Alphabet of Praise

Rejoice

2007-04-06T18:17:00.000-03:00

But let all who take refuge in you

EJOICE!

Let them sing joyful praises forever.
Protect them, so all who love your name may be filled with joy.

PS. 5:11

Q

2006-09-12T11:25:00.000-03:00

"...In

uietness and trust is your strength..."

Isaiah 30:15b

P

2006-08-06T14:31:00.003-03:00

raise my soul the King of heaven;
To his feet your tribute bring;
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore His praises sing;
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.

Praise Him for His grace and favor
To His people in distress;
Praise Him still the same as ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glorious in His faithfulness.

Father like He tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows;
In His hand He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Widely yet His mercy flows.

Angels, help us to adore Him;
You behold Him face to face;
Sun and moon, bow down before Him,
All who dwell in time and space.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace.

By: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1874

One Heart

2006-06-29T08:03:00.000-03:00

One heart, one mind,

Oh let our voices rise as one.

One plea, one prayer,

One holy cry,

Your kingdom come.

Lord we come,

Gathered as your people,

Purify our hearts

In Your mercy and Your grace.

We lift our eyes,

To Your face,

And we cry, come Holy Spirit,

Come and fill this place.

Only one name,

Only one foundation,

Jesus Christ,

King and Head of every nation.

Let our one desire,

Be the glory of Your name,

So we cry, come Holy Spirit,

Come and fan this flame.

Let nothing divide us,

Let Your love unite us.

One people declaring,

All the wonders You have done.

Then the world will know,

That the Father sent the Son,

So we cry, come Holy Spirit,

Come and make us one.

Jesus

2006-06-23T09:28:00.000-03:00

ame Above All

I am not ashamed of the Name above all names

For it has the power to heal and to save

Strength for the weary, peace to the troubled soul

Peace to the troubled soul.

It’s the name of Jesus

Mightier than mountains

He lives among the weak

Ruler eternal

Lover to me

Jesus, name above all

Jesus, name above all

May the Mind of Christ My Saviour

2006-06-04T08:34:00.000-03:00

ay the mind of Christ,
my Savior,
Live in me from day to day,
By His love
and power controlling
All I do and say.

May the Word of God dwell richly
In my heart from hour to hour,
So that all may see I triumph
Only through His power.

May the peace of God my Father
Rule my life in everything,
That I may be calm to comfort
Sick and sorrowing.

May the love of Jesus fill me
As the waters fill the sea;
Him exalting, self abasing,
This is victory.

May I run the race before me,
Strong and brave to face the foe,
Looking only unto Jesus
As I onward go.

May His beauty rest upon me,
As I seek the lost to win,
And may they forget the channel,
Seeing only Him

Words: Kate Wilkinson, 1925. Music: Arthur Barham-Gould.

Here is

2006-05-28T09:06:00.000-03:00

ove

Vast as the ocean
Loving kindness as the flood
When the prince of life,
Our ransom, shed for us
His precious blood
Who his love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing his praise?
He can never be forgotten
Throughout heaven's eternal days

On the mount of crucifixion
Fountains opened deep and wide
Through the floodgates
Of god's mercy flowed a vast
And gracious tide.
Grace and love like mighty rivers
Poured incessant from above
And heaven's peace
And perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love

Know

2006-05-20T10:59:00.000-03:00

now

that the LORD
is God
It is He
who made us
and
we are His.

Ps. 100:3a

All For Jesus...

2006-05-08T09:59:00.000-03:00

esus, all for Jesus
All I am and have and ever hope to be.
Jesus, all for Jesus,
All I am and have and ever hope to be.

All of my ambitions, hopes and plans
I surrender these into Your hands.
All of my ambitions, hopes and plans
I surrender these into Your hands.

For it's only in Your will that I am free,
For it's only in Your will that I am free,

Jesus, all for Jesus,
All I am and have and ever hope to be.

In Christ Alone

2006-04-25T22:36:00.007-03:00

In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! who took on flesh
Fulness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath.
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

By Stuart Townend

Hope

2006-03-28T17:03:00.000-04:00

May the God

of

ope

fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him,

so that you may overflow

with hope

by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

2006-03-21T21:03:00.004-04:00

reat is Thy faithfulness
Oh God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm 1866-1960
Music by William M. Runyan 1870-1957

Fairest Lord Jesus

2006-03-18T11:03:00.000-04:00

airest Lord Jesus,

Ruler of all nature,
O Thou of God and man the Son,
Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,
Thou, my soul’s glory, joy and crown.

Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,
Robed in the blooming garb of spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
Who makes the woeful heart to sing.

Fair is the sunshine,
Fairer still the moonlight,
And all the twinkling starry host;
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels heaven can boast.

All fairest beauty, heavenly and earthly,
Wondrously, Jesus, is found in Thee;
None can be nearer, fairer or dearer,
Than Thou, my Savior, art to me.

Beautiful Savior!
Lord of all the nations!
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
Now and forever more be Thine.

Photo credits - Rinda Dean

LET...

2006-03-12T19:31:00.000-04:00

verything

verything

verything

verything

that has breath,

praise the LORD!

Psalm 150:6

(Photo credits Rinda Dean)

O The ....

2006-03-08T21:07:00.000-04:00

deep, deep love of Jesus,
vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward
to Thy glorious rest above!

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the throne!

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!
’Tis an ocean full of blessing, ’tis a haven giving rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ’tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!

Words - Samuel Trevor Francis

Photo credits -Rinda Dean

Come

2006-03-06T06:44:00.000-04:00

ome to me,
all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy
and my burden is light.

Matthew 11:28

Be Thou My Vision

2006-03-03T12:13:00.000-04:00

e Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;
Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven, my victory won,
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

Words: Attributed to Dallan Forgaill

A Mighty Fortress is Our God

2006-02-26T22:27:00.000-04:00


mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing;
our helper he amid the flood
of mortal ills prevaling.
For still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great,
and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.

Did we in our own strength confide,
our striving would be losing,
were not the right man on our side,
the man of God's own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabbaoth, his name,
from age to age the same,
and he must win the battle.

And though this world, with devils filled,
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God hath willed
his truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim,
we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure,
for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly powers,
no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours,
thru him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go,
this mortal life also;
the body they may kill;
God's truth abideth still;
his kingdom is forever.

Martin Luther