04: From Furnace to Palace – Singing with Inspiration
The hymn that will be used as the theme for this quarter is from “The Church Hymnal, Official Hymnal of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church” which was surpassed by the “Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal” in 1985.In the ‘old’ hymnal,
Number 497 – Standing by a Purpose True, that is, ”Dare to be a Daniel” will be the favourite. I do hope you are able to source this hymn and use it frequently during this quarters Sabbath School study time.
On Sabbath afternoon, worship was the point that was presented:
Hymn 6 “O Worship the Lord”,
Hymn 83 “O Worship the King”,
Hymn 73 “Holy, Holy, Holy” and
Hymn 232 “At the Name of Jesus, every knee will bow”.
Even with the miracle of Daniel presenting the dream to Nebuchadnezzar, all too soon the king forgets God’s leading:
Hymn 537 “He Leadeth Me” and Hymn 691 “Lead Me, Lord”.
Monday continues on the theme of worship. We are also told not to abandon our commitment:
Hymn 634 “Come, All Christians, Be Committed”. This is followed directly by the fact “we are living in the last days of earth’s history”:
Hymn 617 “We Are Living, We Are Dwelling”.
Tuesday returns to our worship allegiance, and to
“Trust and Obey” Hymn 590.
The Fourth Man is the wonderful Saviour:
Hymn 335 “What a Wonderful Savior”.
The faith of the three young Hebrews is found in
Hymn 517 “My Faith Looks Up to Thee” and
Hymn 304 “Faith of our Fathers”. Thursday goes on to state the “quality of our relationship with God……it surrenders our will to the will of God” in
Hymn 309 “I Surrender All”. To do this we return to
Hymn 590 “Trust and Obey”.
The test of our faith is now coming to the Sabbath (Friday):
Hymn 388 “Don’t Forget the Sabbath” and
Hymn 390 “We Love Thy Sabbath, Lord”.
God’s blessings as you enjoy your “Singing with Inspiration” this quarter.
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
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