“Thy people also shall be all righteous:

the work of My hands, that I may be glorified.”

Isaiah 60:21

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In Christ Forevermore!

Author: Unknown Tune: O For A Thousand Tongues

1. When oceans vast their depths reveal

And moons have ceased to wane,

The Lamb who died and rose again

On Zion's Hill shall reign.

2. His glorious name must long endure

When suns have ceased to shine;

And through eternity His sheep

Will sing His praise divine.

3. As countless as the drops of dew

Or sands upon the shore,

Are blessings which the ransomed have

In Christ forevermore.

4. Let ev'ry other name recede;

His name alone extol;

In Him fulfilled there is the grace

To satisfy my soul.

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Scripture speaks of “the multitude of His lovingkindnesses!” (Isaiah 63:7) And who is capable of numbering them?

Said the Psalmist, “How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God!” (Psalm 36:7) No pen of man, no tongue of angel, can adequately express it.

We read of God's “marvelous lovingkindness!” (Psalm 17:7) And surely it truly is!

David prayed, “Display the wonders of Your lovingkindness!” Wondrous it truly is that One so infinitely above us, so inconceivably glorious, so ineffably holy, should not only deign to notice such worms of the earth, but set His heart upon them, give His Son for them, send His Spirit to indwell them, and so bear with all their imperfections and waywardness as never to remove His lovingkindness from them!

Well then, may we exclaim, “Your lovingkindness is better than life!” (Psalm 63:3) --A. W. Pink

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“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice!” Philippians 4:4

Just so, “sorrowful, yet always rejoicing,” says Paul, speaking of his own experience. The believer's joy does not exclude sorrow, but . .

attends it, sustains under it, and raises above it.

Joy in the Lord should be constant for He is the same. There is as much ground for joy in Him in the winter of adversity as in the summer of prosperity.

He is as good when He chides us as when He comforts us.

He is as gracious when He lays us low as when He raises us up.

He is as kind when He takes away as when He gives.

If our joy springs chiefly from creature good and agreeable circumstances, then it must be fluctuating at the best, and at times it will entirely dry up. But if our chief joy is in God, then the spring of it never fails! “When all created streams are dried, His fullness is the same!”

Observe, my soul, that joy in the Lord is not only encouraged, but commanded. After once giving the admonition, the apostle says, “Again I say, Rejoice.”

The Lord would have His children . . .

happy in His love,

restful under the shelter of His wings,

and peaceful in the midst of storms.

Seek then to know more of Him, live upon His fullness, dwell on His unchanging grace, and so will you be joyful in Him even in the midst of tribulation! --Author unknown

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