Welcome to our hymn sing!
Hebrews 13:5 – ““God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
For “littles” and “young at heart”
5 Finger Prayer:
(Feel free to say each line and have your child repeat
what you say or say it as you pray together.)
Thumb: those closest to you (your family)
Pointer: those that point you in the right direction, ask for guidance, advice and support (teachers, doctors, pastors)
Index: (tallest) those that lead and help us (government, fire and rescue leaders)
Ring: (weakest) those that are weak, in trouble or pain (those ill, homeless, hungry, jobless)
Pinkie: (smallest) Our prayers for ourselves and our needs..
Jesus Loves Me (rock version)
LYRICS
Na-na-na-na na na-na-na, Na-na-na-na na na-na,
Na-na-na-na na na-na- na, Na-na-na-na na na-na. (repeat)
Jesus loves me this I know for the bible tells me so.
Little ones to him belong, they are weak but he is strong.
Chorus: Yes Jesus loves me. Yes Jesus loves me. Yes Jesus loves me this I know.
And I say yes Jesus loves me. Yes Jesus loves me. Yes Jesus loves me
for the Bible tells me so. (Na- na section)
Jesus loves me he who died, heaven’s gates to open wide.
He will wash away my sins, let his little child come in. Chorus
Every now and then when you feel like you are on your own
Sing this song and remember you are never all alone ‘cause Jesus loves you.
Chorus: (repeat twice) Na-na section (repeat twice)
Jesus loves me this I know for the bible tells me so.
Little ones to him belong, they are weak but he is strong.
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.
1 Corinthians 15:14
Hymn Background:
John and Charles Wesley soon found themselves out of favor with many fellow Anglican ministers who spurred their fiery evangelistic preaching. Many pulpits were closed to them.
A friend from his Oxford days, George Whitefield, 22, who had similar problems, began preaching in the open air. In London, he asked Charles to stand with him as he preached to thousands in the open air at Blackheath, and Charles got a vision for reaching the multitudes using this method.
He made his first attempt in the outskirts of London. Charles said, “Franklyn, a farmer, invited me to preach in his field. I did so to about 500. I returned to the house rejoicing.” Soon he was preaching to thousands. “My load is gone. God shone upon my path; and I knew this was his will concerning me.”
A man named Joseph Williams heard Charles in Bristol: “I found him standing on a table-board, in an erect posture. . . surrounded by, I guess more than a thousand people, some of them fashionable persons, but most of the lower rank of mankind. He prayed with uncommon fervency. . . He then preached about half an hour in such a manner as I have scarce ever heard any man labor so earnestly to convince his hearers they were all by nature in a sinful, lost, undone, damnable state; that notwithstanding, there was a possibility of their salvation, through faith in Christ. . . All this he backed up with many texts of Scripture, which he explained and illustrated, and then by a variety of the most forcible motives, arguments, and expostulation, did he invite, allure, quicken, and labor, if it were possible, to compel all, and every of his hearers, to believe in Christ for salvation.”
Charles Wesley still preaches today in much the same way through his ageless hymns which are sung around the world each Sunday. Perhaps his most exuberant anthem is the one he simply called, “Hymn for Easter Day,” published in 1739. It originally consisted of 11 stanzas. The “Alleluia’s” were added later, but appropriately, for this is a hymn one never gets tired of singing.
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
LYRICS:
1. Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
All creation join to say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing O heavens and earth reply, Alleluia!
2. Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where O death is your sting? Alleluia!
Jesus died, our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where your victory O grave? Alleluia!
3. Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise. Alleluia!
It is Well with My Soul
LYRICS
1. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
It is well with my soul. It is well, it is well with my soul.
3. My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
It is well with my soul. It is well, it is well with my soul.
4. May God haste the day when my faith shall be sight.
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
It is well with my soul. It is well, it is well with my soul.
One Comment
Thank you, thank you, thank you Kim for playing “It is well with my soul.” I really needed that today. Music can sooth the soul. Have another request please; think the name is “Down in my Heart.” It includes the words “I have joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart….” Thanks.
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