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Help me Saviour
I am so slow to learn So prone to forget So weak to climb GIve me grace so there may be More decision in my character More vigour in my purposes More elevation in my life More fervour in my devotion. Amen (adapted from Valley of Vision)
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From the depths of despair, O Lord,
I call for your help. 2 Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer. 3 Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? 4 But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you. 5 I am counting on the Lord; yes, I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word. 6 I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn, yes, more than sentries long for the dawn. 7 O Israel, hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is unfailing love. His redemption overflows. 8 He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin. New Living Translation (NLT) Beautiful words to this one... My worth is not in what I own Not in the strength of flesh and bone But in the costly wounds of love At the cross My worth is not in skill or name In win or lose In pride or shame But in the blood of Christ that flowed At the cross... We've been spending some time as a community reading and learning from the psalms of ascent (Psalms 120-134) a section within the Old Testament book of psalms.
People think these were probably sung by pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem to the temple for one of the three big Jewish festivals each year. They touch on many issues that parallel our travels through life to our ultimate home with God forever. Here's one we are thinking about this week on the theme of humility. Psalm 131 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. 1 Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don’t concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp. 2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord-- now and always. |
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