Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
With today being the twenty-first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks I wanted to find a song about the event. Alan Jackson wrote Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) about those tragic events. He wrote it in October 2001 and said the lyrics came to him “while he was sleeping.” A few weeks later he debuted the […]
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Laura Stiles and her sisters run away upon discovering their treacherous stepfather plans to marry each of them off to his lecherous friends. On the way, Laura befriends a mission group heading to serve in California and the sisters soon join their efforts. I’m only about halfway through The Element of Love but I’m really enjoying it and would recommend.
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What a Day that will be (When My Jesus I Shall See) is an upbeat song and often performed on the Gaither Homecoming Videos. The song was written by Jim Hill. He studied to become a professional singer and in the 1940s joined the Golden Keys Quartet as both manager and tenor. He wrote “What a Day That Will Be” […]
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Jehovah-‘Uzam means the Lord is our strength in trouble I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine.Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” Isaiah 49:26
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The Power of Aligning Your Words to God’s Will helps one to dig deeper into the word and issues they are facing in life. This book goes deep and leaves one with much food for thought. At the end are scriptures and decrees over a variety of issues such as spiritual health, emotions, finances and family to help hear God’s […]
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They’ll Know We Are Christians is a short chorus which reminds us to show God’s love. Father Peter Scholtes was inspired in the 1960s by John 13:35. He wrote the song for an ecumenical event. Hymnary.org says: “At the time, he was leading a youth choir out of the church basement and was looking for an appropriate song for a […]
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Jehovah-‘Izoa Hakaboth means the Lord is strong and mighty Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8
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Joshua Becket has been banished from Charleston and rebuilt a new life in Jamaica on both sides of the law. He is a sugar plantation owner as well as has a secret identity as a daredevil privateer, Captain Jay. He needs a governess for his young daughter after her mother passed. Abigail Welch accepts the governess position for a new […]
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Recently we sung A Broken Heart, My God, My Life in church. A hymn I had not heard before and wanted to learn more about. A Broken Heart, My God, My Life was written by Isaac Watts. Watts was a prolific writer. He wrote sermons, treatises, poems and hymns. Often he wrote hymns to be sung with his sermons. He […]
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Jehovah-‘Immeku means the Lord is with you When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” Judges 6:12
Read moreEunice Holbrooke is taken by surprise when a man shows up at the Bleeker Street Inquiry Agency where she’s a partner. She realizes her past has caught up with her and the disguise she’s hidden under for so long may not save her. Arthur Livingston feels compelled to seek justice for the family he’s been working with. He’s left with […]
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He will Hold Me Fast was written by Ada Ruth Habershon best known for the song “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?”. She was born in 1861 in Marylebone, England. She first began writing hymns in 1899 in German. In 1901, she wrote in English. In 1905, Ruben A. Torrey and Charles Alexander asked Habershon to write hymns for their evangelistic […]
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Jehovah-‘Ez-Lami means the Lord my strength The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him Psalm 28:7
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My Daily Pursuit are short devotions for each day from A.W. Tozer. These devotions leave you with a thought to ponder and end with a short hymn. I highly recommend this devotional for your daily study.
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Come, come to Jesus, do not keep him waiting was written by Elisha Hoffman. He sought to create songs for congregational worship. He said “a lyric poem, reverently and devotionally conceived, which is designed to be sung and which expresses the worshipper’s attitude toward God or God’s purposes in human life. It should be simple and metrical in form, genuinely […]
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Jehovah Yasha means the Lord my Savior I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine.Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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In this Regency tale, Rebecca Lane returns home to find her brother desperate to have her go to nearby Swanford Abbey and deliver his manuscript to a publisher who promises to help him get published. Rebecca soon recognizes strange things happening and then the famous author is murdered. Sir Frederick begins questioning those present, but along the way grudges and […]
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Come to Me, Come to Me was written by Elisha Hoffman. Hoffman was of German descent and learned about music from his parents. During his family’s daily worship time, music was an important part of the service. During this time he developed a love for sacred music and a belief that music was “as natural a function of the soul […]
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Jehovah Tsori means the Lord my strength May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14
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Alice runs a New Orleans flower shop alongside her aunt, but can’t stop thinking of her mother who went missing during Hurricane Katrina. In a dual timeline, Clara goes behind her father’s back to work in 1861 Charleston as an abolitionist. Until things go all wrong in her work and with her plan. This book is so enthralling and interesting. […]
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