“Blest are you who suffer hate, / All because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, yours is the kingdom; / Shine for all to see.”- Blest are They, verse 5 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put […]
“God has called you out of darkness / Into His most marvelous light; / Brought His truth to life within you, / Turned your blindness into sight. / Let your light so shine around you / That God’s name is glorified / And all find fresh hope and purpose / In Christ Jesus crucified.”- Lutheran […]
“Praise Him for His grace and favor / To His people in distress; / Praise Him still the same forever, / Slow to chide and swift to bless; / Alleluia, alleluia! / Glorious in His faithfulness.”- Lutheran Service Book 793, verse 2 “The LORD passed in front of Moses, calling out, ‘Yahweh! The LORD. The […]
“Christ is made the sure foundation, / Christ, our head and cornerstone, / Chosen of the Lord and precious, / Binding all the Church in one; / Holy Zion’s help forever / And our confidence alone.”- Lutheran Service Book 909, verse 1 “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow […]
“Gonna run this race to my final step, / Gonna sing this song to my final breath, / And let the weight of this world go. / Gonna be no fear, gonna be no pain. / And when I see that smile on my Savior’s face, / I won’t be walking, / I’ll be running […]
“Our Paschal Lamb, that sets us free, / Is sacrificed. O keep / The feast of freedom gallantly; let alleluias leap. / Alleluia! / Alleluia! / Alleluia again: / Sing alleluia, cry aloud: / Alleluia! Amen!”- Lutheran Service Book 473, verse 1 “The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know […]
“We need Jesus’ eyes even more when we face those real-life adversities. We’ve heard it a thousand times — in the storm, keep your eyes on Jesus rather than the wind and the waves. It’s good counsel, but here’s an even better offer: you can look at the storm through Jesus’s eyes.”- Alan Wright, Seeing […]
“God’s way with us is waiting. . . . No, God does not deliver on his promises with Amazon efficiency.”- Jen Pollack Michel, In Good Time “Come, Thou long-expected Jesus, / Born to set thy people free; / From our fears and sins release us; / Let us find our trust in Thee. / Israel’s […]
“This flow’r, whose fragrance tender / With sweetness fills the air, / Dispels with glorious splendor / The darkness everywhere. / True man, yet very God, / From sin and death he saves us / And lightens every load.”- Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming, LSB 359, v. 3 “Now after Jesus was born in […]
“Neither are you [an exception to acceptance]. So for heaven’s sake, accept your acceptance.”- Max Lucado, God Never Gives Up on You “Now thank we all our God / With hearts and hands and voices, / Who wondrous things has done, / In whom His world rejoices; / Who from our mother’s arms / Has […]
“We’re only ten seconds away from mountain-moving faith. Encountering God changes everything.”- Susie Larson, Closer Than Your Next Breath “Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary from looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety.”- Isaiah 38:14 (ESV) Six major populations […]
“In Christ alone my hope is found / He is my light, my strength, my song. / This cornerstone, this solid ground / Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.”- In Christ Alone, v. 1 “O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you […]