Sunday's Hymn: Since I Have Been Redeemed

I have a song I love to sing,
Since I have been redeemed,
Of my Redeemer, Savior King,
Since I have been redeemed.

Refrain

Since I have been redeemed,
Since I have been redeemed,
I will glory in His Name,
Since I have been redeemed,
I will glory in the Savior’s Name.

I have a Christ Who satisfies
Since I have been redeemed,
To do His will my highest prize,
Since I have been redeemed.

I have a witness bright and clear,
Since I have been redeemed,
Dispelling every doubt and fear,
Since I have been redeemed.

I have a home prepared for me,
Since I have been redeemed,
Where I shall dwell eternally,
Since I have been redeemed.

I have a joy I can’t express,
Since I have been redeemed,
All through His blood and righteousness,
Since I have been redeemed.

—Ed­win O. Ex­cell

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Update: Mighty God, While Angels Bless at Field Stone Cottage
• Update: Now Why This Fear at Jam and Books
• Hark, My Soul, It Is the Lord! at Rosemary at Home
• I Know Whom I Have Believed at Gospel Grace
• Come, O Lord, Like Morning Sunlight at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 32 at Tried With Fire 
• A Sunday Psalm: The Treasury of David - Psalm 8:3-4 at Theology for Girls
• Lord’s Day 32, 2012 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Faith Alone - August 5, 2012 at The Upward Call
• Update: Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Imaginary Trouble

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

This Week in Housekeeping

I updated this Theological Term post:

double imputation

• Put in a whole new definition. 
• Added a link to Why does Christ’s righteousness need to be imputed to us? at GotQuestions.org.
• Added a link to Albert N. Martin’s Romans 5:12-21 Justification: Double Imputation (mp3)
• Added a link to my own post, Christ’s Active and Passive Obedience and Our Justification.
• Added a link to a pdf of John Piper’s book, Counted Righteous In Christ.
• Added related terms active obedience of Christ, imputation, justification, passive obedience of Christ.

Thankful Thursday

I’m thankful that God is good—and I mean good as in benevolent. It is out of his goodness that we receive all the temporal blessings that provide for our well-being.

But for those of us who belong to him, there’s another and greater purpose for his goodness: God’s kindness is intended to lead us to repentance (Romans 2:4). His goodness is working something of eternal consequence in us. It turns us from sin to faith in our good God.

And there’s even more: Every single life circumstance works toward a good end in the lives of those who love him. Even life’s difficulties are good gifts serving a benevolent purpose; they are remaking me into the image of Christ (Romans 8:28-29).

How can I not be thankful that my heavenly Father is good? His goodness sustains my life, both physical and spiritual. It’s because God is good that I can (or should) thank him in all circumstances, for all circumstance are working together for my good.