SONGS

SONGS OF THANKSGIVING

Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day (I Chronicles 16:23) 

Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving to God the Creator triumphantly raise, who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us, who guides us and leads to the end of our days. His banners are o'er us, His light goes before us, a pillar of fire shining forth in the night, 'til shadows have vanished and darkness is banished, as forward we travel from light into light.

His law He enforces: the stars in their courses, the sun in its orbit, obediently shine; the hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains, the deeps of the ocean proclaim Him divine. We too should be voicing our love and rejoicing, with glad adoration a song let us raise, 'til all things now living unite in thanksgiving to God in the highest, hosanna and praise!  ---- Katherine K. Davis, 1939.  

GIFT

No person is good enough to deserve any of God's blessings; salvation is the free gift of God's unmerited grace to sinners. --- pgs

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior (Titus 3:5-6).

For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God ---- not by works, so that no one can boast  (Ephesians 2:8-9).

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

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Robert Robinson, 1758). 

CAUSE

God's cause is never in danger; what He has begun in the soul or in the world He will complete unto the end.--- B. B. Warfield.

I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day (II Timothy 1:12).

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to in inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (I Peter 1:3-4).

And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son....in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom He predestined He also called, and those whom He called He also justified, and those whom He justified He also glorified (Romans 8:28-30).  

Q. What are the decrees of God? A. The decrees of God are, His eternal purpose, according to the counsel of His will, whereby, for His own glory, He has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass (Westminster Shorter Catechism 7).

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle, to the glory of God: Amazing Grace (John Newton, 1779).

FREEDOM

The freedom of the Christian is freedom in the law. --- Augustus H. Strong

 

You, my brothers were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other (Galatians 5:13-25).

 

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

I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord (Timothy Dwight, 1800). 

PRIDE

Pride is a sin the Lord hates, because it is a sin that sets itself most against him. Other sins are against God's laws, this is against his being and sovereignty --- Spiros Zodhiates.

 

I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly that he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits (Romans 12:3-16).

 

You rebuke the arrogant, who are cursed, and who stray from your commands (Psalm 119:21).

 

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

All For Jesus, (Mary D. James, 1889). 

PRESENCE

The land of promise is empty without God. His Presence bestows favor and assurance on His people and marks them out as His own, for His glory. --- Selected

 

The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest" (Exodus 33:14).

 

Come  to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:30).

 

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle, to the glory of God: Peace, Perfect Peace, (Edward H. Bickersteth, 1875).

PRESERVES

Even in the desert God pities, protects, and preserves   His people. ---- pgs

 

Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: "Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there" (I Kings 17:1-4).

 

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows (Psalm 23:5).

 

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

Showers of Blessing, Daniel W. Whittle, 1883.