Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: P
Program Code: P000009
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00:17 Hello and welcome back to Praise. I'm Kelly Mowrer and
00:21 this half hour we're going to listen to a series of songs 00:24 reminding us of the blessing of being with Jesus who loved 00:29 us so much he came to be our friend. On September 13, 1845 00:33 this letter appeared in the New York Observer written by a man 00:37 named Thomas Salmon. He wrote, during my residence at Coles 00:41 Hill, Worwicher, England I became acquainted with 00:43 W. W. Walford, a blind preacher. A man of obscure birth and 00:48 connections and no education, but of strong mind and most 00:51 retentive memory. In the pulpit, he never failed to select a 00:55 lesson well adapted to his subject, giving chapter and 00:59 verse with unerring precision and scarcely every misplacing 01:02 a word in his repetition of the psalms, every part of the New 01:05 Testament, the prophecies and some of the histories so that he 01:09 had the reputation of knowing the whole Bible by heart. 01:12 He actually sat in a chimney corner employing his mind and 01:15 and composing a sermon or two for Sabbath delivery and his 01:18 hands in cutting and shaping and polishing bones for shoe horns 01:22 and other little useful implements and at intervals 01:25 he attempted poetry. On one occasion, paying him a visit, 01:29 he repeated two or three pieces which he had composed and having 01:33 no friend at home to commit them to paper, he had laid them up 01:37 in the storehouse of his mind. How will this do, asked he, as 01:41 he repeated the following lines with a complacent smile touched 01:45 with some light lines of fear lest he subject himself to 01:48 criticism. I rapidly copied the lines with my pencil as he 01:52 uttered them and I sent them for insertion in the observer if you 01:56 should think them worthy of preservation. And these are the 02:01 lines. Sweet hour of prayer, Sweet hour of prayer that calls 02:06 me from a world of care and bids me at my Father's throne make 02:12 all my wants and wishes known. In seasons of distress and grief 02:18 my soul has oft found relief and oft escaped the tempter's snare 02:24 by thy return sweet hour of prayer. Listen as we start with 02:29 Diane singing What a Friend We Have in Jesus and Sweet Hour of 02:34 Prayer. Diane Anders/ What a Friend 02:43 Medley. What a friend we have in Jesus, 02:51 all our sins and griefs to bear. 02:59 What a privilege to carry 03:09 everything to God in prayer. 03:17 Oh what peace we often forfeit, 03:26 Oh what needless pain we bear, 03:34 All because we do not carry 03:42 everything to God in prayer. 03:50 Are we weak and heavy laden, 03:58 cumbered a load of care? 04:07 Precious Savior still our refuge 04:15 Take it to the Lord in prayer. 04:24 Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? 04:31 Take it to the Lord in prayer. 04:40 In his arms he'll take 04:42 and shield thee. 04:48 Thou wilt find a solace there. 04:58 Sweet hour of prayer 05:06 Sweet hour of prayer, 05:13 that leads me from 05:20 this world of care. 05:26 And I oft escape 05:33 the tempter's snare 05:39 By thy return 05:46 sweet hour of prayer. 05:58 Take it to the Lord in prayer. 06:20 Kateena LeForge He's Just As Real to Me 06:37 No one can make me believe 06:44 God's not real. 06:52 Year after year more of himself 06:58 to my heart he reveals. 07:04 This world can't seem 07:10 to understand this mystery 07:18 If they would only look 07:24 beyond those things 07:30 their eyes can see. 07:36 He's just as real to me 07:43 as if I'd held his hand a million times, 07:50 though I've never seen him smile 07:57 I know I've felt him by my side. 08:04 These ears have never heard him speak 08:10 but my heart has heard him 08:14 time and time again. 08:18 And just like a friend would be 08:23 He's just as real to me. 08:32 Interlude 08:40 When I think of mercy 08:45 love, forgiveness, grace so sweet. 08:54 And open arms that have 09:01 so tenderly embraced me. 09:09 There's just no way 09:12 this world can make 09:15 me disbelieve. 09:22 This God through eyes of faith 09:26 this heart of mine 09:31 has clearly seen. 09:36 He's just as real to me 09:41 as if I'd held his hand 09:47 a million times 09:50 though I've never seen him smile 09:57 I know I've felt him by my side. 10:04 These ears have never heard 10:08 him speak but my heart has 10:13 heard him time and time again 10:19 Just like a friend would be 10:25 He's just as real to me 10:32 as if I'd held his hand a million times 10:39 though I've never seen him smile 10:45 I know I've felt him by my side. 10:51 These ears have never heard him speak. 10:59 But my heart has heard him 11:03 time and time again. 11:08 Just like a friend would be 11:15 He's just as real to me. 11:21 He's so real to me. 11:44 Jill Morikone I Need Thee Every hour 12:13 Jill Morikone playing 12:24 I Need Thee Every Hour 12:56 Jill Morikone playing 13:15 I Need Thee Every Hour 14:01 Jim and Pam Rhodes All He Wants is You 14:16 Something more than gold for the master 14:27 Something more than gifts to appease. 14:39 There is only one thing 14:44 that you alone can bring. 14:47 There is only one gift 14:51 that will please. 14:59 All he wants in you 15:08 No one else will do 15:14 Not just a part 15:20 he wants all of your heart. 15:25 All he wants 15:29 is all of you. 15:33 All he wants is you. 15:42 Interlude 15:47 Nothing less than this can you offer. 15:55 Nothing less than this can you bring. 16:03 It's not just your songs 16:07 but for you alone he longs. 16:10 Nothing less can you give 16:14 to your king. 16:20 All he wants is you. 16:29 No one else will do 16:37 Not just a part he wants all of your heart. 16:45 All he wants is all of you. 16:53 All he wants is you. 17:06 No one else will do. 17:20 Not just a part, he wants all of your heart. 17:28 All he wants is all of you. 17:40 All he wants is you. 18:01 Kelley Mowrer Maybe you haven't always wanted 18:05 to be in his presence, but he's never not known exactly where 18:08 you were and he's never stopped hoping that you'd want to come 18:11 back and be with him and let him bless you and give you a 18:14 sense of peace in hour heart that he loves you very much. 18:17 As we close now listen first to Jill play the beautiful prayer 18:22 in song, I Need Thee Every Hour. and then as Annette sings our 18:27 final song if the words are saying things that you've 18:30 sometimes thought about being with God, you can absolutely 18:33 know that he's hoping this will be the day that you will 18:36 honestly say I Want to Go. 18:45 Annette Campbell I Want to Go 18:54 Brought up in the church against your will. 19:01 Forced to sit through sermons and be still. 19:07 Making trouble for the Sabbath School teacher. 19:12 running through the pews 19:16 just a child then. 19:18 You were wide-eyed and confused 19:24 Screaming on the bus with all the youth, 19:31 more concerned with dating than with truth. 19:39 Too cool to join the choir. Too smart to go to school, 19:46 Church was boring 19:49 and the scriptures... just more rules 19:56 But all through the years 20:00 your open eyes and ears 20:03 saw just enough of rest 20:07 among the people here 20:10 to know that you could trust, 20:16 to know that you were loved. 20:22 Until there came a day your heart could finally say 20:36 I want to go where you are going 20:42 I want to be among your people 20:47 where you are. 20:50 I cannot live my live alone 20:54 I don't know how. 20:59 But you would not bring me this far 21:04 to leave me now. 21:11 Interlude 21:20 Finally off to college for the fall 21:26 50 different lifestyles down one hall 21:31 Your professors question everything 21:36 Your roommates test your faith. 21:39 And easy answers seem so out of place. 21:50 Interlude 22:07 Running from the chapel with your spouse 22:14 And making monthly payments on the house 22:21 You were living for your children 22:25 then they up and moved away. 22:29 Your friends see you older 22:34 and worry fills your days. 22:39 But all through the years 22:44 your open eyes and ears 22:48 saw just enough of Christ among the people here. 22:55 to know that you could trust 23:02 to know that you were loved 23:09 until there came a day 23:12 your heart could finally pray 23:21 I want to go where you are going 23:27 I want to be among your people 23:33 where you are. 23:36 I cannot live my life alone 23:39 I don't know how. 23:45 But you would not bring me this far 23:50 to leave me now. 24:00 No you would not bring me this far to leave me now. 24:22 Jack Crosby and Donna Shirley Learning to Lean. 24:44 Learning to lean Learning to lean 24:52 I'm learning to lean on Jesus. 25:01 Finding more power Than I ever dreamed 25:12 I'm learning to lean on Jesus. 25:22 A joy I can't explain is filling my soul 25:30 since the day I met Jesus my king. 25:40 His blessed Holy Spirit 25:44 is leading my way. 25:49 He's teaching and I'm learning to lean. 25:58 Learning to lean, Learning to lean, 26:08 I'm learning to lean on Jesus. 26:17 Finding more power than I ever dreamed. 26:25 I'm learning to lean on Jesus. 26:36 There's glorious victory 26:42 each day now for me 26:46 as I dwell in his peace so serene. 26:52 He helps me with each task, 27:00 if only I ask. 27:04 Every day now I am learning to lean 27:13 Learning to lean, Learning to lean, 27:22 I'm learning to lean on Jesus. 27:33 Finding more power 27:37 than I ever dreamed. 27:41 I'm learning to lean on Jesus. I'm learning to lean on Jesus. |
Revised 2014-12-17