Devotions for Advent (Ebook Shorts)

J. Morgan Robert

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The lyrics of our favorite hymns are rich in images that can help us in our daily walk with God--they are miniature Bible studies that lead us effortlessly toward worship, testimony, exhortation, prayer, and praise. They're bursts of devotional richness with rhyme and rhythm. They clear our minds, soothe our nerves, verbalize our worship, summarize our faith, and sing our great Redeemer's praise. Bestselling author Robert J. Morgan has gathered favorite hymns, as well as classic, lesser-known gems to guide your quiet time with God during Advent.Each devotional begins with Scripture, includes a story about the hymn or its writer and the lyrics to the hymn, and ends with a prayer. An index of hymn titles and first lines is included. What better way to end your devotional reading than with a song in your heart?

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie

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• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781441240439
• Langue: English

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© 2010 by Robert J. Morgan
Published by Revell
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Ebook edition created 2012
This ebook is comprised of excerpts from Robert J. Morgan, Near to the Heart of God: Meditations on 366 Best-Loved Hymns (Grand Rapids: Revell, 2010).
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ISBN 978-1-4412-4043-9
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Day 1: Ye Christian Heralds
Day 2: Be Still, My Soul
Day 3: O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Day 4: Come, Thou Almighty King
Day 5: The Birthday of a King
Day 6: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Day 7: At the Name of Jesus
Day 7: At the Name of Jesus
Day 8: Abide with Me
Day 9: My Maker, Be Thou Nigh
Day 10: Open Our Eyes to See
Day 11: Silent Night
Day 12: We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer, Creator
Day 13: O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Day 14: Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Day 15: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Day 16: Whiter Than Snow
Day 17: Jesus, My Savior, Let Me Be
Day 18: Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Day 19: Blessèd Night
Day 20: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Day 21: Sweeter Sounds Than Music Knows
Day 22: Away in a Manger
Day 23: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
Day 24: Angels from the Realms of Glory
Day 25: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Day 26: The Hope of the Coming of the Lord
Day 27: Jesus Loves Me
Day 28: Hark, the Glad Sound
Day 29: What Child Is This?
Day 30: We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations
About the Author
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Day 1 Ye Christian Heralds

As we sing out our faith in church every week, we should include a mixture of mission songs, for we have the greatest calling in history. We’re to take the gospel to every creature under heaven. “Ye Christian Heralds,” though seldom heard today, was once a favorite missionary hymn. It was written by Rev. Bourne Hall Draper, who was born near Oxford in 1775. His parents were Anglicans who wanted their son to prepare for Holy Orders, but they didn’t have the money for his education, so he became a printer with Oxford Press. While there, he began attending a Baptist church and was eventually ordained into the Baptist ministry, pastoring in Isaac Watts’s hometown of Southampton. Draper wrote this hymn as a young man for the farewell service of a group of missionaries leaving for India on December 1, 1803.
Ye Christian heralds, go proclaim
Salvation through Emmanuel’s name;
To distant climes the tidings bear,
And plant the Rose of Sharon there.
Ruler of worlds, display Thy power,
Be this Thy Zion’s favored hour;
Bid the bright morning star arise,
And point the nations to the skies.
Set up Thy throne where Satan reigns,
On Afric shores, on India’s plains;
On wilds and continents unknown,
And be the universe Thine own!
And when our labors are all o’er,
Then we shall meet to part no more;
Meet with the blood-bought throng to fall,
And crown our Jesus, Lord of all!

Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
Acts 13:3
Day 2 Be Still, My Soul

Eric Liddell was the Scottish runner whose story is told in the movie Chariots of Fire . After winning the men’s 400-meter race at the 1924 Paris Olympics, he left as a missionary to China. In 1943, during the Japanese invasion of China, Eric was imprisoned in the Weihsien Internment Camp along with numbers of missionary children. There he served with enormous courage until sidelined by a brain tumor. As he lay dying in the camp hospital, he had his nurse pass a note out the window, asking the camp’s Sunday school band to play his favorite hymn, “Be Still, My Soul” (“Finlandia”), which they did. Three days later, he was with the Lord.
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change, He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future, as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.
Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord.
When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and