Welcome to Your
Favorites by Request
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with me Tim Parton.
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You've sent me
your favorite songs
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and I'm ready to
play while you sing along.
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And if you don't
remember all the words,
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don't worry,
they're on the screen.
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And now, Your
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Your Favorites
by Request La-la-la
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Well, there you
are. Hey, you're here.
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Hi, welcome to Your
Favorites by Request.
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One of the greatest expressions
of our Christian faith
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in my opinion is
through vibrant singing
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and meaningful worship,
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songs of testimony,
and praise to our God,
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as well as songs reminding
us of His love and grace
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and His victory
over sin and death.
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As I sing in this program,
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I encourage you to get involved,
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and sing out loud
right there where you are
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as we worship the Lord together.
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This week we have
request from Maxine in Ohio,
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Marjorie from
northwest corner of Kansas,
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Sandra in Tampa, Florida.
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And then from across the
pond, Hazel in Croydon, London.
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But first I want
to start with a song
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whose melody was written
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by a music teacher in
Harstelle, Alabama in 1887.
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Mr. AJ Showalter
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was writing
letters of condolence
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to a couple of his students
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whose spouses
had recently passed.
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When Deuteronomy
33:27 came to his mind,
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"The eternal God is your refuge,
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and underneath are
the everlasting arms."
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Mr. Showalter
then wrote a letter
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to his friend and
lyricist, Elisha Hoffman,
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a Pennsylvania hymn writer
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who quickly
responded with three verses
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and a song was born.
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A song that reminds us
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that with God's arms beneath
us and His love surrounding us,
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we can find strength and peace
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in even the most
sorrowful situations.
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What a
fellowship What a joy divine
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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What a blessedness
What a peace is mine
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Leaning, leaning
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Safe and secure from all alarms
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Leaning, leaning
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Oh, how sweet to
walk in this pilgrim way
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Oh, how bright the
path grows from day to day
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Leaning, leaning
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Safe and secure from all alarms
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Leaning, leaning
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I'm leaning on
the everlasting arms
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What have I to
dread, what have I to fear
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Leaning on the everlasting arms?
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I have blessed
peace with my Lord so near
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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So I'm leaning, leaning
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Safe and secure from all alarms
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Leaning and leaning
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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I'm leaning on
the everlasting arms
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In Luke 8:27,
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we read a wonderful
story of transformation.
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The Bible says,
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when Jesus
stepped out on the land,
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there met Him a
certain man from the city
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Who had demons for a long time.
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He wore no clothes
nor did he live in a house
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but in the tombs.
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You should read the exchange
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that takes place in
the rest of that chapter.
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That the verses that
follow at right about verse 35,
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it says, the
people went out to see
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what had occurred with
this demon possessed man.
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And they came to
Jesus and found the man
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from whom the
demons had gone out,
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sitting at the feet of Jesus,
clothed in his right mind.
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Just imagine if you can
how that man must have felt
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as we sing this song
"Sitting at the Feet of Jesus".
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Sitting at the feet of Jesus
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Oh, what words I hear Him say!
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Happy place, so
near, so precious!
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May it find me there each day
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Sitting at the feet of Jesus
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I would look upon the past
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For His love
has been so precious
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It has won my heart at last
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Bless me, O my Savior.
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Bless me, O my Savior, bless me
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As I sit low at Thy feet
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Oh, look down in love upon me
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Let me see Thy face so sweet
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Give me, Lord the mind of Jesus
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Keep me holy as He is
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May I prove I've been with Jesus
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Who is all my righteousness
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Here's a beautiful worship song
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that says, "There
is no higher calling
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than sitting at
the feet of Jesus."
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Down at Your feet, O Lord
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Is the most high place
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In Your presence, Lord
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I seek Your face
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I seek Your face
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Down at Your feet, O Lord
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Is the most high place
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In Your presence, Lord
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We seek Your face
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We seek Your face
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There is no higher calling
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No greater honor than to bow
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And kneel before Your throne
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I am amazed at Your glory
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Embraced by Your mercy
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O Lord, I live to worship You
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Down at Your feet, O Lord
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Is the most high place
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In Your presence, Lord
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We seek Your face
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We seek Your face
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There is no higher calling
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No greater honor than to bow
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And kneel before Your throne
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I'm amazed at Your glory
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Embraced by Your mercy
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O Lord, I live to worship You
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And there is no higher calling
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No greater honor than to bow
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And kneel before Your throne
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I'm amazed at Your glory
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Embraced by Your mercy
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O Lord, I live to worship You
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O Lord
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I live to worship You
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It's no wonder that
at the end of that story
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in Luke 8:38, it says,
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"Now the man from whom
the demons had departed
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begged Jesus that
he might be with Him."
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Here's the hymn request
that expresses our desire
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to follow in obedience to Christ
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and, you know, I'll admit that
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there are a lot of
songs in the hymnal
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I don't know, even
being raised in church.
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But this song was requested
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and I ran to the
hymnal to find it
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and found it on
page 632 in this hymnal.
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And I love the words
so much that I thought,
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I need to learn
that and live it.
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So I'm going to turn to 623
really quick and we'll sing,
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"I Will Follow Thee my Savior".
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I will follow Thee, my Savior
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Wheresoe'er my lot may be
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Where Thou goest I will follow
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Yes, my Lord, I'll follow Thee
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I will follow Thee, my Savior
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Thou didst shed Thy blood for me
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And though all men
should forsake Thee
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By Thy grace I'll follow Thee
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Though the road
be rough and stormy
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Trackless as the foaming sea
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Thou hast trod
this way before me
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And I gladly follow Thee
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I will follow Thee, my Savior
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Thou didst shed Thy blood for me
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And though all men
should forsake Thee
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By Thy grace I'll follow Thee
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Go ahead and
sing the third verse.
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And on the fourth.
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Though I meet with tribulation
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Sorely tempted though I be
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I remember Thou wast tempted
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And rejoice to follow Thee
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Though Thou
leadest through afflictions
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Poor, forsaken though I be
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Thou wast destitute, afflicted
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And I only follow Thee.
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I will follow Thee, my Savior
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Thou didst shed Thy blood for me
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And though all men
should forsake Thee
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By Thy grace I'll follow Thee
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