My, a Joyful, Reformed Baptist's (mostly) humble thoughts and meditations So teach us to number our days
on everyday's insignificance compared to ETERNITY…
that we may get a heart of wisdom. -- Psalm 90:12
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Friday, January 02, 2009
Not What My Hands Have Done
1. Not what my hands have done
Can save my guilty soul;
Not what my toiling flesh has borne
Can make my spirit whole.
Not what I feel or do
Can give me peace with God;
Not all my prayers,
And sighs and tears
Can bear my awful load.
2. Thy work alone, O Christ,
Can ease this weight of sin
Thy blood alone O Lamb of God,
Can give me peace within.
Thy love to me O God,
Not mine, O Lord, to Thee
Can rid me of
This dark unrest,
And set my spirit free!
3. Thy grace alone, O God,
To me can pardon speak;
Thy power alone O Son of God,
Can this sore bondage break.
No other work, save Thine,
No other blood will do,
No strength save that,
Which is divine,
Can bear me safely through.
4. I bless the Christ of God;
I rest on love divine;
And with unfaltering lip and heart,
I call this Savior mine.
His cross dispels each doubt,
I bury in His tomb
My unbelief,
And all my fear,
Each lingering shade of gloom.
5. I praise the God of grace,
I trust His truth and might
He calls me His, I call Him mine,
My God, my joy, my light
’Tis He Who saveth me,
And freely pardon gives
I love because
He loveth me,
I live because He lives!
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Psa 30:1-12
(2) O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.
(3) O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.
(4) Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.
(5) For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
(6) As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
(7) By your favor, O LORD, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
(8) To you, O LORD, I cry, and to the Lord I plead for mercy:
(9) "What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
(10) Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!"
(11) You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
(12) that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Psa 29:1-11
(2) Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.
(3) The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters.
(4) The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
(5) The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
(6) He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
(7) The voice of the LORD flashes forth flames of fire.
(8) The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
(9) The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
(10) The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD sits enthroned as king forever.
(11) May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Psa 28:1-9
(2) Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
(3) Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.
(4) Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
(5) Because they do not regard the works of the LORD or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.
(6) Blessed be the LORD! for he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
(7) The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
(8) The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
(9) Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.