Fear Thou Not

Isaiah 41:10

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

During my devotions I was reading through the book of Isaiah.  When I got to chapter 41, and read verse 10, a song started forming.

With all that is occurring in the world today, it is easy to be overwhelmed with fear.  Famine, drought, Ebola, wars, suicide bombers, etc.  But we need not fear, for we have a God that is more powerful than any force here on earth.  He is always with us.

Fear Thou Not

Fear Thou not, fear thou not, for I am with thee.   

Be not dismayed, be not dismayed, for I am Thy God.  

I will help thee, yeah I will strengthen thee.  

I will uphold thee with my righteous right hand.

Fear Thou not, fear thou not, for I have redeemed thee.

I have formed thee, I have formed thee, for thou art Mine.

I have ransomed thee, I have called thee by name.

I have loved thee, I am the Lord thy God.

Fear thou not, fear thou not, for I will be with thee,

When thou passest, when thou passest, through the deep waters,

And through the rivers, they’ll not overflow thee.

Thou shall not be burned, when thou walkest through fire.

I am the Lord, Lord thy God, I am the Holy One.

That ye may know, that ye may know, believe I am He.

Before me there was no other God formed.

Neither shall there be any after Me.

I am the Lord, Lord thy God, the Holy Creator.

I have made thee, I have made thee, for My Own Glory.

I have blotted out all thy transgressions.

I will remember thy sins no more.

Is 41:10

Is 43

Written 9/7/2014

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Two Hearts Entwined

Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

When my nephew got married this past summer, I wanted to write a song about marriage.  I haven’t done this before – pick a topic and write a song.  But as I started thinking about what I wanted the song to say, this song came into being.

Two Hearts Entwined

Two hearts entwined,

Two become one.

God has brought us together,

To each other we will cleave.

For better or for worse, in sickness and in health,

Whether rich or whether poor,

We both have each other.

So now as we pledge,

Our undying love,

Each promise to honor,

Until death do us part.

With our God as our Head,

May we bring Him glory.

He’ll be there to guide us through,

As we cherish each other.

Two hearts entwined,

Two beat as one.

God has joined us together.

None can separate us.

None can separate us.

 Written 7/5/2014

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Precious Name

1 Peter 2:6

6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on Him shall not be confounded.

Usually when composing a new hymn, a phrase starts going through my mind and a tune forms.  This time the tune started going through my head and I had to come up with words. 

Since Jesus is very important to me, I decided to write about Him.  He has such a powerful name, a name above all names.  And at that most precious Name, every knee shall bow!

Precious Name

Jesus, oh my Jesus, how I love you so.                          

Jesus, You are with me everywhere I go.                      

You loved enough to die for me, this I know.                                  

Forever I will praise Your Holy, precious Name.           

Jesus, to this dark and wicked earth You came.

Dying on a cross, all sinners to reclaim.

For my wretched wickedness, You took the blame.

Hallelujah, how I love Your most Precious Name!

Jesus, You’re the One Who took my guilt away.

Over me all sin has lost its dreadful sway.

Now I’m looking forward to the coming day,

Where face to face I’ll get to praise Your Holy Name.

Written 4/11/2014

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