Sunday, January 31, 2016

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God




A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and pow'r are great, and, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.


Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing,
Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God’s own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth, His Name, from age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us;
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly pow’rs, no thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth;
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
The body they may kill: God’s truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.

Amen

CLICK HERE and listen to this beautiful hymn, written in 1529 by Martin Luther.


Hope your SonDay is Happy and Blessed.

Until Next Time



6 comments:

  1. Happy, happy SONday, sweet Friend. HOPE you and Mr. D have an awesome day.

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  2. Love that hymn and did listen and sing along! Thank you!

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  3. Loved the quote at the end. Hope you had a happy day today.

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  4. One of my favorite hymns! Thank you for sharing it. We don't hear it much anymore, and it tells the whole story that needs to be told. Powerful Message! God bless you!

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  5. I love that verse in Psalms, I often have to repeat it to myself!

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  6. Then Sings My Soul is a great book - we've given it as a gift to several friends who love church music. And I'm Lutheran, so you know that I know that hymn - it's very powerful.

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