Through it Akk

 Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Claim Psalm 91:4  as your faith builder. 

Under the wings of God, you learn to trust in Him through every trial.

Through It All

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I've had many tears and sorrows,    —   I've had questions for tomorrow,    —   There's been times I didn't know right from wrong.    —   But in every situation,    —   God gave me blessed consolation,    —   That my trials come to only make me strong.

CHORUS:

Through it all,    —   Through it all,    —   I've learned to trust in Jesus,    —   I've learned to trust in God.    —   Through it all,    —   Through it all,    —   I've learned to depend upon His Word.

I've been to lots of places,  —  And I've seen a lot of faces,  —  There's been times I felt so all alone.    —   But in my lonely hours,    —   Those precious lonely hours,    —   Jesus let me know that I was His own.

I thank God for the mountains,    —   And I thank Him for the valleys. — I thank Him for the storms He brought me through.    —   For if I'd never had a problem,    —   I wouldn't know that God could solve them,    —   I'd never know what faith in God could do.

Andrae Crouch

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Amazing Grace

2 Corinthians 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Imagined the Jewel of Heaven coming down to this earth: 

— to be born in Bethlehem

—  to live in Nazareth

—. to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem 

—. to be put into the darkness of a tomb! 

He was rich but He became poor so you and I could have salvation through grace by faith, Eph. 2:8,9.                                  

Amazing Grace

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Amazing Grace! how sweet the sound,    —   That saved a wretch like me. —  I once was lost but now am found;  — Was blind, but now, I see.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear,    —   And Grace my fears relieved.    —   How precious did that Grace appear    —   The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares  — I have already come. —   T'was Grace that brought me safe thus far,  —  And Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me;    —   His word my hope secures.    —   He will my shield and portion be    —   As long as life endures.

When we've been there ten thousand years    —   Bright shining as the sun.    —   We've no less days to sing God's praise    —   Than when we'd first begun.

John Newton  1772

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Until Ypu’ve Known the Love of God

1 Peter 1:7-9  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 

[8] Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

[9] Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

Those who don’t know Jesus may think such a relationship is foolish, but they don’t know the joy and love and peace they are missing.  

You can know Him and His awesome love. Only believe.  Humbly ask Him to forgive your sins and come into your heart. 

John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Until You’ve Known the Love of God

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If you could own all the world and it's money,    —    Build castles tall enough to reach the sky above;    —    If you could know everything there was to know about life's game,    —    Yet you've known nothing until you've known God and His love.

CHORUS:

Until you've known the loving hand that reaches down to a fallen man    —  And lifts him up from out of sin where he has trod;    —    Until you've known just how it feels to know that God is really real;    —    Then you've known nothing until you've known the love of God.

If in your lifetime you could meet ev'rybody,    —    And you could call every name from here to yon;    —    But if you've not come face to face with Jesus and His saving grace,    —    Then you've known no one until you've known God and His love.

Rusty Goodman

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Where Could I Go?

Psalm 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. 

Do you need a hiding place from this troubled world? 

Well, God is your place to run to.

Where Could I Go?

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Living below, in this old sinful world,    —   Hardly a comfort can afford.    —   Striving alone, to face temptation's sword.    —   Where could I go but to the Lord?

CHORUS:

Where could I go, oh where could I go?    —   Seeking a refuge for my soul.    —   Needing a friend, to help me in the end,    —   Where could I go, but to the Lord?

Neighbors are kind, I love them everyone.    —   We get along in sweet accord.    —   But when my soul, needs manner from above,    —   Where could I go but to the Lord?

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Life here is grand, with friends I love so dear,    —   Comfort I get from God's own word.    —   Yet when I face this chilling hand of death,    —   Where could I go but to the Lord?

J. B. Coats   1907

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Without Him

John 15:5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

No one can be a fruitful branch for the glory of God until they have a vital, life-giving connection to the Vine.  

You must have a born again relationship to Jesus. 

Without Him you can do nothing. 

Without Him

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Without Him I could do nothing.   —    Without Him I'd surely fail.    —    Without Him I would be drifting    —    Like a ship without a sail.

CHORUS:

Jesus, oh Jesus;    —    Do you know Him today?    —    Do not turn Him away.  —  Oh Jesus. Oh Jesus!  —  Without Him, how lost I would be.

Without Him I would be dying.  —  Without Him I'd be enslaved.  —       Without Him life would be hopeless,   —   But with Jesus thank God I'm saved.

Mylon R. LeFevre

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America, The Beautiful

 Galatians 5:1  Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

America was originally founded by Christians seeking freedom of religion.  

Many died for that cause in the Revolutionary War.  

God has abundantly blessed America. 

Today our religious freedom is threatened.  God help us. 

America, The Beautiful

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O beautiful for spacious skies, — For amber waves of grain, — For purple mountain majesties    —   Above the fruited plain!    —   America! America!   —   God shed His grace on thee,   —   And crown thy good with brotherhood    —   From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet  —  Whose stern impassioned stress,  —  A thoroughfare for freedom beat  —  Across the wilderness!    —  America! America!    —   God mend thine every flaw,    —   Confirm thy soul in self-control,    —   Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved   —   In liberating strife,   —   Who more than self their country love   —  And mercy more than life!   —   America! America!   —   May God thy gold refine   —   Till all success be nobleness,    —   And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream  — That sees beyond the years,   —  Thine alabaster cities gleam   —   Undimmed by human tears!   —   America! America!    —   God shed His grace on thee,   —   And crown thy good with brotherhood    —   From sea to shining sea!

Katherine Lee Bates;  First appeared in print on July 4, 1895

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Where We’ll Never Grow Old

Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Thank the good Lord that the troubles of this life can’t follow us to Heaven. 

Whether it be by the rapture or the graveyard, my old feeble body will be changed and I’ll never grow old again. 

Where We’ll Never Grow Old

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I have heard of a land on the faraway strand,    —    ’Tis a beautiful home of the soul; —  Built by Jesus on high, where we never shall die,  — ’Tis a land where we never grow old.

CHORUS:

Never grow old, never grow old,    —    In a land where we’ll never grow old;    —    Never grow old, never grow old,    —    In a land where we’ll never grow old.

In that beautiful home where we’ll never more roam,    —    We shall be in the sweet by and by;    —    Happy praise to the King, through eternity sing,    —    ’Tis a land where we never shall die.

When our work here is done, and the life-crown is won,    —    And our troubles and trials are o’er;    —    All our sorrow will end, and our voices will blend,    —    With the loved ones who’ve gone on before.

James C. Moore  1914

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