Thomas Ken wrote these words over 400 years ago, and it’s from this text that we get the Doxology, still sung in churches around the world. It’s usually to the tune of the Old Hundredth. This is my first real shot at songwriting, at least since high school music theory class, so don’t be too…
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Today’s Trouble
“Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.” Psalm 5:3 NLT “But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them sing joyful praises forever. Spread your protection over them, that all who love your name may be filled with joy. For you…
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How Can I Keep From Singing?
We’ve been learning this song the last few weeks in a small group meeting at church. We’ll be singing it Sunday morning for the first time with the congregation as a whole. What a wonderful song to use to begin a morning of praise and worship, because, really, how can I keep from singing? It…
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Joy Comes in the Morning
Wake up, wake up you sleepy head, Get up, get out of your bed. Cheer up, cheer up the sun is red, Live, love, laugh and be happy! And don’t forget to give praise to God, whose mercies are new every day.
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Praise the LORD!
One Psalm, three great hymns. Read Psalm 117 in all its brevity, and then see how two different hymn writers interpreted it. The hymns came from C H Spurgeon’s Our Own Hymn-Book. Psalm 117 Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of…
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Acknowledgements
Credit. We all want it. It’s a pride thing, isn’t it? If we do something notable, don’t we want people to know about it? I know I certainly do, and I especially don’t want somebody else to get credit for something I’ve done. In my bible reading this morning (Matthew 9 and 10), I read…