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Praise the Lord!

He laid hold of the dragon,
that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan,
and bound him for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:2



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Our Lord’s Return to Earth Again

I am watching for the coming of the glad millennial day,
When our blessèd Lord shall come and catch His waiting bride away.
Oh! my heart is filled with rapture as I labor, watch, and pray,
For our Lord is coming back to earth again.

Jesus’ coming back will be the answer to earth’s sorrowing cry,
For the knowledge of the Lord shall fill the earth and sea and sky.
God shall take away all sickness and the sufferer’s tears will dry,
When our Savior will come back to earth again.

Yes, the ransomed of the Lord shall come to Zion then with joy,
And in all His holy mountain nothing hurts or shall destroy.
Perfect peace shall reign in every heart, and love without alloy,
After Jesus shall come back to earth again.

Then the sin and sorrow, pain and death of this dark world shall cease,
In a glorious reign with Jesus of a thousand years of peace.
All the earth is groaning, crying for that day of sweet release,
For our Jesus shall come back to earth again.

Oh, our Lord is coming back to earth again.
Yes, our Lord is coming back to earth again.
Satan will be bound a thousand years, we’ll have no tempter then,
After Jesus shall come back to earth again.




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
Psalm 9:1
Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,they are more than can be numbered.

Psalm 40:5
This was the LORD'S doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
Psalm 118:23



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How Often

How often, Lord, our grateful eyes
Have seen what Thou hast done,
How often does Thy love surprise
From dawn to set of sun.

How often has a gracious rain
On Thine inheritance,
When it was weary, wrought again
An inward radiance.

Thou Who upon the heavens dost ride,
What miracle of love Brings
Thee more swiftly to our side
Than even thought can move?

Our love is like a little pool,
Thy love is like the sea,
O beautiful, O wonderful,
How noble Love can be.




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Praise the Lord!

And the peace of God, which surpasses ALL understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:7
There is what is called the “Cushion of the Sea.” Down beneath the surface that is agitated by storms, and driven about with winds, there is a part of the sea that is never stirred. The peace of God is that eternal calm which, like the cushion of the sea, laying far too deep down to be reached by external trouble and disturbance; and those who enter into the presence of God, becomes partaker of that undisturbed and undisturbable calm.


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Cushion of the Sea

When winds are raging o’er the upper ocean,
And billows wild contend with angry roar,
‘Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion,
That peaceful stillness reigneth evermore.

Far, far beneath, the noise of tempest dieth,
And silver waves chime ever peacefully,
And no rude storm, how fierce soe’er it flieth,
Disturbs the Sabbath of that deeper sea.

So to the heart that knows Thy love, O Purest,
There is a temple sacred evermore,
And all the babble of life’s angry voices
Dies in hushed silence at its peaceful door.

Far, far away, the roar of passion dieth,
And loving thoughts rise calm and peacefully,
And no rude storm, how fierce soe’er it flieth,
Disturbs the soul that dwells, O Lord, in Thee.





“The Pilgrim they laid in a large upper chamber, facing the sun-rising.
The name of the chamber was Peace.” – Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Praise the Lord!

The same came therefore to Philip…saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
John 12:21



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We Would See Jesus

We would see Jesus; for the shadows lengthen
Across this little landscape of our life;
We would see Jesus, our weak faith to strengthen
For the last weariness, the final strife.
We would see Jesus, the great rock Foundation
Whereon our feet were set with sovereign grace;
Nor life nor death, with all their agitation,
Can thence remove us, if we see His face.

We would see Jesus; other lights are paling,
Which for long years we have rejoiced to see;
The blessings of our pilgrimage are failing;
We would not mourn them, for we go to Thee.
We would see Jesus; yet the spirit lingers
Round the dear objects it has loved so long,
And earth from earth can scarce unclasp its fingers;
Our love to Thee makes not this love less strong.

We would see Jesus: sense is all too binding,
And heaven appears too dim, too far away;
We would see Thee, Thyself our hearts reminding
What Thou hast suffered, our great debt to pay.
We would see Jesus: this is all we’re needing;
Strength, joy, and willingness come with the sight;
We would see Jesus, dying, risen, pleading;
Then welcome day, and farewell mortal night.




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Praise the Lord!

Lift up your heads, O you gates!
And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory.

Psalm 24:7, 10



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The King of Glory Standeth

The King of Glory standeth beside the heart of sin;
His mighty voice commandeth the raging waves within;
The floods of deepest anguish roll backward at His will,
As o’er the storm ariseth His mandate, “Peace, be still.”

At times, with sudden glory, He speaks, and all is done;
Without one stroke of battle the victory is won,
While we, with joy beholding, can scarce believe it true
That e’en our kingly Jesus can form such hearts anew.

O Christ, Thy love is mighty; long suffering is Thy grace;
And glorious is the splendor that doth beam from Thy face.
Our hearts doth leap in gladness when we behold that love,
As we go singing onward, to dwell with Thee above.




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Praise the Lord!

We love Him because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19



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Because He First Loved Me

I’m trusting, only trusting in Jesus day by day:
I feel His presence nearer, while pressing on my way;
My soul is full of glory, and this my song shall be:
I love my blessed Saviour, because He first loved me.

I’m trusting, only trusting in Jesus ev’ry hour,
Who saves me by His mercy, and keeps me by His power;
I’ll publish His salvation wherever I may be:
With all my heart I love Him, because He first loved me.

I’m trusting, only trusting my Saviour’s hand to guide,
I know His grace sufficient, and ask for naught beside;
My soul is on the mountain, my home beyond the sea:
O bless the Lord! I love Him, because He first loved me.

Because He first loved me, I love Him, I trust Him,
Wherever I may be, my soul is full of glory,
I sing because I’m free; I love my blessed Saviour,
Because He first loved me, I love Him, I trust Him.




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Praise the Lord!

Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.
Philippians 3:8



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Blessed Savior, Thee I love

Blessed Savior, Thee I love,
All my other joys above;
All my hopes in Thee abide,
Thou my Hope, and naught betide;
Ever let my glory be,
Only, only, only Thee.

Once again beside the cross,
All my gain I count but loss;
Earthly pleasures fade away,
Clouds they are that hide my day;
Hence, vain shadows! let me see
Jesus, crucified for me.

Blessed Savior, Thine am I,
Thine to live, and Thine to die;
Height or depth, or creature power,
Ne’er shall hide my Savior more;
Ever shall my glory be,
Only Thee, yes, only Thee.




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Praise the Lord!

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
Hebrews 4:9



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Lord, I Believe a Rest Remains

Lord, I believe a rest remains to all thy people known;
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, and thou art loved alone.
A rest where all our soul’s desire is fixed on things above;
Where doubt, and pain, and fear expire, cast out by perfect love.
From every evil motion freed, the Son hath made us free,
On all the powers of hell we tread, in glorious liberty.

Safe in the way of life, above death, earth, and dread we rise;
We find, when perfect in love, our long-sought paradise.
O that I now the rest might know, believe, and enter in!
Now, Savior, now the power bestow, and let me cease from sin!
Remove this hardness from my heart, this unbelief remove;
To me the rest of faith impart, the Sabbath of thy love.

Come, O Savior, come away, upon my soul descend
No longer from thy creature stay, my Author and my End.
The bliss thou hast for me prepared no longer be delay’d;
Come, my exceeding great reward, for whom I first was made.
Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and seal me thine abode!
Let all I am in thee be lost, let all be lost in God.




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Praise the Lord!

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28

And He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”
Mark 6:31-32



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There is a Rest for You

When the cares of earth are pressing,
Not a star of hope in view,
There are healing streams refreshing,
In a Savior’s love for you.

There are stores of hidden treasure,
Priceless far beyond compare,
Precious gems you cannot measure;
Joy and peace and rest are there.

There’s a haven for the weary,
Saddened hearts may there find rest,
Cheerful when the day is dreary,
Pillowed on the Savior’s breast.

There’s a home and rest forever,
When the cares of earth are done,
Where the heart is weary never,
There is rest for everyone.

Rest for you, rest for you,
There is sweet rest for you;
In the healing streams refreshing,
There is rest, sweet rest for you.




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Praise the Lord!
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Isaiah 43:2-3


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Not Down, But Through

“When Thou passest through the waters,”
Deep the waves may be and cold,
But Jehovah is our refuge,
And his promise is our hold;
For the Lord himself has said it,
He, the faithful God and true;
“When you come to the waters
You will not go down, but through.”

Seas of sorrow, Seas of trial,
Bitter anguish, fiercest pain,
Rolling surges of temptation
Sweeping over heart and soul...
They will never overflow us
For we know His work is true;
All His waves and all His billows
He will lead us safely through.

Threatening breakers of destruction,
Doubt’s insidious undertow,
Will not sink us, will not drag us
Out to ocean depths of woe;
For His promise will sustain us,
Praise the Lord, whose word is true!
We will not go down, or under,
For He says, “You will pass through.”




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Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:20-21


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Show Us Thy Grace

Show us our need, O Lord; how lost, how hopeless,
How poor, how sunk in sin our carnal hearts;
Show us how vain to change our sad condition,
Our best endeavor and our utmost arts;
Show us how weak we are, and how dependent,
How multiplied defeats our pride abase;
And then — O Lord, lest we despair too wholly —
Show us Thy grace!

Show us Thy grace, the great, the all-sufficient,
Infinite riches for our poverty,
Mercy of God for uttermost salvation,
Weapon that turns defeat to victory;
Gladness unspeakable and full of glory,
Beyond our needs, a vast unmeasured space.
Lord, as we never yet have seen or known it,
Show us Thy grace!




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Open our eyes, to see the things
That make Your heart cry.
To be the church that You would desire
Your light to be seen

Break down our pride,
And all the walls we've built up inside.
Our earthly crowns, and all our desires,
We lay at Your feet.

Let hope rise,
And darkness tremble in Your holy light.
That every eye will see Jesus our God.
Great and mighty to be praised


God of all days.
Glorious in all of Your ways.
The majesty, the wonder and grace,
In the light of Your Name.


With everything. With everything,
We will shout for Your glory.
With everything. With everything,
We will shout forth your praise.

Our hearts, they cry.
Be glorified.
Be lifted high above all names.
For You, our King,
With everything,
We will shout forth Your praise....

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My favourite Psalm:

1 Oh Lord, you have searched me
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain. 7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.


Psalm 139
 

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Praise the Lord!

He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5



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What God Hath Promised

God hath not promised skies always blue
Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;
God hath not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.

God hath not promised we shall not know
Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;
He hath not told us we shall not bear
Many a burden, many a care.

God hath not promised smooth roads and wide,
Swift, easy travel, needing no guide;
Never a mountain rocky and steep,
Never a river turbid and deep.

But God hath promised strength for the day
Rest for the labor, light for the way;
Grace for the trials, help from above;
Unfailing sympathy, undying love.




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:20-21


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Show Us Thy Grace

Show us our need, O Lord; how lost, how hopeless,
How poor, how sunk in sin our carnal hearts;
Show us how vain to change our sad condition,
Our best endeavor and our utmost arts;
Show us how weak we are, and how dependent,
How multiplied defeats our pride abase;
And then O Lord, lest we despair too wholly
Show us Thy grace!

Show us Thy grace, the great, the all-sufficient,
Infinite riches for our poverty,
Mercy of God for uttermost salvation,
Weapon that turns defeat to victory;
Gladness unspeakable and full of glory,
Beyond our needs, a vast unmeasured space.
Lord, as we never yet have seen or known it,
Show us Thy grace!




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Praise the Lord!
That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17-19


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Sunday Morning Praise


The Love of Christ

How broad is Christ's love?
Oh, as broad as man's trespass,
As wide as the need of the world can be;
And yet to the need of one soul it can narrow
He came to the world and He came to me.

How long is Christ's love?
Without end or beginning,
Eternal as God and His life it must be,
For, to everlasting as from everlasting
He loveth the world and He loveth me.

How deep is Christ's love?
Oh, as deep as man's sinning.
As low as the uttermost vileness can be;
In the fathomless gulf of the Father's forsaking
He died for the world and He died for me.

How high is Christ's love?
It is high as the heavens,
As high as the throne of His glory must be;
And yet from that height He hath stooped to redeem us
He so loved the world and He so loved me.

How great is Christ's love?
Oh, it passeth all knowledge,
No man's comprehension its measure can be;
It filleth the world, yet each heart may contain it
He so loves the world and He so loves me.




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Praise the Lord!

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Romans 8:35



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The Love of God

The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star, and reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled, and pardoned from his sin.

When years of time shall pass away, and earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
When men, who here refuse to pray, on rocks and hills and mountains call,
God’s love so sure, shall still endure, all measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race The saints’ and angels’ song.

Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above, would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.

O love of God, how rich and pure! How rich, how pure.
How measureless and strong! How measureless! How strong!
It shall forevermore endure, forevermore endure!
The saints’ and angels’ song. Amen and Amen!




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Praise the Lord!

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body;
and be thankful.

Colossians 3:15



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The Blessings That Remain

There are loved ones who are missing from the fireside and the feast;
There are faces that have vanished, there are voices that have ceased;
But we know they passed forever from our mortal grief and pain,
And we thank Thee, O our Father, for the blessings that remain.

Thanksgiving, oh, Thanksgiving, that their love once blessed us here,
That so long they walked beside us, sharing every smile and tear;
For the joy the past has brought us, but can never take away,
For the sweet and gracious memories growing dearer every day.

For the faith that keeps us patient looking at the things unseen,
Knowing Spring shall follow Winter and the earth again be green,
For the hope of that glad meeting far from mortal grief and pain -
We thank Thee, Oh our Father, for the blessings that remain.

For the love that still is left us, for the friends who hold us dear,
For the lives that yet may need us, for their guidance and their cheer,
For the work that waits our doing, for the help we can bestow,
For the care that watches o'er us wheresoe'er our steps my go.

For the simple joys of living, for the sunshine and the breeze,
For the beauty of the flowers and the laden orchard trees,
For the night and for the starlight, for the rainbow and the rain,
Thanksgiving, O our Father, for the blessings that remain.




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Praise the Lord!

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much...
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly.

James 5:16-17



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A Blessing in Prayer

There is rest, sweet rest, at the Master’s feet,
There is favor now at the mercy seat,
For atoning blood has been sprinkled there;
There is always a blessing, a blessing in prayer.

There is grace to help in our time of need,
For our Friend above is a Friend, indeed;
We may cast on Him every grief and care;
There is always a blessing, a blessing in prayer.

When our songs are glad with the joy of life,
When our hearts are sad with its ills and strife,
When the powers of sin would the soul ensnare,
There is always a blessing, a blessing in prayer.

There is perfect peace tho’ the wild waves roll,
There are gifts of love for the seeking soul,
Till we praise the Lord in His home so fair,
There is always a blessing, a blessing in prayer.

There’s a blessing in prayer, in believing prayer,
When our Savior’s name to the throne we bear;
Then a Father’s love will receive us there;
There is always a blessing, a blessing in prayer.




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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Praise the Lord!

Go work today in my vineyard.
Matthew 21:28



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He Set the Task For Me

Though the work of life be lowly,
Let me true and faithful be;
This the thought that makes it holy
Christ has set the task for me.

Hush, O heart, thy wild ambition!
Toil, O hands, in service free!
Blest indeed is my condition
Christ has set the task for me.

Christ, I know, will not forget me
When at length the evening falls;
From the place where He has set me
I will answer when He calls.

He has set the task for me!
Yes, He has set the task for me!
This the thought that makes it holy
Christ has set the task for me!




Praise the Lord! Amen! and Amen!

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