Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Seasons in the Calendar of Life

"Spring Happens"

My Father's World
This is my Father's world
And to my listening ears
All nature sings and round me rings
The music of the spheres
This is my Father's world
This is my Father's world
I rest in the thought
That His hands the wonders wrought

This is my Father's world
The birds their carols raise
The morning light, the lily white
Declares their Maker's praise
This is my Father's world
This is my Father's world
He shines in all that's fair
He speaks to me everywhere

Of rocks and trees
Of skies and seas
In rustling grass
I hear them pass
The Lord is King
Let the heavens ring
Let the heavens ring
The heavens ring

This is my Father's world
O' let me never forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong
God is the ruler yet
This is my Father's world
This is my Father's world
Should my heart ever be sad?
God reigns let the earth be glad

© Maltbie Davenport Babcock, Eddy Mann

Songs of Solomon 2:11-12

11 for behold, the winter is past;
the rain is over and gone.

12 The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.

King of Creation
Beautiful Savior
King of creation
Sonf of God
And Son of Man
Truly I'd love Thee
Truly I'd serve Thee
Light of my soul my joy my crown

Fair are the meadows
Fair are the woodlands
Robed in flowers
Of blooming spring
Jesus is fairer
Jesus is purer
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing

King of creation
We praise Your name

Fair is the sunshine
Fair is the moonlight
Bright the sparkling
Stars on high
Jesus shines brighter
Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels in the sky

Beautiful Savior
Lord of the nations
Sonf of God
And Son of Man
Glory and honor
Praise adoration
Name and forevermore be thine

© Joseph A Seiss, Eddy Mann

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a King's face there is life,
and his favor is like the clouds 
that bring the spring rain. 

Indescribable

From the highest of heights
To the depths of the sea
Creation' revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall
To the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique
In the song that it sings
All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky
Any You know them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable
Awestruck we fall to our knees
As we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God

Who has told every lightning bolt
Where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses
Laden with snow
Who imagined the sun
And gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us
The coolness of night
None can fathom

Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart
And You love me the same

© Chris Tomlin

Here Is Our King
Here is our King
Here is our love
Here is our God
Who's come to bring us back to Him
He is the One
He is Jesus

And He is our King
He is our love
He is our God
Who's come to bring us back to Him
He is the One
He is Jesus

From wherever spring arrives,
To heal the ground
From wherever 
Searching comes the look itself
A trace of what we're looking for
So be quiet now and wait
The ocean, is growing
The tide is coming in
Here it is

And what was aid to the rose
To make it unfold
Was said to me
Here in my chest
So be quiet now and rest
The ocean, is growing
The tide is coming in
Here it is

Majesty finally
Majesty finally here

© David Crowder

Psalm 72:6
May the king's rule 
be refreshing like spring rain
on freshly cut grass,

like the showers
that water the earth.

Beautiful Things

All this pain
I wonder if I'll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really
Change at all

All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up
From this ground

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Life is springing up
From this old ground
Out of chaos
Life is being found in You

You make me new
You are making me new

© Lisa Gungor, Michael Gungor

Psalm 85:11
Faithfulness 
springs up from the ground
and righteousness 
looks down from the sky.

See
See, how He conquers each fear
See, how He always is near
See, how His hand wipes away every tear

See, how He answers prayer
See, how He always is there
See, how His love is beyond compare

So go running just as fast as you can
Into the darkness toward the light of man
there's a sunrise he's prepared for you
A season of spring to revive and renew

See, how He comforts pain
See, how He never will wane
See, how His word always will sustain

© Eddy Mann

Seasons in the Calendar of Life
"Spring Happens"

Communion
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. (1 Corinthians 11:23-26 ESV)

Communion Verse
We have come to You
We have come to You
Make Your presence know to us

Blessing
May the Lord bless us and keep us; 
May he make His face shine upon us, and be gracious to us, 
May he lift up His countenance upon us, and give us peace. 
(Numbers 6:24-26 NKJV)