Great Is Thy Faithfulness

 Lamentations 3:22-23  It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not

[23] They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Just as every new day brings it’s problems, so each day witnesses a new, unfailing, all-sufficient supply of God’s marvelous, matchless, wonderful, amazing grace.

God’s faithfulness is seen in the fact that we woke up this morning in our right minds with air to breath, food to eat, people we love around us, etc.  

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

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Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,  —    There is no shadow of turning with Thee.  —    Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not.  —    As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

CHORUS:

Great is Thy faithfulness!  —    Great is Thy faithfulness!  —    Morning by morning new mercies I see.  —    All I have needed Thy hand hath provided.  —    Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest;  —  Sun, moon and stars in their courses above  —    Join with all nature in manifold witness  —    To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,  —   Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;  —    Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,  —    Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside.

Thomas O. Chisholm  1923

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. Also, “Then Sings My Soul”.

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How Great Thou Art

 Psalm 8:3-4,9 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 

[4] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 

[9] O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

"How Great Thou Art" is a hymn based on a Swedish poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg in 1885, the melody a Swedish folk song. 

Stuart K. Hine, a British Missionary, translated it from Russian to English and added two original verses of his own composition.

Though only a paraphrase, it captures the original awe and wonder of Carl Boberg's poem. 

Hine added the third verse about his amazement that Jesus would die for our sins.

Sing this song and worship.

How Great Thou Art

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O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,    —   Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;    —   I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,    —   Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

CHORUS:

Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee,    —   How great Thou art, How great Thou art.    —   Then sings my soul, My Savior  God, to Thee,    —   How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

When through the woods, and forest glades I wander, — And hear the  birds sing sweetly in the trees.    —   When I look down, from lofty mountains grandeur    —   And see the brook, and feel the gentile breeze.

And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;  —  Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;    —   That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,    —   He bled and died to take away my sin.

When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation, — And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.    —   Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,    —   And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. Also, “Then Sings My Soul”.

Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

 1 Corinthians 15:10  But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

The Apostle Paul tells of God’s Grace in his life. 

The dictionary defines grace as, "unmerited help given to people by God." 

But Grace is much more than that. This definition is more thorough:

"The merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues." 

That is grace! Without the Grace of God where would we be?

Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

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Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,    —    Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;    —    Streams of mercy, never ceasing,    —    Call for songs of loudest praise.    —    Teach me some melodious sonnet,    —    Sung by flaming tongues above;    —    Praise His Name! I’m fixed upon it,    —    Name of God’s redeeming love.

Oh, to grace how great a debtor,    —    Daily I’m constrained to be!    —    Let Thy goodness like a fetter,    —    Bind my yielded heart to Thee.    —    Prone to wander, Lord I feel it,    —    Prone to leave the God I love.     —    Here’s my heart, oh take and seal it,    —    Seal it for Thy courts above. 

Robert Robinson   1758

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. Also, “Then Sings My Soul”.

Jesus, Hold My Hand

 Knowing we are never alone is a great blessing.

It means that in every valley, every dark night of the soul, every illness, every situation in life—we have the blessed presence of the Lord to sustain us and comfort us. [Matt. 28:20; Heb. 13:5].

When we can’t see God, the Lord is holding our hand.

Sometimes it’s hard to pray or we feel weak in faith. 

That’s when we need to reach out to Jesus, whether to confess a sin or for assurance. He is there. He was there all the time. 

Psalm 73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

Jesus, Hold My Hand

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As I travel through this pilgrim land,   —    There is a friend who walks with me.   —    Leads me safely through the sinking sand,   —    It is the Christ of Calvary.   —    This would be my prayer, dear Lord, each day   —    To help me do the best I can; —   For I need Thy light to guide me day and night,   —    Blessed Jesus, hold my hand. 

CHORUS:

Jesus, hold my hand,   —    I need Thee every hour.   —    Through this pilgrim land,   —    Protect me by Thy power.   —    Hear my feeble plea   —    O Lord, look down on me.   —    When I kneel in prayer   —    I want to meet You there,   —    Blessed Jesus, hold my hand.

Let me travel in the light divine  —  That I may see the blessed way. — Keep me that I may be wholly Thine — And sing 'Redemption's Song' some day.   —    I will be a soldier brave and true —  And ever firmly take a stand. — As I onward go and daily meet the foe,   —    Blessed Jesus, hold my hand.

Albert E. Brumley

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. Also, “Then Sings My Soul”.

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Because He Lives

 John 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 

[17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

[18] Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Wherever we find ourselves today, we need to know Jesus, because He is our hope — hope that the future will be better. 

When we give our unwanted diagnosis or trial or stress to Jesus, He will carry us through it, sheltering us with love and peace. Keep the faith.

I know about peace through cancer. 

Seek Jesus if you don’t know Him. You need Him.

Because He Lives I can face tomorrow.           

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God sent His son, they called Him, Jesus;    —   He came to love, heal and forgive;  —  He lived and died to buy my pardon,  — An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives!

Chorus:

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,    —   Because He lives, all fear is gone,  — Because I know He holds the future,  —  And life is worth the living,    —   Just because He lives!

How sweet to hold a newborn baby,    —   And feel the pride and joy he brings;  —  But greater still the calm assurance:  —  This child can face uncertain days because He Lives!

And then one day, I'll cross the river,    —   I'll fight life's final war with pain;  —  And then, as death gives way to victory,  —  I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives!

Gloria Gaither and William J. Gaither

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. Also, “Then Sings My Soul”.

There Is Power In The Blood

 Hebrews 9:22  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Thank God, there is power in the blood!  No matter what you give Jesus, He will wash it in His blood and make it over again.

The Blood of Jesus has all the power we need to defeat the devil.

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

There Is Power In The Blood

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Would you be free from the burden of sin?  —   There's power in the blood, power in the blood;  —   Would you o'er evil a victory win?  —   There's wonderful power in the blood.

Chorus:

There is power, power, wonder-working power  —   In the blood of the Lamb.— There is power, power, wonder-working power — In the precious blood of the Lamb.

Would you be free from your passion and pride?  —   There's power in the blood, power in the blood;  —   Come for a cleansing to Calvary's tide;  —   There's wonderful power in the blood. 

Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?  —   There's power in the blood, power in the blood;  —   Sin stains are lost in its life-giving flow;  —   There's wonderful power in the blood. 

Would you do service for Jesus your King?  —   There's power in the blood, power in the blood;  —   Would you live daily His praises to sing?  —   There's wonderful power in the blood.

Lewis E. Jones. 

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. Also, “Then Sings My Soul”.

‘Til The Storm Passes By

 It seems that Year 2020 will go down as a storm, howling it’s thunder on everybody in one way or another.  

Thank the good Lord for assurance that He will keep us safe ‘till the storm passes by. 

Psalm 107:29  He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

I get so carried away when I play this on the piano at church, throwing my hand to the lowest notes to make thunder and rolling arpeggios to the highest to roll the clouds away.

‘Til The Storm Passes By

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In the dark of the midnight have I oft hid my face, — While the storm howls above me, and there's no hiding place.  —  'Mid the crash of the thunder,  —  Precious Lord, hear my cry,  —  Keep me safe till the storm passes by.

Chorus

Till the storm passes over, —  till the thunder sounds no more, — ill the clouds roll forever from the sky;  —  Hold me fast, let me stand in the hollow of Thy hand,  —  Keep me safe till the storm passes by.

Many times Satan whispered, "There is no need to try, —  For there's no end of sorrow, there's no hope by and by."  —  But I know Thou art with me, and tomorrow I'll rise  —  Where the storms never darken the skies.

When the long night has ended and the storms come no more, —  Let me stand in Thy presence on that bright peaceful shore; — In that land where the tempest, never comes,  —  Lord, may I Dwell with Thee when the storm passes by.

Mosie Lister

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. Also, “Then Sings My Soul”.