The Cheer is Back!

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How Great Thou Art
I have never thought that a worship song would actually bring a bit of my cheer back. Remember a couple of days ago, I mentioned that I seldom smile nowadays, as compared to the "old" me who is always smiling? Well, a bit of the cheer is back; I am smiling radiantly and I am enjoying the smile (again) :)

On thursday, the song "Heart of Worship" has taught me to worship genuinely from deep within my heart. During Sunday service, as we sang "How Great Thou Art", I came to realization how I am surrounded by God's wonderful creations and how I am also part of this masterpiece of His; that I am also a significant part of this wonderful creation of His. This indeed did change my perception of things...

How Great Thou Art
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

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Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

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When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.

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And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.

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When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"

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How Great is our God
Indeed, this made me rejoiced and proclaim "How Great is our God" as we sang:

How Great is our God
The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice

He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice

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How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

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Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end

The Godhead Three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb

Name above all names
Worthy of all praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God

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God Ministers through Me
As I made my way to church on Sunday, 2 friends (who also, like me, backslided) suddenly came to mind and I messaged them.

It is unlike me to type those "christiany" type of message but somehow thoughts just flowed and I was sharing with these 2 friends that God has not forsaken them and that God is a God of forgiveness; how I have been "saved" by His grace again despite many years of going wayward.

These few days, I am also slowly finding research materials on cults and should hope to be able to minister to my friend who is currently involved in a cult. I just do not feel comfortable having people being misled from Christ but yet I have been moving very slowly, putting it off several times. In fact, during service, I even had this silly idea of starting a ministry for people who have backslided or are/have been involved in cult... something like a healing ministry... had even wanted to approach my pastor about it but then... maybe it is just too ambitious an idea.

God bless me as I minister to others and help me path the way in planting the seed.