Category: Christian Thoughts

Praise Him Forever

Praise Him Forever

Chris Tomlin

Praise Him you stars above
Galaxies all in motion
Praise Him you thunderclouds
Ringing throughout the Heavens
From every mountaintop
To every wild ocean
Oh, hear all the universe sing praise

Oh, sing praise
Let everything that breathes
Let all the earth proclaim
Great is the Lord our God
Praise Him forever

Let all that is within me
Magnify His name
Great is the Lord our God
Praise Him forever

Praise Him you beating hearts
Sing for the life He’s given
Praise Him you rescued ones
Join in the sound of Heaven
From every mountaintop
To every wild ocean
Oh, hear all the universe sing praise
Oh, sing praise

Let everything that breathes
Let all the earth proclaim
Great is the Lord our God
Praise Him forever

Let all that is within me
Magnify His name
Great is the Lord our God
Praise Him forever

Hear the holy roar
Hear this anthem rise
In the house of God
All creation cries
Hear the holy roar
Hear this anthem rise
In the house of God
All creation cries
Hear the holy roar
Hear this anthem rise
In the house of God
All creation cries
Hear the holy roar
Hear this anthem rise
In the house of God
All creation cries

Oh, sing praise
Let everything that breathes
Let all the earth proclaim
Great is the Lord our God
Praise Him forever
Let all that is within me
Magnify His name
Great is the Lord our God
Praise Him forever
Praise Him forever
Praise Him forever
Hear the holy roar
Hear the holy roar
Hear the holy roar
Praise Him forever

There Are No Shortcuts

Naomi Gains a Son

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Ruth 4:13-17

The book of Ruth may just seem like a nice story of a young girl who was fortunate! These events were all part of God’s plan for the birth of Jesus the Messiah!

Just as Ruth was unaware of the larger picture in her life, we often don’t know the full purpose & importance of our lives. So let us learn from this & make choices with God’s eternal purpose & values in mind. Let us choose to avoid taking moral shortcuts & living for short-range pleasures.

Ruth positioned herself for greatness through her obedience when it seemed like it was taking her nowhere! Her faithfulness & commitment stayed in place when everything inside of her was shouting to leave. Remember, if we can out live the challenges with our integrity in tacked, the rewards will outweigh any sacrifice.

There are no shortcuts! Let us live life right & Jesus will make it right.

  • Basil

The Cross Is Ours To Take

There are times when “accepting” is our only option. When we’re out of choices… we can see we can’t get our way… for now… but we fully intend to when the opportunity arises.

As followers of Christ, however, we’ve chosen to accept to loose.

We’ve chosen to lay down our “own way” and accept by faith His way.

That requires a special strength…
His, not ours.

When it comes to God’s dealings in our lives, our own strength and wisdom aren’t enough to hold us up.

“God’s dealings?”

Christians, the Lord’s greatest blessing for us to accept is the cross as ours to take.

There’s nothing like suffering to test, approve and refine our faith to lay the way for His life to shine through us for the sake of others.

Heb 5:8 – though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.

  • Mark Saunders

Was Blind, But Now I See

Amazing Grace

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

Was Grace that taught my heart to fear
And Grace, my fears relieved
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares
We have already come
T’was Grace that brought us safe thus far
And Grace will lead us home
And Grace will lead us home

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

Was blind, but now I see

  • Songwriters: John Newton

Placing Our Trust In God Is A Choice

When my mind starts racing with questions and doubts, I have to stop and ask myself: what kind of God do I believe in? Ultimately, placing our trust in God is a choice.

There are times we trust God because of what we can see, but there are also times when we have to trust God in spite of what we see. Even when the world around me is falling apart, I know that God is still good. Even when I feel like I’m falling apart on the inside, I know that God is still good. His character and faithfulness never changes. Ever.

After 30 years of following Jesus, there is still so much I don’t understand, but God is God and I am not. Just because we don’t see the whole picture at once doesn’t mean God isn’t holding all the pieces together in his hands.

  • Christine Cane