Daily Affirmations - Day 4 - Fixing Our Eyes - To Gaze On The Beauty of the Lord

Day 4: To gaze on the beauty of the Lord

Perfect in beauty God shines forth

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple (Psalm 27:4).

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Gracious God, I come before Thee,

Come Thou also down to me;

Where we find Thee and adore Thee,

There a heav’n on earth must be.

To my heart, oh, enter Thou,

Let it be Thy temple now!

~ Benjamin Schmolck, 1730

tr. by Catherine Winkworth, pub.1863

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Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

When You said, “Seek My face,”

My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”

Do not hide Your face from me;

Do not turn Your servant away in anger;

You have been my help;

Do not leave me nor forsake me,

O God of my salvation.

When my father and my mother forsake me,

Then the Lord will take care of me.

— Psalm 27:7-10 (NKJV).

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My heart is fixed on Jesus, the sun of all my thought;

What wondrous work of grace His love within my soul hath wrought!

He found me poor and helpless, by every sin oppressed,

And died that I might be redeemed, and have eternal rest.

My heart is fixed on Jesus, no other hope have I;

I could not live without Him, and without Him dare not die.

My heart is fixed on Jesus, without Him life is vain;

His promise is through all my days to comfort and sustain;

I love to hear Him whisper, “Be not afraid, ’tis I!”

As o’er the stormy sea I sail beneath a clouded sky.

My heart is fixed on Jesus, since I to Him belong,

For every day He gives me hope, for every night a song;

Through trial and deep water His promises are sweet,

And sheltered ’neath His wings of love I find a safe retreat.

~ Lavinia E. Brauff, pub. 1912

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