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Our Blessed Hope

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord. Ephesians 5:19 Sweet songbird of dawn and dusk,your cheery tune is like a grateful heartthat won’t be silenced. Rejoicing effortlesslywith a distinct and festive hymn,whistling a morning melody,beckoning the rising sun,in the comfort of a shade…
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Heart of the Matter

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. Ezekiel 36:26 Lord, soften our heartsTo Your will alone.Pour out Your glory,Remove hearts of stone. Kindle our hearts, LordWith Holy desires,Craving the Spirit’sUnquenchable…
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Unchanging

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 YESTERDAY –I felt like letting goand I consideredturning backto my old self.It seemedYou had left me,wallowingin my pride.And I was caught upin a lieI almost believed. TODAY-I surrendermy struggles to You.I repent for relyingon my own strengthand for listeningto that deceitful voice.I am sorry for doubtingYour…
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My Lord and King

Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created. Revelation 4:11 You’re there with me, through plight and pain,Your hand outreached in sun and rain,“Glory to You” is my refrain.The Lord shall reign! The…
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Hidden in Christ

Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. …
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Keep Me

O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed or disappointed, for my trust and my refuge are in You. Psalm 25:20 To the only God, my refuge,My rock and shield, so true and just.Keep me in Your peace unfailing,In You alone I place my trust. The glory of Your majesty,Now and…
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Merciful High Priest

My friends, God has chosen you to be his holy people. So think about Jesus, the one we call our apostle and high priest. Hebrews 3:1 By Your death we are deliveredFrom bondage into light,Holding fast to our confession,We walk by faith not sight. Exalted above the heavens,Dear merciful High Priest,Our sins You have removed…
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Choose Christ

Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 He came to die so we could live,His life He gives.Unceasing grace,His gift embrace. For…
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A Beautiful Creator

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Psalm 50:2 A gift so great,By grace you give,Could this be true?Does Jesus live?Eternal love,Forever now,God sent His son,He kept His vow.In You I trust,Jesus my King,Keep me righteous,Let freedom ring!Merciful One,Now I can see,Open my heart,Pour love through me,Quiet my mind,Redeem my soul,Savior, my Lord,Thee I extol!Until…
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Love Divine

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:37-39 Love is patient, Love is kind,In Jesus Christ, find Love divine,A greater Love…
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Crucible

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all. Psalm 34:19 A crucible mine to bear,Tailor made to test my soul.Perplexed but not in despair,For I know who’s in control! Tailor made to test my soul,All things work to Your avail.Praising the One in control,Your good purpose will prevail!…
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His Perfect Grace

And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 Lord, how am I justified in Your sight?How do I know that my soul can be free?Father God, do You hear my desperate plea?What is it, Lord, that can make me right? Only Jesus Christ gives eternal life!The gift, God’s grace, is simple to…
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Believe

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world. but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17 God’s power is great for those…