Round the Sphere Again: Good Advice

For Growing Older
“Is it possible that God could use you even more in your latter years than in the earlier ones?” Here are some suggestions from Jim Elliff for preparing to be a believer who finishes well (HT: Jam and Books).

When Guilt Lingers
Shift your focus to Christ and his work.

[R]emember where Jesus is and where he’s been. He has been upon the cross, where he spoiled all that can ruin us. He’s now upon the throne of heaven, as our advocate and mediator. His state in glory doesn’t make him neglectful or scornful of the guilty sinners he died to redeem. He has the same heart now in heaven as he had upon the cross. 

Quoting from The Bookends of the Christian Life by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington at The Gospel-Driven Church.

A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part II: Questions about The Ten Commandments

44. Q. What is the second commandment?
     A. The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them: for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

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Sundays Hymn: All People That On Earth Do Dwell

All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.

The Lord, ye know, is God indeed;
Without our aid He did us make;
We are His folk, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.

O enter then His gates with praise;
Approach with joy His courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

For why? the Lord our God is good;
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

To Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
The God whom Heaven and earth adore,
From men and from the angel host
Be praise and glory evermore.

—Wil­liam Kethe

Every other YouTube video of this song is one man and two women singing this arrangement, so I’m not fighting it, but I will go with the originals.

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

• Update: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sound at Rosemary at Home
• Loyalty to Christ at Conjubilant with Song
• We Praise Thee, O God at Fieldstone Cottage
• Dearest Savior, We Adore Thee at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 34, 2011 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Voices From the Past - August 21, 2011 at The Upward Call
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: “Thy Word”—not the voice in my head—“is truth”

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.