How do we get out of the dumpster fire that’s the nooze today?
With a hymn!
We thank Erlene for asking for this–Blessed Assurance, by Fanny Crosby, sung by the Harpeth Gospel Quartet with background sets by God the Father, maker of heaven and earth.
When things get really bad… sing louder!
Requested by Erlene, There Is Power in the Blood, performed by the students at Fountainview Academy.
Statists think we’re crazy for trusting in this kind of power. Like, who needs Jesus Christ when you’ve got violence, lies, and money to work your will?
And you wonder why the world is falling apart…
I don’t know how to tell you how my heart leaped when I went to check the comments and there I found that little snowman avatar that announces a comment by our friend and brother, Dave, aka “thewhiterabbit.”
Dave and his wife, Linda, were down with COVID, very weak and sick. They’re still feeling somewhat the worse for wear, so keep praying for their full recovery. However, they have survived. They’re still here. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise God who hears our prayers.
Now, requested by “thewhiterabbit,” we have Horatio Spafford’s classic hymn, It Is Well With My Soul, sung by the Mennonite Hour Men’s Choir. Prior to writing this hymn, Mr. Spafford, who had much, lost everything but his life. Take the lyrics to heart.
Thank you, O Lord, for answering our prayers and once again showing the power of Jesus’ name–amen!
Requested by Erlene, sung by Donna Roberson, introduced by Carroll Roberson: That Wonderful Savior. The lesson is from John 4, Jesus and the Samaritan woman–one of my favorite chapters in the Bible.
Erlene asked for this one–How Great Thou Art, performed by Alan Jackson. I remember my mother and my aunts singing it as they went about their housework. This brings them back to me.
Had enough bad nooze for now? I think I have.
Erlene has a hymn for us–Come, Holy Spirit, I Need Thee, written by Bill and Gloria Gaither, performed here by the Porchlight Trio.
There is no one out there who doesn’t need the Holy Spirit.
When simon Khorolskiy makes a hymn video, he doesn’t go halfway!
Requested by Joshua, this is The Great Commission (Matthew 28: 18-20) set to music and video. Lyrics in Russian, with English subtitles if you click “CC”.
Requested by Erlene–Hosanna, by Hillsong.
Step lively, there!
I really have to get cracking on a Newswithviews column, while I still have the energy to attempt it. But first a hymn.
Requested by Erlene–Jesus Takes My Burdens Away, by Carroll Roberson. I hope you all like the accompanying display of spectacular orchids.
Rally, rally, rally! Hymns and Psalms and Scripture! We have a country to save. Think Caleb and Joshua.
Requested by SlimJim, I Am They by From the Day–and you can rock to it.
(I do wonder, though, where they plugged in their equipment.)