This morning I was thinking of the decision made to follow Jesus and I thought of this well-known hymn. I didn’t know that it came from India. The story behind it is truly moving. Think of missionaries in a re
18. Psalm 40:2-3 “He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.”...
John Newton (1725-1807) – wikipedia Cowper’s friendship withJohn Newton[hence the combined Museum in their names] was foundational in many ways in Cowper’s life and writings. Newton was a former captain of a slave ship who became a staunch abolitionist, wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace,” ...
Taking into account the greatness of God’s works, we should praise Him, and never stop praising Him! The angels surrounding God’s throne see His greatness of His works, and they never stop praising Him! ___ Music: HERE is my favorite praise hymn, “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty...
It was inspired into being a very catchy hymn that many might know but at its core it is a reflection of God changing the heart of the sinner. The song goes “Create in me a clean heart, O God/ And renew a right spirit within me.” ...
Learning Activity #1:Choose a hymn that your students may not be familiar with and sing together as a class. Explain any words the students may not understand. As you teach the song tell the students that singing songs that focus on God and His character help us in our times of difficulty...
and the prayers for the subjugation of our enemies and adversaries by saying that they are evil, nevertheless these prayers and others, such as the Hymn of the Cherubim, the Chosen Warriors, as well as the whole sacrament of the Eucharist, in fact nearly two thirds of the service, if not...
a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 111 The Sin, which..from the *God-detesting Spirit streams.1895J. Smith Message Exod. xv. 250 This *God-disowning, good-defying spirit.1718Rowe tr. Lucan 180 The wily, fearful, *God-dissembling Maid.1673J. Janeway Heaven on E. (1847) 294 ...
Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NKJV) (A Hymn of Faith)17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,Nor fruit be on the vines;Though the labor of the olive may fail,And the fields yield no food;Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,And there be no herd in the stalls—18 Yet I will rejo...
Sing a hymn to them like “Just as I am without one plea...O Lamb of God I come”, for example. Then tell them a short story, like one of the parables that Jesus spoke, or a story from some “Bedtime Storybook”. Then pray with them, something like this: “Dear Lord Jesus, ...