Part one of a two part meditation on this grace filled Psalm. John Andrew Schreiner sings "Your Mercy Is Over Us".
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I will extoll You
O Christ, my King
Every day I’ll bless you
Every night I’ll sing
Chorus:
How gracious and merciful
So good to all
How slow to anger
Abounding in love
Your mercy is over us
I will set my mind
On Your glorious splendor
II’ll sing of Your great work
To every generation
My Savior, my Provider, my Shepherd, my King
Great is the Lord
Greatly to be praised
Unsearchable greatness
With love and power to save
Chorus:
How gracious and merciful
You are so good to all
How slow to anger
Abounding in love
Your mercy is over us
What does it mean to embrace correction? What is true friendship? This is an especially pertinent topic for our times, when we see our churches full of division. Izzi Ray sings "It's Your Kindness"
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Humble me O Lord
When my heart is proud
Let the righteous strike me
If I follow the crowd
A word from my sister
In and out of season
To save me from danger
Because my spirit needs it
Chorus
I need kindness
An act of a friend
Keeping watch
Over the door of my lips
Turn my eyes away
From the trap of temptation
By your grace, turn my eyes
Back to You
By your grace, O Christ, turn my eyes
Back to You
Can I sit at the table
If I hate correction
If I cannot tell evil
Or the fruit of deception
Let me love the Word of truth
And Your word of reproof
From a stranger or a friend
As though it came from You
Bring me to the table
By the hand my friend
Don’t let me wander
To the bitter end
Evil surrounds us and wells up within us. Where do we turn? Chad has great things to meditatate on, as usual. The talented Izzi Ray sings "Hold Back the Flood".
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Deliver me from evil ; and apreserve me, from myself
The traps are laid, the words are said, and the waters rise
Your hands O Lord can save me
From the hands of those who surround
Within and without
I’ve no strength for the fight
While my life is going down
Turn back the waters
Send them away
Guard me from evil
And hear when I pray
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood
You covered my head
You covered my sin
In the day of battle, Your mercy wins.
You carried the cross, for the poor and afflicted,
To bring justice for the needy,
And straighten the twisted
Turn back the waters
Send them away
Guard me from evil
Lord. hear when I pray
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood
Hold back the flood Hold back the flood
Where does King David's thoughts go when his enemies are pursuing him? Chad offers an encouraging meditation for the seasons when we feel surrounded. Chris Lizotte sings "Stretch Out Your Hand".
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My sleep had fled from my eyes
I hid, alone in the darkness
Like one who cannot be found
I was thinking You wanted to harm us
Stretch out Your hand
Stretch out Your hand
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
(Chorus)
By Your mercy
You call me by name
By Your mercy
Its the end of my shame
By Your mercy
You are the Christ, my Lord, my God
And I am your servant
Everything changed
By Your mercy
Let me hear Your voice in the morning
I can rest in Your steadfast love
Lord, You know how I thirst for you
Like the dry land under the sun
Stretch out Your hand
Stretch out Your hand
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
For the enemy has pursued my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground;
he has made me sit in darkness like those long counted as dead
Stretch out Your hand
Stretch out Your hand
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
In this episode we hear the Psalmist ask God to "search me and know my heart". Chad has an interesting reflection on this passage, especially when he considers that new life happens in the dark. Izzi Ray sings "From Eternity Past".
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In the dark
You knew me
Before I was cast
You called me
Your thoughts of me
Are even more, than the sands of the sea
The sands of the sea
Chorus
From eternity past
You planned me
From darkness to light
From blindness to sight
From eternity past
You chose me
I was not hidden from You
I was not hidden from You
In the dark
You loved me
You saved me
Every breath
I need You
Before I could see
You came for me
Your redeeming love
Is too wonderful, too wondrous for me
Like the sands of the sea
Search me, O God, and know my heart
Try me and know my thoughts
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way
Lead me in the way
Everlasting, everlasting, everlasting
Psalm 139 shows us God's loving care, for looking after us wherever we are. Chad quotes from Francis Thompson's Hound of Heaven, "How little worthy of any love thou art! Save Me, save only Me? I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years." Colin Henirch sings "Redeeming Love".
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Psalm 139a.
If I take the wings of morning
If I dwell in the deepest part of the sea
The dark is as bright as light to you
And you are always there with me
O my Lord, you alone have searched me
There is nothing you don't already know
You know my thoughts from far away
You surround me as I come and as I go
(Chorus)
Where can I hide?
You will always find me
Where can I run?
You’re already there
I want You to find me
I want to be found
In Your redeeming love
In Your redeeming love
You alone created my being
You formed me in my mother’s womb
I have been so wonderfully made
I’ve never been hidden from you
(Chorus)
Where can I hide?
You will always find me
Where can I run?
You’re already there
I want You to find me
I want to be found
In Your redeeming love
In Your redeeming love
"Hand Made" sounds great, except when it comes to treating something hand made as though it were God. Chad gives a wonderful meditation on idolatry, and Aralyn Macare sings "Human Hands".
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Psalm 135bs Human hands make idols Human hands don’t make God Human hands make idols Human hands don’t make God The idols don’t hear me The idols don’t see me They don’t have any feeling They're made by human hands I don’t trust them But I trust in You Your hands were pierced And your word is true You name lives on You took my sin Forgave me, and Put Your Spirit within The idols of the nations Will never hear, Will never comfort Never calm the fear Those who bow down to them Lose their feeling Lose their hearing Lose their soul I don’t trust them But I trust in You Your hands were pierced And your word is true You name lives on You took my sin Forgave me, and Put Your Spirit within
In difficult times, we can take comfort in the knowledge that Christ has defeated death forever, that His name will be confessed as Lord by the whole world, and we will be with Him, because of His great love. Izzi Ray sings a stunningly beautiful version of Psalm 8, "How Majestic Is Your Name In All The Earth".
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In this first of 2 episodes on Psalm 135 Chad talks about our plenteous supply of other gods, and meditates on how the God aboves all gods cares for us. John and Cathy Schreiner sing "I Know That the Lord is Great"
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Lyrics to "I Know That the Lord is Great"
You send the wind
The clouds and rain
You send forth justice
And You send forth pain
Whatever You please
Whatever You wish
You alone can do
And It is good
Chorus
For I know the Lord is great
above all gods
Christ reigns as King
Forever and ever
And You provide
Every loving, perfect gift
Whatever You please
Whatever You wish
Whatever You please
It is good
Kings and kingdoms
You raise them up
And strikes them down
And give us their land
And we fill Your temple
To praise the Lord
For His power and grace
I will praise His name
I know the Lord is great
I know the Lord is great
Verses 1 and 2 kind of say it all;
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me
We rest in the loving care of the God who has limitless love for His children, because of the work done on our behalf by our loving Savior. Rest for the weary, hope for the downcast and food for the soul.
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Lyrics for "I Am Your Child"
Psalm 131
I am your child
Resting in your arms
I am your child,
My heart is Yours
Under Your watch forever
I bow before my Savior
I am your child
Chorus:
All is quiet
All is calm
All is well
All is quiet
All is calm
All shall be well
From this time forth and forevermore
Resting beneath Your smile
With hope like a child
I am Your child
Weaned of it’s mother
My eyes look to You
I trust you my Father
I am Your child
You hear when I cry
My hope is in you
In You I abide
I am Your child
Chorus:
All is quiet
All is calm
All is well
All is quiet
All is calm
All shall be well
From this time forth and forevermore
Resting beneath Your smile
With hope like a child
Teach me your way
In everything I do
I am your child
I belong to You
In You there is pleasure
And joy every day
Let me be your little one
Lord hear me when I pray
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.
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