OzThoughts Wednesday 5th November 2008.

OzThoughts Wednesday 5th November 2008.

I listened to an interview some time ago with Tony Campolo who said he loved the old hymns because in them we sang our Theology. He also said if he gets to heaven and it is “praise and worship” he is out of there. I don’t agree with that last bit. Well not entirely.

I thought of my youth when 20 to 35 bandsmen would sing the chorus “For God so loved the world” in the bandroom before meetings and when the same bandsmen sang it in open air meetings. The blending of the voices and the harmonies made it something to remember.

It is a song that is a pure testimony based on Scripture. It may not be a Scripture verse set to a tune but it certainly drips of Bible based faith. The thing is now to re-introduce it to our range of choruses we sing.

It is choruses like this that give us a basis for sharing our faith. It gives us thanksgiving for God’s love and action in the past. It reminds of God’s forgiveness and our salvation. It gives us hope for the future.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, I thank you for your love for me. I look at the death of your Son on Calvary and I try to understand something of the intense suffering but I don’t. I do see it was for me that Jesus died and I thank you that because of that my sins are forgiven. I pray today that I might live worthy of that suffering. I pray that your Holy Spirit will keep me from sin. Amen.

MEDITATION:

John 3
16"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. (The Message )

Romans 5
8But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him. (The Message )

Romans 6
23Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God's gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master. (The Message )

John 14


1"Don't let this throw you. You trust God, don't you? Trust me. 2There is plenty of room for you in my Father's home. If that weren't so, would I have told you that I'm on my way to get a room ready for you? 3And if I'm on my way to get your room ready, I'll come back and get you so you can live where I live.

```````````
6Jesus said, "I am the Road, also the Truth, also the Life. No one gets to the Father apart from me. (The Message )

For God so loved the world,
He gave His only Son
To die on Calvary's tree,
From sin to set me free;
Someday He's coming back,
What glory that will be!
Wonderful His love to me. –
Smith (c) Renewal 1966 Singspiration, Inc.

[Listen: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music3/mus_4115.mp3 ]

To God be the glory, great things he hath done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his Son;
Who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.

Chorus
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
And give him the glory; great things he hath done!

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood!
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer and higher and greater will be
Our wonder, our rapture, when Jesus we see.
Authors: Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 22

`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Thank you for your prayers and support for OzThoughts Internet Ministry.

To unsubscribe send an email (without a message) to :
OzThoughtsInternetMinistry-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.au

If you invite friends to subscribe they do it by sending an email (without a message) to :
OzThoughtsInternetMinistry-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.au (Tell them to check their junk box for the reply if it does not seem to come).


`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
You can also receive OzThoughts from the following groups (which you are welcome to join):

SalvationArmy3: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/salvationarmy3/

Poems from the Lord by Ailsa Yates: http://groups.msn.com/PoemsfromtheLordbyAilsaYates



Subscribe: OzThoughtsInternetMinistry-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.au

Unsubscribe: OzThoughtsInternetMinistry-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.au

OzThoughts
Writer (Only): OzThoughts@yahoo.com.au