Plan for Wednesday, June 17th, 2015

Greetings Friends,

   This is a simple plan for this Wednesday at 6:30pm.  If you are unfamiliar with any of the tunes, then please click on the links for tune helps.

Tentative Plan:

1. Open in Prayer
2.  Singing of God's Word: Psalm 51D, Psalm 19B
3. Prayer
4. Reading of God's Word: Matthew 4:1-4
5. Singing of God's Word: Psalm 12A
6.  Reading of God's Word: Genesis 3:1-6
7. Singing of God's Word: Psalm 91A
8. Close in Prayer

Here are some questions that you may want to think about and consider sharing with the group?

1. How have you seen Satan active as the tempter in your life?
2. What times in your life has Satan most tempted you?
3. What are your spiritual weaknesses?  Your strengths?

4. What struggles have you had with proving your "calling and election sure" [2 Peter 1:10]?
5. How has Satan twisted truth before in your life?

6. What is your practice for increasing your knowledge of God's Word?
7. What times in our life has been the time of greatest pride?  the time of greatest humility?

Wednesday, June 17th, 2015: Prayer, Psalms, and a Short Study of Scripture

      Greetings Friends,

     A Prayer, a Psalm, a Scripture read, the Scripture applied to life briefly, a Psalm again, a Prayer again.

    We'll do something like that at the Myers' home this Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 beginning at 6:30pm.  Fellowship and munchies afterwards.  You are invited!

    Look for a plan to be released sometime tomorrow!

A Blessed Psalm Sing Indeed!

 Greetings Everyone!

     Thank you, everyone, for your prayers for us.  It was a blessed Psalm-sing evening this past Friday.  We had planned to sing 153 verses of the Psalms and to read 96 verses of Scriptures (a total of 249 verses of Holy Scripture!).  But in order to keep the time of singing/reading of Scripture to around a half hour (for each time; there were two times) we cut some of the plan out.  Yet still, we were flooded with an abundance of Scriptures in even that short amount of time; we sung 129 verses of the Psalms and we read 72 verses of Scriptures (a total of 201 verses of Holy Scripture!).  The Scriptures that we read before singing each Psalm was not noted in the Bulletin, so I have included them below for your benefit.  It is amazing to see Christ so vividly in the Psalms!    

 “Our God Shall Surely Come” Psalm 50A

Matthew 1:21-23

²¹ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. ²² Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, ²³ Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

“Blessed Be the One Who Comes” Psalm 118C

Luke 2:10-14

¹⁰ And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. ¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. ¹² And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. ¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, ¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

“This is a Man Born There” Psalm 87

Matthew 2:3-6

³ When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. ⁵ And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, ⁶ And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

 “My Soul to Dust of Death You Bring” Psalm22G

Isaiah 53:1-3

¹ Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? ² For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. ³ He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

 “They Gave Me Vinegar to Drink” Psalm 69C

Matthew 27:26-34

²⁶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. ²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall^b, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. ²⁸ And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. ²⁹ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! ³⁰ And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. ³¹ And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. ³² And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

³³ And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, ³⁴ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

 “Thy Wrath Lies Hard On Me” Psalm 88:1-9 

Isaiah 53:4-11

⁴ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. ⁵ But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. ⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. ⁷ He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. ⁸ He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. ⁹ And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

¹⁰ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. ¹¹ He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

 “He’ll Save the Needy” Psalm 72B

Luke 2:25-33

²⁵ And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. ²⁶ And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. ²⁷ And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, ²⁸ Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, ²⁹ Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: ³⁰ For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, ³¹ Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; ³² A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

“Thy Hand, O LORD, Shall Set Me Free” Psalm 138B

Luke 4:14-21

¹⁴ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. ¹⁵ And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. ¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. ¹⁷ And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, ¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, ¹⁹ To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. ²⁰ And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. ²¹ And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

“You Will Not Give Up My Soul to the Grave” Psalm 16B

Luke 24:1-8

¹ Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. ² And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. ³ And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: ⁵ And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living^a among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, ⁷ Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. ⁸ And they remembered his words,

 “Lord, You from Death Have Ransomed” Psalm 30A

Romans 6:1-11

¹ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? ² God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? ^{3 †} Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? ⁴ Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. ⁵ For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: ⁶ Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. ⁷ For he that is dead is freed^a from sin. ⁸ Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: ⁹ Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. ¹⁰ For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. ¹¹ Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

4. “So the King of Glory Enter May” Psalm 24A 

Acts 1:6-11

⁶ When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? ⁷ And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. ⁸ But ye shall receive power^a, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. ⁹ And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; ¹¹ Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

 “God is Ascended” Psalm 47A

Ephesians 4:4-10

⁴ There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; ⁵ One Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. ⁷ But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. ⁸ Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. ⁹ (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

“The LORD Will Eternally Sit on His Throne” Psalm 9A

Revelation 7:9-12

⁹ After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; ¹⁰ And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. ¹¹ And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, ¹² Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

 “Give the King Thy Judgements, O God” Psalm 72A

Revelation 19:11-16

¹¹ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. ^{12 †} His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. ¹³ And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies which were^† in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. ¹⁵ And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. ¹⁶ And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

“His Name Shall Endure Forever” Psalm 72C

Acts 4:8-12

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, ⁹ If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; ¹⁰ Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. ¹¹ This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. ¹² Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

PLAN for Psalm Sing: at 6:30pm on January 23, 2015

EVERYONE IS INVITED!

TOMORROW'S PLAN for the Psalm Sing is below!  Please make perusal of the links to practice tunes if you desire.  I hoped to get this out earlier, but this has been a busy week!  We hope to see you tomorrow.

LOCATION: Home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Myers
ADDRESS: 10311 Whitesville Rd. Fortson, GA 31808
DIRECTIONS FROM NORTH ON I-185:  Take Exit 14, turn right onto Smith Rd., go to stop sign and make left on Whitesville Rd.  Drive way is on the right; it is the second driveway with a white fence.
DIRECTIONS FROM SOUTH ON I-185:  Take Exit 12, turn left onto Williams Rd., go to second stop light and make a right on Whitesville Rd.  Stay on Whitesville Rd for approximately two miles--driveway will be on left. 
Any questions on specific directions?  Please call Chris Myers: 856-297-5837

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The First Time of Singing

1. Prayer

First Theme: Christ is God in the flesh

2.  “Our God Shall Surely Come” Psalm 50A

3. “Blessed Be the One Who Comes” Psalm 118C

4.  “This is a Man Born There” Psalm 87

Second Theme: Christ Suffers and Dies

5.  “My Soul to Dust of Death You Bring” Psalm22G

6. “They Gave Me Vinegar to Drink” Psalm 69C

7. “Thy Wrath Lies Hard On Me” Psalm 88:1-9  (tune: Grafenberg)

 

Third Theme: Christ suffers and dies on Our Behalf

8. “He’ll Save the Needy” Psalm 72B

9. “Thy Hand, O LORD, Shall Set Me Free” Psalm 138B

10.  Short Psalm Instruction: Rev. Dr. Frank Smith

11. Psalm 2

12. Prayer before Interlude for a Short Time of Fellowship

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The Second Time of Singing

1. Post-Interlude Prayer

Fourth Theme: Christ Lives, Ascended, and Reigns

2.  “You Will Not Give Up My Soul to the Grave” Psalm 16B

3. “Lord, You from Death Have Ransomed” Psalm 30A

4. “So the King of Glory Enter May” Psalm 24A

5. “God is Ascended” Psalm 47A

6. “The LORD Will Eternally Sit on His Throne” Psalm 9A

7. “Give the King Thy Judgements, O God” Psalm 72A

8. “His Name Shall Endure Forever” Psalm 72C

9.  Short Psalm Instruction:Rev. Dr. Frank Smith

10. Psalm 44A

11. Prayer of Dismissal for Further Time of Fellowship
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Tentative Plan for Psalm Sing: January 23rd at 6:30pm

Hello Friends!

     I hope you have this date on your calendar!  We look forward to having you.  Please see below the tentative plan for the Psalm Sing.  There is still more holes to fill and we will be sure to post the complete plan sometime early next week.  But for now, this will be a helpful preview into our evening together next week.

The First Time of Singing

1. Prayer

First Theme: Christ is God in the flesh

2.  “Our God Shall Surely Come” Psalm 50A

3. “Blessed Be the One Who Comes” Psalm 118C

4.  “This is a Man Born There” Psalm 87

Second Theme: Christ Suffers and Dies

5.  “My Soul to Dust of Death You Bring” Psalm 22G

6. “They Gave Me Vinegar to Drink” Psalm 69C

7. “Thy Wrath Lies Hard On Me” Psalm 88

                                                 (tune: Grafenberg)

Third Theme: Christ suffers and dies on Our Behalf

8. “He’ll Save the Needy” Psalm 72B

9. “Thy Hand, O LORD, Shall Set Me Free” Psalm 138B

10.  Short Psalm Instruction: Rev. Frank Smith

11. Psalm XX

12. Prayer before Interlude for a Short Time of Fellowship

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The Second Time of Singing

1. Post-Interlude Prayer

Fourth Theme: Christ Lives, Ascended, and Reigns

2.  “You Will Not Give Up My Soul to the Grave” Psalm 16B

3. “Lord, You from Death Have Ransomed” Psalm 30A

4. “So the King of Glory Enter May” Psalm 24A

5. “God is Ascended” Psalm 47A

6. “The LORD Will Eternally Sit on His Throne” Psalm 9A

7. “Give the King Thy Judgements, O God” Psalm 72A

8. “His Name Shall Endure Forever” Psalm 72C

9.  Short Psalm Instruction:

10. Psalm XX

11. Prayer of Dismissal for Further Time of Fellowship

At 6:30pm on January 23rd, 2015: Psalm Sing in Columbus, GA

Greetings Friends! Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Myers of Fortson, GA (near Columbus, GA) would like to invite you to a Psalm sing at their home. Please stay tuned for further details for location and the Psalm arrangements to be posted on this website. We will have the pleasure of having the Dr. Frank Smith, Pastor of Atlanta Presbyterian Fellowship, attending the Psalm sing.