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Series Code: YFBR
Program Code: YFBR200030S
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00:01 Welcome to Your Favorites By Request with me, Tim Parton.
00:04 You sent me your favorite songs 00:07 and I'm ready to play while you sing along. 00:10 And if you don't remember all the words, 00:12 don't worry, they're on the screen. 00:15 And now Your Favorites By Request. 00:17 Your Favorites By Request 00:20 La-la-la 00:24 La-la-la. 00:26 Welcome to the program. 00:28 Thanks for watching. 00:30 John Lomacang is again joining me, 00:32 it's always such an honor to have you with me. 00:34 Praise the Lord. 00:36 And we sing those songs 00:37 that have been the foundation of our walk with Christ 00:39 for so many years. 00:40 Amen. Amen. 00:42 You know, some writers are encouraged 00:45 by different things. 00:47 You know, there are different points of inspiration 00:48 that inspire writers to write their songs, 00:51 and those who like to write about nature. 00:55 Those are some beautiful songs. 00:56 I love being outdoors. 00:58 In fact, we're, kind of, in a time 01:00 of where we're maybe forced into our homes, 01:03 and some social distancing became the norm. 01:08 And I took advantage, 01:09 I just recently moved into a little house 01:11 and have a little yard and I bought 01:13 or actually a friend gave me which is, was great. 01:17 I think it was Trek, 01:18 gave me one of these motorless lawn mowers, 01:22 the real lawn mowers... 01:23 Oh, you're talking about the ones that spin? 01:25 Right, when we were a kid, 01:26 my grandparents had one on their farm, 01:28 and it was more fun when I was a kid. 01:31 Right. 01:32 But in fact, this one has a grass catcher. 01:35 And so, I have to like every seven steps, 01:37 I have to empty it. 01:39 So this, a couple days, I was just not working. 01:44 And I mowed the yard like 01:46 oh, like four times actually in two days. 01:49 I mowed it because I was trying to get 01:50 the right distance for the right height comfort 01:53 to get it figured out. 01:56 And I think that the neighbors became suspicious 01:59 'cause they weren't sure 02:01 why I was mowing my yard so many times 02:02 or they were gonna call the police on me 02:05 and have me committed. 02:06 I haven't seen one of those mowers 02:08 in a long time, 02:09 the little circular with these twisted blades. 02:11 Right. 02:12 But you know as much as I love creation, 02:15 I love the Creator. 02:16 I love knowing that I know the Creator. 02:18 Amen. 02:19 So I have a good time singing this first song, 02:23 first request. 02:25 And it's a popular song, I love the great hymn, 02:28 "Fairest Lord Jesus." 02:29 Amen. 02:35 Sing it with us. 02:37 Fairest Lord Jesus 02:42 Ruler of all nature 02:46 O thou of God and man 02:52 The Son 02:55 Thee will I cherish 03:00 Thee will I honor 03:04 Thou art my glory Joy 03:08 And crown 03:12 Fair are the meadows 03:16 Fairer still the woodlands 03:20 Robed in the blooming Garb 03:26 Of spring 03:29 Jesus is fairer 03:34 Jesus is purer 03:38 Who makes the woeful Heart 03:42 To sing 03:44 You sing at home. Fair is the sunshine. 03:47 Fair is the sunshine 03:52 Fairer still the moonlight 03:56 And all the twinkling 04:01 Starry host 04:06 Jesus shines brighter 04:10 Jesus shines purer 04:15 Than all the angels 04:18 Heaven can boast 04:25 Beautiful Savior! 04:30 Lord of the nations 04:35 Son of God 04:38 And Son of Man 04:44 Glory and Honor 04:49 Praise, Adoration 04:53 Now and forevermore 04:58 Be Thine 05:04 I love that. Amen. 05:06 You know, when I'm singing that, 05:07 I'm thinking of nature. 05:09 I'm singing in Colorado, 05:10 I'm seeing the mountains of California, 05:12 the little hills of Illinois, 05:15 the Garden of the Gods, 05:16 let me bring us in here somehow. 05:18 Yes, right. 05:19 But God has to be and as old as the world is, 05:21 there's still this beauty that returns every spring. 05:24 Hmm, isn't that true? 05:26 When the flowers start coming around, 05:27 like you talk about mowing your lawn, 05:29 I gotta soon mow my lawn. 05:32 But when you look at creation, 05:34 God has kept the cycle going to remind us, 05:37 that the flowers show up not 05:38 because we have told them 05:40 it's time to come out of the ground. 05:41 But God has so beautifully created the world 05:45 that it knows when the seasons come 05:47 and the seasons go. 05:49 They peek out their heads, 05:50 they paint our horizon and then they go 05:53 and take a rest for the winter only to come back. 05:56 And only fairest Lord Jesus can do that. 05:57 Yeah. 05:59 And just to think that God did that 06:00 all in a word. 06:01 He spoke it into beings, spoke it into existence, 06:04 set it in motion and it's like one and done, 06:06 just let it go. 06:08 That's right. 06:09 And yet He takes care of it and He takes care of us, 06:12 His children, just like He says in His Word 06:15 that If he cares for the sparrow, 06:17 then we don't need to worry about ourselves 06:20 in times of trouble, and you know what? 06:24 I want to be drawn closer to somebody like that. 06:27 That's right. 06:29 Because I want to know that I'm in good hands. 06:33 And I can know that I'm, 06:34 for sure I'm in good hands if God is my father. 06:38 And so this next request is actually "Draw Me Near." 06:44 So I think that, let's just sing this. 06:46 Okay? That's right. 07:00 I am Thine, O Lord 07:04 I have heard Thy voice 07:07 And it told Thy love to me 07:14 But I long to rise 07:18 In the arms of faith 07:21 And be closer drawn to Thee 07:27 So draw me nearer 07:32 Nearer blessed Lord 07:35 To the cross 07:37 Where Thou hast died 07:42 Draw me nearer 07:47 Nearer blessed Lord 07:51 To Thy precious 07:54 Bleeding side 07:57 Tim, let sing this one. 07:59 Consecrate me now 08:02 To Thy service, Lord 08:06 By the power of grace divine 08:12 May my soul look up 08:16 With a steadfast hope 08:19 And my will be lost in Thine 08:26 Draw me nearer 08:31 Nearer blessed Lord 08:33 To the cross 08:35 Where Thou hast died 08:41 Draw me nearer 08:45 Nearer blessed Lord 08:50 To Thy precious 08:53 Bleeding side 08:59 O the pure delight 09:03 In a single hour 09:07 That before 09:10 Thy throne I spend 09:15 When I kneel in prayer 09:19 And with Thee, my God 09:23 I commune 09:26 As friend with friend 09:31 So draw me nearer 09:36 Nearer blessed Lord 09:39 To the cross 09:41 Where Thou hast died 09:46 Draw me nearer 09:51 Nearer blessed Lord 09:56 To Thy precious 09:59 Bleeding side 10:05 To Thy precious 10:09 Bleeding side 10:17 Boy, I love that. 10:19 Sweet. That's precious song. Praise the Lord. 10:20 That was written by Fanny Crosby, 10:22 who never saw the beauty of creation. 10:27 And yet the inspiration that she had 10:30 to write the songs 10:32 that draw us close to God and it's just amazing. 10:36 There's another song that was a request. 10:38 And it's not one of her 10:40 more necessarily familiar songs, 10:42 but it's "Take the World but Give Me Jesus." 10:46 And I'm just going to play a verse and a chorus of it 10:49 right out of the hymnal and so it goes like this. 11:35 And we'll be right back after this. 11:40 Tim. 11:42 Welcome back. 11:43 Hope you're ready to sing again. 11:44 John, do you remember 11:46 what you were doing as a teenager? 11:48 Wow! 11:49 I was really not writing hymns. 11:53 I was playing basketball. 11:56 I was just riding bicycles, just living the teenager life. 12:01 Sure, right. 12:02 You know, it was obviously before the internet. 12:05 We lived more outdoors basketball, baseball. 12:09 You know, there's a game in New York 12:10 they called Skully 12:11 where you play with a soda bottle tops, 12:13 spinning tops. 12:14 Yeah. 12:15 But it's interesting, it tell us about 12:17 what's behind this hymn. 12:18 Well, this, just briefly the kid who wrote it 12:22 was like 16 years old and wrote this song 12:25 just upon his conversion to Christ, to Christianity. 12:30 And it's been, this was back in the 1700s. 12:34 So it's a beautiful song, "My Jesus, I love Thee." 12:52 My Jesus, I love Thee 12:57 I know Thou art mine 13:02 For Thee all the follies of sin 13:09 I resign 13:12 My gracious Redeemer 13:17 My Savior art Thou 13:23 If ever I loved Thee 13:28 My Jesus, 'tis now 13:34 You sing it, John. 13:36 I love Thee because Thou 13:42 Hast first loved me 13:47 And purchased my pardon 13:53 On Calvary's tree 13:58 I love Thee for wearing 14:04 The thorns on Thy brow 14:10 If ever I loved Thee 14:16 My Jesus, 'tis now 14:22 Now you sing at home. 15:08 In mansions of glory 15:14 And endless delight 15:19 I'll ever adore Thee 15:25 In heaven so bright 15:30 I'll sing with the glittering 15:37 Crown on my brow 15:43 If ever I loved Thee 15:49 My Jesus 15:53 'Tis now 16:08 King of my life 16:11 I crown thee now 16:15 Thine shall the glory be 16:22 Lest I forget 16:24 Thy thorn crowned brow 16:28 Lead me to Calvary 16:35 Lest I forget Gethsemane 16:42 Lest I forget 16:45 Thine agony 16:49 Lest I forget 16:52 Thy love for me 16:57 Lead me 16:58 To Calvary 17:03 Nice. 17:05 Show me the tomb 17:07 Where Thou wast laid 17:11 Tenderly mourned and wept 17:17 Angels in robes Of light arrayed 17:24 Guarded Thee whilst Thou slept 17:31 Lest I forget Gethsemane 17:37 Lest I forget 17:39 Thine agony 17:43 Lest I forget Thy love for me 17:50 Lead me to Calvary 17:56 Sing it, John. 17:58 Let me like Mary 18:01 Through the gloom 18:04 Come with a gift to Thee 18:11 Show to me now 18:14 The empty tomb 18:18 Lead me to Calvary 18:25 Lest I forget Gethsemane 18:31 Lest I forget 18:34 Thine agony 18:39 Lest I forget 18:41 Thy love for me 18:46 Lead me to Calvary 18:52 And I like this verse. 18:54 May I be willing, 18:57 Lord, to bear 19:00 Daily my cross for Thee 19:06 Even Thy cup of grief to share 19:13 For Thou hast borne all for me 19:18 You sing it, John. 19:20 Lest I forget Gethsemane 19:26 Lest I forget 19:29 Thine agony 19:33 Lest I forget 19:35 Thy love for me 19:40 Lead me to Calvary 19:53 Amen. Beautiful song. 19:55 You know, sometimes it's, it's not hard 19:57 to sometimes allow things to lead us to forget. 20:02 And I was thinking the other day 20:03 about the difference 20:04 between religion and Christianity. 20:07 Right. 20:08 And I thought one was, religion is observance, 20:12 but Christianity was intended by Christ to be commitment. 20:16 I was thinking about the difference 20:18 between membership and discipleship. 20:20 Yeah. 20:21 And I thought membership, wow, that sounds like, 20:23 you know, I have a membership at the exercise club. 20:25 I have a membership at the golf, Global Golf Club. 20:28 I have a membership, you know, at the, 20:30 you know, the sporting goods store. 20:32 Do I need a membership at the church too 20:34 or is there any different? 20:36 We just sign up for membership, 20:37 but discipleship is something altogether different. 20:40 And I think this, 20:41 that song is about discipleship, 20:43 lest I forget. 20:44 And the Lord said, 20:45 you know, "If anyone will be My disciple, 20:47 let him deny himself 20:49 and take up his cross and follow Me." 20:50 So that song was so fitting. 20:52 Disciples should never forget 20:55 because the cross was the value 20:58 that the Lord placed on our head. 21:00 I mean, think about that. 21:01 The cross is an expression of that great value. 21:05 And how much was God willing to pay for us? 21:08 The cross says it all. Right. It does. 21:10 But what does the cross do for us? 21:12 It cleans us from where we were, 21:16 and makes us... 21:17 Whiter than snow. 21:25 Sing, if you wanna sing this? 21:31 Lord Jesus 21:33 I long to be perfectly whole 21:39 I want Thee forever 21:43 To live in my soul 21:46 Break down every idol 21:51 Cast out every foe 21:55 Now wash me 21:57 And I shall be 22:00 Whiter than snow 22:05 Whiter than snow 22:08 Yes, whiter than snow 22:13 Now wash me 22:15 And I shall be 22:18 Whiter than snow 22:48 Whiter than snow. 22:50 Whiter than snow 22:54 Yes, whiter than snow 22:58 Now wash me 23:00 And I shall be 23:03 Whiter than snow. 23:06 Lord Jesus. 23:08 Lord Jesus, for this 23:11 I most humbly entreat 23:15 I wait, blessed Lord 23:18 At Thy crucified feet 23:22 By faith, for my cleansing 23:26 I see Thy blood flow 23:29 Now wash me 23:31 And I shall be 23:33 Whiter than snow 23:38 Whiter than snow 23:41 Yes, whiter than snow 23:45 Now wash me 23:48 And I shall be 23:51 Whiter than snow. 23:54 There is one more verse, I believe. 23:57 Lord Jesus Thou seest 24:01 I patiently wait 24:05 Come now, and within me 24:09 A new heart create 24:13 To those who have sought 24:18 Thee Thou never said No 24:23 Now wash me 24:25 And I shall be 24:28 Whiter than snow 24:33 Whiter than snow 24:36 Yes, whiter than snow 24:40 Now wash me 24:42 And I shall be 24:46 Whiter than snow. 24:54 Amen. 24:56 And snow is white. 24:57 Yeah, snow is white, yes. 24:59 And we haven't seen snow in a while 25:00 actually the good snow. 25:02 Oh, no. 25:03 And white is the color, right? 25:05 You led me right into that, didn't you? 25:07 So, in fact, for Evelyn we have just a real quick 25:10 maybe a verse and a chorus, 25:12 for Evelyn from Newport, New Hampshire. 25:14 I want to sing this song. Let's see. 25:18 On the wings Of a Snow white dove 25:23 He sends his pure sweet love 25:27 A sign from above A sign from above 25:31 On the wings of a dove 25:35 When troubles surround us 25:39 When evils come 25:44 The body grows weak 25:48 And the spirit grows numb 25:52 When these things beset us 25:56 He doesn't forget us 26:00 He sends down His love 26:04 On the wings of a dove 26:08 On the wings Of a Snow white dove 26:13 He sends his pure sweet love 26:17 A sign from above 26:21 On the wings of a dove 26:25 When Noah had drifted 26:29 On the flood many days 26:33 He searched for land 26:37 In various ways 26:42 Troubles, he had some 26:45 But he wasn't forgotten 26:49 For God sent him his love 26:53 On the wings of a dove 27:01 That's good. 27:07 Send me a song 27:09 Then you sing along with me 27:18 Your Favorites By Request 27:21 La, la, la 27:24 La, la, la. |
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