Some Good News songs and a poem to kick off the week leading to
The manger, the cross and the empty tomb!
Leading us from despair to hope,
from darkness to Light
from hell to Heaven!
Agnus Dei-Michael Smith
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 1:4
Note of 'non-apology'!:
it was really hard to reign in the Good News surge of pure joy!💖🙏
Let’s talk today about the things that bring us hope and joy
The song the angels sang still rings with truth none can destroy
Where unto us was born that day, a Saviour, Christ the Lord
And nothing in the world can sway the soundness of God’s Word
And nothing can annul the gift that gladdens death’s dark toll
Time cannot change nor tempest shift the anchor of the soul
Nor dim the Light of men that darkness cannot overcome
In Him is life and that life is the Rock of Christendom
The breath of the believer and the faith that makes us whole
The bane of the deceiver and the beauty of love's goal
The Good News of salvation is greater than headline gloom
The Author of creation did not leave us in sin’s doom
But gave His Son to save us from a debt we could not pay
The precious blood of Jesus Christ washes our guilt away
And cleanses us from all unrighteousness when we confess
God fits us for faith’s fight with his abiding promises
He leads us not into temptation but delivers us
From awful condemnation for all those in Christ Jesus
Let’s walk the Way He taught, faith’s humble devotion to prove
Let’s talk today about God and His everlasting love
Let’s count with grateful gladness all the blessings grace bestows
And counter this world’s madness full of wolves dressed in sheep’s clothes
Wise in their own eyes they deny the cross that faith must bear
And reason truth into a lie and pride into a prayer
Without repentance and belief; oh, pray they see the Light
And weep because joy crowns our grief, for He gave us the right
To become His dear children, if we believe in His name
No longer slaves of Satan but heirs of Christ's glorious claim
Thus faith abounds with hope and joy, through the power of He
Whose Spirit, grace and truth’s alloy, secures death’s victory
Let’s talk about Emmanuel; God with us constantly
His goodness and mercy the wellspring of eternity
His perfect peace to all whose minds and hearts are stayed on Him
Let’s talk about the Good News and drink from fountains that brim
With glad tidings that bad news cannot keep from coming true
Let’s talk about God’s love and choose to love Him through and through
Because no matter what betide, God works for our good
He knows our need and will provide, though oft misunderstood
Because of what faith’s testing brings while trouble has its day
Ah, let’s talk about heav’nly things that never fade away
© Janet Martin
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