OzThoughts - Sunday Hymns and Psalms. Sunday 3rd January 2010

OzThoughts - Sunday Hymns and Psalms. Sunday 3rd January 2010


This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24 New International Version)

Almighty God, who gave your only begotten Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of the Virgin Mary, grant that we being born again and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the same Spirit, ever one God, now and forever. Amen

Psalm 147:12-20 (The Message)
12-18 Jerusalem, worship GOD!
Zion, praise your God!
He made your city secure,
he blessed your children among you.
He keeps the peace at your borders,
he puts the best bread on your tables.
He launches his promises earthward—
how swift and sure they come!
He spreads snow like a white fleece,
he scatters frost like ashes,
He broadcasts hail like birdseed—
who can survive his winter?
Then he gives the command and it all melts;
he breathes on winter—suddenly it's spring!

19-20 He speaks the same way to Jacob,
speaks words that work to Israel.
He never did this to the other nations;
they never heard such commands.
Hallelujah!

The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 43
Author: Anon

[Listen: Budapest (Hungary) Citadel Band: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_1534.mp3
or
London Citadel (Canada) Band:
http://salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_2963.mp3 ]

Come, let us all unite to sing:
God is love!
Let Heaven and earth their praises bring,
God is love!
Let every soul from sin awake,
Each in his heart sweet music make,
And sing with us, for Jesus' sake:
God is love!

2.
O tell to earth's remotest bound,
God is love!
In Christ we have redemption found,
God is love!
His blood has washed our sins away,
His Spirit turned our night to day,
And now we can rejoice to say:
God is love!

3.
How happy is our portion here,
God is love!
His promises our spirits cheer,
God is love!
He is our sun and shield by day,
Our help, our hope, our strength, our stay;
He will be with us all the way;
God is love!

4.
In Canaan we will sing again:
God is love!
And this shall be our loudest strain:
God is love!
Whilst endless ages roll along,
We'll triumph with the heavenly throng,
And this shall be our sweetest song:
God is love!





Psalm 84:1-8 (The Message)

1-2 What a beautiful home, God-of-the-Angel-Armies!
I've always longed to live in a place like this,
Always dreamed of a room in your house,
where I could sing for joy to God-alive!
3-4 Birds find nooks and crannies in your house,
sparrows and swallows make nests there.
They lay their eggs and raise their young,
singing their songs in the place where we worship.
GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies! King! God!
How blessed they are to live and sing there!
5-7 And how blessed all those in whom you live,
whose lives become roads you travel;
They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks,
discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain!
God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and
at the last turn—Zion! God in full view!
8-9 GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, listen:
O God of Jacob, open your ears—I'm praying!
Look at our shields, glistening in the sun,
our faces, shining with your gracious anointing.

The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 613
Author: Victor Ottaway

[Listen: Congregational Song: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/songs/songs_108.mp3
or
Band: http://salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_2974f.mp3 ]

Make me aware of thee, O Lord,
As in thy temple I give praise;
Attentive to thy holy word.
Or in glad song my voice to raise.
That I may feel thy Spirit's power,
O come, invade my soul this hour.

2.
Make me aware of thee, O Lord,
As supplicant, I bow the knee.
My faith. though small, wilt thou reward
That contact I may make with thee
And thus obtain that inward calm
That makes of life a living psalm.

3.
Make me aware of thee, O Lord,
As with thy children I unite
To share that wondrous heritage
Of Calvary and Easter light
O Master, let thy people be
Consistently aware of thee.



Meditation: Joy & Devotion - Music of Howard Davies
Camberwell Salvation Army Citadel
(Note instructions on page when it opens))
http://www.regalzonophone.com/EP's%20&%20LP's%20-%20SF344%20-%20Camberwell%20Citadel%20-%20Joy%20&%20Devotion.htm
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