PRAISE YE JEHOVAH TUNE TO "DOXOLOGY" LM WORDS BY JIM BYRD
1. Praise ye Jehovah, praise the Lord, Sing praise to Him with one accord; Praise Him ye people of the earth, Praise God and sing His matchless worth.
2. Praise Him ye heav’nly hosts on high, Praise Him ye sun up in the sky; Praise Him ye moon and stars of light, Praise Him who rules by day and night.
3. Let all creation sing His praise, Praise Him whose work His pow’r displays; Praise Him ye saints with heart and voice, Praise Him ye people of His choice.
4. Praise Him ye blood-washed, holy race, Praise Him Who saved you by His grace; Praise Him ye children of the King, Unto the Lord all praises sing.
"Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea"(Micah 7:19). When God takes all our iniquities with His own hand, and casts them with His own arm into the depths of the sea, they will never come out of those depths to witness against the family of God in the great and terrible day. Your sins now may seem to be all alive in your breast, and every one of them to bring accusation upon accusation against you. This sin is crying out for vengeance, and that for punishment. This slip, this fall, this backsliding, this foolish word, this wrong action, are all testifying against you in the court of conscience. Do what you may, be where you may, live how you may, watch and pray how you may, keep silent and separate from the world or even from your own family how you may, sin still moves, lives, acts, works, and often brings you into guilt and bondage. But if God has had mercy upon us He has cast all our sins with His own hands into the depths of the sea, and those sins have no more eyes to look at us with angry indignation, have no more tongues to speak against us in voices of accusation, have no more life in them to rise up and testify that they have been committed by us, that God’s law has been broken by them, and that therefore we are under its condemnation and curse. And there is no truth in God’s word more certain than the complete forgiveness of sins, and the presentation of the Church of Christ at the great day faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. –Augustus Toplady
"Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul." (Psalm 103:22)
JOB’S LOSSES According to the will of God, Job was a man who suffered great losses. He lost his land, oxen, asses, sheep, camels, servants, ten children, wife, health, closest friends, respected position in the community and the admiration of those who knew him. In the midst of his losses, however, Job said, "The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD" (Job 1:21). According to the calculations of men, Job lost everything and it is certainly true that he did suffer the loss of physical comforts and outward mercies, but he did not lose his spiritual mercies. He did not lose the God of mercies nor the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. He did not lose the favor and acceptance of God which continued unbroken. He did not lose his saving interest in a living Redeemer. He did not lose the grace of God given him in Christ Jesus before the world began. He did not lose his hope of eternal life. He did not lose the promise of a final resurrection and the guarantee of a gloried body. He did not lose his incorruptible inheritance reserved for him in the heavens. He did not lose the forgiveness of his sins nor the righteousness of God freely imputed to him. Yes, Job’s loss of earthly conveniences was painful to the flesh and the loss of his family was heart-breaking, but for all his losses, he did not lose his own soul which was preserved in Christ Jesus. God’s children often suffer losses in this world, but we cannot lose Christ and having Him, we have all things. –Pastor Jim Byrd
ONE FOUNDATION "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 3:11) Ask yourself, "What am I building on, so as to be able to stand before the holy Lord God?" If you are ignorant of this, I pray the blessed Spirit to convince you, that there is no other foundation for any man to lay, but that laid, which is Christ Jesus. May He give you faith and repentance, so as you may be led to have a total reliance on the righteousness, blood and intercession of Christ for the pardon of sins. --Augustus Toplady
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