Please, pray for my son-in-law. He still needs to answer the call of God.
November 8. 2015
Worship: My Cup Overflows by Sarah Reeves; Raise Up the Crown (All Hail the Power of Jesus Name) by Chris Tomlin
My Cup Overflows
Verse 1:
My Shepherd You take my hand
You guide me upon the righteous path
My Father You make me whole
So gently Your whisper calms my soul
Chorus 1:
You make me lie down in green pastures
My cup overflows
You lead me beside the quiet waters
My cup overflows, my cup overflows
Verse 2:
Protector You cover me
In Your arms I rest in time of need
My Refuge I will not fear
You promise Your love is always near
Chorus 2:
Even when I walk through the valley of death
My cup overflows
Your rod and staff, they comfort me
My cup overflows, my cup overflows
Verse 3:
You prepare a table before me
In the presence of my foes
Surely love and kindness will follow me, yeah
Chorus 3:
You anoint my head with the oil of gladness
My cup overflows
I will dwell in Your house forever
My cup overflows, my cup overflows, my cup overflows
Lyrics:
Video: I could not find a video of her singing the song. I decided to include this simple video. As far as I can tell it’s the only video that has the song on it.
All hail the power of Jesus’ name
Let angels prostrate fall
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown Him Lord of all
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown Him Lord of all
Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race
Ye ransomed from the fall
Hail Him who saves you by His grace
And crown Him Lord of all
Hail Him who saves you by His grace
And crown Him Lord of all
O that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall
We’ll join the everlasting song
And crown Him Lord of all
We’ll join the everlasting song
And crown Him Lord of all
Chorus:
Raise up the crown,
Rise on the praises
Rest on the brow of the King of ages
Raise up the crown,
Rise on the praises
Rest on the brow of the King of ages
Lyrics:
Video:
Witness:
I’m tired. If I close my eyes to sing, I start to fall asleep. I went to bed around 8:30 AM this morning but was woken about two hours later by my daughter, who was at work. She was calling to ask if I could pick up her daughter at 1:45 PM from a skating rink, because her dad was out helping a group from the Band of Brothers on a service project. So I have had very little sleep today. I was even fighting falling asleep in worship today, which is unusual for me at the church I attend. A year ago I would have complained. “Really Deborah?!, I might have exclaimed. However, a lot has happened in that time. My Father passed away. My wife has left me. After all the “wake-up” calls I have received in life, these proved to be the ones that have finally woken me up from my spiritual lethargy. This has led to many changes in my life. I no longer waste time on TV, spending that time in the Word instead. That has overflowed into the Journal you are reading. This has also overflowed into the wakeup call for my daughter and her husband as well. Therefore, I will gladly lose sleep when a father, who has brought much pain in the life of his family and mine, is out with my Christian brothers ministering to others instead of on some selfish pursuit of his own. Has God given you a wakeup call in your life? Did you answer? I thank my heavenly Father that He did not stop calling me till I finally did! Would that He never would have had to call. That I never allowed myself to go to sleep spiritually, but I did. And oh how I wish I had answered the first time He called. What pain would I and my family have avoided along the way?
WORD:
Ps 23:5-6
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. NIV |
Ps 23:5-6
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
KJV
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It’s late. My heart was heavy as I reread the last words I wrote above in the previous section. I usually don’t go back over a whole section I wrote until days later. For some reason, I reread them immediately following the completion of that section in my daily journaling. Tears welled up with regret and remorse. Sometimes the enemy is not without but within. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. Yet my Shepherd loved me and sought after me and rescued me. In spite of my failings, my heavenly Host has prepared a table for me anyway. One of the enemies that lurks in the shadows is named Accuser. Accuser seeks to spoil the feast with the guilt of my past failures. He taunts me from time to time, reminding me of them, saying: “you are a failure, you don’t deserve to be at that table”. It is then that I smell the perfumed oil that drips from my head and I am filled with joy and peace. It is then that I feel the wine from my overflowing cup wash away the past.
The pain of my guilty past
Sought to bind me ever fast
But the One whose love is infinitely vast
Sent guilt running with a mighty blast
My sins by His blood away were cast
And granted me a peace that will ever last
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