Praise

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Program Code: P000027


00:21 Hello and welcome to Praise. I'm Kelly Mowrer.
00:24 I was thinking recently about how our enemy tries to
00:27 discourage us with guilt, with the feeling that we're a failure
00:32 beyond commonly acceptable boundaries where real Christians
00:37 can safely fail or that somehow God's grace is a nice concept
00:41 for those who are more worthy than we are. Or perhaps we've
00:45 messed up so often that we've somehow used up our allotted
00:49 supply of mercy. But for those of you watching who may be new
00:53 to the family of God, the first few times you fail I know it can
00:57 seem like such a crushing blow, like somehow you must not have
01:00 really been God's in the first place or you wouldn't have
01:04 fallen like this. And for those watching who have belonged to
01:07 God for many years, when we sin there can be this nagging
01:11 anxiety about how much grace can we really expect. After all
01:15 these years to still be failing so spectacularly. Surely we
01:19 should be better than this by now. But here's is what God says
01:23 to us in 1 John chapter 1. If we say that we have no sin
01:30 we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
01:33 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
01:39 our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. And in
01:44 Isaiah 1:18 he says, Come now let us reason together saith the
01:49 Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white
01:54 as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
01:59 Come Let Us Reason Stephanie Dawn
02:03 Come let us reason together.
02:10 That's what God says.
02:17 Come let us reason together
02:24 Says the Lord.
02:32 Come let us reason together.
02:39 That's what God says.
02:46 Come let us reason together Says the Lord.
02:59 Though your sins be as scarlet,
03:06 They shall be as white as snow.
03:13 Though they be red like crimson,
03:21 They shall be as wool.
03:31 Come let us reason together.
03:40 That's what God says.
03:46 Come let us reason together says the Lord.
04:00 Though your sins be as scarlet,
04:06 They shall be white as snow.
04:13 Though they be red like crimson,
04:20 They shall be as wool.
04:32 Come let us reason together.
04:40 That's what God says.
04:46 Come let us reason together says the Lord.
05:15 God is the God of the fresh start. We can't fall so far that
05:21 the everlasting arms aren't underneath us. His grace is
05:25 greater than all our sin. When I get discouraged with my failures
05:30 my weakness, I sometime remember one of my favorite passages in
05:34 the Bible: Lamentations chapter three starting in verse 21:
05:39 This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope. It is of
05:44 the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed because his
05:49 compassions fail not, they are new every morning. Great is thy
05:54 faithfulness. When our wandering sinful hearts really begin to
05:59 see the beauty of Jesus, his grace and love for us, we long
06:04 more and more to serve him always and only, to really walk
06:09 only with him becomes the prayer and the all-fulfilling purpose
06:13 of our life. Living in his presence, learning his ways
06:17 of peace, hearing his voice, just growing more and more
06:21 like him as we learn to love him more and more.
06:25 Oh Let Me Walk With Thee Christian Bordahal
06:29 Oh let me walk with thee my God
06:36 As Enoch walked in days of old.
06:42 Place thou my trembling hand in thine.
06:49 And sweet communion with me hold
06:55 Even though the path I may not see
07:03 Yet Jesus let me walk with thee.
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07:18 I cannot, dare not
07:23 walk alone.
07:27 The tempest rages in the sky.
07:33 A thousand snares beset my feet
07:40 A thousand foes are lurking nye.
07:46 Still thou the raging of the sea
07:54 Oh Master let me walk with thee.
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08:09 If I may rest my hand in thine
08:16 I'll count the joys of earth but loss.
08:25 And firmly, bravely journey on.
08:33 I'll bear the banner of the cross
08:41 Till Zion's glorious gates I see
08:49 But Savior let me walk with thee
08:57 Till Zion's glorious gates I see
09:07 Yet Savior let me walk with thee
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09:30 As we walk more and more closely with God we find ourselves
09:35 growing more and more like him. Two pictures begin to fill our
09:39 mind and everything else is seen through those filters. The first
09:44 picture is his cross. When by faith we think about what Jesus
09:48 did for us it brings a deeper perspective to every aspect of
09:53 our lives. Speaking of his death Jesus said, And I, if I be
09:59 lifted up from the earth will draw all men unto me. And with
10:04 Paul we realize that the preaching of the cross is to
10:08 them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved
10:12 it is the power of God.
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12:59 And as we walk more and more closely with Jesus the second
13:05 picture we keep in mind is where we're going. We never lose site
13:08 that this world is only a temporary journey and heaven is
13:13 our destination and becomes our heart focus. By faith we keep
13:17 pressing on to that city whose builder and make is God and we
13:22 heaven always in our view.
13:27 With a Made Up Mind
13:32 With a made up mind With a made up mind
13:39 I'm willing to go all the way through
13:46 Though it cost my life
13:50 I'm willing to pay the price
13:58 I've got heaven in my view.
14:05 Though it means that I have to walk alone
14:13 Or that my friends
14:18 they may be few
14:23 But I'm not gonna worry about
14:27 what others may say or do
14:33 See I got heaven in my view.
14:40 With a made up mind With a made up mind
14:49 There's no problem that he,
14:54 he will not see me through.
14:57 And if I live my life right
15:01 All of my battles he promised to fight
15:08 That's why I've got heaven in my view.
15:15 Oh, with a made up mind you see It's gonna take a made up mind
15:24 And every day I can say
15:29 Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu Hallelu, Hallelu
15:34 And all of my burdens
15:37 They may weigh me down, me down
15:44 I've got heaven, I've got heaven,
15:50 I've got heaven in my view
16:15 Joseph Henry Gillmore was born in Boston, Massachusetts on
16:21 April 29, 1834. He attended the Newton Theological Institution
16:25 and over the course of his life served both as a church pastor
16:29 and also as a professor of Hebrew at the Rochester
16:32 Theological Seminary. Also for a time he served as the private
16:37 secretary for his father who was the governor of New Hampshire.
16:41 In 1862, as a 28-year-old student, about to become a
16:46 pastor, Henry was invited to preach at the historic First
16:50 Baptist Church of Philadelphia. America was experiencing the
16:54 dark days of the civil war between the states and Henry
16:58 later reflected that this may have influenced his message that
17:02 day. He wrote these words: I set out to give the people an
17:06 exposition of the 23rd Psalm. I had given this exposition on
17:09 three or four other occasions but this time I did not get
17:12 beyond the words, He leadeth me.
17:16 So greatly impressed was I with the blessedness of divine
17:21 guidance that I made this my theme. At the close of the
17:24 meeting, Henry and some others went to the home of a deacon
17:29 nearby and as the discussion about divine guidance continued
17:33 Henry pulled out the notes from his sermon and wrote on there
17:37 a poem with these words: He leadeth me, Oh blessed thought
17:42 Oh words with heavenly comfort fraught. What ere I do, where
17:47 ere I be, still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me.
17:52 He Leadeth Me Rudy Micelli
17:55 He leadeth me, O blessed thought
18:01 O words with heavenly comfort fraught.
18:09 What ere I do Where ere I be
18:14 Still 'tis God's had that leadeth me.
18:23 He leadeth me, He leadeth me;
18:30 By his own hand he leadeth me.
18:37 His faithful follower I will be
18:46 For by his hand he leadeth me.
18:56 Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom
19:02 Sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom
19:09 By waters still or troubled sea
19:14 Still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me.
19:28 He leadeth me,
19:34 By his own hand he leadeth me.
19:41 His faithful follower I will be
19:53 For by his hand he leadeth me.
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20:15 And when my task
20:18 on earth is done
20:21 When by his grace the victory's won
20:27 E'en death's cold wave
20:31 I will not flee
20:34 For God through Jordan
20:38 leadeth me.
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20:54 He leadeth me, he leadeth me,
21:00 by his own hand he leadeth me.
21:07 His faithful follower I will be
21:27 For by his hand he leadeth me.
21:46 No matter where you are in life right now, no matter what you've
21:51 done or haven't done, God offers each of us a chance for another
21:56 new beginning. Listen to how he describes this new relationship
22:01 in Jeremiah chapter 31: The Lord hath appeared unto me saying
22:07 yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. Therefore with
22:11 loving kindness have I drawn thee. Behold the days come saith
22:15 the Lord that I will make a new covenant with the house of
22:19 Israel. After those days saith the Lord, I will put my law in
22:23 their inward parts and write it in their hearts and will be
22:27 their God and they shall be my people.
22:30 More Like You Steve Darmody
22:36 By chiseling the stones that built this house
22:42 and carving out a home I only dream about
22:49 You're painting me a view
22:52 That I can't live without. I can't live without.
23:02 But you're making me more like you
23:11 Creating me into someone who
23:17 Knows the awesome power
23:21 of what love can do.
23:25 You're making me, making me more like you
23:35 By molding me the hands that desire to serve
23:46 and giving me the voice that wants to share your word
23:51 And offering the hope that I don't deserve,
24:01 I don't deserve.
24:06 But you're making me more like you
24:14 Creating me in to someone who
24:19 Knows the awesome power
24:24 of what love can do.
24:27 You're making me,
24:30 making me more like you
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24:49 You're making me more like you
24:55 Creating me into someone who knows the awesome power
25:04 of what love can do.
25:10 You're making me, making me more like you.
25:24 You're making me,
25:28 Making me more like you.
25:50 More Love To Thee Ouachita Hills Academy
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