Praise

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00:20 Hello and welcome back to Praise I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're
00:24 going to listen to music and messages that tie together the
00:28 two themes of salvation and praise. The power of the
00:32 testimony when we hear different aspects of our redemption
00:36 expressed in music. Listen now as the Ouachita Hills Academy
00:40 Bell Choir starts off with that lovely hymn
00:44 Sing them over again to me wonderful words of life.
00:48 Let me more of their beauty see, Wonderful words of life.
00:54 Wonderful Words of Life Ouachita Hills Academy
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01:33 Another beautiful old hymn starts with words that are
01:38 particularly meaningful to me. Come thou fount of every
01:42 blessing. Tune my heart to sing thy grace.
01:46 It's very grating to listen to music being played or sung out
01:51 of tune. Even people who would call themselves nonmusical quite
01:55 often recognize that something really isn't sounding right when
01:59 an instrument or singer is off pitch. But notice how the writer
02:03 of this hymn starts right out by reminding us that we not only
02:07 need God's grace to change our lives, we need God to tune our
02:11 hearts in order to be able to even tell others what his grace
02:15 has done for us. Our testimony of God's love won't be beautiful
02:20 if we attempt to present it with our own words or in our own
02:24 power. We need the Holy Spirit to tune our hearts and teach
02:29 us how to truly worship so that our lives will really show the
02:33 beauty of our savior's mercy. Listen to Denise sing
02:37 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
02:44 Come thou fount of every
02:47 blessing. Tune my heart to sing your praise.
02:55 Streams of mercy never ceasing
03:01 call for songs of loudest praise
03:08 Teach me ever
03:11 to adore thee.
03:15 May I still thy goodness prove,
03:21 While the hope of endless glory
03:28 Fills my heart with joy and love
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03:44 Here I raise my Ebenezer,
03:50 Hither by thy help I've come,
03:56 And I hope by thy good pleasure
04:02 Safely to arrive at home.
04:08 Jesus sought me when a stranger,
04:15 Wandering from the fold of God;
04:22 He to rescue me from danger
04:29 Interposed his precious blood.
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04:45 O, to grace how great a debtor
04:52 Daily I'm constrained to be!
04:58 Let thy goodness, like a fetter
05:05 Bind me closer still to Thee.
05:11 Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
05:18 Prone to leave the God I love;
05:26 Here's my heart, O, take and seal it;
05:32 Seal it for your courts above.
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05:49 Here's my heart Lord, O, take and seal it;
05:56 Seal it for your courts above.
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06:21 I think that too often we're almost oblivious to the blessing
06:26 that praise can be in our walk with God. We just underestimate
06:30 its power. People who might not consider themselves particularly
06:35 musical might be inclined to figure that it's best to just
06:38 leave singing to someone else and those who are musical might
06:42 tend to overlook the role of music as a weapon in spiritual
06:47 warfare. But praise to God is a powerful weapon to particularly
06:51 set us free from the emotional prison of anger or bitterness
06:56 or self-pity or discouragement. When we're feeling really down,
07:01 when things look very bleak, when we've been treated wrongly
07:04 and we're feeling bitter and resentful or when we're facing
07:08 a situation that makes us scared about the future, if we will
07:13 open our mouth and begin to praise our savior, then the fear
07:17 and the anxiety and the bitterness and the
07:19 discouragement will lose their power over us. And I don't say
07:23 that lightly. I know it can seem very simplistic and there've
07:27 been plenty of times in my life when it seems laughable that the
07:31 enormity of what I'm facing could be handled by singing
07:36 praise to God. But then I think sometimes about the story of
07:39 Naaman when the prophet told him to go dip in the Jordan River
07:43 seven times in order to be cured of leprosy. Naaman almost didn't
07:47 try that because it seemed so absurdly simple to him.
07:50 He almost went on throughout life with this crippling
07:54 incurable disease because the cure seemed too ridiculous.
07:58 Don't make the same mistake that Naaman almost made. Ask the Holy
08:04 Spirit to tune your heart to sing God's praise the next time
08:07 that you're facing discouragement.
08:09 The key is to start singing and keep singing until the act of
08:13 praising God brings a renewed sense of peace and hope to your
08:18 heart. Let the songs about the salvation of God become a
08:22 powerful way to realize his presence in your life no matter
08:25 what you're facing, no matter what you long for, no matter how
08:29 hopeless things seem or how discouraged you feel.
08:34 He Touched Me Angela Bryant-Brown
08:37 Shackled by a heavy burden 'Neath the load of guilt
08:51 and shame. Then the hand of Jesus,
09:01 He touched me
09:04 and now I am no longer the same.
09:15 For he touched me,
09:19 yes, he touched me.
09:24 And all the joy
09:29 that floods my soul.
09:34 Something, something happened
09:38 and now I know,
09:42 He touched me
09:47 and made me whole.
09:52 Since I met the blessed Savior
10:00 and since he came and made, made me whole.
10:12 I will never cease, cease
10:18 to praise him.
10:19 I'll shout until eternity rolls.
10:29 For he touched me,
10:34 yes, Jesus touched me
10:39 and all the joy
10:44 that floods my soul.
10:49 Well something, something happened
10:53 and now, now I know
10:57 that Jesus touched me
11:02 and made, made me whole.
11:06 O he touched me,
11:10 yes my Savior touched me
11:14 And all the joy
11:21 that floods my soul.
11:24 Well, now something,
11:27 something happened and now, now I know
11:36 that Jesus touched me,
11:43 oh yes, and he made, he made, he made me whole.
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12:27 Like the woman at the well I was seeking
12:33 for things that could not satisfy.
12:39 And then I heard my Savior speaking
12:45 Draw from my well that never shall run dry.
12:53 Fill my cup, Lord, I lift it up, Lord.
13:00 Come and quench this thirsting of my soul.
13:07 Bread of heaven feed me till I want no more.
13:13 Fill my cup,
13:15 Fill it up and make me whole.
13:21 There are millions in this world
13:26 who are craving
13:30 the pleasure earthly
13:33 things afford.
13:36 But none can match
13:40 the wondrous treasure
13:43 that I find in
13:45 Jesus Christ my Lord.
13:50 Fill my cup, Lord, I lift it up, Lord,
13:57 Come and quench this thirsting of my soul.
14:05 Bread of heaven feed me till I want no more.
14:12 Fill my cup,
14:13 Fill it up and make me whole
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14:29 So my children if the things
14:32 this world gave you
14:36 leave hungers that won't pass away.
14:42 My blessed Lord will come and save you
14:49 If you kneel to him and humbly pray.
14:57 Fill my cup, Lord, I lift it up, Lord.
15:03 Come and quench this thirsting of my soul.
15:11 Bread of heaven feed me till I want no more.
15:19 Fill my cup,
15:21 fill it up and make me whole.
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16:06 Fill my cup, Lord,
16:10 I lift it up, Lord.
16:14 Come and quench this thirsting of my soul.
16:23 Bread of heaven feed me till I want no more.
16:33 Fill my cup,
16:35 Fill it up and make me whole.
16:43 Bread of heaven
16:46 feed me till I want no more.
16:53 Fill my cup,
16:57 fill it up and make me whole.
17:10 Flowers in the Rain Stephanie Dawn
17:27 You are the one, there's no one else
17:34 who lifts me up and gives me water from the well.
17:42 But there is a hole that seems to drain it all away,
17:50 so once again I'm left in fear and doubt
17:55 when all my strength is crying out.
18:00 So here I am again willing to be opened up and broken
18:09 like a flower in the rain.
18:13 Tell me what have I to do to die and then be raised
18:21 to reach beyond the pain like a flower in the rain.
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18:33 The evil wind it blows a storm
18:39 to rock my world just when I think I'm safe and warm.
18:49 I'm led astray far too easily
18:55 It's always hard for me to say I'm wrong
19:02 Until I know I can't go on.
19:07 So here I am again
19:11 Willing to be opened up and broken like a flower in the rain
19:18 Tell me what have I to do to die and then be raised
19:26 To reach beyond the pain
19:31 Like a flower in the rain.
19:35 Lord, you have searched me and know
19:40 When I sleep and when I rise You're familiar with all my ways
19:49 Even the darkness will shine like the day
19:56 When you look into my heart.
20:00 So here I am again, willing to be opened up and broken
20:09 Like a flower in the rain
20:13 Tell me what have I to do to die and then be raised.
20:20 To reach beyond the pain
20:25 Like a flower in the rain.
20:52 God didn't promise us that we would have an easy walk on the
20:57 path to heaven, but when we make it a habit to sing his praise as
21:03 we go, the songs become a blessing that makes our journey
21:07 so much better because they keep our hearts focused on his
21:11 goodness and his love and in those times when our lives fall
21:16 out of tune, when we get discouraged and we're weighed
21:18 down with guilt, or when we're afraid about the future.
21:21 He understands that too and he sets us free from that burden
21:26 by giving us back our ability to keep praising him.
21:30 Isaiah writes in chapter 61 verse three that God gives the
21:34 garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness that we
21:38 might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of
21:43 the Lord and that he might be glorified. Come Thou found of
21:47 every blessing. Tune our hearts to sing thy grace.
21:51 Were It Not For Grace Rudy Micelli
21:54 Time measured out my days; Life carried me along
22:07 Down in my soul I yearned to follow God
22:15 but knew I'd never be
22:18 so strong
22:21 I looked hard at this world
22:25 To learn how heaven
22:29 could be gained.
22:34 Just to end where I began
22:38 Where human effort
22:43 is all in vain.
22:49 Were it not for grace I can tell you where I'd be.
23:02 Wandering down some pointless road to nowhere
23:09 With my salvation up to me
23:14 I know how that would go
23:21 The battles I would face.
23:28 Forever running but losing the race
23:37 Were it not for grace.
23:45 So here is all my praise
23:53 Expressed with all my heart
24:01 Offered to this friend who took my place
24:08 And ran this course I could not even start.
24:16 and when he saw in full
24:20 Just how much his
24:25 love would cost
24:29 He still went the final mile
24:32 between me and heaven
24:38 So I would not be lost.
24:44 Were it not for grace I can tell you where I'd be
24:55 Wandering down some pointless road to nowhere
25:06 With my salvation up to me.
25:12 And I know how that would go All the battles I would face
25:25 Forever running
25:29 but losing the race
25:32 Were it not for his grace
25:41 Forever running but losing the race
25:48 Were it not for grace.
26:08 Eternal Life Ron Woolsey
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