God’s Family Hymnal 1:49

【The Echoes of Thanks Giving】

1.When I recall my journey in the past,

He surely loves me, He surely loves me,

When I was in the land of wilderness,

He encircles me.

He cares for me and keeps me

He keeps me as the apple of His eye.

Who is greatly loved by God like me?

He is gracious to me indeed.

2.When my nest was stirred,

The Lord’s gracious hand, the Lord’s gracious hand,

Just liked He is spreading out his wings,

Bearing me on His pinions.

He put me in His bosom of love.

And laid His right hand on me,

Whisper to me ‘I have searched you and known you.’

You are in My heart.

3.Lord, Your love have melt my heart,

O My Beloved, O My Beloved,

I am willing to break my flask,

Offer all the ointment to You.

Even I die or endure many hardships

I will surely follow You faithfully,

Carry my cross and walk the ongoing journey,

March forward into the glory.

【Matthew 9:9-17】

9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

10 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

12 But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

13 Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

A Question About Fasting

14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.

17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."