Seize the Moment – Day 578

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16
Oct '21

Seize the Moment – Day 578

Posted on Oct 16, 2021 by Ken Durham in Devotions, General |

16
Oct '21

Today’s modern day hymn focus will be

“His Mercy is More”

 
 

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness..’”

Co-written with Matt Boswell, Matt Papa was inspired to write this hymn by something written by John Newton, who is famously known for his hymn “Amazing Grace”. In March of 1767, John sent a letter to a man in his congregation who was struggling with doubt and ongoing sin. Newton wrote to him, saying:
 

“The more you know Him, the better you will trust Him: the more you trust Him, the better you will love Him; the more you love Him, the better you will serve Him…Remember, the growth of a believer is not like a mushroom, but like an oak, which increases slowly indeed but surely… Our sins are many, but His mercies are more: our sins are great, but His righteousness is greater: we are weak, but He is power.”*

 

Boswell & Papa wanted to create a hymn that was a truth for all time, all places and for all generations and it is worth the effort to sing that truth.

 

Praise the Lord, His mercy is more.

Stronger than darkness, new every morn

Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more.

           

You and I need to wake up differently than we have the past few weeks, with a song of praise on our lips, knowing that the God of heaven is bigger, better, stronger and greater than anything that the devil may try to throw our way and cause us to stumble, for His mercies are new every morning!
 
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His Mercy is More

What love could remember no wrongs we have done
Omniscient, all knowing, He counts not their sum
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
 
What patience would wait as we constantly roam
What Father, so tender, is calling us home
He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
 
Praise the Lord, His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness, new every morn
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
What riches of kindness He lavished on us
 
His blood was the payment, His life was the cost
We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
Praise the Lord, His mercy is more
 
Stronger than darkness, new every morn
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
Praise the Lord, His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness, new every morn
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
 

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