Music Monday: Reformation Hymn from Sovereign Grace Music

Lyrics:

VERSE 1
Your Word alone is solid ground,
The mighty rock on which we build.
In every line the truth is found
And every page with glory filled.

VERSE 2
Through faith alone we come to You;
We have no merit we can claim.
Sure that Your promises are true;
We place our hope in Jesus’ name.

CHORUS
Gloria, gloria, glory to God alone
Gloria, gloria, glory to God alone

VERSE 3
In Christ alone we’re justified;
His righteousness is all our plea.
Your law’s demands are satisfied;
His perfect work has set us free.

VERSE 4
By grace alone we have been saved,
All that we are has come from You.
Hearts that were once by sin enslaved
Now by Your pow’r have been made new.

Additional final verse for Reformation Sunday:
And on this Reformation day
We join with saints of old to sing;
We lift our hearts as one in praise:
Glory to Christ our gracious King.

Church: Don't Neglect Meeting Together

Every Sunday morning there are dozens of voices trying to convince us there's something better to give our time to than meeting with God's people. Sleeping in. Cramming for an exam. Playing golf. Catching up on housework. Enjoying a late brunch.

Don't believe them. There's no context or group on earth quite like the gathering of God's people. God has uniquely designed the church for true worshipers to experience, enjoy, and be edified by their common life in Christ. Every time we meet, God is eager and able to work within us (Eph. 3:20). There are no normal Sundays. Just fresh opportunities to behold the glory of the Lord as we're "transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another" (2 Cor. 3:18).

God intends our gatherings to be a significant means of grace to strengthen us.

Bob Kauflin, True Worshipers: Seeking What Matter to God

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A couple of years ago, my family and I went throughout our city looking at Christmas lights. We heard about a house that has their lights in sync with music that is played on a certain station. It was a great show of lights accompanied by music. Since then we have noticed more houses with a similar show. Not sure when this trend started but it is fun to watch. One house, which is shown in this video, has their light in sync with music from Star Wars.