For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness endureth for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.
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… Be thankful to him and bless his name for the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting and his truth endures to all generations. it matters not only in learning from the past and living in the present but in looking to the future until I proclaim he says I want to be able to keep going until I am able to pass if you like that the truths that are conveyed in song that are there because of the truth of scripture to generations that are coming behind us. In fact, in Psalm 145, he begins, that is, David begins, singing alone. It's in the singular, I, I, I. By the time you get to the end of Psalm 145, he has been joined by the entire creation. Praise my soul, the king of heaven. the whole of creation joins in wonder in jubilant song if you like in a way that is almost infectious and it results in others being caught up in the reality of an unending and an unbroken and a quite unreserved praise now let me say as I draw this to a close a number of practical things first of all it surely goes without saying that the lyrics of our songs need to be biblical. …
… that he is the sustainer of life, that he is eternal, that he is infinite, that he is unchangeable, that he is true to all of his promises, and so on. That we are his people, the sheep of his pasture, that we've been called out of darkness in order that we might declare the praises of him who brought us into this new dimension. One of the hymn writers does it well. "'Tis what I know of thee, my Lord and God, that fills my heart with praise, my lips with song. "'Tis what I know of thee, I know you.'" And that kind of knowledge is not theoretical. It's experiential. It's practical. Because the worship of God—and there's a good conference on this. It's called doxology and theology. The worship of God is theological rather than psychological. That worshiping God involves declaring his greatness. Again, Calvin, there is a great difference between music one makes to entertain and the psalms, which are the songs sung in the church in the presence of God and the angels. …
… that he is the sustainer of life, that he is eternal, that he is infinite, that he is unchangeable, that he is true to all of his promises, and so on. That we are his people, the sheep of his pasture, that we've been called out of darkness in order that we might declare the praises of him who brought us into this new dimension. One of the hymn writers does it well. "'Tis what I know of thee, my Lord and God, that fills my heart with praise, my lips with song. "'Tis what I know of thee, I know you.'" And that kind of knowledge is not theoretical. It's experiential. It's practical. Because the worship of God—and there's a good conference on this is called doxology and theology. The worship of God is theological rather than psychological. That worshiping God involves declaring his greatness. Again, Calvin, there is a great difference between music one makes to entertain and the psalms, which are the songs sung in the church in the presence of God and the angels. …
… Be thankful unto him and bless his name. For the Lord is good and his mercy is everlasting. and his truth endures to all generations. I said, the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting and his truth endures unto all generations. Oh, the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting. His mercy is everlasting. You standing in mercy tonight. You drove over here in mercy tonight. You got the activity of your living in mercy tonight. God didn't have to give you your breath, but he gave you breath tonight because he's merciful his mercy is new every morning hallelujah everyone I don't have to use no spell mercy I got some fresh mercy I got some fresh mercy tonight anybody got some fresh mercy give God a praise tonight praise until you feel his presence praise until you shake yourself loose praise until you feel your healing praise until your baby jumps praise until your vision leads. Praise until he opens your heart and opens your spirit. And when you get through praising God, I'm going to minister tonight. But I don't put no cake in no cold oven. I put it in a hot oven. So if you heat this place up tonight, God will move tonight. If you get online and start praising him, God will move in your house tonight. He'll come right in your kitchen tonight. He'll sit down at the table with you tonight. Somebody, Somebody, anybody, everybody, help me praise the Lord. …
I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make her boast. And the Lord, the humble, shall hear of and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt His name together. For the Lord is good. Mercy is everlasting. And His truth endureth to all generations. Good evening, Alfred Street. Happy New Year to you. God has done it again. I say God has done it again. he's brought us to a brand new year there are people who live better lives by accident than we did on purpose and they didn't make it but because of the goodness grace and mercy of God we've got another day's journey and that's worth shouting about in it amen we honor God today do me a favor would you give God praise for your pastor my friend while he's on sabbatical amen amen Amen. Praise God. He's one of the greatest people and preachers and pastors I know anywhere. …
I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make a boast in the Lord. The humble shall hear of and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt his name together, for the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting, and his truth endures to all generations. Good morning, Alfred Street. It is good to be in the house of the Lord one more time. If you're glad to be in the house of the Lord, I dare you to give God praise. for just another day's journey hallelujah praise the name of our god amen amen i'm glad to be here today we honor god today i'm not confused about why i got up this morning it had nothing to do with my behavior yesterday it had everything to do with the goodness of god and so i'm grateful to be here today. God has been good to me. If he doesn't do another thing, he's done enough to make me praise him throughout the ceaseless ages. So I'm glad to be at Alpha Street. I'm always glad to be at Alpha Street. I don't know how many times I've been here. I never get tired of coming. I appreciate your pastor asking me to come back over and over again. I shared with the previous services. I'm not sure whether he asked me to come back because I'm doing a good job or he's just trying to give me a chance to get it right, but he keeps on inviting …