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Podcast 26.5 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

But drops of grief can ne’er repay 

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 ESV

When we look at the cross and realize it was necessary because of our sin, it causes grief. That grief is the result of the awareness of our Savior's sacrifice to take the burden of sin. In this penitent season, look to the cross again, and feel that grief.

The debt of love I owe 

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9 ESV

Our grief in the cross should not leave us wallowing in sadness, but responding with gratitude in the resurrection life of Christ. That gratitude is characterized by love for the One who laid down His life and took it up again so we too might live. Acknowledge your debt of love to Jesus.

Here Lord I give myself away

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 ESV

Our response is expressed by giving our lives in worship to God, loving Him and loving others. In view of His mercies, and even by them, to give ourselves over to the purposes of God as modeled by Christ Himself. Will you give yourself entirely over to the Lord? What are you holding back?

‘Tis all that I can do

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 ESV

Christ's work on the cross paid the penalty for all our sins, yet there is some way that our response of love to His great act of love also covers sins. All we can do is love one another seriously. It is easier said than done, but may Christ's example inspire and empower us today.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

But drops of grief can ne’er repay

Take the mindfulness of God's presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Podcast 49.4 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

Thus might I hide my blushing face

Saying: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens. Ezra 9:6 ESV

Though these are the words Ezra spoke when he heard the sins of the returned exiles recounted, they might just as well be ours when the cross forces us to confront our sin. We should be ashamed of the lives we lived apart from the cross. Confess your shame.

While Calvary’s cross appears

And you…God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:13a-14 ESV

The cross makes a way for all the wrong things to be made right, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us. We are ashamed that we are hopeless without Him, but it can lead us to the place of putting all our hope in the cross and Christ's finished work there. Embrace the glory of the cross.

Dissolve my heart in thankfulness

Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ephesians 5:20 ESV

Seeing ourselves clearly against the backdrop of the cross can have the effect of dissolving our heart in thankfulness, but we must welcome that work. We should be thankful for the work of the cross. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you a heart overwhelmed with thankfulness.

And melt mine eyes to tears

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret…2 Corinthians 7:10a ESV

Though thankful we are also grieved when we see our need for the cross. We repent and turn from our lives of self and sin and surrender to the work of repentance. Repentance leads to salvation, andin salvation there is no regret. Ask Jesus to melt your eyes to tears of repentance.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

Thus might I hide my blushing face

Take the mindfulness of God's presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Podcast 49.4 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

Thus might I hide my blushing face

Saying: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens. Ezra 9:6 ESV

Though these are the words Ezra spoke when he heard the sins of the returned exiles recounted, they might just as well be ours when the cross forces us to confront our sin. We should be ashamed of the lives we lived apart from the cross. Confess your shame.

While Calvary’s cross appears

And you…God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:13a-14 ESV

The cross makes a way for all the wrong things to be made right, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us. We are ashamed that we are hopeless without Him, but it can lead us to the place of putting all our hope in the cross and Christ's finished work there. Embrace the glory of the cross.

Dissolve my heart in thankfulness

Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ephesians 5:20 ESV

Seeing ourselves clearly against the backdrop of the cross can have the effect of dissolving our heart in thankfulness, but we must welcome that work. We should be thankful for the work of the cross. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you a heart overwhelmed with thankfulness.

And melt mine eyes to tears

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret…2 Corinthians 7:10a ESV

Though thankful we are also grieved when we see our need for the cross. We repent and turn from our lives of self and sin and surrender to the work of repentance. Repentance leads to salvation, andin salvation there is no regret. Ask Jesus to melt your eyes to tears of repentance.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

Thus might I hide my blushing face

Take the mindfulness of God's presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Podcast 49.3 Transcript, 26.3 Replayed

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

Well might the sun in darkness hide

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. Matthew 27:45 ESV

As Jesus hung on the cross a darkness covered the whole land. Though we do not know exactly what the gospel writers mean by this, it seems more than just poetic. A heaviness undoubtedly permeated those three hours while Jesus suffered on the cross. Think about that.

And shut His glories in

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. Hebrews 2:10 ESV

It was fitting that this darkness would be paralleled by that which Jesus was battling. He was about to experience separation from the Father as He became sin for us. The suffering of the One who made all things would bring many to glory. Thank Him if you are one of them.

When Christ the mighty Maker died

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 1 Peter 3:18 ESV

Having initially made all things good, He suffered and died to remake everything good again. His work of creation flawed by our sin was set right in His work of re-creation and redemption. He was put to death in the flesh, to make us alive in the spirit. Hallelujah!

For man the creature’s sin

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23 ESV

We fell short, so God had to intervene to lift us to His glory again. We sinned, so God had to do something about it, The cross changes our temporal direction as well as our eternal destiny. Christ models for us the self-denial that ushers God's light into our lives. Embrace His path!

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

Well might the sun in darkness hide

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Podcast 49.2 Transcript, 26.2 Replayed

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

Was it for crimes that I have done

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. 1 Peter 2:24 ESV 

Yes, Christ bore the punishment for our crimes, our sins, when He went to the cross. He had never sinned and was crucified without reason, which is why Pilate washed His hands of the matter. The sinless died for the sinful. Recall when you first realized you needed a Savior.

He groaned upon the tree

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? which means, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Mark 15:34 ESV

Jesus said several things from the cross but this expression may have seemed that most like a groan. Again, in His humanity Christ felt forsaken as He died on the cross. He endured that shame and separation from the Father for our good. Thank Him for bearing the cross for you.

Amazing pity grace unknown

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, Ephesians 1:7 ESV

The riches of God's grace and the extravagance of His pity on are display at the cross better than anywhere else. Redemption and forgiveness are ours because of Christ's work there. God saw how our sin caused us to suffer and He intervened. Give Him praise!

And love beyond degree

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 ESV 

He showed His love best on the cross, while we were still sinners. Love beyond degree. He did not wait until we were lovable, and good thing because we never would have been to a holy God. Instead, He made us lovable through the cross. Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus!

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain

Was it for crimes that I have done

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Podcast 49.1 Transcript (26.1 Replayed)

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

Alas and did my Savior bleed

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, Ephesians 1:7 ESV

As we journey through this hymn during the season of Lent we will answer a lot of questions. Yes, the savior bled for us. And His blood purchased our redemption, our forgiveness. As we begin our journey, thank Him for the riches of His grace poured on your life.

And did my Sov’reign die

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, Father, into your hands I commit my spirit! And having said this he breathed his last. Luke 23:46 ESV

Can you imagine what those moments must have been like for those first disciples? We have the benefit of history, but their hearts must have been breaking. Try to empathize with the pain they had to have felt. It will only intensify the joy of our resurrection celebrations.

Would He devote that sacred head

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 ESV

The Father gave His only Son to provide us the opportunity to move from death to life. What an astonishing and extravagant yet necessary gift it was! Consider for a moment your eternity if Jesus had not been willing to surrender to the Father's will. We would be doomed.

For sinners such as I

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 ESV

Doomed would we be because of our sin. It separated us eternally from the Father…and yet, He made a way. Christ died for us to show us the love of God. How will you respond to that love through this season of Lent? How will you offer yourself to God, responding to Jesus' example?

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the Refrain.

Alas and did my Savior bleed

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Podcast 48.6 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

When with the ransomed in glory

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, Revelation 7:9 ESV

How do you know they are ransomed? The white robes. How do you know they are in glory? The throne and the Lamb. Who are they? A great number from every nation, and tribe. What a gathering that will be!

His face I at last shall see

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV

Gathered around the throne with the ransomed we will finally see Jesus face to face. Now we know in part, then we will now fully. How marvelous to be fully known and still loved. How we long for the day when we will see His face.

‘Twill be my joy through the ages

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever! Revelation 5:13 ESV

We will sing with all creation on that day, and with the redeemed for all eternity the praises of the Lamb. What joy is ours that we know will be a part of the eternal worship of the Savior. Hallelujah!

To sing of His love for me

Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. Revelation 7:15 ESV

This is our song now and will be our song forever, to sing of His love for us. We will serve Him day and night and He will be our shelter forever. This is our Savior's love. Make it your song now and always.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more.

When with the ransomed in glory

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Podcast 48.5 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

How marvelous how wonderful

The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Psalm 118:22-23 ESV 

Jesus quotes this verse prophesying His fulfillment of it. He would show His love for us by being rejected and then becoming the cornerstone of our salvation. He acknowledged it was God's doing and a marvelous thing. We must choose to respond to this marvelous love.

And my song shall ever be

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. Psalm 104:33 ESV

Here is our response. We will sing as long as we live. But what happens after this life? We will keep singing because our souls are eternal and they have been redeemed. Are you committed to singing God’s love eternally? When did you last do it? How will you do it today?

How marvelous how wonderful

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1 ESV

We are motivated to give thanks when we remember and recount all of our Lord's wonderful deeds. With my whole heart . There is no part of my heart that is not committed to this. Can you echo the Psalmist's dedication? If not, why? Commit today to all-encompassing praise.

Is my Saviour’s love for me

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 ESV

Here we find the inspiration for our continual praise and thanksgiving. We were still sinners when Christ offered His marvelous, wonderful love to us. That makes it even more so in every way. Take a few minutes on this day of love to marvel and wonder at His love anew.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

How marvelous how wonderful

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Podcast 48.4 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

He took my sins and my sorrows

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 ESV

This is probably the greatest expression of His love for us. He died for sin so we might die to sin. Might because we have to choose every day to live to righteousness. There is no greater response to His love than to walk daily in the healing His wounds purchased. Are you?

He made them His very own

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us for it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree Galatians 3:13 ESV

When He bore our sins He became a curse for us. He who was without sin became sin for us by making our sins and their resultant sorrows His very own. He blessed us when He allowed Himself to be hanged on the cross, a tree, and became cursed. What marvelous love!

He bore the burden to Calvary

And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Luke 23:33 ESV

Most translations say the place of the skull or Golgotha, but the KJV renders it Calvary. Whatever name it is called, it is a real place where our real Savior was crucified on a real cross between two real criminals. It is not just a song. It really happened. Do you believe it?

And suffered and died alone

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Matthew 27:46 ESV

For the first time in eternity the Father and the Son were separated as Jesus became sin for us and the Father turned His face away from Him. There were others standing by, but the isolation He must have felt as He cried out is impossible to fathom. He was alone so You never need be.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

He took my sins and my sorrows

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Podcast 48.3 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

In pity angels beheld Him

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Psalm 34:7 ESV

This verse is a promise which tells us of the general activity of angels in the lives of those who fear God. They encamp around us and deliver us. Can you imagine how the angels must have wanted to intervene that night in the garden? They deliver, but not that night.

And came from the world of light

you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, Hebrews 12:22 ESV

This is speaking about the Kingdom to which we have been granted access through Jesus' sacrifice. It is an eternal kingdom of light. Angels serve there as messengers of God, and extend that kingdom to us. They came to Jesus, not to deliver Him, but for another purpose.

To comfort Him in the sorrows

And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. Luke 22:43 ESV

Though they likely wanted to deliver Jesus from the battle being waged over sin, instead they strengthened Him. How do you imagine they did that? Probably not words or anything physical, even though His struggle had a physical dimension. It was a spiritual strengthening.

He bore for my soul that night

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:4 ESV

Griefs and sorrows, sins and sickness. Jesus bore it all for our souls that night. Aren't you glad? You could not have born your own, yet He willingly bore them for the whole world. What a marvelous, wonderful love our Savior displayed! Be certain to make it your song forever.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

In pity angels beheld Him

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