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17 Mar 2024

Messiah Still, and All Alone

O Praise the Name of the Lord Our God


I cast my mind to Calvary
Where Jesus bled and died for me
I see His wounds, His hands, His feet
My Saviour on that cursed tree


His body bound and drenched in tears
They laid Him down in Joseph’s tomb
The entrance sealed by heavy stone
Messiah still and all alone

[Chorus]
O praise the Name of the Lord, our God
O praise His Name forevermore
For endless days we will sing Your praise
O Lord, O Lord, our God!


Then on the third at break of dawn
The Son of heaven rose again
O trampled death, where is your sting?
The angels roar for Christ the King

He shall return in robes of white
The blazing sun shall pierce the night
And I will rise among the saints
My gaze transfixed on Jesus’ face

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30 Nov 2013

Let Me Take of Thee

Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high.
Hide me, O my Savior, hide, till life’s storm is past;
Safe into the haven guide; Receive my soul at last.

Other refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone, still support and comfort me.
All my trust on Thee is stayed, all my help from Thee I bring;
Cover my defenseless head with the shadow of Thy wing.

Thou, O Christ, art all I want, more than all in Thee I find;
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is Thy Name, I am all unrighteousness;
False and full of sin I am; Thou art full of truth and grace.

Plenteous grace with Thee is found, grace to cover all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound; wash and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art, freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart, for all eternity.

by Charles Wesley
sung below with a contemporary arrangement by Indelible Grace.

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07 Oct 2013

Holy, Holy, Holy

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain.
Holy, holy is he.
Sing a new song to him who sits on
Heaven’s mercy seat.

Fall before the throne of glory,
Gaze upon the crystal sea.
Join the myriad saints and angels
Sing through all eternity.

Clothed in power, might, and splendor
The Bridegroom calls us to the feast
Of holy manna, and living water,
Our consummation now complete.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come.
With all creation I sing,
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything, and I will adore you.

Revelation Song, by Jennie Lee Riddle
Verse 2 & 3 by Paul van der Bijl

Revelation Song, score

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19 Dec 2012

All Mortal Flesh

Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded,
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth
Our full homage to demand.

King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.

Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its wings on the way,
As the Light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.

At His feet the six winged seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!

Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!

Listen to Red Mountain Church sing it.

Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus

A scene from ‘The Nativity Story,’ a movie circa 2006.

He came once. He is coming again. No debt is too great, no shame to deep, no fear so gripping that he cannot wash it away and build you new again. Ask him about it if you, like me, cannot grasp it. He doesn’t mind proving himself if you’re not being gamey, but are in earnest. Don’t be worried if he doesn’t make it perfectly clear right away. He keeps his own schedule for reasons that are beyond us, but he will come to you, if you ask him.

Immanuel. God with us.

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