Singable Theology: Great is Thy Faithfulness Mitchel Lee

Be Thou My Vision Holy, Holy, Holy Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing It Is Well Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul Blessed Assurance

1. He keeps His promises.

1. He keeps His promises. 2. He acts in accordance with his character.

1. He keeps His promises. 2. He acts in accordance with his 3. Therefore, He is reliable. character.

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father There is no shadow of turning with Thee Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be

Summer and winter, springtime and harvest Sun, moon and stars in their courses above Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see All I have needed Thy hand hath provided Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a Lamentations 1:1 princess among the provinces has become a slave.

10 The enemy has stretched out his hands over all her precious things; for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, those whom you forbade to enter your congregation. 11 All Lamentations 1:10-11a her people groan as they search for bread.

The Lord has done what he purposed; he has carried out his word, which he commanded long ago; he has thrown down without pity; he has made the enemy rejoice Lamentations 2:17 over you and exalted the might of your foes.

Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your Lamentations 2:19 children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.

17 My soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; 18 so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord. 19 Remember my affliction and my Lamentations 3:17-20 wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! 20 My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me.

21 But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him. 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. 26 It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:21-26

11 The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny 2 Timothy 2:11-13 us; 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful for he cannot deny himself.

...God s determination to bless and heal is as thorough and unusual as his determination to punish, if not more so. The road back to covenantal relationship may well be long and Paul House difficult, especially given the level of sin and the depth of punishment. Nonetheless, it is possible to begin.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence To cheer and to guide; Strength for today, And bright hope for tomorrow Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

"Looking at the past faithfulness of God and leaving a marker helps us in the moments when there is calamity, loss, or failure. It helps us even when there is no direct relief or provision for the specific disaster. You can look at both - the tragedy and the triumph - hand in hand, and continue on the course."

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him Romans 8:32 graciously give us all things?