THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
Like children we participated in Christmas.
We gave and received gifts.
We were blessed by giving to those in need.
We enjoyed being with family members and friends.
We worshiped the Lord with those who love Him.
We sang of His glory and power, and we rejoiced greatly.
We were thrilled as the old, old story was told again.
And for the rest of this week we will bask in the sunshine of His love.
Dear Lord, please keep all the travelers safe, for there are many.
December 26, 2018 (Wednesday)
(From the Cambridge Bible Commentary:) The first part of this Psalm (Psalm 108:1-5) is an enthusiastic utterance of adoration and thanksgiving, taken from Psalm 57:7-11. The second part (Psalm 108:6-13) is taken from Psalm 60:5-12. It is an appeal for help against Israel’s enemies, grounded upon God’s promise to apportion the land to His people, and give them dominion over the neighboring nations.
New International Version (NIV)
A song. A psalm of David.
I. Resolutions of joyous thanksgiving (1-5)
1 My heart, O God, is steadfast;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
2 Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
3 I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
4 For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
II. Prayer for help (6-13)
6 Save us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.
7 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah is my scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.
13 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
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Listen as George Beverly Shea sings this grand old hymn:
frameborder=”2″ allow=”autoplay; encrypted-media” allowfullscreen>VICTORY IN JESUS
Eugene Monroe Bartlett, Sr.
1939
Chorus:
Oh victory in Jesus, my Savior, forever!
He sought me and bought me
with His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him,
and all my love is due Him-
He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood.
Verses:
I heard an old, old story,
how a Savior came from glory,
How He gave His life on Calvary,
to save a wretch like me;
I heard about His groaning,
of His precious blood’s atoning,
Then I repented of my sins
and won the victory.
I heard about His healing,
of His cleansing pow’r revealing,
How He made the lame
to walk again and caused the blind to see;
And then I cried, “Dear Jesus,
come and heal my broken spirit,”
And somehow Jesus came
and brought to me the victory.
I heard about a mansion
He has built for me in glory,
And I heard about the streets of gold
beyond the crystal sea;
About the angels singing
and the old redemption story-
And some sweet day I’ll sing up there
the song of victory.