a region fair;
Give me to live that higher life,
And breathe that heavenly air.

Come, Holy Spirit! breathe that peace
That victory make me win;
Then shall my soul her conflict cease,
And find a heaven within.



Tune: Spohr
[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/f/o4aheart.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/f/o4aheart.htm[/url]

Tune: Belmont
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0005/x000566.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0005/x000566.htm[/url]




Galatians 5:22 - 24
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

And those [i]who are[/i] Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.