Tears are falling, hearts are breaking How we need to hear from God You've been promised, we've been waiting
Welcome Holy Child Welcome Holy Child
Of Anna in Luke 2:38 "At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem."
Hope that you don't mind our manger How I wish we would have known But long awaited Holy Stranger Make yourself at home Please make yourself at home
Luke 2:7 "And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."
Bring your peace into our violence Bid our hungry souls be filled Word now breaking Heaven's silence Welcome to our world Welcome to our world
Mary said in Luke 1:53 "He has filled the hungry with good things; And sent away the rich empty-handed."
John 1:1,14 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth."
Fragile finger sent to heal us Tender brow prepared for thorn Tiny heart whose blood will save us Unto us is born Unto us is born
The angels told the shepherds in Luke 2:11 "for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."
1 Peter 1:18-19 "knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ."
So wrap our injured flesh around You Breathe our air and walk our sod Rob our sin and make us holy Perfect Son of God Perfect Son of God Welcome to our world
1 John 4:2 "By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;"
Hebrews 10:10 "By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."
Luke 1:35 "The angel answered and said to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.'"
I love games that involve physical activity. Here is a game I found on Ministry-To-Children.com that helps kids practice which books of the Bible are from the Old or New Testament:
Have the children stand in the center of the room. Label one side of the room "Old Testament" and the other "New Testament". Call out books of the Bible and have the children move to the correct side of the room. If you want to make it more challenging, call out names that aren't books of the Bible and have them do something else (like freeze, drop to the floor, or go to the center of the room). Click here for some more activities for learning the Books of the Bible.
If you ever went to a Christian camp, you probably know that you can sing "Amazing Grace" to a lot of different tunes:
Young Life/Camp Version
Gilligan's Island Version
Joy To The World Version
House of the Rising Sun Version
O Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) Version
So, why does "Amazing Grace" fit in all of those tunes (and tons more)? It all comes down to meter. So what is meter?
Meter
Meter is a notation indicating the number of syllables in each line of a song. For example, in the lyrics to "Amazing Grace" below, I underlined every other syllable.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,That saved a wretch like me.I once was lost but now am found,Was blind, but now I see.
Counting the syllables in each line, you get 8.6.8.6. The periods between numbers just indicate line breaks.
Here is another example using "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God":
A mighty Fortress is our God, A Bulwark never failing; Our Helper He amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing: For still our ancient foe Doth seek to work us woe; His craft and pow'r are great, And, armed with cruel hate, On earth is not his equal.
Counting these syllables, we get 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.7.
Named Meters
Some meters are used more frequently, so they have been given names. For example:
Common Meter (C.M.) is 8.6.8.6. ("Amazing Grace" has this meter.)
Short Meter (S.M.) is 6.6.8.6.
Long Meter (L.M.) is 8.8.8.8.
Notice that all of those named meters are quatrains (four lines). Some hymns have one stanza that is equivalent to two of these verses. These can be noted with a D for double.
C.M.D. is 8.6.8.6.8.6.8.6.
S.M.D. is 6.6.8.6.6.6.8.6.
L.M.D. is 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.
Sometimes, the term Irregular Meter is used. This means that the meter can vary from verse to verse (like "The First Noel"). The notes that are sometimes slurred with one syllable instead of two are usually tied (joined with a swooping line).
At times, Irregular Meter means that some verses are missing the pickup or lead-in note (the note before the first downbeat) such as in "O Come All Ye Faithful". Peculiar Meter (P.M.) is not a specific meter, but rather any meter that is "peculiar" or different. Sometimes this can mean the same thing as "Irregular Meter." Other times, P.M. is used to mean that this meter is just different from other songs (at least in the hymnal using the notation) so you are not likely to find other songs like it. Basically, tunes that are labeled P.M. are Irregular Meter are NOT interchangeable with other tunes with the same label.
Variations in Representation
There are several types of notation for meter. All involve numbers and periods. However, some use the D in meters such as 7.6.7.6.D. and others don't, using 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6. Others will even write "7.6. 8 lines" (meaning there are eight total lines in the 7.6. pattern). Some will write out the meter for a refrain while others will use the notation "7.8.7.8. with Refrain". Unfortunately, this doesn't tell you the meter of the refrain. While the verses will be able to be sung to either tune, the refrains may not be compatible depending on their meter. For example, "Jesus Loves Me" and "Who Is He in Yonder Stall" are both 7.7.7.7. with refrain, but their refrains are not compatible. Also, some hymnals will write the meter with periods at the end of each line, while others use the periods for the end of a couplet or section. For example, a meter can be written as 76.76.D. or 87.87.66.667.
Poetic Foot
One would think that you could sing any song to another tune of the same meter, but unfortunately it is not that simple. While it often works, some hymns have a different poetic foot. A poetic foot is a pattern of which syllables are emphasized. While there are many patterns possible in a poetic foot, only the most commonones used in hymns are covered here.
Iambic Going back to "Amazing Grace", the pattern of emphasis is weak-strong-weak-strong the whole way through. Each pair of weak-strong is known as an iamb (the b is silent). So, this pattern is called iambic. Many people have learned about iambic pentameter in a high school literature class. Shakespeare wrote in this pattern where each line consisted of five iambs (ten total syllables in the weak-strong pattern). Iambic tends to have a skipping type feel when read.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,That saved a wretch like me.I once was lost but now am found,Was blind, but now I see.
Another iambic hymn is "What Child is This?":
What Child is this, who laid to rest,On Mary's lap is sleeping?Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,While shepherds watch are keeping?
Some more examples of iambic hymns are:
"Sweet Hour of Prayer"
"O God Our Help In Ages Past"
"From Every Stormy Wind That Blows"
Almost all C.M., S.M., and L.M. hymns are iambic. Trochaic The opposite pattern of emphasis is strong-weak. A good example of this is Onward Christian Soldiers. Each pair of strong-weak is called a trochee and the tern for this pattern is trochaic. "Onward Christian Soldiers" is 6.5.6.5.D. with Refrain in trochaic pattern (In fact, most 6.5.6.5. hymns are trochaic). It is ironic that "Onward Christian Soldiers" is in trochaic because, to me, trochaic sounds more like marching.
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before! Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe; Forward into battle, see His banner go!
Another trochaic hymn is Our Great Savior:
Jesus! what a friend for sinners!Jesus! Lover of my soul;Friends may fail me, foes assail me,He, my Savior, makes me whole.
Here are a few more trochaic hymns:
"In the Cross of Christ I Glory"
"May the Grace of Christ Our Savior"
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
"Christ the Lord is Ris'n Today"
There are many different types of poetic feet, the two above are both disyllables (having two syllables in each foot). There are more types of poetic feet having more than two syllables. While there are many trisyllables and tetrasyllables, I will mention the most common ones in hymns. Dactylic and Anapaestic In hymns, trisyllables are mostly either dactylic or anapaestic. A dactyl foot is strong-weak-weak (DUM-da-da) and an anapaest foot is weak-weak-strong (da-da-DUM). A good example of a dactylic hymn is "Be Thou My Vision":
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart- Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art; Thou my best thought, by day or by night- Waking or sleeping Thy presence my light.
Anapaestic poems have an upbeat sing-songy feel. They have been used in "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" and by Dr. Seuss in "O the Places You'll Go." A good example of an anapaestic pattern is in the verses of "Sweet By and By":
There's a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar, For the Father waits over the wayTo prepare us a dwelling place there.
Some hymns such as "Immortal, Invisible" are difficult to classify because the have the feel of trisyllables, but with an upbeat.
Immortal, Invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious - Thy great name we praise.
Here are some more dactylic hymns (including ones with an upbeat note):
"Oh! What a Savior is Jesus the Lord"
"How Good is the God We Adore"
"We'll Sing of the Shepherd That Died"
"Thy Name We Bless, Lord Jesus"
No Pattern or Irregular Patterns Some texts have no pattern or it is irregular. The first line may be trochaic and the second iambic. Some anapaestic lines may begin with an iamb or a trochee is at the end of a dactylic line. This is often done so that the accent can fall on the final syllable of the line. Switching songs with poetic feet When you switch tunes for hymns with different poetic feet the result is usually awkward. Try singing the trochaic "Our Great Savior" to the iambic "What Child is This?" or vice versa. It definitely doesn't feel right. Or sing the dactylic "Be Thou My Vision" to the iambic "Abide With Me".
Mood or Tone
One last thing to consider when choosing which tune to sing with a song is the mood or tone. For example, "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" and "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus" are both in the meter 7.6.7.6.D. However, the first text is somber and the latter is a call to battle. While it is possible to sing each song to the other's tune, that doesn't mean that the result will be appropriate for the text. Ideally, a tune should enhance the feeling of a text. The style of music should not only match, but also intensify the feeling behind the words of a song. "O My Savior, Crucified!" and "O My Savior, Glorified!" in Hymns of Grace and Truth are both written in 7.7.7.7. However, even just from their titles, it is obvious that the first should probably be written in a minor key and the second should be in a major key. It feels wrong to singing "Gazing with adoring eye, on Thy dying agony" to a triumphant feel. Though we glory in the cross (Galatians 6:14), it is the victory of sin that we celebrate and not his agony.
Last Thoughts
Ephesians 5:19 "speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;"
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God."
1 Corinthians 14:26 "What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification."
While there are ideals in hymns and their music, the important part of worshipping with music is the attitude of our hearts and the edification of the church body. If someone chooses the wrong tune (by meter or style), grace should be shown. Don't ruin the beautiful melody of someone's heartfelt worship with your attitude of judgment on musical skills and ideals.
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
James 1:17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from theFather of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
Malachi 3:6 "For I, the LORD , do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed."
Lamentations 3:22 The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.
Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Refrain: Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see;
Lamentations 3:22-23 The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided� Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Jeremiah 31:35 Thus says the LORD , Who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is His name:
Psalm 74:16-17 Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; You have prepared the light and the sun. You have established all the boundaries of the earth; You have made summer and winter.
Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Psalm 19:1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
God said in Jeremiah 33:8 'I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.'
Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Psalm 73:23-24 Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory.
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Paul wrote in Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
There are many renditions of Great is Thy Faithfulness.
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I have quite a few Children's story Bibles. Some were gifts and some I bought myself. Most are decent, but one of the ones I have really stands out to me. It does an excellent job of showing children the overall theme of the Bible. It is The Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm with illustrations by Gail Schoonmaker.
Here are the main things I am looking for in a Bible story book:
Good Story Content: They are definitely incomplete as they don't contain all of the Bible stories. Of course, we all have our favorite stories that we would like to see included, but it's impossible to have them all in there. However, it is good to have a wise selection of which stories to include.
Good Bible Interpretation: On top of that, Bible story books are not literal translations of the Bible so they are an interpretation of the author. Therefore, you hope the author knows how to accurately translate the Bible.
Good Story Telling: The text needs to be easy enough for a child to understand and
Good Illustrations: The pictures have to be well drawn and in a style that interests kids.
I felt like The Bible Picture Story Bible did an excellent job on all of these points and, in addition to those, it was able to keep "the big picture" or main theme of the Bible in view during all of the stories.
Bottom Line: This is my favorite Bible story book that stands out above the rest that I own, it's simple text and beautiful illustrations capture and keep children's attention for them to hear and understand the overall story of the Bible.
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Robert Robinson (1735-1790) was young when his father died and he was disinherited by his wealthy maternal grandfather. Without a father's influence, he fell in with a bad crowd. However, after listening to a sermon by George Whitefield in 1752, he found God's grace and repented of his sin. He went on to be a preacher and hymn writer, writing the hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing". Here are some of my favorite versions:
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing by Robert Robinson
Come Thou Fount of every blessing Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
John 4:14 Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will be come in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise
Psalm 89:1 I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.
Romans 15:9 and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written, "Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name."
Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above.
Revelation 5:9 And they [the twenty-four elders] sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it, Mount of God's redeeming love.
Isaiah 54:10 "For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken," Says the LORD who has compassion on you.
Here I raise my Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I'm come;
After the Lord helped Israel defeat the Philistines, in 1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and named it Ebenezer [literally - rock of help], saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us."
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home.
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';
Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God;
Jesus said in Luke 15:4-6 "What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? "When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. "And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
Jesus said in Luke 19:10 "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood.
1 Peter 1:18-19 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
O to grace how great a debtor Daily I'm constrained to be!
Colossians 2:14 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Let that grace now like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love;
Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?
Romans 7:21-23 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.
Here's my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above.
Ephesians 4:30 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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Romans 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
Why are you crying? Let me lift up your face, just don't turn away
1 Chronicles 16:11 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
Why are you looking for love? Why are you still searching as if I'm not enough?
1 John 4:7-10 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
To where will you go child? Tell me where will you run, to where will you run?
Speaking to Jesus, John 6:68 Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.
'cause I'll be by your side wherever you fall
Psalm 37:24 When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand.
In the dead of night whenever you call
Psalm 88:1 O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
2 Chronicles 13:12 "Now behold, God is with us at our head and His priests with the signal trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for you will not succeed."
My hands are holding you
Isaiah 41:10 'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous righthand.'
Look at these hands at my side
John 20:27 Then He [Jesus] said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."
They swallowed the grave on that night
1 Corinthians 15:54-57 But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
When I drank the world's sin
About Jesus in 1 Peter 2:24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
So I could carry you in and give you life
I wanna give you life
1 John 5:11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
And I'll be by your side wherever you fall
Psalm 145:14 The LORD sustains all who fall And raises up all who are bowed down.
In the dead of night whenever you call
1 John 5:14 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel against the LORD.
My hands are holding you
Psalm 13:10 Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
'Cause I love you, I want you to know
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
That I love you, I'll never let you go
Deuteronomy 31:8 "The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you.He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed."
And I'll be by your side wherever you fall
Psalm 146:8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous;
In the dead of night whenever you call
Luke 18:7 now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
Acts 11:17 "Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?"
My hands are holding you
Isaiah 42:6 "I am the LORD , I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations,"
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This week I'm missing my son who is at camp, so I thought I'd work on one of his favorite songs. He loves the groovy beat to this song, but I love that it also has references to the Bible all throughout it.
One Day
by Aaron Shust
One day, I will leave this body And I will get a perfect one
Philippians 3:20-21 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
That day I will see His glory
Shinin' like the noonday sun
Speaking of Jesus in Revelation 1:16 In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.
Speaking of Jesus in Hebrew 1:3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
One day, I'll take a walk with Jesus
He might explain the mysteries of life Some say, I just can't believe it But I know that one day
1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
We'll gather at the Crystal Throne*
Revelation 4:6 and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.
All these years; we're finally home
Philippians 3:20-21 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
About Abraham in Hebrews 11:9-10 By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
I can actually see His face
Revelation 22:4 they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
And all I can do is say:
Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty Who was and is and is to come
Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come."
We lay our crowns before You
Revelation 4:10 the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Every heart and soul; adore You
Revelation 5:13 And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."
Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
The God of gods, Almighty One
Daniel 2:47 The king answered Daniel and said, "Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery."
Revelation 19:6 Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, " Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
One day, death will be abolished And sin will have it's mastery no more
2 Timothy 1:9-10 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
And I know, that we will be astonished At all that our Creator has in store
Ephesians 3:11 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,
One day, we will meet our Savior And He will give each one of us a stone Engraved ,with our names upon it: Known by God alone
Revelation 2:17 'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.'
We'll gather at the Crystal Throne
All these years; we're finally home
I can actually see His face I never thought I'd see the day That we'd gather at the Crystal Throne All these years; we're finally home I can actually see His face And all I can do is say
Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty Who was and is and is to come We lay our crowns before You Every heart and soul; adore You The God of gods, Almighty One King of Kings, God's only Son
Lords of Lords, salvation done.
Revelation 19:16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 19:30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
Hebrews 9:12 and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
* The crystal is actually the ground in front of the throne, not the throne itself.
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