Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine;Love was born at Christmas, Star and Angels gave the sign. Worship we the Godhead, Love Incarnate, Love Divine;Worship we our Jesus: But wherewith for sacred sign? Love shall be our token, Love be yours and love be mine,Love to God and all men, Love for plea and gift…
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed.Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy.Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.Restore our fortunes, Lord, like streams in the Negev.Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.Those who go…
Jesus, Shepherd of the sheep,Who your Father’s flock does keep,Safe we wake and safe we sleep,Guarded still by you. H. Cooke We are sheep. And we are astray. Without a shepherd, we are scattered, wandering, food for wild beasts – following the prince of this world. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your…
Christmas is coming … let’s magnify the Lord together! How do you respond to the gift of Christmas? “My soul magnifies the Lord,and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior –“ Luke 1:46-47 ESV Mary responded, “Yes!” to what had to seem to be an unexpected, incredible announcement. At Gabriel’s words that she was the chosen one, she humbly…
… the mystery hidden for ages and generationsbut now revealed to his saints. Colossians 1:26 ESV The mystery of the Incarnate God … … to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge … Colossians 2:2b-3a…
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice….