Post by JEM on Mar 1, 2008 4:51:47 GMT
Seven Days of Spiritual Food ###################################
Songs are mainly old well loved hymns, modernised by the removal of the first person words from Tudor English, E.G. Thy, Thine, Thee, Thou. Thus
If you read a printed Bible you will generally find numerals within the text, that is the passages of the Bible. They are a centuries later addition, long after the Bible content was finalised.
They are the verse numbers and are part of the Bible’s reference system, On this site we refer to the verses being quoted at the beginning of each passage but to make for easier reading the verse numbers have been removed from the text.
Day 1
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Read PSALM 103 v 1-12 NIV
Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits--
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:
The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
He does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Song written by H F Light to the tune LEWISHAM
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Praise my soul, the King of heaven;
To His feet your tribute bring;
Ransomed , healed, restored, forgiven,
Who like you His praise should sing?
Praise Him. Praise Him
Praise the everlasting King
Praise Him for his grace and favour
To our gathers in distress
Praise Him. Still the same for ever
slow to chide and swift to bless
Praise Him, praise Him
Glorious in his faithfulness
Father like the tends and spare us;
Well our feeble frame He knows
In His hands he gently bears us
Rescues us from all our foes;
Praise Him. Praise Him
Widely as his mercy flows
Frail as summers flower we flourish;
Blows the wind and it has gone;
But while mortals rise and perish
God endures unchanging on;
Praise Him, Praise Him
Praise the high eternal One
Angels, help us to adore him;
You behold Him face t face;
Dwellers all in time and space
Praise Him, Praise Him
Praise with us the God of grace
DAY 2.
######
Read Psalm 103 verses 13 - 22 NIV
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
As for man, his days are like grass,
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
But from everlasting to everlasting
the LORD's love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children's children--
with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.
The LORD has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.
Praise the LORD, you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.
Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts,
you his servants who do his will.
Praise the LORD, all his works
everywhere in his dominion.
Song written by J S B. More
Sing to the tunes TRIUMPH or REGENT SQUARE
========================================
..
God is love, by Him upholding
Hang the glorious orbs of light
In their language glad and golden
Speaking to us day and night
Their great story
God is love and God is light,
and the teeming earth rejoices
in the message from above
With ten thousand thousand voices
Telling back from hill and grove
Her glad story
With these anthems of creation
Mingling in harmonious strife
Christian songs of Christ’s salvation
To the world with blessing rife
Tell their story
God is love and God is life
Through the precious love He sought us
Wandering from His holy ways
With that precious life he bought us
Then let all our friendship blaze
Telling out the message
Love is Life that all our lives be praise
Glad some in theme and glorious
Praise to Christ our gracious Head
Christ is risen, Christ victorious
Death and hell has captive led
Welcome story
Love lives on and death is dead.
Up to him let each affection
Daily rise and round Him move
Our whole lives, one resurrection
To the life of life above
Their glad story
God is life and God is love.
DAY 3.
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Read Paul’s letter to the Ephesians chapter 6 verses 10-18 NIV
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
Song written by Charles Wesley
Sing to the tune AUGUSTINE or AMERTON
Soldiers of Christ arise!
And put your armour on
Strong in the strength which God supplies
Through His eternal son
Strong in the LORD of Hosts
And in his mighty power
Who in the strength of Jesus trusts
Is more than conqueror
Stand there in his great might
With all His strength endued;
And take to arm you for the fight
The panoply of God.
To keep your armour bright
Attend with constant care.
Still walking in your Captains sight
And watching long in prayer
From strength to strength go on
Wrestle and fight and pray
Tread all the powers of darkness down
and win the well fought day
Then having all things done
and every conflict passed
You may overcome through Christ alone
And stand complete at last.
DAY 4.
######
Read The Good News according to Matthew chapter 2 verses 1-23 NIV
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the ChristC was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:
"But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.
And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."
So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son
Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled
"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."
So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."
Song written by R Heber
To be sung to the tune EPIPHANY
==============================
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Dawn on our darkness and lend is you aid;
Star of the East the horizon adorning
Guide where our infant Redeemer was laid
Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall
Angels adore him in slumber reclining
Maker, and Monarch and Saviour of all.
Say. shall we yield Him in costly devotion
Odours of Edom and offerings divine
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine.
Vainly we offer each ample oblation
Vainly with gifts would his favour secure;
Richer by far is the heart’s adoration
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Dawn on or darkness and lend us your aid:
Star of the e east the horizon adorning
Guide where out infant Redeemer is laid
DAY 5.
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Read the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians. Chapter 3 verses 11-21 NIV
According to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Song written originally by P. Gerhardt, translated by John Wesley,
Modernised in 2008. Sing to the tune ST MATTHIAS
Jesu, Your boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare
Knit my thankful heart to You
and reign without a rival there
Yours wholly, Yours alone. I am
Lord , with Your love my heart inflame
O Grant that nothing in my soul
May dwell, but Your pure love alone;
May Your love possess me whole
My joy, my treasure and my crown;
All coldness from my heart remove;
My every act, word, thought, be love!
O love, how cheering is your ray
All pain before your presence flies
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away
Where ever your healing beams arise
O Jesu, nothing may i see
Nothing desire or seek but You!
Still let your love point out my way
How wonderful things your love has made
Still leaf me unless i go astray
Direct my word, inspire my thought
and if I fall, soon may I hear
Your voice and know that love is near.
In suffering be Your love my peace:
In weakness be Your love my power;
And when the storms of life shall cease
Jesus, in that solemn hour,
In death, as life, You are my guide
And save me, who for me has died.
DAY 6.
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Read Genesis Chapter 22 verses 1-14 NIV
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?" "Yes, my son?"
Abraham replied. "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
"Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ramA caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
Inspirational Insight Comment
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Promises, Promises
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God promised to give Abraham all that he longed for
... and more "Through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me." Genesis 22:18
Human beings haven't changed much in 4,000 years. The longing for children and the desire for land still surge up with surprising emotional power.
Consider the estimated six million American couples--one in seven would-be parents--who are unable to have children. For most of them, this brings deep anguish. Or think about the people who work double shifts, sacrificing their free time in order to own a home rather than rent.
Abraham would have understood. When God wanted his attention, he promised him land and more sons than he could count. To a Babylonian emigrant, 75 years old and childless, owning nothing but his tents and animals, the promises sounded wonderful. In fact, they sounded impossible. Yet, because God himself was making the promise, Abraham "believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness" (15:6).
For the God who had created the heavens and the earth, making good on the promises ought to have been a snap. But God did not make it easy for Abraham. Not until 25 years later, when Abraham was 100, did the promise of a son come true. Then, incredibly, God told Abraham to make a human sacrifice of his little boy. It was really asking too much.
Astonishingly, Abraham followed God's orders. And God gave him back his son.
Far from Fulfilled
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When Abraham died, God's promises were far from fully realized. Abraham had only that one son to cling to. His only land was a burial plot. He still lived in a tent: his only permanent structures were altars erected to worship the God who had made all those promises.
God, having promised him everything a man of that time could want, apparently wanted Abraham to think even bigger thoughts. He had slipped some words in along with the promises of offspring and land: "All peoples on earth will be blessed through you" (12:3). God wanted to bless, not just Abraham, but the whole world. Thousands of years later, in the time of Jesus, the full meaning of those words became clear (see Galatians 3:6-9,16-18). Life Questions: What kind of promises does God make today? What longings does he fulfill?
Song written by John Newton Sing to the tune HANOVER
Though troubles assail and dangers afright
Though friends should all fail and foes all unite
Yet one thing secures us whatever betide
The scripture assures is the LORD will provide
The birds without barn or storehouse are fed;
From them let us learn, to trust for our bread;
His saints what is fitting shall ne’er be denied
So long as it’s written, the LORD will divide
His call we obey, like Abram of old,
Not knowing our way, but faith makes us bold;
For though we are strangers we have a good guide,
And trust, in all dangers, the Lord will provide.
No strength of our own or goodness we claim;
Yet, since we have known, the Saviour’s great name
In this our strong tower for safety we hide
Almighty his power, the Lord will provide.
DAY 7.
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Paul’s Letter to the Romans chapter 12 verse 1-8 NIV
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
Song written by Frances R Havergal. Modernised
To be sung to the tune NOTTIGHAM
Take my life and let it be..
Consecrated Lord to You
Take my moments, and my days
Let them flow in ceaseless praise
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Your love
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for You.
Take my voice and let me sing
Always , only, for my King;
Take my lips and let them flow
Filled with messages from You.
Take my silver and my gold
Not a penny would I withhold
Take my intellect and use
Every power as You shall choose.
Take my will and make it Yours
It shall be no longer mine
Take my heart is Your own
It shall be Your royal throne.
Take my love, my lord, I pour
at Your feet it’s treasured store;
Take myself for I do choose
To be forever all for you.
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Songs are mainly old well loved hymns, modernised by the removal of the first person words from Tudor English, E.G. Thy, Thine, Thee, Thou. Thus
If you read a printed Bible you will generally find numerals within the text, that is the passages of the Bible. They are a centuries later addition, long after the Bible content was finalised.
They are the verse numbers and are part of the Bible’s reference system, On this site we refer to the verses being quoted at the beginning of each passage but to make for easier reading the verse numbers have been removed from the text.
Day 1
####
Read PSALM 103 v 1-12 NIV
Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits--
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:
The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
He does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Song written by H F Light to the tune LEWISHAM
=======================================
Praise my soul, the King of heaven;
To His feet your tribute bring;
Ransomed , healed, restored, forgiven,
Who like you His praise should sing?
Praise Him. Praise Him
Praise the everlasting King
Praise Him for his grace and favour
To our gathers in distress
Praise Him. Still the same for ever
slow to chide and swift to bless
Praise Him, praise Him
Glorious in his faithfulness
Father like the tends and spare us;
Well our feeble frame He knows
In His hands he gently bears us
Rescues us from all our foes;
Praise Him. Praise Him
Widely as his mercy flows
Frail as summers flower we flourish;
Blows the wind and it has gone;
But while mortals rise and perish
God endures unchanging on;
Praise Him, Praise Him
Praise the high eternal One
Angels, help us to adore him;
You behold Him face t face;
Dwellers all in time and space
Praise Him, Praise Him
Praise with us the God of grace
DAY 2.
######
Read Psalm 103 verses 13 - 22 NIV
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
As for man, his days are like grass,
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
But from everlasting to everlasting
the LORD's love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children's children--
with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.
The LORD has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.
Praise the LORD, you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.
Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts,
you his servants who do his will.
Praise the LORD, all his works
everywhere in his dominion.
Song written by J S B. More
Sing to the tunes TRIUMPH or REGENT SQUARE
========================================
..
God is love, by Him upholding
Hang the glorious orbs of light
In their language glad and golden
Speaking to us day and night
Their great story
God is love and God is light,
and the teeming earth rejoices
in the message from above
With ten thousand thousand voices
Telling back from hill and grove
Her glad story
With these anthems of creation
Mingling in harmonious strife
Christian songs of Christ’s salvation
To the world with blessing rife
Tell their story
God is love and God is life
Through the precious love He sought us
Wandering from His holy ways
With that precious life he bought us
Then let all our friendship blaze
Telling out the message
Love is Life that all our lives be praise
Glad some in theme and glorious
Praise to Christ our gracious Head
Christ is risen, Christ victorious
Death and hell has captive led
Welcome story
Love lives on and death is dead.
Up to him let each affection
Daily rise and round Him move
Our whole lives, one resurrection
To the life of life above
Their glad story
God is life and God is love.
DAY 3.
######
Read Paul’s letter to the Ephesians chapter 6 verses 10-18 NIV
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
Song written by Charles Wesley
Sing to the tune AUGUSTINE or AMERTON
Soldiers of Christ arise!
And put your armour on
Strong in the strength which God supplies
Through His eternal son
Strong in the LORD of Hosts
And in his mighty power
Who in the strength of Jesus trusts
Is more than conqueror
Stand there in his great might
With all His strength endued;
And take to arm you for the fight
The panoply of God.
To keep your armour bright
Attend with constant care.
Still walking in your Captains sight
And watching long in prayer
From strength to strength go on
Wrestle and fight and pray
Tread all the powers of darkness down
and win the well fought day
Then having all things done
and every conflict passed
You may overcome through Christ alone
And stand complete at last.
DAY 4.
######
Read The Good News according to Matthew chapter 2 verses 1-23 NIV
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the ChristC was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:
"But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.
And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."
So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son
Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled
"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."
So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."
Song written by R Heber
To be sung to the tune EPIPHANY
==============================
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Dawn on our darkness and lend is you aid;
Star of the East the horizon adorning
Guide where our infant Redeemer was laid
Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall
Angels adore him in slumber reclining
Maker, and Monarch and Saviour of all.
Say. shall we yield Him in costly devotion
Odours of Edom and offerings divine
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine.
Vainly we offer each ample oblation
Vainly with gifts would his favour secure;
Richer by far is the heart’s adoration
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Dawn on or darkness and lend us your aid:
Star of the e east the horizon adorning
Guide where out infant Redeemer is laid
DAY 5.
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Read the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians. Chapter 3 verses 11-21 NIV
According to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Song written originally by P. Gerhardt, translated by John Wesley,
Modernised in 2008. Sing to the tune ST MATTHIAS
Jesu, Your boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare
Knit my thankful heart to You
and reign without a rival there
Yours wholly, Yours alone. I am
Lord , with Your love my heart inflame
O Grant that nothing in my soul
May dwell, but Your pure love alone;
May Your love possess me whole
My joy, my treasure and my crown;
All coldness from my heart remove;
My every act, word, thought, be love!
O love, how cheering is your ray
All pain before your presence flies
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away
Where ever your healing beams arise
O Jesu, nothing may i see
Nothing desire or seek but You!
Still let your love point out my way
How wonderful things your love has made
Still leaf me unless i go astray
Direct my word, inspire my thought
and if I fall, soon may I hear
Your voice and know that love is near.
In suffering be Your love my peace:
In weakness be Your love my power;
And when the storms of life shall cease
Jesus, in that solemn hour,
In death, as life, You are my guide
And save me, who for me has died.
DAY 6.
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Read Genesis Chapter 22 verses 1-14 NIV
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?" "Yes, my son?"
Abraham replied. "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
"Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ramA caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
Inspirational Insight Comment
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Promises, Promises
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God promised to give Abraham all that he longed for
... and more "Through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me." Genesis 22:18
Human beings haven't changed much in 4,000 years. The longing for children and the desire for land still surge up with surprising emotional power.
Consider the estimated six million American couples--one in seven would-be parents--who are unable to have children. For most of them, this brings deep anguish. Or think about the people who work double shifts, sacrificing their free time in order to own a home rather than rent.
Abraham would have understood. When God wanted his attention, he promised him land and more sons than he could count. To a Babylonian emigrant, 75 years old and childless, owning nothing but his tents and animals, the promises sounded wonderful. In fact, they sounded impossible. Yet, because God himself was making the promise, Abraham "believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness" (15:6).
For the God who had created the heavens and the earth, making good on the promises ought to have been a snap. But God did not make it easy for Abraham. Not until 25 years later, when Abraham was 100, did the promise of a son come true. Then, incredibly, God told Abraham to make a human sacrifice of his little boy. It was really asking too much.
Astonishingly, Abraham followed God's orders. And God gave him back his son.
Far from Fulfilled
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When Abraham died, God's promises were far from fully realized. Abraham had only that one son to cling to. His only land was a burial plot. He still lived in a tent: his only permanent structures were altars erected to worship the God who had made all those promises.
God, having promised him everything a man of that time could want, apparently wanted Abraham to think even bigger thoughts. He had slipped some words in along with the promises of offspring and land: "All peoples on earth will be blessed through you" (12:3). God wanted to bless, not just Abraham, but the whole world. Thousands of years later, in the time of Jesus, the full meaning of those words became clear (see Galatians 3:6-9,16-18). Life Questions: What kind of promises does God make today? What longings does he fulfill?
Song written by John Newton Sing to the tune HANOVER
Though troubles assail and dangers afright
Though friends should all fail and foes all unite
Yet one thing secures us whatever betide
The scripture assures is the LORD will provide
The birds without barn or storehouse are fed;
From them let us learn, to trust for our bread;
His saints what is fitting shall ne’er be denied
So long as it’s written, the LORD will divide
His call we obey, like Abram of old,
Not knowing our way, but faith makes us bold;
For though we are strangers we have a good guide,
And trust, in all dangers, the Lord will provide.
No strength of our own or goodness we claim;
Yet, since we have known, the Saviour’s great name
In this our strong tower for safety we hide
Almighty his power, the Lord will provide.
DAY 7.
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Paul’s Letter to the Romans chapter 12 verse 1-8 NIV
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
Song written by Frances R Havergal. Modernised
To be sung to the tune NOTTIGHAM
Take my life and let it be..
Consecrated Lord to You
Take my moments, and my days
Let them flow in ceaseless praise
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Your love
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for You.
Take my voice and let me sing
Always , only, for my King;
Take my lips and let them flow
Filled with messages from You.
Take my silver and my gold
Not a penny would I withhold
Take my intellect and use
Every power as You shall choose.
Take my will and make it Yours
It shall be no longer mine
Take my heart is Your own
It shall be Your royal throne.
Take my love, my lord, I pour
at Your feet it’s treasured store;
Take myself for I do choose
To be forever all for you.
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