Rebecca Stark is the author of The Good Portion: Godthe second title in The Good Portion series.

The Good Portion: God explores what Scripture teaches about God in hopes that readers will see his perfection, worth, magnificence, and beauty as they study his triune nature, infinite attributes, and wondrous works. 

                     

Sunday
Jun012025

Sunday's Hymn: Rejoice, the Lord Is King

 

 

 

 

Rejoice, the Lord is king!
Your Lord and king adore;
Mortals give thanks and sing,
And tri­umph ev­er­more;
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, re­joice!

Jesus, the Sav­ior, reigns,
The God of truth and love;
When He had purged our stains
He took His seat above;
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, re­joice!

His king­dom can­not fail,
He rules o’er earth and Heav’n,
The keys of death and hell
Are to our Je­sus giv’n;
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, re­joice!

He sits at God’s right hand
Till all His foes sub­mit,
And bow to His com­mand,
And fall be­neath His feet:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, re­joice!

He all His foes shall quell,
Shall all our sins de­stroy,
And ev­ery bos­om swell
With pure se­ra­phic joy;
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice,
Rejoice, again I say, re­joice!

Rejoice in glo­ri­ous hope!
Jesus the Judge shall come,
And take His serv­ants up
To their eter­nal home.
We soon shall hear th’arch­an­gel’s voice;
The trump of God shall sound, re­joice!

—Charles Wesley

Sunday
May252025

Sunday Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

 

 

Alleluia! sing to Je­sus!
His the scep­ter, His the throne.
Alleluia! His the tri­umph,
His the vic­to­ry alone.
Hark! the songs of peace­ful Zi­on
Thunder like a migh­ty flood.
Jesus out of ev­ery na­tion
Has re­deemed us by His blood.

Alleluia! not as or­phans
Are we left in sor­row now;
Alleluia! He is near us,
Faith be­lieves, nor quest­ions how;
Though the cloud from sight re­ceived Him
When the for­ty days were o’er
Shall our hearts for­get His pro­mise,
I am with you ev­er­more?

Alleluia! bread of an­gels,
Thou on earth our food, our stay;
Alleluia! here the sin­ful
Flee to Thee from day to day:
Intercessor, friend of sin­ners,
Earth’s Re­deem­er, plead for me,
Where the songs of all the sin­less
Sweep across the crys­tal sea.

Alleluia! King eter­nal,
Thee the Lord of lords we own;
Alleluia! born of Ma­ry,
Earth Thy foot­stool, Heav’n Thy throne:
Thou with­in the veil hast en­tered,
Robed in flesh our great high priest;
Thou on earth both priest and vic­tim
In the Eu­cha­ris­tic feast.

—William C. Dix

Sunday
May112025

Sunday Hymn: Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies

 

 

Christ, whose glo­ry fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the on­ly Light,
Sun of Right­eous­ness, arise,
Triumph o’er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Day-star, in my heart ap­pear.

Dark and cheer­less is the morn
Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day’s re­turn
Till Thy mer­cy’s beams I see;
Till they in­ward light im­part,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.

Visit then this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, Ra­di­an­cy di­vine,
Scatter all my un­be­lief;
More and more Thy­self dis­play,
Shining to the per­fect day.

—Charles Wesley