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Songs of Thankfulness and Praise
A Mini-Hymnal
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise | pdf booklet
This 50-page mini-hymnal includes:
+ 35 hymns for all occasions.
+ Selected Psalms and Scripture readings.
+ A form of devotion.
+ All hymns are in the public domain, so this mini-hymnal can be reproduced and distibuted freely.
+ This mini-hymnal is good to take to the hospital or when traveling.
This insert includes four more songs, of cross and comfort and judgment.
Introduction to Songs of Thankfulness:
The Lord Jesus is not far from us. He is near, with us, always abiding with His dear church, just as He has promised us:
"I will be with you always, even to the end of the age.” [St Matthew 28:20]
“He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'” [Hebrews 13:5]
The Lord draws near to us in His Word, which gives us life and salvation through the forgiveness of our sins. This Word is near to us, even in our mouths and hearts. [see Romans 10:8] So our Christian life is a life of hearing and speaking God's Word.
This little hymnal is intended to help the Lord's people do just that: hear and speak and sing God's Word. This life is such that it is not always possible to carry a hymnal. In the hospital, gathered with family, while traveling and other occasions make having a hymnal handy impractical. The booklet in your hand is to serve in a pinch.
On many home-bound visits and hospital calls I have found myself singing hymns alone to the Lord's dear people who would love to join their voices in song. The size of this hymnal makes it practical to carry many copies to the hospital or home.
May God grant that having this hymnal would help in your prayer to the Lord, that His church would continue to praise Him and encourage one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord. [Colossians 3:16] Amen.
INJ
Pastor Wolfmueller
Gaudete, The 3rd Week in Advent, 2005