He’s All I Need

 Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

One of the most practical ways we get to know God in a personal way is through our daily physical and financial needs. 

He planned it that way because we all need to learn to depend on God, not ourselves.  

He’s All I Need

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He's all I need when I just need someone to talk to,    —   He's always there to hear my prayer each time I call him;  — All my needs He supplies, my thirsty soul He satisfies, — He's the Lord of Lords, He's all I need.

He comforts me when I'm weary and eases every pain, — Fills my deepest longing time and time again;    —   He's my soul's inspiration, my heart's consolation,  — He's my everything, He's all I need.

He's all I need, I need not turn to any other, — For He's a friend I can depend closer than a brother; — On this friend I can rely to be my strength as life goes by,   —   He's the Lord of all, He's all I need.

Jeannie Seely and Dottie West

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Surely Goodness and Mercy

Psalm 23:1,6  The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

[6] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

By the authority of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we can trust Him and call Him our shepherd.

Jesus has been with me every day of my life, and I can’t wait to live in His earthly Kingdom forever. 

Surely Goodness and Mercy

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A pilgrim was I and a-wandering,  —  In the cold night of sin I did roam, — When Jesus the kind Shepherd found me,  — And now I am on my way home.

CHORUS:

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me     —   all the days, all the days of my life.    —   Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me     —   all the days, all the days of my life.

He restoreth my soul when I'm weary. — He giveth me strength day by day. — He leads me beside the still waters. — He guards me each step of the way.

When I walk through the dark lonesome valley,  — My Savior will walk with me there; — And safely His great hand will lead me     — To the mansions He's gone to prepare.

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And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord, forever, —  And I shall feast at the table prepared for me!  — Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me — all the days, all the days of my life. 

John W. Peterson and Alfred B. Smith

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Living For Jesus

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

God’s purpose is that we live for Him.  

If Christ is in us and we in Him, we will show our love for Him by allowing the Holy Spirit to enable us to live for Him.  

We can’t live for Him without the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 

Then watch all things work together for our good. 

Living For Jesus

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Living for Jesus, a life that is true,    —    Striving to please Him in all that I do;  —  Yielding allegiance, glad hearted and free,  —  This is the pathway of blessing for me.

CHORUS:

O Jesus, Lord and Savior,  —  I give myself to Thee,  —  For Thou, in Thy atonement,    —    Didst give Thyself for me.    —    I own no other master,    —    My heart shall be Thy throne.    —    My life I give, henceforth to live,    —    O Christ, for Thee alone.

Living for Jesus who died in my place,  —  Bearing on Calvary my sin and disgrace;b — Such love constrains me to answer His call, — Follow His leading and give Him my all.

Living for Jesus, wherever I am,    —    Doing each duty in His holy name;  —  Willing to suffer affliction and loss,  —  Deeming each trial a part of my cross.

Living for Jesus through earth’s little while,  —  My dearest treasure, the light of His smile; — Seeking the lost ones He died to redeem, —  Bringing the weary to find rest in Him.

Thomas O. Chisholm  1917

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Have Thine Own Way, Lord

 Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

By an act of our will we place our total personalities at the disposal of God.

This is our “reasonable service,” and it is well–pleasing to God.

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

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Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way! — Thou art the Potter, I am the clay. — Mold me and make me after Thy will, —  While I am waiting, yielded and still.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!  —  Search me and try me, Master, today!  —  Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now,  —  As in Thy presence humbly I bow.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!  —  Wounded and weary, help me, I pray!    —    Power, all power, surely is Thine!    —    Touch me and heal me, Savior divine.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!  —  Hold o’er my being absolute sway! — Fill with Thy Spirit till all shall see —  Christ only, always, living in me.

Adelaide A. Pollard   1907

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It is Well With My Soul

 Romans 5:1-2  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 

[2] By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Paul mentions again and again that we have peace through the blood of Jesus Christ, which means that everything is all right between our soul and God. 

That is wonderful peace!

It is Well With My Soul

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When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,   —    When sorrows like sea billows roll;   —    Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me   to say,   —    It is well, it is well with my soul.

CHORUS:

It is well with my soul,   —    It is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,   —    Let this blest assurance control,   —    That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,   —    And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!   —    My sin, not in part but the whole,   —    Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,   —    Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,   —    The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;   —    The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,   —    Even so, it is well with my soul.

Horacio G. Spafford  18773

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Amazing Grace

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Ephesians 2:7-9  That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 

[8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 

[9] Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Thank you, Jesus, for redeeming us from sin when we believed on you. 

Thank you for your saving grace.  That’s why we call it amazing. 

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.

’Twas 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;  — ’Tis grace hath 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  1779

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His Eye is on The Sparrow

Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 

[30] But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

[31] Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Don’t ever worry that Jesus doesn’t know about you and your problem. 

You are valuable to Him.  He knows, and He cares.  

His Eye is on The Sparrow

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Why should I feel discouraged?     —    Why should the shadows come?    —    Why should my heart be lonely and long for heav’n and home?    —    When Jesus is my portion?     —    My constant Friend is He:    —    His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;

CHORUS:

I sing because I’m happy. I sing because I’m free,  —  For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear. —  And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears. — Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;  —  His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

Whenever I am tempted, — Whenever clouds arise, —  When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies; — I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free; — His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;

Civilla D. Martin  1905

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