HAPPY

Oh, happy day, that fixed my choice

On thee, my Savior and my God!

Well may this glowing heart rejoice,

And tell its raptures all abroad.

                            -- Philip Doddridge

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first-fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (II Thessalonians 2:13-14).

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle to the glory of God: O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice (Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751).

FALLING

The more anyone excels in grace, the more he ought to be afraid of falling. --- John Calvin

 

So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! (I Corinthians 10:12)

 

But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one (II Thessalonians 3:3)

 

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle to the glory of God: Yield Not to Temptation (Horatio R. Palmer)

STRUGGLE

How daily, hourly, is the struggle with sin and fear and temptations -- it is never over! --- J. J. Bonar

 

And He said, temptations to sin are sure to come...(Luke 17:1).

 

No temptation has taken you, but such as is common to man... I Corinthians

 

But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one (II Thessalonians 3:3).

 

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle, to the glory of God:

Yield Not to Temptation (Horatio Palmer, 1868).

PROVIDENCE

God's providence. A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly problems. It is almost equally true that a clear and full apprehension of the universal providence of God is the solution of most theological problems. -- Benjamin B. Warfield

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand are power and might, and in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank You, our God, and praise Your glorious name (I Chronicles 29:11-13).

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word (II Thessalonians 2:16).

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle, to the glory of God: Children of the Heavenly Father, Carolina V. S. Berg, 1856. 

Work

Good Morning!

Throw your soul into the work as if your one employer were the Lord! ---- R. C. H. Lenski

Slaves, obey your earthly masters [employers?]with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does this he will receive back from the Lord... (Ephesians 6:5-8; see also II Thessalonians 3:6-12). 

A hymn to be read or sung aloud and offered in worship to God: JESUS, MASTER WHOSE I AM.