Delight In The Lord Song of The Week- Love The Lord Your God

Mercy Not Strained

The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
But mercy is above this sceptered sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;
It is an attribute of God himself;
And earthly power doth then show like God's
When mercy seasons justice.

-William Shakespeare

The Jesus Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.


That is a good prayer. It has been handed down for centuries from the church fathers, through the church.

Delight In The Lord Song of The Week-In Christ Alone

We've a Story To Tell To The Nations

We've a story to tell to the nations,
that shall turn their hearts to the right,
a story of truth and mercy,
a story of peace and light,
a story of peace and light.
Refrain:
For the darkness shall turn to dawning,
and the dawning to noonday bright;
and Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth,
the kingdom of love and light.

2. We've a song to be sung to the nations,
that shall lift their hearts to the Lord,
a song that shall conquer evil
and shatter the spear and sword,
and shatter the spear and sword.
(Refrain)

3. We've a message to give to the nations,
that the Lord who reigneth above
hath sent us his Son to save us,
and show us that God is love,
and show us that God is love.
(Refrain)

4. We've a Savior to show to the nations,
who the path of sorrow hath trod,
that all of the world's great peoples
might come to the truth of God,
might come to the truth of God.

Delight In The Lord Song of The Week- My Heart Will Trust In You

I'm Blessed Brother

Many times we as Christians when asked how we are doing we will say that we are "blessed". And that is true, but what does it mean?

Does it mean nothing is wrong in our life? No, I don't think so.

Does it mean we have a lot of money? Maybe, maybe not.

Does it mean we have a certain feeling? No, many times there is no feelings attached to it.

Jesus named the way we are blessed in his Constitution of the Kingdom of God, the Sermon on the Mount. In it's Bill of Rights, The Beatitudes, he listed why and how we are blessed. Matthew 5:1-12

So when someone asks you, "How are you?" If you are not very good at being spiritual, you can say I am blessed. If you are poor in spirit you know God's kingdom is for you, so you are truly blessed.

If you are mourning by calling out to God, to people who love you, and feeling the feelings of grief, you can say I am blessed. You will be comforted, and that is a blessing.

If you are not fighting to gain the world, if you are calm, if you delight in God, if you are not overcome with anger(you know, meek) than you can say you are blessed. You are going to be given the earth. And that's a pretty big prize.

There are 5 more ways that we can say we are blessed in Matthew 5:1-12.

So being blessed is more than a lack of problems, it's more than money, and it's more than a feeling. It defiantly should be more than a catch phrase.

So, "How are you?"

Nineveh

Nineveh
A whale riding prophet brings the great city life.
A three day redemptive walk by the seaside.
You repent but not for long.
A prophet nicknamed comforter speaks upcoming doom.
You don't know your right hand from your left.
If allowed to keep going how much will you murder your own self?
You lie, then believe your own lies.
You love your lies.
What is truth?
Feed on the poor, trying to become fat.
No one weeps at your fall.
You did not weep when you were the cause of many to fall.
My, how the mighty have fallen.