WELCOME TO YOUR BEST YEAR YET
Exodus 15:1-18
Happy New Year! Thank God we made it. What a great priviledge! This is the day that the Lord has made. We rejoice and we are glad in it. We triumphed. Last year was full of ups and downs. But here we are: alive, hale and hearty; enjoying God in the New Year. What else should we do other than give God praise? He alone made it possible.
This is a day many prayed to see but could not. They are not alive to see this day. But God spared us. He kept us. It is by his mercies we are not consumed. To him alone be glory, honour and majesty for ever and ever. Like the Psalmist enjoins us, let us on this first day of the year enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. After the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, they sang a song of victory and praise to the Lord. Join us as we praise God this first day of the year of EXCEPTIONAL ADVANCEMENT with this hymn of thanks:
1 To God be the glory, great things He hath done,
so loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
and opened the life-gate that all may go in.
Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give Him the glory, great things He hath done.
2 O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
to ev’ry believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives. [Refrain]
3 Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
but purer, and higher, and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see. [Refrain]
God has been good to us. We are the living; and only the living can give him praise. May his praise never cease from our lips this year and beyond in Jesus name.
PRAYER: Just give God praise.
