Lovely, True, Good News

                          Monday musical meditations on God's good news An opening prayer:      Lord, you I love with all my heart;      I pray you, ne’er from me depart;      With tender mercy cheer me.      Earth has no pleasure I would share,      Heaven itself were void and bare      If you, Lord, were not near me.      And should my heart for sorrow break,      My trust in you no one could shake.      You are the portion I have sought;      Your precious blood my soul has bought.      Lord Jesus Christ,      My God and Lord, my God and Lord,      Forsake me not! I trust your Word.      Lord God, ’twas your rich bounty gave      My body, soul, and all I have      In this poor life of...

                         Monday musical meditations on God's good news An opening prayer:      Lord, may our hearts within us burn      And grant us grace to intercede,      To know compassion and concern      For those in every kind of need,      Whose lives are seen as little worth,      The poor and helpless of the earth.      In God alone his people stand,      He keeps us in the evil day,      Our lives are lived beneath his hand,      His blessings lie about our way:      In sin or sickness, hear our plea,      “O Lord, be merciful to me.”      And when my days on earth shall end,      Should foes unite against my name,      Or should my own familiar friend      Our lifelong bond o...

                         Monday musical meditations on God's good news An opening prayer:      The heavens declare your glory, Lord,      In every star your wisdom shines;      But when our eyes behold your word,      We read your name in fairer lines.       The rolling sun, light’s changing blend,      The night and day— your pow’r, they trace;      But the blest volume you have penned      Reveals your justice and your grace.       Sun, moon, and stars convey your praise      Around the earth, and never stand;      So when your truth began its race,      It touched and glanced on every land.       Nor shall your spreading gospel rest      Till through the world your truth has run,      Til...