Tag: Hope

Sermon Songs: Revelation 22:1-5

On By BrianIn Revelation Hymns

MusicNotes

We are longing for the Garden, Living Water flowing through
Bright as crystal in this Eden, Life with God for me and you
We are longing, We are thirsting, We yearn for Christ to return

In this Garden – the Tree of Life, No more death, disease, aging
No more curse, no more cosmic strife, No more pain, sorrow, weeping
We are longing, We are thirsting, We yearn for Christ to return

In this Garden reigns the good King, Evil gone – there is no night
We will serve Him, His praise we’ll sing, Dwelling in His brilliant light
We are longing, We are thirsting, We yearn for Christ to return

In this Garden – His name bearing, Forever we’ll see His face
Close communion ever growing, Behold God’s amazing grace
We are longing, We are thirsting, We yearn for Christ to return

To the tune of “Lo He Comes With Clouds Descending”

Passion Points

On By BrianIn PASSION Points

Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:

Spurgeon’s 15 Tips for a Deep and Effective Prayer Life – Kevin Halloran
Spurgeon knew the power of prayer and his need for prayer. When asked the secret of his influential preaching ministry, Charles Spurgeon frequently responded, “My people pray for me.”

4 Grave Dangers in Every Sin – Tim Challies
You can’t sin without consequence. That’s not the way God has structured his world. It’s not the way God has structured his people.

Begin to Hope Again – Scott Hubbard (DG)
We may still be a sorrowful people — burdened, broken, and beaten up — but we will not be a cynical people. We are a people of hope.

The Congregation and the Pulpit – Phil Newton
The congregation is not simply a static audience. They participate in what takes place in the pulpit. Maturing congregations help their pastors to faithfully deliver this means of grace to the church in preaching God’s Word.

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day with your local church!

Passion Week Devos: Saturday

On By BrianIn Holidays

Saturday: Pain of Loss and Failure – Struggling Without Hope
Read Luke 22:31-34, 22:54-62, 23:50-56

Prayer: Father, I cannot imagine this day for Peter.  What was it like for him to lose Jesus and fail him all in one day?  To struggle without hope?  And Father, if Jesus had remained in the grave, I too would be without hope.  All would be lost.  Help me today to remember how hopeless life would be without the glorious news that tomorrow brings.  Amen.

Reflect/Discuss: What would your life be like if Jesus had stayed in the grave?

Praise: No singing today.  Wait with anticipation for tomorrow.

 

Sermon Songs: Ephesians 1:11-14

On By BrianIn Ephesians Hymns

MusicNotes

We have a rich inheritance
Dwelling with God in His presence
From sin and death a great release
A kingdom of great joy and peace

Predestined by the Father’s will
In union with our Savior still
And sealed by the Holy Spirit
Given as our sure deposit

So now believe and enter in
Proclaim salvation from our sin
Cling to your hope in life’s distress
Our Triune God forever bless

(To the tune of the Doxology)

Sermon Songs: Psalm 16:9-11

On By BrianIn Psalm 16 Hymns

MusicNotes

Lord I rejoice – glad is my heart
As I walk close to you
In Your presence – joy You impart
And pleasures ever new.

My hope is in the Lord today
He will take care of me
And though I die – Christ made a way
To rise in victory

Then in Your presence I will live
With joy forevermore
Enjoy the pleasures that You give
And You always adore

(To the tune of the “O God Our Help In Ages Past”)

Sermon Songs: Isaiah 64-65

On By BrianIn Isaiah Hymns

MusicNotes

Creator, Father God, we pray
Show forth your zeal and might
Your presence may we know today
Turn back the evil night

We plead O Lord your grace impart
A new work now begin
Revive and soften every heart
And forgive every sin

We cry to you and on you wait
For your final answer
Your just judgment will be the fate
For each wicked sinner

But blessings for those who repent
Who seek the Lord’s mercy
Saved by Jesus whom you have sent
To save us, set us free

Behold the new heaven and earth
Our hope none can destroy
For peace will reign, sin’s doom reversed
We’ll dwell in endless joy

– From a sermon on Isaiah 64-65
(To the tune of “O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing”)

There Is A Fountain – Verse 6

On By BrianIn Sermon Songs

I didn’t preach this past weekend, so I don’t have a new sermon song this week. But a few weeks ago as I was working on the worship service, I wanted to include William Cowper’s hymn “There Is A Fountain.”  It is a great hymn, but the last verse leaves us in the grave. What about the great hope of our resurrection? So I wrote a sixth verse. Below are Cowper’s original five verses and my final verse:

There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.
Wash all my sins away, Wash all my sins away;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.

Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power
Till all the ransomed church of God
Be saved, to sin no more.
Be saved, to sin no more, Be saved, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God
Be saved, to sin no more.

E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
And shall be till I die, And shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.

Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave.
Lies silent in the grave, Lies silent in the grave;
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave.

When Christ shall come with trumpet sound,
We’ll rise forevermore,
To sin and death no longer bound,
Our Savior we’ll adore.
Our Savior we’ll adore, Our Savior we’ll adore;
To sin and death no longer bound,
Our Savior we’ll adore.