Devotions
"Christmas Card"
December 20, 2020
December 20, 2020
"Jesus loves the little children"
September 3, 2020
September 3, 2020
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” — 1 Timothy 4:12
August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020
"It only takes a spark..." Kurt Kayser 1969
August 13, 2020
"Once in Royal David's City stood a lowly cattle stall"
Christmas in July
July 30, 2020
Christmas in July
July 30, 2020
"Here Comes the Bride"
June 24, 2020
June 24, 2020
"The times, they are a-changin"
Bob Dylan 1964
Come, ye thankful people, come Raise the song of harvest home All is safely gathered in Ere the winter storms begin God our Maker doth provide For our wants to be supplied Come to God's own temple, come Raise the song of harvest home1
June 15, 2020
Bob Dylan 1964
Come, ye thankful people, come Raise the song of harvest home All is safely gathered in Ere the winter storms begin God our Maker doth provide For our wants to be supplied Come to God's own temple, come Raise the song of harvest home1
June 15, 2020
I'm discontented with homes that are rented so I have invented my own.
Darling this place is a lover's oasis where life's weary chase is unknown.
Far from the cry of the city, where flowers pretty caress the streams,
Cozy to hide in, to love side-by-side in. Don't let it abide in my dreams.
June 12, 2020
Darling this place is a lover's oasis where life's weary chase is unknown.
Far from the cry of the city, where flowers pretty caress the streams,
Cozy to hide in, to love side-by-side in. Don't let it abide in my dreams.
June 12, 2020
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom". Luke 23:42
June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020
- Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices. Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way. With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.
- Oh, may this bounteous God through all our life be near us. With ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed; And guard us through all ills in this world, till the next!
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee Let the water and the blood,
From Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure.
Not the labor of my hands Can fulfill Thy law’s demands; Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow, All for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone.
June 9, 2020
From Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure.
Not the labor of my hands Can fulfill Thy law’s demands; Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow, All for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone.
June 9, 2020
Someone's praying, Lord.
Someone's crying, Lord.
Someone's singing, Lord.
Oh Lord, Kum Ba Yah.
June 8, 2020
Someone's crying, Lord.
Someone's singing, Lord.
Oh Lord, Kum Ba Yah.
June 8, 2020
God Bless Our Graduates!
Trio from Military March No. 1
Sir Edward Elgar
June 5, 2020
Trio from Military March No. 1
Sir Edward Elgar
June 5, 2020
"and let it begin with me...."
June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020
I know. Today is Wednesday, June 3rd!
See how great a flame aspires, Kindled by a spark of grace! Jesus' love the nations fires, Sets the kingdoms on a blaze;
To bring fire on earth He came; Kindled in some hearts it is. O that all might catch the flame, All partake the glorious bliss!
Charles Wesley 1707-1788
June 3, 2020
See how great a flame aspires, Kindled by a spark of grace! Jesus' love the nations fires, Sets the kingdoms on a blaze;
To bring fire on earth He came; Kindled in some hearts it is. O that all might catch the flame, All partake the glorious bliss!
Charles Wesley 1707-1788
June 3, 2020
1 Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, sing his mercy and his grace; in the mansions bright and blessed
he'll prepare for us a place.
Refrain:
When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus
we'll sing and shout the victory.
2 While we walk the pilgrim pathway clouds will overspread the sky, but when traveling days are over,
not a shadow, not a sigh. [Refrain]
June 2, 2020
he'll prepare for us a place.
Refrain:
When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus
we'll sing and shout the victory.
2 While we walk the pilgrim pathway clouds will overspread the sky, but when traveling days are over,
not a shadow, not a sigh. [Refrain]
June 2, 2020
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide,
The darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me.
June 1, 2020
The darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me.
June 1, 2020
When all the world is a hopeless jumble,
And the raindrops tumble all around,
Heaven opens a magic lane.
When all the clouds darken up the skyway
there's a rainbow highway to be found,
leading from your window pane.
To a place behind the sun, just a step beyond the rain;
May 29, 2020
And the raindrops tumble all around,
Heaven opens a magic lane.
When all the clouds darken up the skyway
there's a rainbow highway to be found,
leading from your window pane.
To a place behind the sun, just a step beyond the rain;
May 29, 2020
Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life
Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life
Words of life and beauty teach me faith and duty.
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life.
May 28, 2020
Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life
Words of life and beauty teach me faith and duty.
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life.
May 28, 2020
May 25, 2020
1 O for a thousand tongues to sing
my great Redeemer's praise,
the glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of his grace!
2 My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread through all the earth abroad
the honors of your name
May 27, 2020
my great Redeemer's praise,
the glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of his grace!
2 My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread through all the earth abroad
the honors of your name
May 27, 2020
It's Friday! Time for a little fun! I need a banjo player right now!
Five foot two, eyes of blue oh, what those five foot could do. Has anybody seen my girl?
Turned up nose, turned down hose never had no other beaus. Has anybody seen my girl?
Now if you run into a five foot two, covered with fur. Diamond rings and all those things Betcha' life it isn't her
But could she love, could she woo? Could she, could she, could she coo?Has anybody seen my girl?
May 22, 2020
Five foot two, eyes of blue oh, what those five foot could do. Has anybody seen my girl?
Turned up nose, turned down hose never had no other beaus. Has anybody seen my girl?
Now if you run into a five foot two, covered with fur. Diamond rings and all those things Betcha' life it isn't her
But could she love, could she woo? Could she, could she, could she coo?Has anybody seen my girl?
May 22, 2020
Today's devotion came as a complete, and pleasant, surprise to me. This past Tuesday Our Youth Director, Julie, asked if I had seen Central's soon-to-be 7th grader Nathan Clement's daily music devotions. I said I didn't know about it, so, she sent me his YouTube link. God bless him - he even changes the "registrations", like I do on the organ, between the verses.
God bless you, Minister of Music Nathan Clements. You are something else!
May 21, 2020
God bless you, Minister of Music Nathan Clements. You are something else!
May 21, 2020
1 The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord; she is his new creation by water and the Word:
from heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride; with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.
2 Elect from every nation, yet one o'er all the earth, her charter of salvation one Lord, one faith, one birth;
one holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food, and to one hope she presses, with every grace endued.
May 20, 2020
from heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride; with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.
2 Elect from every nation, yet one o'er all the earth, her charter of salvation one Lord, one faith, one birth;
one holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food, and to one hope she presses, with every grace endued.
May 20, 2020
Dona Nobis Pacem. Please, dear Lord. Please.
May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020
My favorite hymn - listening, playing, or singing. Today's devotion is very special and I would like to thank Sandi, Jessica, Liv, Debbie, Lisa, Linda, Vicki, and Diana for learning this hymn, and then recording it in their own homes. Special thanks to Matt Tiller for the wonderful editing. Beautiful Savior - sung by angels.
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020
Sometimes I like presenting an earlier hymn with different harmonizations. Ending the work week on a high note!
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
“Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning born of the one light Eden saw play!
May 14, 2020
May 14, 2020
It seems that joy is in short supply these days. I believe that joy is best experienced when it is shared personally. Not the same when it is through an iPhone or computer screen. But, joy can be found simply by reaching out where you don’t usually reach.
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
“Yes, we’ll gather at the river, the beautiful river”.
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020
“Let it breathe on me. Let it breathe on me.
Let the breath of the Lord now breathe on me.
Let it breathe on me. Let it breathe on me.
Let the breath of the Lord now breathe on me”
May 11, 2020
Let the breath of the Lord now breathe on me.
Let it breathe on me. Let it breathe on me.
Let the breath of the Lord now breathe on me”
May 11, 2020
“I am weak but Thou art strong, Jesus keep me from all wrong. I'll be satisfied as long as I walk, let me walk close to Thee”.
Hello, Victoria, TX.
May 8, 2020
Hello, Victoria, TX.
May 8, 2020
“Jesus, Thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation; enter every trembling heart”.
May 6, 2020
May 6, 2020
This one is very difficult.
April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020
There is nothing more musically, and spiritually, uplifting than a choir, congregation, and full throated organ raising up this opening hymn on a Sunday morning. Also, an inspiring way to celebrate a new Monday. "Early in the morning our songs will rise to Thee". God bless you and keep you in the palm of His hand!
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
The three minute music devotion for today is an opportunity to take a moment, slow the breathing, and allow for some inner peace to settle in. It is about coming nearer to the heart of God. "There is a place of quiet rest". I hope you enjoy the gentle side of Central's Casavant pipe organ.
April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020
I would like to continue my daily musical devotions until that time when we can begin to see each other in person. I am grateful that many of our music ministry members meet on a weekly basis through teleconferencing to check in and assure each other that they, even though apart, are still tied by the bond that unites us. It's a Blessed Assurance given to us all. This is our story, and our song. The hymn starts softly, but builds to a joyful ending.
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020
