Thursday
Evening Bible Study
January
14, 2016
Introduction
Do people see Jesus? Is the gospel
preached? Does it address the person who is: Empty, lonely, guilty, or afraid
to die? Does it speak to the broken
hearted? Does it build up the church? Milk – Meat – Manna Preach for a decision
Is the church loved? Target 3300 words
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The English word psalm comes from a Greek word that means “a poem
sung to musical accompaniment”, or in particular, “stringed instruments”.
The Hebrew name is tehillim, which means “praises.”
The book of Psalms is the hymnbook of God’s people.
It’s also the “Him” book as well. It’s all about Jesus.
The writer of Hebrews quotes from
Psalm 40:8 when he writes,
(Hebrews 10:7 NKJV) Then I
said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the
volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God.’ ”
The author was talking about Jesus.
We’re going to see a lot of Jesus
in the Psalms.
Soul Music
Music touches the soul. It’s “soulish” in nature. It touches the emotions.
We’re going to find every kind of emotion possible expressed in the Psalms.
For every sigh there is a Psalm.
For most of us, this is what makes
the Psalms so wonderful. We can identify. We can relate.
If we were honest, even darkest
most depressing Psalms describe the very things we go through day by day.
It is my prayer that as we continue
on this journey through the Psalms, we won’t just look at these songs
academically, with our mind, but that we may also grow as worshippers.
Psalm 32
: A Psalm of David. A Contemplation.
Contemplation – maskiyl – (Hiphil)
poem, song or poem of contemplation
From – sakal – to be prudent, be
circumspect, wisely understand, prosper
There are going to be quite a few “selah” moments in this Psalm. It was
written to make you stop and think.
It is thought that this Psalm was written after Psalm 51, but concerning
the same circumstances, when David had sinned with Bathsheba.
In Psalm 51, David wrote,
(Psalm 51:12–13
NKJV) —12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold
me by Your generous Spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners
shall be converted to You.
Perhaps this Psalm is the teaching that resulted from that incident.
:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose
sin is covered.
:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven
Blessed – ‘esher – happiness,
blessedness
This is not the work that’s used to describe God “blessing” someone (barak), but this is a word used solely
to describe human blessing or “happiness”.
transgression – pesha– transgression,
rebellion
This isn’t just accidental sin, this is rebellion against God on
purpose. Willful disobedience. You knew what you were doing.
forgiven – nasa’ – to
lift, bear up, carry, take
A good concept of “forgiveness” is the idea that your sin and guilt has
been “carried off”.
:1 Whose sin is
covered
covered – kacah
– to cover, conceal, hide
This isn’t when we cover or hide
our sin, but when God’s forgiveness includes His covering our sin.
:2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord
does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
:2 the Lord does not
impute iniquity
The word “impute” is similar to an accounting term, entering something into
a ledger, calculating something.
:2 in whose spirit there is
no deceit
deceit – r@miyah
– laxness, slackness, deceit, treachery
In the Septuagint, the Greek
translation of the Old Testament, the Greek word used here is dolos, the same word Jesus used to
describe Nathanael in John 1:47.
(John 1:47 NKJV) Jesus saw Nathanael
coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no
deceit!”
Nathanael was
blown away by Jesus’ words because they had never met before, yet Jesus knew
Nathanael’s heart.
:2 Blessed is the man…
Lesson
By Faith
In the book of Romans, Paul builds a case that we are not saved from our
sins by doing good works, but by believing in Jesus.
In Romans 4, Paul uses Abraham as an example of a man who was right with
God, a man to whom God did not “impute” or “count” iniquity.
(Romans 4:1–8 NKJV)
—1 What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according
to the flesh? 2 For if
Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not
before God. 3 For what
does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to
him for righteousness.”
Abraham had “righteousness” accounted or “imputed” to him
simply by believing God.
4 Now to him
who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
If a man tries to earn his way into heaven, then salvation
is something that God owes you, as a debt.
Grace is a gift, something that God gives you even when
you don’t deserve it.
5 But to him
who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is
accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God
imputes righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose
sins are covered; 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord
shall not impute sin.”
This happy forgiveness that David is describing is
something that we receive through faith as a “gift”, as “grace”.
It is not something we “earn”.
:3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day
long.
:3 When I kept silent
kept silent – charash
– (Hiphil) to be silent, keep quiet; to make silent; to be deaf, show
deafness
The idea is pretending to be deaf
when God’s Spirit is bringing conviction over my sin.
When David tried to hide his sin, he was miserable.
For David, his trouble started when he didn’t go out to battle with his
troops. Instead he stayed home where one
night, with too much time on his hands, he was up on his roof when he spied a
beautiful woman taking a bath on her roof. (2Sam. 11)
She was Bathsheba, the wife of one of David’s mighty men, a friend. He had her brought to him, they had sex, and
soon she sends word that she’s pregnant.
David responds by bringing her husband home from the battlefield and trying
to get him to sleep with his wife.
David is hoping that if he sleeps with his wife then he will think the baby
was his.
When the husband refuses to treat himself at home while his comrades are
fighting the enemy, David sends him back to the field with instructions to the
commander to have him killed in battle.
(2 Samuel 11:6–27 NKJV) —6 Then David
sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah
to David. 7 When Uriah had come to
him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the
war prospered. 8 And David said to
Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from the
king’s house, and a gift of food from the king followed him. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the
servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10 So when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his
house,” David said to Uriah, “Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not
go down to your house?” 11 And Uriah
said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my lord
Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then
go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live,
and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.” 12
Then David said to Uriah, “Wait here today also, and
tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and
the next. 13 Now when David called
him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And at evening he went
out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to
his house. 14 In the morning it
happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of
Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the
letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat
from him, that he may be struck down and die.” 16 So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah
to a place where he knew there were valiant men. 17 Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some
of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also. 18
Then Joab sent and told David all the things
concerning the war, 19 and
charged the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling the matters of
the war to the king, 20 if it
happens that the king’s wrath rises, and he says to you: ‘Why did you approach
so near to the city when you fought? Did you not know that they would shoot
from the wall? 21 Who struck Abimelech
the son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on
him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the
wall?’—then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’ ” 22
So the messenger went, and came and told David all
that Joab had sent by him. 23 And the
messenger said to David, “Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to
us in the field; then we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate. 24 The archers shot from the wall at your servants; and some
of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead
also.” 25 Then David said to the messenger, “Thus
you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword
devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and
overthrow it.’ So encourage him.” 26 When the
wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her
husband. 27 And when her mourning
was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and
bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
All through David’s attempts to cover up Bathsheba’s pregnancy and his sin,
he is now telling us he was miserable.
:4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned
into the drought of summer. Selah
Selah … think about it.
:4 Your hand was heavy upon me
Lesson
The misery of secret sin
The movie and TV script writers love this concept.
One of the mistakes that our favorite characters often make is when they do
something stupid and try to cover it up.
Sometimes when we mess up, we want to just pretend it didn’t happen.
Even as children we had that idea that if we didn’t admit to doing that bad
thing, we would somehow miss out on the punishment we deserved.
It might be cute when kids are trying to hide their sin,
but it’s not so cute when we as adults haven’t yet learned to admit when we’re
wrong.
Sometimes when someone confesses to us that they did something bad, we need
to be careful how we process it and react to it.
Sometimes transgression does need a consequence.
Yet sometimes we need to realize that confession is an important step in
healing. And we need to learn to rejoice
in the aspect that a person is learning to tell the truth.
Paul wrote that love …
(1
Corinthians 13:6 NKJV) does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
Solomon wrote,
(Proverbs 28:13 NKJV)
He
who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
Sometimes there is a lot of grief and trouble that comes
from admitting your sin, but it’s better to get it done and start moving
through the healing process that will follow.
When we hide our sin and then the other person finds out
much later on, they will feel a greater sense of betrayal that you didn’t come
forward on your own sooner.
:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said,
“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Selah … think about this…
:5 I acknowledged my sin to You
Lesson
Admitting my sin
Too often we make excuses for our sin.
Check out these actual written excuses from parents:
“Please excuse John from being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, and also 33.” (I hate those lo-o-o-ng winter months!)
“My son is under the doctor’s care and should not take
fizical ed. Please execute him.” (Ouch!)
“Please excuse Johnnie for being. It was his father’s
fault.” (Blame it on Dad!)
“Please excuse Ray from school. He has very loose vowels.”
(But I hear his consonants are doing just fine!)
“Please excuse Sara for being absent. She was sick and I
had her shot.” (Thanks a lot, Mom!)
-- "Strange
World," Campus Life, Vol. 55, no. 2.
Confessing sin means I need to learn to stop making excuses and simply
admit what I’ve done.
Illustration
In Charles Colson’s book, Born Again, which is about his experiences during Watergate, Colson
shares one of President Nixon’s problems—he could never admit he was wrong in
anything. In fact, Colson said that even when Nixon obviously had a cold—nose
running, face red, sneezing, all the symptoms of a cold—he would never admit
it.
Admit your problem. Tell God about it.
John wrote,
(1 John 1:9 NKJV) If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
When we admit our sin to God, He will forgive us.
He is correct or “just” in forgiving us because Jesus died
on a cross to pay for our sins.
Sometimes we also need to confess our sins to others.
When we’ve hurt another person, we ought to go to them and ask them for
forgiveness.
Sometimes the sins we’re caught in bring us under bondage that can only be
broken when we bring another brother or sister alongside to help.
(James
5:16 NKJV) Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one
another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous
man avails much.
:6 For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when
You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near
him.
:6 everyone who is godly shall
pray to You
Someone once said,
“If you have a long standing problem,
try kneeling”
:7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You
shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
Selah … think about this…
:7 You are my hiding place
hiding place – cether
– covering, shelter, hiding place, secret place
Lesson
The Safe Place
Illustration
Sam was my best dog, ever. A field trial dog who found birds and pointed
them with contagious enthusiasm, Sam taught me the joy of becoming part of
nature. If his point said a bird was hiding in a clump of bushes, it was there.
He was so much more than a bird dog, though. Often we’d share together lazy
lunches in an abandoned apple orchard, and the snooze that followed. Late one
afternoon, Sam and I became separated. Neither of us was familiar with the
area. I called and whistled. No sign of Sam. I had to get back to town for an
important appointment. But how could I leave Sam? If he finally came back and I
wasn’t there, would I lose him for good? Then I remembered a trick an old dog
trainer had passed on. I unbuttoned my jacket, removed my shirt and laid it on
the ground under the branches of a small bush. I worried all night.
But when I returned the next morning there was Sam curled up with his nose
under the sleeve of my shirt. He looked up and wagged his tail. “Where’ve you
been friend?” his eyes seemed to say. “I’ve been waiting for you all night. But
I knew you’d come back.”
Later I wondered. When I get lost, do I have the trust to look for some
part of God’s word and curl up in it? To wait patiently, knowing that my Friend
will find me if I just have faith in him?
-- Daily Guideposts
1988 / By Scott Harrison
:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide
you with My eye.
:8 I will guide you with My eye
God wants to guide us by simply looking somewhere and we get the message.
:9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no
understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not
come near you.
:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.
:11 Be glad in the Lord and
rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
:9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule
Lesson
Stubbornness
Stubbornness can come with a high
price.
Illustration
Between two farms near Valleyview,
Alberta, you can find two parallel fences, only two feet apart, running for a
half mile. Why are there two fences when one would do? Two farmers, Paul and
Oscar, had a disagreement that erupted into a feud. Paul wanted to build a
fence between their land and split the cost, but Oscar was unwilling to
contribute. Since he wanted to keep cattle on his land, Paul went ahead and
built the fence anyway.
After the fence was completed,
Oscar said to Paul, “I see we have a fence.” “What do you mean ‘we’?” Paul
replied. “I got the property line surveyed and built the fence two feet into my
land. That means some of my land is outside the fence. And if any of your cows
sets foot on my land, I’ll shoot it.” Oscar knew Paul wasn’t joking, so when he
eventually decided to use the land adjoining Paul’s for pasture, he was forced
to build another fence, two feet away. Oscar and Paul are both gone now, but
their double fence stands as a monument to the high price we pay for
stubbornness.
-- Daren Wride Valleyview, Alberta. Leadership,
Vol. 16, no. 1.
Some animals need a bit and bridle in their mouths because they won’t pay
attention to their master unless they have something forcing them to do
something.
Am I so stubborn that God has to resort to difficult things to get my
attention?
Or will I be so sensitive to my Master’s heart that He simply needs put His
eyes on something for me to get the message?
Songs
Am Dm G
You are my hiding place
F C
You always fill my heart
F Dm
With songs of deliverance
E
Whenever I am afraid
Am Dm
I will trust in You
G F
I will trust in You
C
Let the weak say
F Dm
"I am strong
E
in the strength of
the Lord"
Hiding Place / Words & Music by Michael Ledner / © 1981 Maranatha! Music /
HidingPl.doc
Trust In The Lord (Ps.32:10,11)
C
Em7
He who trusts in the Lord
(He who trusts in
the Lord)
F
Mercy shall surround him
Dm7 Gsus G
(Mercy shall
surround him)
{repeat}
F Am
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice
F
You upright in heart
G
Lift up your voice
C Em7
For great is His mercy toward
F G C
All who trust in the Lord
Trust In The Lord (Ps.32:10,11)/ Words & Music by
Marty Goetz & Wendell Burton / © 1990 Singin' in the Reign, Cross Purpose
Music, ASCAP / TrustIn.doc
Psalm 33
We don’t have a clue as to the circumstances behind this psalm. It’s about praising God.
33:1-3 How to Praise
:1 Rejoice in the Lord, O you
righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.
:1 Rejoice in the Lord …
Some definitions…
righteous … upright – words that speak of a person who is right with
God, who knows God.
rejoice – ranan – (Piel)
to give a ringing cry (in joy, exultation, praise)
praise – t@hillah –
praise, song or hymn of praise
beautiful – na’veh –
comely, beautiful, seemly
:2 Praise the Lord with the
harp; Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
:2 Praise the Lord with …
David describes some instruments.
harp – kinnowr – lyre,
harp
The Sea of Galilee is also called “Kinneret” because it is shaped like a
harp.
instrument – nebel – a
skin-bag, jar; harp, lute, guitar, musical instrument
of ten strings – ‘asowr –
ten; ten-stringed, harp
The Old King James makes the last
two words to be two different instruments, a “psaltery” and an “instrument of
ten strings”
:3 Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
:3 Sing to Him a …
David gives some instructions on how praise should be done:
new song – chadash – new,
new thing, fresh
skilfully – yatab –
(Hiphil) to do well, do thoroughly; to make a thing good or right or beautiful
shout of joy – t@ruw‘ah – shout
or blast of war or alarm or joy
Old King James translates this “loud noise”
Lesson
How to praise
David has taught us that:
1. Praise comes from a right heart (vs. 1)
2. Praise with lots of instruments (vs. 2)
3. Praise with new songs (vs. 3)
There is value in old songs, but new songs are
important. Worship should stay fresh.
4. Musicians should work at playing skillfully (vs. 3)
5. Play it loud (vs. 3)
Now David will give us some reasons for praising God…
33:4-11 Why we praise
Lesson
The Sacrifice of Praise
A mature believer will learn that they must learn to offer up to God the
sacrifice of praise.
The writer of Hebrews says,
(Hebrews
13:15 NKJV) Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise
to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
Sometimes praise is a “sacrifice” because it is something we choose to do
even when we don’t feel like it.
It is hard to praise and worship God when we are going through difficulty.
An illness hits us.
A loved one dies.
A loved one betrays us.
Life falls apart.
That’s when praise is a “sacrifice”, and is even more
pleasing to God as an expression of our trust in Him.
The prophet Jeremiah lived through the fall of Jerusalem to the
Babylonians. After the city was wiped
out, Jeremiah penned the book “Lamentations” to express his grief and sorrow
over Jerusalem’s fall. But in the middle
of the book is a gem:
(Lamentations
3:21–24 NKJV) —21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22 Through the Lord’s mercies
we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every
morning; Great is
Your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is
my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”
There is always a reason to give God praise.
In case you are having trouble finding some reasons, David lists a few…
:4 For the word of the Lord is
right, And all His work is done in truth.
:5 He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of
the Lord.
:5 righteousness and justice
Lesson
God is good
God’s word is right – you can learn to live your life based on this book
and you won’t go wrong.
God loves when you learn to do the right thing, when you do the just thing.
God’s goodness is all over the place.
These are reasons to praise God, even when you are struggling.
:6 By the word of the Lord
the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
:7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep
in storehouses.
:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
:9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
:6 the heavens were made
Lesson
He is Creator
We should praise God for no other reason than He is our Creator.
He has made this world.
He made us.
He is worthy of praise.
:10 The Lord brings the
counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no
effect.
:11 The counsel of the Lord
stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations.
:11 The counsel of the Lord
Lesson
God is wise
People will have all sorts of crazy ideas of how to run this world.
God is the one whose advice will stand through eternity.
33:12-22 Trust Him
:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His
own inheritance.
:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord
Blessed – ‘esher
– happiness, blessedness
Again, this is human happiness.
I’m not sure our nation knows this “happiness” anymore.
Forgive me, but I’m not sure that even a majority of our nation claims
Yahweh as their God.
:13 The Lord looks from
heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
:14 From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the
earth;
:15 He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works.
:16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is
not delivered by great strength.
:17 A horse is a vain hope for safety; Neither shall it deliver any
by its great strength.
:17 A horse is a vain hope for safety
In David’s day, a horse was the equivalent of a tank or an F-16. It was the advanced weaponry of the day.
Lesson
Misplaced trust
Too often we keep looking at external things for our help.
A general might say, “If I only had more tanks or bombers.”
We might say, “If I only had a new job or more money”
God can indeed use external things. He can help armies win with their
tanks.
Yes, God can use a new job or more money in your life.
But when we look to external things rather than God, we make a mistake.
God isn’t limited to using external things.
Some of our politicians are of the opinion that we don’t need a bigger
military, that we can talk or negotiate our way out of any problem.
Other politicians think the answer is to have a bigger military.
I have yet to hear any politician speak the truth, that we
as a nation need to turn our hearts back to God.
:18 Behold, the eye of the Lord
is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy,
:19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
:20 Our soul waits for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.
:21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy
name.
:22 Let Your mercy, O Lord,
be upon us, Just as we hope in You.
:21 Because we have trusted in His holy name
Lesson
Saved by faith
I’m not just talking about eternal salvation, but deliverance from all
kinds of problems.
David knew that the key to victory wasn’t in the size of his army.
David knew that victory was something that came from God, and came when you
trusted in God.
He knew it from a young age. When young
David faced the gigantic Goliath, he responded to Goliath’s mocking with this:
(1 Samuel 17:45–47
NKJV) —45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword,
with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord
will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from
you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to
the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may
know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is
the Lord’s, and He will give you
into our hands.”
:22 mercy … as we hope in You
mercy – checed
– goodness, kindness, faithfulness
as we hope – yachal
– (Piel) to wait, await, tarry; to wait for, hope for
Lesson
Get mercy
David is saying that the measure of
receiving mercy is equivalent to the measure of hoping or trusting in the Lord.
The more you trust in Him, the more
mercy you receive.
The whole goal is to get
mercy. Whatever you do, get mercy.
Illustration
A duck walks into
the 7-11 store. He looks around, then goes up to the clerk and asks, “You got
any grapes?” The clerk says, “No, we’re a convenience store, and we do not
carry grapes.” The duck says “thank you,” and leaves. About an hour later, the
duck comes in again and asks, “You got any grapes?” The store clerk says, “No,
I already told you, we have no grapes.” “Thank you,” says the duck, and he
leaves again. Well, a little while later, the duck walks in again, and again he
asks grapes. The clerk then says, “No, we don’t have any grapes, and if you
come in here and ask me again, I’m gonna nail both your little webbed feet to
the floor!” The duck then leaves the store. About an hour later, the duck walks
in again! This time, the duck asks, “You got any nails?” The clerk says, “No,
we don’t carry nails, we’re a convenience store, not a hardware store!” came
the reply. Then the duck asks, “You got any grapes?”
As much as the duck wanted grapes,
we ought to want mercy.
Let nothing stop you from asking
for mercy.
We know where to get mercy, we get
it from trusting in the Lord, going to His store.
Songs
Vs. 12 –
D G
Happy, happy, happy, happy
D
Happy is the people
A7
Whose God is the Lord
D G
Happy, happy, happy, happy
D
Happy is the people
A7 D
Whose God is the Lord
D
Where does this
Happy feeling come from?
Where does this
A7
Happy feeling come from?
D
This happy feeling
Comes from Jesus
G
Everyday He more than pleases
D
That’s where this
A7 D
Happy feeling comes from
D
My way is lighter
My way is brighter
A7
Walking up the King’s highway
His ways I’m knowing
His love I’m showing
D
I’m walking up the King’s highway
A7 G A7
Well, it’s a
D
Highway to heaven
A7
None can go up there
D
But the pure in heart
It’s a highway to heaven
G
And I’m walking up
A7 D G D
The King’s highway
Happy, Happy / Author Unknown; ©1973 Maranatha
Evangelical Association / Happy Happy.doc