Daily Affirmations - Day 7 - Good Tidings of Great Joy - Praise in Heaven, Peace on Earth

Day 7: Praise in heaven, peace on earth

Therefore I will praise the Lord among the nations; I will sing the praises of His name

I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God… For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations (Isaiah 61:10, 11).

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Father, our hearts we lift up to Thy gracious throne, And bless Thee for the precious gift of Thine incarnate Son; The Gift unspeakable we thankfully receive, And to the world Thy goodness tell, And to Thy glory live.

~ Charles Wesley

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Sing, ye ransom'd nations, sing

Praises to our new-born King,

Son of Man our Maker is,

Lord of Hosts and Prince of Peace.

Lo! He lays His glory by,

Emptied of His majesty;

See the God who all things made,

Humbly in a manger laid.

Cast we off our needless fear,

Boldly to His creche draw near,

Jesus is our flesh and bone,

God with us is all our own.

Let us then with angels gaze

On our new-born Monarch's face,

With the choir celestial join'd,

Shout the Saviour of mankind.

Son of Man, will He despise

Man's well-meaning sacrifice?

No; with condescending grace

He accepts His creature's praise.

Will His majesty disdain

The poor shepherds' simple strain?

No; for Israel's Shepherd, He

Loves their artless melody.

He will not refuse the song

Of the stammering infant's tongue,

Babes He hears humanely mild,

Once Himself a little child.

Let us then our Prince proclaim,

Humbly chant Immanuel's name,

Publish at His wondrous birth

Praise in heaven, and peace on earth!

Triumph in our Saviour's love,

Till He takes us up above,

All His majesty displays,

Shows us all His glorious face.

~ Charles Wesley ~Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord, 1745

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