Praise, Thanksgiving, Peace

Monday, July 3, 2017

How do you respond to God:

• when your life is peaceful?
• when sorrows toss you around like a stormy sea?
• when Satan is after you?
• when you are aware of your sin?
• when you face death's door?

I suggest that we as Christians never forget to praise the Lord no matter the cirmumstances. 

We should thank Him for His mercy, grace and love. 

And we should truly be at peace knowing it is well with our souls. 

It Is Well with My Soul

Horatio G. Spafford, 1873

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.

Chorus:
It is well
With my soul.
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

Chorus

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!

Chorus

1. For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
   If Jordan above me shall roll,
   No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
   Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
2. Chorus 
3. But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
   The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
   Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
   Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!
4. Chorus 
5. And Lord, haste the day when the 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.
6. Thank you, Lord, for this great hymn. We need its wisdom today.