A Psalm of Thanksgiving 11/23/2017

1. Lift up your voice, my soul, and exalt Yahweh, God of your salvation;

For Yahweh endures forever full of steadfast covenant love.

 

2. While you were dead in sins, Yahweh came leaping over the mountains pursuing you in love;

For Yahweh’s faithful covenantal love endures time eternal.

3. Before the foundations of the world, Yahweh knew you personally and joyfully set his love upon you;

For Yahweh’s steadfast love endures forever.

4. When you rejoiced in Cosmic Treason, Yahweh loved you unconditionally and saved you from yourself;

For Yahweh’s steadfast love has endured from age to age.

5. Rejoice, for nothing in yourself and nothing external in this world can ever separate you from God’s irresistible love;

For Yahweh faithfully preserves his steadfast covenant love for you.

6. Let your heart explode in thanksgiving, God’s love is unbreakable never failing, ever sanctifying until the day of glory;

For Yahweh overflows with faithful love eternally.

 

7. Give thanks to the Father who loved you so thoroughly as to give his one and only Son to adopt you into his family;

For Yahweh abounds in steadfast covenantal love.

8. Sing praises to the Son who loved you so graciously as to give his very life as the sacrifice for your soul;

For Yahweh’s faithful covenantal love defies all boundaries.

9. Adore the Spirit who in love has descended upon you and established his very temple in your flesh;

For Yahweh in his steadfast love ever renews his gracious dealings with you.

 

10. Wait expectantly, O my soul, for the God of your salvation will return to vindicate your faith;

For Yahweh’s steadfast love never fails.

11. Do not despair, for Jesus descends with judgment in his hand for your enemies;

For Yahweh’s faithful covenant love never fails his redeemed.

 

12. Give thanks, my soul, Yahweh has entrusted you with his very daughter Michelle, to love and cherish now to death;

For Yahweh’s steadfast love is deeper than the deepest ocean.

13. Sing with joy, for Yahweh has given into your care, Alexi Grace, your firstborn and your helper;

For Yahweh’s steadfast love is faithful to the end of time and beyond.

14. Dance with passion, my soul, Yahweh has blessed you with Caelyn Ashe, your second born and your pure of heart;

For Yahweh abounds in faithful covenantal love towards you.

 

15. Praise your Lord, he is building his kingdom in the Magic Valley;

For Yahweh ever pursues his own in steadfast love.

16. Rejoice for Yahweh has called and gifted you to shepherd his flock,

For Yahweh’s steadfast love is without repentance.

17. Sing for joy for Yahweh has established you in his church Taproot;

For Yahweh ever abounds in faithful love.

 

18. Give thanks for you have not been forsaken through trials and tribulation on this earth;

For Yahweh endures forever with steadfast love.

19. Through loss of life, Yahweh has remained faithful and ever present;

For Yahweh loves tenderly in everlasting covenantal love.

20. Through lack of possession, Yahweh has provided housing, clothing, and sustenance;

For Yahweh never forsakes those he steadfastly loves.

21. Be not anxious for tomorrow, O my soul, Yahweh is ever faithful even in your faithlessness;

For Yahweh faithfully loves his own from eternity past to eternity future.

 

22. Hope in the Lord, for Yahweh is transforming your heart to be more like his;

For Yahweh’s steadfast loves endures eternally.

23. Rest in Yahweh, Jesus gifts his righteousness to you and you stand justified;

For Yahweh’s covenant love is faithful and enduring.

24. Bear up and put your hand to the plow, the Holy Spirit is moving and there is much work to do;

For Yahweh’s steadfast covenant love is ever advancing.

25. Sing for joy, your past, present, and future is forever secure in the hands of the Father;

For Yahweh is faithful abounding in covenant love for as long as he has existence.

 

26. Lift up your voice, my soul, and exalt Yahweh, God of your salvation;

For Yahweh endures forever full of steadfast covenant love.

 

 

Morning Meditations – 7/20/15

Psalm 119:121-128

I have done what is just and right;

do not leave me to my oppressors.

Give your servant a pledge of good;

let not the insolent oppress me.

My eyes long for your salvation

and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.

Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love,

and teach me your statutes.

I am your servant; give me understanding,

that I may know your testimonies!

It is time for Yahweh to act,

for your law has been broken.

Therefore I love your commandments

above gold, above fine gold.

Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right;

I hate every false way.

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Catechism

Q16: Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?

A: The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for is posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.

Morning Meditation – 7/17/15

Psalm 119:113-120

I hate the double-minded,

but I love your law.

You are my hiding place and my shield;

I hope in your word.

Depart from me, you evildoers,

that I may keep the commandments of my God.

Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live,

and let me not be put to shame in my hope!

Hold me up, that I may be safe

and have regard for your statutes continually!

You spurn all who go astray from your statutes,

for their cunning is in vain.

All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross,

therefore I love your testimonies.

My flesh trembles for fear of you,

and I am afraid of your judgments.

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Catechism

Q15: What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

A: The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.

Morning Meditation – 7/16/15

Psalm 119:105-112

Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,

to keep your righteous rules.

I am severely afflicted;

give me life, O Yahweh, according to your word!

Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O Yahweh,

and teach me your rules.

I hold my life in my hand continually,

but I do not forget your law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me,

but I do not stray from your precepts.

Your testimonies are my heritage forever,

for they are the joy of my heart.

I incline my heart to perform your statutes

forever, to the end.

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Catechism

Q14: What is sin?

A: Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

Morning Meditation – 7/15/15

Psalm 119:97-104

Oh how I love your law!

It is my meditation all the day.

Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,

for it is ever with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers,

for your testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the aged,

for I keep your precepts.

I hold back my feet from every evil way,

in order to keep your word.

I do not turn aside from your rules,

for you have taught me.

How sweet are your words to my taste,

sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Through your precepts I get understanding;

therefore I hate every false way.

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Catechism

Q13: Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?

A: Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.

Morning Meditation – 7/14/15

Psalm 119:89-96

Forever, O Yahweh, your word

is firmly fixed in the heavens.

Your faithfulness endures to all generations;

you have established the earth, and it stands fast.

By your appointment they stand this day,

for all things are your servants.

If your law had not been my delight,

I would have perished in my affliction.

I will never forget your precepts,

for by them you have given me life.

I am yours; save me,

for I have sought your precepts.

The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,

but I consider your testimonies.

I have seen a limit to all perfection,

but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

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Catechism

Q12: What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?

A: When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death.

Morning Meditation – 7/13/15

Psalm 119:81-88

My soul longs for your salvation;

I hope in your word.

My eyes long for your promise;

I ask, “When will you comfort me?”

For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,

yet I have not forgotten your statutes.

How long must your servant endure?

When will you judge those who persecute me?

The insolent have dug pitfalls for me;

they do not live according to your law.

All your commandments are sure;

they persecute me with falsehood; help me!

They have almost made an end of me on earth,

but I have not forsaken your precepts.

In your steadfast love give me life,

that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.

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Catechism

Q11: What are God’s works of providence?

A: God’s works of providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures and all their actions.

Morning Meditations – 7/10/15

Psalm 119:73-80

Your hands have made and fashioned me;

give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.

Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,

because I have hoped in your word.

I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous,

and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Let your steadfast love comfort me

according to your promise to your servant.

Let your mercy come to me, that I may live;

for your law is my delight.

Let the insolent be put to shame,

because they have wronged me with falsehood;

as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

Let those who fear you turn to me,

that they may know your testimonies.

May my heart be blameless in your statutes,

that I may not be put to shame!

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Catechism

Q10: How did God create man?

A: God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

Morning Meditations – 7/9/15

Psalm 119:65-72

You have dealt well with your servant,

O Yahweh, according to your word.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge,

for I believe in your commandments.

Before I was afflicted I went astray,

but now I keep your word.

You are good and do good;

teach me your statutes.

The insolent smear me with lies,

but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;

their heart is unfeeling like fat,

but I delight in your law.

It is good for me that I was afflicted,

that I might learn your statutes.

The law of your mouth is better to me

than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

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Catechism

Q9: What is the work of creation?

A: The work of creation is, God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.

Morning Meditations – 7/8/15

Psalm 119:57-64

Yahweh is my portion;

I promise to keep your words.

I entreat your favor with all my heart;

be gracious to me according to your promise.

When I think on my ways,

I turn my feet to your testimonies;

I hasten and do not delay

to keep your commandments.

Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me,

I do not forget your law.

At midnight I rise to praise you,

because of your righteous rules.

I am a companion of all who fear you,

of those who keep your precepts.

The earth, O Yahweh, is full of your steadfast love;

teach me your statutes!

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Catechism

Q8: How does God execute his decrees?

A: God executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence.