POSTURE

Worship. Posture in worship is too often imposture. Thomas Watson.

 

Come, let us sing to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of Our Salvation (Psalm 95:1).

 

 

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle to the glory of God: O Come, Let Us Sing to The Lord(Scottish Psalter, 1650).

DOING

Oh, that I was all heart and soul and spirit to tell the glorious gospel of Christ to perishing multitudes! ---- Rowland Hill.

 

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we don't give up (Galatians 6:9).

 

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

O Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord --- Scottish Psalter, 1650.

KNOWING

God knows what He is doing and He is not under any obligation to make us any explanation. ---- Elisabeth Elliot

 

Oh, the depth of the riches of the goodness and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond our tracing out! (Romans 11:33).

 

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle, to the glory of God: God Is Working His Purposes Out, Ray Palmer (1858).

LIFE

Life.  The world is only a passage-room to eternity, the world is to us as the wilderness was to Israel, not to rest in but to travel through. --- Anonymous.

 

He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night. They asked, and He brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock, and water gushed out, like a river it flowed in the desert. For He remembered HIs holy promise given to His servant Abraham. He brought out His people with rejoicing, His chosen ones with shouts of joy; He gave them the lands of the nations and they fell heir to what others had toiled for --- that they might keep His precepts and observe His laws. Praise the LORD. (Psalm 105:39-45).

 

For this God is our God for ever and ever; He will be our guide even to the end (Psalm 48:14).

 

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle, to the glory of God: Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah(William Williams, 1745).

CONVICTION

Conviction of sin.  The consciousness of sin alone leads men to turn to the Saviour from sin, and the consciousness of sin comes only when men are brought face to face with the law of God. ---- J. Gresham Machen

 

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me (Psalm 51:1-3).

 

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle, to the glory of God: My Sins, My Sins, My Savior! John S. B. Monsell 1863.

NEED

"It is worthwhile to notice what kind of trouble it was that so stirred the compassion of Jesus at this time. It was because he saw the people as sheep not having a shepherd. It was not their hunger, nor their poverty, nor their sicknesses, but their spiritual need that so deeply touched his compassion. There were no wise, gentle, thoughtful pastors watching over the higher interests of their immortal nature, feeding them with heavenly bread, protecting them from the wolves of sin and lust and leading them in right paths." J. R. Miller, quoted by Kathleen Curto, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

 

When he [Jesus] went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things (Mark 6:34).

 

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

Come unto Me. Ye Weary. William C. Dix, 1867

UNITY

Unity in the Faith.  Nothing does so much harm to the cause of religion as the quarrels of Christians. -- J. C. Ryle

 

I therefore...urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit...(Ephesians 4:1-4a)

 

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle, to the glory of God: How Beautiful the Sight (James Montgomery, 1771-1854).