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Our King!

Need to be strengthened by God’s grace today?  Here is a newer hymn by Michael Tinker that was featured over at 9Marks blog. Simple words, profound truth!
Our King
Our King is a king of mercy
He gave the blind their sight and the dumb their speech
He healed the sick and raised the dead
Our King is a king [...]

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Lord’s Day Eve Hymn

“God Our Father We Adore Thee”
God, our Father, we adore Thee! We, Thy children, bless Thy Name!
Chosen in the Christ before Thee, we are “holy without blame.”
We adore Thee! We adore Thee! Abba’s praises we proclaim!
We adore Thee! We adore Thee! Abba’s praises we proclaim!
Son Eternal, we adore Thee! Lamb upon the throne on high!
Lamb [...]

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Sing praise to the Father, Creator and King,
Whose mercy has taught us a new song to sing;
Who made us, and loved us though rebels and lost,
And planned our redemption at infinite cost.
Refrain
Bless the Lord, bless the Lord, bless the Lord, O my soul,
For the grace that redeems, for the love that makes whole;
O come and [...]

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Captivated by His beauty

Here’s a moving hymn by Ora Rowan (1834-1879) about the beauty of Christ vs the vanity of idols. It can also be sung to the tunes “‘Tis So Sweet.”
1. Hast thou heard Him, seen Him, known Him?
Is not thine a captured heart?
Chief among ten thousand own Him;
Joyful choose the better part
2. Idols oft they win [...]

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A bulwark never failing

Pastor Steve Lawson relates, “Martin Luther is one of the key figures in church history, a man mightily used by God to bring reformation to the church. The year 1527 was the most difficult of his life. After ten demanding years of leading the Reformation, a dizzy spell overcome him in the middle of [...]

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This hymn reminds us that when we are once in heaven and look back on our life we will realize how much more we owe to God’s mercy and grace than we ever realized in this life.
When this passing world is done,
When has sunk yon glaring sun,
When we stand with Christ in glory,
Looking o’er life’s [...]

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Jesus, how sweet your. . .

Jesus, how sweet your virgin birth,
Deep, lovely mystery:
Out from the unsewn womb sprang forth
God of eternity!
I kneel before your bed so rough,
My Savior in a feeding trough,
Divine before the world began,
And now in time become a man.
Jesus, how sweet your life on earth,
Your public ministry,
Your miracles of saving worth
O’er sin and misery;
I hear in reverential [...]

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John Piper’s notes from a recent message on why we can trust the Bible.
Read the Bible, not this book (which will probably be a best seller), if you want to really know Jesus Christ for as one discerning reader writes, “The Jesus of this story may go by the same name as the Jesus of [...]

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A hymn for Lord’s Day Eve

“We love him because He first loved us!” (1 John 4:19)
My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
I love Thee because Thou has first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on [...]

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Sing Praise to the Father

Sing praise to the Father, Creator and King,
Whose mercy has taught us a new song to sing;
Who made us, and loved us though rebels and lost,
And planned our redemption at infinite cost.
Refrain
Bless the Lord, bless the Lord, bless the Lord, O my soul,
For the grace that redeems, for the love that makes whole;
O come and [...]

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