Archive for August 2021

Concerned with What Concerns You

Father, I spend much of my prayer time
talking to You about
my concerns,
big and small.
And that’s good!
You welcome me, and
You encourage me to bring my concerns.

But I also know that You are the One who put me
here and now,
in this time and place.
I am here to
concern myself with
Your concerns.

Father, awaken me and
keep me alert,
to the dear people and
eternal matters
that surround me every day.

Eternal matters
regularly masquerade as
daily matters and
small things.
People are Your concern.
People are to be my concern.

Teach me, Father.
Guide me by Your Spirit.
Help me to fill my
here and
now
with
Your love for the
individuals around me every day.

Hymn: Prayer of Intercession

Psalm 18

Here is an exuberant celebration of
God as Savior.

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Refrain:
I love You, Lord, my strength, my rock,
My refuge, my salvation!
Almighty God, You deserve all our praise!
Creation quakes and mountains move,
For You, the Lord, are with us.
Almighty God, You deserve all our praise!

Alone and overwhelmed,
Surrounded and afraid,
You bowed and came to meet my need.
You answered when I prayed!

Enabled, Lord, by You,
What challenge should I dread?
Empowered by Your holy breath,
I boldly move ahead.

by Ken Bible, © 2020 LNWhymns.com.

Quiet Worship

Fresh Views of Timeless Truths

For the next two weeks, enjoy Quiet Worship. This free pdf consists of scripture, prayers, reflections, and 11 new hymns for public and personal worship.

It is part of the new series, Fresh Views of Timeless Truth, focused reflections on key topics.

LINKS:
Free pdf of Quiet Worship
Complete list of available volumes in Fresh Views of Timeless Truths

All One

Father, how wonderful to live in
warm,
intimate,
joyful relationship with You!

This relationship is mine through
Jesus Christ.
He is Your
holy,
pleasing,
dearly-loved Son.
And in Him, I am Your
holy,
pleasing,
dearly-loved child as well.
In Him, all who simply trust You
are Your
holy,
pleasing,
dearly-loved children.

In Him,
Father,
Son,
Spirit, and
all who trust You
are
one family,
united in love,
sharing one life,
breathing the same Spirit
fully and
forever.

Hymn: All One in Christ

God Is Working All Around You

This hymn reminds us that
even when God seems silent and far away,
He is working out His beautiful purpose
for His people.

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Lift your eyes,
Realize
God is working all around you.
Near or far,
Where you are,
God is working all around you.
Know His love,
Gentle love,
Wise and never sleeping.
Stay aware.
He is there.
God is working all around you.

Joy and pain,
Loss and gain,
See His goodness all around you.
You can know
As you go
All His mercy will surround you.
Steps of faith,
Childlike faith,
Hand in hand forever.
In the light,
Through the night
God is working all around you.

Life or death,
Every breath
God is ever all around you.
Love unseen
Stands between.
Know His power will surround you.
Fearful heart,
Boldly start
Trusting and obeying.
Faith will grow,
Life will show
God is working all around you.

by Ken Bible, © 2004 LNWhymns.com.

Deep Knowing

Father, in Your great heart
You long for us to know You
entirely and completely,
all we are
knowing
all You are.

You created this entire universe,
immense and majestic,
not only to show us Yourself,
but to engulf us in
Your power,
Your wisdom,
Your love, and
the vastness of Your mystery.
Yet even as we are immersed in all this, we see only
the fringes of Your robe.
We hear only
a faint whisper of You. (Job 26:14)

To show Yourself completely,
You gave us Your own Son.
You incarnated Him as
the most helpless and humble of all human beings:
the newborn infant of
an unmarried peasant girl
from a small, oppressed people
in one corner of the world.

Here is the transcendent, undiminished God!
Here is the full radiance of Your glory!
Here is the exact representation of Your very nature! (Hebrews 1:3)
Here is the fullness of Your Deity in bodily form, and
You have made us
full and complete
in Him. (Colossians 2:9-10)
As we look to Him,
we are being changed into His likeness. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

But we do yet see Him for all He is. (1 John 3:2)
With all His many magnificent names,
He has a name, an identity,
that no one knows but Him. (Revelation 19:12)

But we know this:
when He appears,
we will be like Him,
because we will see Him just as He is. (1 John 3:2, NASB)
We will know Him fully,
we will know You, Father,
even as we are fully known. (1 Corinthians 13:12)

Your deep longing for us
will be fulfilled
every moment,
forever,
entirely and completely,
all we are
knowing
all You are.
We will be immersed in You,
one with You,
saturated with
Your presence,
Your holiness,
Your love,
Your life, in all its depth and richness.

Father, finish what You have begun.
We long for You!
We are waiting at the door.

Whatever awaits me the moment after I die,
Father, I want
my first thought,
my first desire,
my first awareness to be
You.

Hymn: Knowing God

Psalm 20

Use this hymn to
bless fellow believers and
affirm your shared faith.

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The Lord answer you when troubles come.
The Lord hide You in Himself.
The Lord fill You with His own desires.
The Lord! The Lord! The Lord!

Our God, joy of all who look to You!
Our God, wisdom, power, and love!
Our God, we will trust in You alone!
Our God! Our God! Our God!

by Ken Bible, © 2020 LNWhymns.com.

Revelation, Chapters 20-22

Fresh Views of Timeless Truths

For the next two weeks, reflect on Revelation, Chapters 20-22. The rest of Revelation comes in four other installments. This rich book doesn’t need to remain a closed mystery for you. This free pdf consists of scripture, prayers, reflections, and 10 new hymns for public and personal worship.

It is part of the new series, Fresh Views of Timeless Truth, focused reflections on key topics.

LINKS:
Free pdf of Revelation, Chapters 20-22
Complete list of available volumes in Fresh Views of Timeless Truths

The Enthronement

God has ascended amid shouts of joy,
the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.
Sing praise to God, sing praises…
For God is the king of all the earth…

The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ,
and he will reign for ever and ever.
(Psalm 47:5-7; Revelation 11:15; NIV)

My heart longs for our God,
for our Father,
for Jesus Christ our Savior,
for the constant breath of their Spirit,
for complete oneness with them
and in them
that we taste only briefly here.

I long for Almighty God to be enthroned over
every thought,
every desire,
every relationship,
every life,
over all reality
every moment
forever.

Your Kingdom come!

Almighty God
will soon take up and exercise
the power that has always been His.
All the kingdoms of the world
will become His Kingdom, and
He will reign forever.
He will rightly judge every individual and
establish justice and peace
throughout all His creation.

Hymn: Enthronement Hymn

My Father, My Joy

During stressful and uncertain times,
sing your joy in the Lord!
This hymn can help.

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Absolute power,
Absolute grace,
Holy transcendence
Here face-to-face!
O what magnificence, feared and adored,
Shepherd and Sovereign, our Father, our Lord!

Perfect contentment,
Fullness of joy
Even this sorrow
Cannot destroy,
Utter perfection and purest delight,
Faithful and True, ever good, ever right!

Here in this darkness,
Deep in this night,
Still faith can see You,
Glorious in light,
Splendor unfading, forever the same.
You are my Father, and Love is Your name.

by Ken Bible, © 2020 LNWhymns.com.