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‘When He Was on the Cross, I Was on His Mind’

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Requested by Erlene: John Starnes singing When He Was on the Cross, I Was on His Mind.

As a challenge to the spirit, try to imagine hearing the Gospel now for the very first time, never having heard a word of it before. What in our own lives can prepare us for the savagery of the Crucifixion? How are we to measure that against the pure goodness of Jesus Christ? There are some parts of this fallen world where people can imagine such things easily. We in America are blessed in that we can’t.

No–our greatest peril is to fall into the trap of taking Jesus Christ for granted. I don’t know about you, but I have to shock myself out of that from time to time.

By Request: ‘Jesus’

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Suggested by Lisa, Jesus, performed by Chris Tomlin.

This morning I rode my bike, did the laundry, put away all the Christmas ornaments and took down the tree, vacuumed–and I am about ready to lie down on the floor and plotz.

Yes! ‘Our God is an Awesome God’

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Yeah, I know I’ve posted this several times before–but how would you like to see 50,000 people singing this at the Inauguration ceremony? Not scripted, not planned: the hymn just breaks out. Like a volcano. Like “Let there be light!”

Crank up the volume, boys and girls. Our God is an awesome God!

Today’s Hymn, ‘Trust His Heart’

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I’d never heard this hymn before, but I can’t quarrel with the message: “When you can’t see His hand, trust His heart.” Sung in wonderful a capella harmony by the Sharon Mennonite Bible Institute Singers.

As a chess player who enjoys replaying the games of the masters, I often find myself totally baffled by God’s moves on the chessboard of Creation–baffled because He is God and I am not, and His game is way too high over my head. But all the same, I know they must be the right moves–whether I can understand them or not.

‘He Will Carry You’

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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.  –Psalm 121:1

It must be the many pictures of mountains and hills in this video that makes me think of Psalm 121. The message is pretty much the same, too.

Sweet harmony by Song of the Plains, and the beauty of God’s handiwork in nature–He Will Carry You.

As He has so many times before.

‘These Are They Who Have Come Out of Great Tribulation’

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Foolish, isn’t it, to oppose the singing of God’s praise and the preaching of the cross against the mighty powers of a fallen world? But God likes that kind of foolishness, and uses it all the time: see I Corinthians 1.

The Gaither Vocal Band, with Ernie Haas, sings These Are They Whom Have Come Out of Great Tribulation: this is Revelation 7:14, with echoes of Hebrews 11.

I am reminded again of King Alfred’s words: “For the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend us!”

By Request, ‘Majesty’

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This is another one that may make you want to turn up the volume–Majesty. I never heard it before, so thank you, Erlene, for suggesting it.

We do well to remember that the Baby in the manager is, at the same time, the King of Glory–King of Kings and Lord of Lords: and we His people have a right to revel in His majesty.

By Request, ‘A Moment of Time’

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And our first hymn request of 2017 comes from Erlene, and here it is–A Moment of Time, performed by Carroll Roberson.

See, everybody? It’s easy. If there’s a hymn you’d like to share, don’t be shy, just say so.

Encore, ‘Gloria in Excelsis Deo’

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I hope you don’t mind my posting this again–Gloria in Excelsis Deo, by Camille Saint Saens. I love it! And I heartily recommend turning up the volume for it, too–let ‘er rip! “Glory to God in the highest” is what the Latin means. Amen!

Psalm 23, Set to Music

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The Lord is My Shepherd (the 23rd Psalm), set to music by Howard Goodall, sung by the Choir of Wells Cathedral– We are not alone. We are the sheep of His pasture, and we never walk alone.