Podcasts about mighty lord

See the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph1. See the Conqu'ror mounts in triumph; see the King in royal state, Riding on the clouds, his chariot, to his heav'nly palace gate.Hark the choirs of angel voices joyful alleluias sing,And the portals high are lifted to receive their heav'nly King.2. He who on the cross did suffer, He who from the grave arose,He has vanquished sin and Satan; He by death has spoiled his foes.While he lifts his hands in blessing, He is parted from his friends,While their eager eyes behold him, He upon the clouds ascends.3. Now our heav'nly Aaron enters, with his blood, within the veil;Joshua is come to Canaan, and the kings before him quail;Now he plants the tribes of Israel in their promised resting place;Now our great Elijah offers double portion of his grace.4. Thou hast raised our human nature on the clouds to God's right hand;There we sit in heav'nly places, there with thee in glory stand.Jesus reigns, adored by angels; Man with God is on the throne;Mighty Lord, in thine ascension, we by faith behold our own.

We will be celebrating the confirmation of several of our young people this weekend in our worship service. Confirmation is an opportunity for the Christian (young or old) to declare before their fellow believers their Christian faith and to assure their fellow believers that they are agreed with them on the teachings of Scripture as they prepare to join them in the celebration of the Lord's Supper. As the confirmands make this profession of their faith, their fellow believers join in praying for the LORD to keep them in that faith, and give them strength as they join us in the fight of faith against the devil, the world, and our own sinful flesh. With this in mind, we will be singing a hymn that is especially appropriate for Confirmation. The hymn "Arm These Thy Soldiers, Mighty Lord" was written by Christopher Wordsworth (who was the nephew of the famous poet William Wordsworth). Christopher Wordsworth was classically trained and extremely gifted in many ways. Even though he was extremely intelligent and thoroughly rooted in Scripture, his hymns are very simple and down to earth as we will see in this hymn.   The hymn is primarily based on Ephesians 6:13-18: "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." This hymn reminds us that our Triune God is the only one who is able to sustain us and give us the strength and tools that we need in this battle. So we go to Him in prayer, for our confirmation students and for all of us, asking for Him to be with us and bless us in the work that He has called us to as His people and soldiers in His army. As we do so, we rejoice in the final destination of heaven and the crown of righteousness which is ours because of Jesus' work for us on Calvary.   Join us as we encourage these young people in their faith walk this weekend, and as we reflect on our own service in the Lord's army. We joyfully join together to praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost -- our Triune God, for all that God has done to secure our salvation! 

Message from Nick Roark on December 15, 2024

  COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSO   Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in "Manape the Mighty."   THE MAN FROM 2071 SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT 295 Out of the Flow of Time There Appears to Commander John Hanson a Man of Mystery from the Forgotten Past.   MANAPE THE MIGHTY. ARTHUR J. BURKS 308 High in Jungle Treetops Swings Young Bentley—His Human Brain Imprisoned in a Mighty Ape. (A Complete Novelette.)   HOLOCAUST CHARLES WILLARD DIFFIN 356 The Extraordinary Story of "Paul," Who for Thirty Days Was Dictator of the World.   THE EARTHMAN'S BURDEN R. F. STARZL 375 There is Foul Play on Mercury—until Danny Olear of the Interplanetary Flying Police Gets After His Man.   THE EXILE OF TIME RAY CUMMINGS 386 Larry and George from 1935, Mary from 1777—All Are Caught up in the Treacherous Tugh's Revolt of the Robots in the Time World of 2930. (Part Three of a Four-Part Novel.)   THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US 416 A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.   2022-2023 episodes “THE PEOPLE OF THE MONOLITH”/HPLHH Call of Cthulhu PHILLIPS, WARD/Dunwich Horror(1970) PICKMAN, RICHARD UPTON/Alien PNAKOTIC FRAGMENTS/Hellboy (2004)  PNAKOTUS/Cabin in the Woods QUACHIL UTTAUS/The Thing Form Out Space/The Thing/Who goes there REVELATIONS OF GLAAKI/Night of the Living Dead(OG) RHAN-TEGOTH/Texas Chain Saw Massacre(OG) R'lyeh/The Evil Dead(OG) SARKOMAND/Fire Walk with Me SARNATH/Hellraiser(OG) SATAMPRA ZEIROS/Silent Hill(OG) SENTINEL HILL/Noroi SHAGGAI/Maribeto SHOGGOTH/Possession (1981 SHANTAKS/ The Gate SHINING TRAPEZOHEDRON/Jacob's ladder Shub-Niggurath/Angel's Egg Shudde-M'ell/Dune(1984) The Silver Key/Bubba Ho Tep Silver Twilight/JDatE Star Vampires/Lifeforce Starkweather-More Expedition/Exorcist 3 Starry Wisdom Cult/It Follows     Sponsored by: Copper Cow Coffee Vietnamese Pour Over Coffee Donner Musical Instuments Student Instruments  Glarry Guitars Inexpensive Guitars  Golden Goat CBD CBD & Delta 8 Edibles    Share a Sale Get your podcast or website Sponsored Taza Stone Ground Chocolate Podbean Amazon Apple Stitcher Facebook Our Patreon

  COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSO   Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in "Manape the Mighty."   THE MAN FROM 2071 SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT 295 Out of the Flow of Time There Appears to Commander John Hanson a Man of Mystery from the Forgotten Past.   MANAPE THE MIGHTY. ARTHUR J. BURKS 308 High in Jungle Treetops Swings Young Bentley—His Human Brain Imprisoned in a Mighty Ape. (A Complete Novelette.)   HOLOCAUST CHARLES WILLARD DIFFIN 356 The Extraordinary Story of "Paul," Who for Thirty Days Was Dictator of the World.   THE EARTHMAN'S BURDEN R. F. STARZL 375 There is Foul Play on Mercury—until Danny Olear of the Interplanetary Flying Police Gets After His Man.   THE EXILE OF TIME RAY CUMMINGS 386 Larry and George from 1935, Mary from 1777—All Are Caught up in the Treacherous Tugh's Revolt of the Robots in the Time World of 2930. (Part Three of a Four-Part Novel.)   THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US 416 A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.   2022-2023 episodes “THE PEOPLE OF THE MONOLITH”/HPLHH Call of Cthulhu PHILLIPS, WARD/Dunwich Horror(1970) PICKMAN, RICHARD UPTON/Alien PNAKOTIC FRAGMENTS/Hellboy (2004)  PNAKOTUS/Cabin in the Woods QUACHIL UTTAUS/The Thing Form Out Space/The Thing/Who goes there REVELATIONS OF GLAAKI/Night of the Living Dead(OG) RHAN-TEGOTH/Texas Chain Saw Massacre(OG) R'lyeh/The Evil Dead(OG) SARKOMAND/Fire Walk with Me SARNATH/Hellraiser(OG) SATAMPRA ZEIROS/Silent Hill(OG) SENTINEL HILL/Noroi SHAGGAI/Maribeto SHOGGOTH/Possession (1981 SHANTAKS/ The Gate SHINING TRAPEZOHEDRON/Jacob's ladder Shub-Niggurath/Angel's Egg Shudde-M'ell/Dune(1984) The Silver Key/Bubba Ho Tep Silver Twilight/JDatE Star Vampires/Lifeforce Starkweather-More Expedition/Exorcist 3 Starry Wisdom Cult/It Follows     Sponsored by: Copper Cow Coffee Vietnamese Pour Over Coffee Donner Musical Instuments Student Instruments  Glarry Guitars Inexpensive Guitars  Golden Goat CBD CBD & Delta 8 Edibles    Share a Sale Get your podcast or website Sponsored Taza Stone Ground Chocolate Podbean Amazon Apple Stitcher Facebook Our Patreon

A Hindu prayer sung by Jana.  The words are universal.  Om jai Jagdish hare  Oh Lord of the Universe Swami jai Jagdish hare Mighty Lord of the whole Universe Bhakt jano ke sankat The suffering of your followers Daas jano ke sankat  The sorrows of your followers Kshan men door kare  In a moment you take them away Om jai Jagdish hare Oh Lord of the Universe

Devotion John 16:33 Announcements Last week of Sunday School and Bible Class Adopt a Highway rescheduled VBS Yard Signs Vision, Mission, Values Survey Graduation Ascension Memorial Day Prayer List Family of Maxine Dauer Family of Skip Edwards Helen Stelter Mary Schierenbeck Arthur Heyer Meet the Seniors! Nick Schmid Hymn 332 "Arm These Thy Soldiers, Mighty Lord"

1 See, the Conqueror mounts in triumph, See the King in royal state, Riding on the clouds, His chariot, To His heavenly palace gate! Hark! The choirs of angel voices Joyful hallelujahs sing, And the portals high are lifted To receive their heavenly King. 2 Who is this that comes in glory, With the trump of jubilee? Lord of battles, God of armies, He has gained the victory. He who on the cross did suffer, He who from the grave arose, He has vanquished sin and Satan, He by death has spoiled His foes. 3 While He lifts His hands in blessing, He is parted from His friends; While their eager eyes behold Him, He upon the cloud ascends; He who walked with God and pleased Him, Preaching truth and doom to come, He, our Enoch, is translated To His everlasting home. 4 Now our heavenly Aaron enters, With His blood, within the veil' Joshua now is come to Canaan, And the kings before Him quail; Now He plants the tribes of Israel In their promised resting-place; Now our great Elijah offers Double portion of His grace. 5 Thou hast raised our human nature On the clouds to God's right hand; There we sit in heavenly places, There with Thee in glory stand. Jesus reigns, adored by angels, Man with God is on the throne; Mighty Lord, in Thine ascension We by faith behold our own.

Order of Service: - Prelude - Psalm 119: Part 1 (Aleph) (p. 190; Tone 1) - Ephesians 6:10-13: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. - Hymn 508 - Arm These Thy Soldiers, Mighty Lord: vv. 1-4 - Devotion - The Lord's Prayer (p. 85) - Hymn 508 - Arm These Thy Soldiers, Mighty Lord: vv. 5 & 6 - Blessing - Postlude Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Peter Estrem (Organist)

Holy habits, and 3 kinds of prayer! Loyalty to Christ has to start there! “Finish then thy new creation” Wesley wrote. When all else is down, May our words be Peter's… “Money and gold have I none, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ our Mighty Lord, stand!” “What marvelous love is this!”- 1 John 3:1. Stay loyal to Christ, and you will say the same! Have a blessed day! 

Taveau honors her good caring entire ministry family and The Mighty Lord for giving her the Grace and Strenghth to go thru many GIANT Pauline shipwrecks .several of which she describes. Her rape attrempt..and emotional abuse..plus weird USA doctrine..T also describes WHY she respects men and the big need to train young boys upward about the Emotionally Healthy Caring Creator Father. Which she can do as that is one of the Hers calls. T talks about being a Gal 1:1-2 Sent apostle ..on Big Grass Roots Turf.

[24]. (Dusun Language). Its represent my thanksgiving to The Mighty Lord because of His love and His mercy and for every single chances that has been given to me by Thee.

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 508 - Arm These Thy Soldiers, Mighty Lord: vv. 1-4 - Ephesians 6: 10-11: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. - Devotion - Prayer - Hymn 508 - Arm These Thy Soldiers, Mighty Lord: vv. 5 & 6 - Blessing - Postlude Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

After a long 400-year wait, God's people finally cross over into the Promised Land of rest. Through the might of the LORD alone, the people are brought in. The LORD's might is something they are ... Read More

From the very top of this week's podcast we're dealing with a contradiction of styles from across the globe. There's remapped jungle from Shanghai, cumbia from Japan, Kenyan luo music from Michigan, tropical psych from Amsterdam and lots more. Elsewhere, there's the latest from Moor Mother and DJ Haram's phenomenal 700 Bliss project, cutup hip hop from canooooopy, the new side project from Giant Swan's Robin Stewart and Sunun and much more. Tracklisting Nahash - The Horns feat. Osheyack (Svbkvlt, China) Winsome - SUG002-A (Sugar Records, UK) Minyo Crusaders and Frente Cumbiero - Cumbia del Monte Fuji (Mais Um, UK) Mighty Lord Deathman - Tolomei Exidy (self-release, UK) canooooopy - 並行世界の基礎数学 [parallel maths (basic)] (self-release, Japan) 700 Bliss - Sixteen (Adult Swim, USA / Hyperdub, UK) Lola's Dice - Cacri 'e Playa (Music With Soul, Netherlands / Names You Can Trust, USA) SRS - Spit Fossil (Bokeh Versions, UK) ESTHER - App Green (POLAAR, France) Dr. Pete Larson and his Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band - Abiro (Dagoretti Records, USA) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc

Ascension DayText: Ephesians 2:Song: See the Conquerer Mounts in TriumphWelcome to episode #13 of the Anno Domini Podcast. A podcast dedicated to the supremacy of Christ over all things including our days, weeks, and months.Join me as we explore how Christ is revealed through the cyclical life of the church calendar year. We’ll discover how this calendar once structured culture and how it can again. We’ll also discuss practical ways to observe and celebrate these holy days in our quest to glorify God and live the good life in the midst of all good He has given us. Happy Ascension Day to you! It has been over 6 weeks since the last episode of Anno Domini and in that time we continue to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. During family worship I often will begin with the words “Christ is Risen, Alleluia!” to which my wife and children reply “He is risen indeed, Alleluia!” While Lent, the 40 days preceding Easter are marked with repentance, and a sort of bittersweet dread knowing that the cross awaits, the 40 days following that glorious Easter morning are filled with joy unspeakable, countless alleluias, and hope that does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts as a result of the Resurrection of Christ. However His resurrection was a part of His over all mission to save the world. The next step following Resurrection is Ascension and glory! Historical / PracticalWhen we look through the list of commonly celebrated Church Calendar days, Ascension Day and the following Ascension Sunday are two days that are often altogether ignored by Christians. It’s very rare for a church to have an Ascension Day service and most churches won’t even give it any mention on the proceeding Sunday. The significance is often not understood as celebrating this day has fallen out of practice and because of this, one of the most important days of the Christian calendar is missed and often without a second thought. I hope to change that perspective in some small way today. So let me begin with this, just as Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness alone, fasting, and being tempted by the devil, so now having been raised to life and having been given a glorified body, He will spend His last 40 days on earth fellowshipping with His people, eating and drinking, and enjoying His victory over death. At the conclusion of these 40 days we are told in the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles that Jesus was taken up in and received into a cloud of glory and the disciples were unable to see Him. He was received into the glory cloud and the two cherubim flanking the entrance into this glory cloud, came and promised the disciples that He would one day come again in this same way. For Jesus, after He ascended into glory, we are told throughout the New Testament that He was seated at the right hand of God to reign over everything until He has put the last enemy under His feet, death itself.For most Christians, this is a fairly familiar story although hardly celebrated. While the coming of Christ into the world gets a LOT of attention, Here at the Anno Domini podcast, we did 8 episodes during Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany and yet here we’re only doing 1 episode for Christ’s victorious ascension and His enthronement over all creation. Why do we ignore what could be argued is the most important part of Christ’s life, His coronation as King? Good Friday and Easter Sunday play out for us the epic struggle of Good triumphing over evil but it is in Christ’s Ascension that the King is crowned.I’m sure there are many reasons the primary one being that our culture no longer emphasizes the holiday but it also could be that the conclusion of a journey or story, no matter how victorious somehow can leave us with a feeling of emptiness. As if you want the story to keep going and it has ended before you’re ready. Christ’s Advent is full of potential and anticipation. Therefore the thinking might go, His ascension signals the end of greatest story ever told and how do you get excited to celebrate that? I’ll probably always enjoy the beginning of the Lord of the Rings to the end of the story for the rest of my life. At the beginning I’m eagerly anticipating everything that is to come. At the end, I realize the journey is over and there is a sense that we now are left behind and the story has gone on without use. Now I don’t imagine people consciously think these thoughts when they read or think about the Ascension and the reign of Christ but could be that we’ve disconnected the Ascension of Christ into the heavenly realms and our own covenantal Ascension with Christ that we’ve been promised in Scripture? Certainly the story has none of the bittersweet ending if we have risen with Christ in a covenantal sense. To put it another way, if we are raised with Christ, it changes everything. Let me share a couple of texts that I think support this idea.Ephesians 2But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.Revelation: 1:5-6Grace to you and peace from… Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.Did you catch that? We have been raised up with Jesus in His Ascension and just as Christ is High Priest and King of Kings so we, who are called to be like Christ, have been made kings and priest to God the Father with Him. In other words, when Jesus ascended into heaven, He was taking us with Him in a covenantal sense.What do I mean by a covenantal sense? Well, Christians believe that we are covenantally sinful as a result of the sin of Adam in the Garden. When Adam disobeyed God, all of humanity was cast into sin. We are born into sin and before we even have a chance to actually do something wrong we are already guilty. This covenantal responsibility was passed from our first father, Adam. However, the covenantal responsibility however can cut both ways. Just as we were covenantally guilty through the sin of the 1st Adam, we have been made covenantally innocent by the work of the 2nd Adam. There are many ways in which this works itself out in the Christian life but as far as the Ascension is concerned it means that just as Christ was raised up in glory to His status of High Priest and King, so we are raised up with Him.Peter Liethart observes, that…“(The Ascension) connects the work of Jesus to the destiny of the human race…the Ascension is the climax which comes with Jesus, the last Adam, as the priest King fulfilling the mandate that Adam was given to rule the earth and to raise us up to thrones with Him so that we can rule the earth along with Him.” - Peter LiethartNow if this is true, and I believe it is, there must be some practical ways in which this changes us. We don’t want to face the realities brought about by Christ and walk away from them unchanged.The first thing to remember is that glory is always preceded with death. Christ was raised to glory on His day of Ascension. That is true but to get to this point in the journey He took up His cross and set the example for us to follow. He was tempted by Satan to be glorified before His death. He know the glory, the kingdom, and reign would ultimately come but that first He would have to give up everything to gain it. Therefore we can remember that to reign with Christ means to first die. This certainly is true for Christians in the literal sense but it is more immediately true in the metaphoric sense. Each day we must die to those desires that are antithetical to the Kingdom of Heaven. Die to desires that no King or Queen have any business in pursuing. As Paul tells us in Colossians 3:1If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. To do this we must cultivate a hatred of worldliness and a love of Godliness. As the Kings and Priests of God, we must stop our love affair with the hollow and empty promises of the world.Second we must actually believe that it matters. Christ is reigning right now Not someday. Not after the tribulation. Not later. Not tomorrow, Now. The Ascension of Christ and the many New Testament verses that speak of Him being seated and reigning at the right hand of God are not future things that will come. They are realities that are present now. This is especially helpful as Christians find themselves living in a world gone mad. Psalm 2 says that the Heathen nations rage and the people imagine a vain thing. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed,Now listen to what the Anointed one does when feeble man plots against Him…He laughs. “He that site in the heaves shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.” I would encourage you to read the entirety of Psalm 2 but suffice it to say that in a world gone mad, a world when leaders try and take counsel together instead of submit to the Rule of the Christ, they will only find themselves mocked, terrified, and broken like a potter’s vessel. Christ is King right now. We are lifted up with Him and have been commissioned to bring the conquering good news to all the world are we’ve been promised that even the gates of Hell will fall before us. Now let’s go live like that was true. MusicalI have a hymn for you today that is of epic proportions. I mean that literally as it actually has 10 verses and for hymn that is about as long as they get. This particular hymn was written in 1862 by Christopher Wordsworth and I believe that after you have listened to and hopefully learn to sing this song, you will be encouraged to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called. That would would walk as Kings and Queens and as Priests to God.Because this is such a long hymn I will read each stanza and comment VERY briefly on each verse.See, the Conqueror mounts in triumph;See the King in royal state,Riding on the clouds, His chariot,To His heavenly palace gate!Hark! the choirs of angel voicesJoyful alleluias sing,And the portals high are liftedTo receive their heavenly King.Christ is the heavenly King being received into glory as His reward for faithfulness. He rides on chariots because He is a Warrior King returning victorious from battle.Who is this that comes in glory,With the trump of jubilee?Lord of battles, God of armies,He hath gained the victory.He Who on the cross did suffer,He Who from the grave arose,He has vanquished sin and Satan,He by death hath spoiled His foes.Christ’s victory came about by suffering and laying down His life as a ransom for many. He gained the victory through suffering and in doing so cast down sin and bound the strong Man, Satan. He has thus destroyed all of His foes. Again go and read Psalm 2.While He lifts His hands in blessing,He is parted from His friendsWhile their eager eyes behold Him,He upon the clouds ascends.He Who walked with God and pleased Him,Preaching truth and doom to come,He, our Enoch, is translatedTo His everlasting home.Because we live in a society that is currently dominated by doom and gloom, we often forget that when Christ preached the doom to come, He was preaching about something that was coming within just a few short years. The doom to come was the tribulation He describes in Matthew 24 and elsewhere. The truth was that there was doom approaching for the Jews and Christ, a Jew, was preaching truth to warn “those who have ears to hear.” Also, this hymn is going to give us a LOT of typology. Typology is the miraculous way in which the stories and characters throughout the Old Testament are “types” of Christ, acting out their small part in the stories they were given and foreshadowing the who the Savior of the World would be. In this case Enoch was with God and was no more because God took Him directly up into Heaven. Now our heavenly Aaron enters,With His blood, within the veil;Joshua now is come to Canaan,And the kings before Him quail.Now He plants the tribes of IsraelIn their promised resting-place;Now our great Elijah offersDouble portion of His grace.Three types of Christ, Aaron, High Priest, Joshua, Conquering King, Elijah Prophet of God. Prophet, Priest, and King.Thou hast raised our human natureOn the clouds to God's right hand;There we sit in heavenly places,There with Thee in glory stand:Jesus reigns, adored by angels,Man with God is on the throne.Mighty Lord, in Thine ascensionWe by faith behold our own.Here we see a development of the covenantal nature of Christ’s Ascension, We sit with Him, We stand with Him, We see Christ’s ascension and as such behold or see our own ascension.Holy Ghost, Illuminator,Shed Thy beams upon our eyes,Help us to look up with StephenAnd to see beyond the skies,Where the Son of Man in gloryStanding is at God's right hand,Beckoning on His martyr army,Succoring His faithful band.Just a few days after the Ascension, Pentecost descended and with the coming of the Holy Ghost came courage to face the wickedness and danger of man just as Stephan did and see beyond the skies. Christ is in glory and He is beckoning on, encouraging on, and giving succor or aid to His faithful band of witnesses. See Him who is gone before usHeavenly mansions to prepare;See Him who is ever pleadingFor us with prevailing prayer;See Him who with sound of trumpetAnd with His angelic train,Summoning the world to Judgment,On the clouds will come again.Christ has gone before us and will return again. When He comes He shall judge the quick and the dead.Raise us up from earth to heaven,Give us wings of faith and love,Gales of holy aspirationsWafting us to realms above,That, with hearts and minds uplifted,We with Christ, our Lord, may dwellWhere He sits enthroned in gloryIn His heavenly citadel.More theology of the ascension believers unto heaven. We are asking for faith and love in the here and now to accomplish the work Christ has given us.So at last, when He appeareth,We from our own graves may spring,With our youth renewed like eagles',Flocking round our heavenly King,Caught up on the clouds of heaven,And may meet Him in the air,Rise to realms where He is reigningAnd will reign forever there.The blessed hope of every believer lies in the ground of every man garden or cemetery you drive by. When Christ returns all flesh will rise unto judgement. For those found in Christ, we will be given new bodies renewed like eagles. We will then go and meet our Returning Lord in the air as we welcome Him to the New Heavens and New Earth. Glory be to God the Father;Glory be to God the Son,Dying, risen, ascending for us,Who the heavenly realm hath won;Glory to the Holy Spirit!To One God in Persons ThreeGlory both in earth and heaven,Glory, endless glory, be.An epic Hymn like this should certainly end with a trinitarian doxology and Wordsworth does not disappoint. Glory endless glory be for the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Amen.  With that I will play a new version of this Hymn. I didn’t leave out any verses so this song will take over 9 minutes to get through. However if you can add this hymn to your collection, you will find yourself being reminded constantly of the deep significance of the Ascension of our Lord.Enjoy the song and may you have a blessed Ascension Day and Ascension Sunday as well and we will see you in a few days when Pentecost arrives.See you then.

St Matthew the Evangelist.On the 12th day of the Coptic month of Baba we celebrate the Life of Saint Matthew the Disciple of Christ.Matthew, whose former name was Levi, was one of the Twelve Disciples. He was the one seated, collecting taxes, outside the city of Capernaum, when the Lord Christ said to him, "Follow Me." He left all, rose up, and followed Him. He made for Jesus Christ a great feast in his own house. That made the Pharisees murmur against Him saying to His disciples, "Why does your teacher eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." (Luke 5:27-32)He preached in the land of Palestine, Tyre and Sidon. And later to Ethiopia. He entered the city of priests and converted them to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. When he wished to enter the city, he met a young man who told him, "You will not be able to go in unless you shave the hair off your head and carry palm branches in your hand." He did as the young man told him. And, as he was thinking about that, the Lord Christ appeared to him in the form of the young man who had met him earlier, and after He encouraged and comforted him, disappeared. He realized that this young man was the Lord of Glory Himself.He then entered the city as one of its priests. He went to the temple of Apollo and found the high priest Hermes, and talked with him concerning the idols that they were worshipping. He explained how those idols did not hear or sense anything and how the true Mighty Lord is He who created the Heaven and Earth. Then the Lord made through him a wonder: a table came down from Heaven and a great light shone around them. When Hermes the priest saw this wonder, he asked him, "What is the name of your God?" The apostle replied, "My God is the Lord Christ." Hermes believed in Christ and many people followed him.When the Governor of that city heard of this, he ordered them burned. It happened at that time that the son of the Governor died. Matthew the Apostle prayed and made supplications to God to raise the son and the Lord answered him and raised the child from death. When the Governor saw this, he and the rest of the people of the city believed. Matthew baptized them, ordained a bishop, priests, and built a church for them.After he had preached in other countries, he went back to Jerusalem. Some of the Jews which he had preached to, believed and had been baptized, asked him to write down what he had preached to them. He wrote the beginning of the Gospel attributed to him in the Hebrew language but he did not complete it. It was said that he finished it during his preaching in India, in the first year of the reign of Claudius and the ninth year of the Ascension. His martyrdom was consummated by stoning at the hands of Justus the Governor. His body was buried in Carthage of Caesarea by some believers, in a holy place.Lessons from this storyThe word gospel means “good news”. And like any good news, you want to share it. Christians share a bond that includes the sharing of this “good news” - that there is a Father who loves you so deeply, He accepts you as you are and calls for your return.A tax collector is probably the most despised person among us. The exist like parasites feeding off the hard work of others. The word “hate” is often associated with this contemptible lot. But Christ came for him just as He come for the sinful woman Mary.A recurring theme among all the lives of saints is this call by God the Father, to “follow me” as Christ said to Levi. We celebrate their lives, the salvation not as spectators at a game, but as active participants. The good news is for us, for all, and serve an important role in getting that news out there.PrayerMay the prayers and intercessions of Saint Matthew the Evangelist be with us all always, amen.

In the deliverance of a little boy from the terrible grip of evil we see the power of Christ in contrast to the powerlessness of His disciples. We see the patience of Jesus pushed to the very limit as He expresses again His weariness with the unbelief that confronted Him. We see the Lord descend from the mountain of transfiguration into a valley of faithlessness below and into the despair of a father anguishing over his suffering son.--Into that helpless and hopeless situation we see again the power of believing even when that believing is small and feels deeply inadequate. The father's faith is contrasted with the disciples' surprising lack of faith because they still did not understand who Jesus was and had forgotten that the power to deliver was not from them but from God.

Rare new sounds from the underground on this week's show as we have self-released experimental Mapuche music from Chile, field recordings from Indonesia, and intense music from Kenyan producer Slikback.  Tracklisting Cocaine Piss - Pretty Pissed (Hypertension Records, Belgium) Tecnología Para Ser Libres - Nguillatun (self-release, Chile) King Midas Sound - You Disappear (Cosmo Rhythmatic, Germany) Aesop Rock & Tobacco - Corn Maze (Rhymesayers Entertainment, USA) Black to Comm - Double Happiness in Temporal Decoy (Thrill Jockey, USA) Slikback - Rage (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Housewives - SmttnKttns (Blank Editions, UK) Semut Ireng - Daul (Aural Archipelago, Indonesia) Alameda 5 - CDTE (Instant Classic, Poland) Mighty Lord Deathman - Modern Art (self-release, UK)

"Thank you Jesus." This is how I start my prayer time each day, with these three words. There is so much to be thankful for. A list of specific things would go on and on and on. But sometimes in the making of that list of things, our focus can sway from Jesus to the things. So sometimes it is good to pause and simply say, "Thank you Jesus." The story of Jesus healing the ten lepers reminds us of this.  Jesus travelled on toward Jerusalem and passed through the border region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered one village, ten men approached him, but they kept their distance, for they were lepers. They shouted to him, "Mighty Lord, our wonderful Master! Won't you have mercy on us and heal us?" Luke 17:11-13 TPT How many times have we shouted out to Jesus, "Please help me Jesus, I need you. Please help me to get through this day."  When Jesus stopped to look at them, he spoke these words, "Go to be examined by the Jewish priests."  They set off, and they were healed while walking along the way. Luke 17:14 TPT Jesus heard their shouting and responded, telling them what to do. They obeyed. Jesus healed them on the way. One of them, a foreigner from Samaria, when he discovered that he was completely healed, turned back to find Jesus, shouting out joyous praises and glorifying God.  When he found Jesus, he fell down at his feet and thanked him over and over, saying to him, "You are the Messiah." This man was a Samaritan. Luke 17:15-16 TPT Only one of the ten came back and gave thanks. He recognised who Jesus was. Then Jesus inquires about the other nine. "So where are the other nine?" asked Jesus. "Weren't there ten who were healed? They all refused to return to give thanks and give glory to God except you, a foreigner from Samaria?" Then Jesus said to the healed man lying at his feet, "Arise and go. It was your faith that brought you salvation and healing." Luke 17:17-19 TPT Jesus is merciful. He hears our shouts. He responds.   Then it is up to us... Do we obey?  Do we give thanks?  Do we get greater revelation of who Jesus is? Do we remember? This morning I was reading this in Revelation ... Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Revelation 2:4 NKJV The Amplified version really does amplify it .... But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love]. Revelation 2:4 AMPC Urggghhh.  Selah - pause and think on that. Simply pausing regularly and saying a heartfelt, "Thank you Jesus" can help us maintain and nuture the love we have for Him. So let's take time to do that today. Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are]  in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will]. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 AMPC To find out more please visit https://wendyrobinson.com.au

Every week the Independent Music Podcast brings you new music for your adventurous ears. To support the podcast and get bonus episodes, please join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independentmusicpodcast This week's show brings you the unbelievable new collaboration between Jlin and Wayne McGregor's contemporary choreography show 'Autobiography', we also have experimental folk from Germany, rock noise, smooth hip hop and a whole lotta exploratory electronic sounds. Tracklisting Warmduscher - I Go

Welcome to the second of two Tales of Sigmar episodes this weekend. As we eagerly await the release of the new Chaos Battletome - Blades of Khorne, Adam and Dan invite the infamous splitter of reality himself, the Mighty Lord of Khorne - PAN O, to chat all things Khorne!  This was recorded before the leaks of some of the rules on Facebook, and we will be doing a more in-depth look at the Battletome once it's released. But if you're looking for some excited followers of Khorne, enthusing about all the new possible ways that they might collect skulls, then this is the place to be! As always, stay easy! James - @talesofsigmarDan - @dangermouse425Adam - @elfordminis Email - talesofsigmar@gmail.com

Scottish-infused Philadelphian hiphop kicks us off this week. We have ten tracks exploring Italian library music, soul jazz, Malian folk, and power electronics. We also have a tribute to the late William Onyeabor, who passed away last week.

In the lead up to Christmas, Ps John Iuliano unpacks the various names of Jesus as described in Isaiah 9:6. In this teaching, we learn about Jesus being our Mighty Lord.