A few years back, I told the ‘Christmas Story’ simply by using 16 Christmas hymn titles.  It was posted on Rapture Ready in 2013.  Now I have used 71 traditional hymn and gospel song titles that proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ and inform people just how great our Christian God is, in the form of the Holy Trinity.  See how many of these traditional old song titles you can find.

How great thou art, O God, our help in ages past; great is thy faithfulness, our dear Lord and Father of mankind.  To God be the glory, our God of ages past and the God of our fathers.  A mighty fortress is our God, and God will take care of you.  The Lord bless you and keep you, and God be with you.

Have thine own way, Lord; precious Lord, take my hand, open my eyes that I may see, and be Thou my vision.  Help me take time to be holy, trust and obey you, and count your blessings.

Fairest Lord Jesus, my faith looks up to Thee.  What a friend we have in Jesus; joyful, joyful, we adore Thee.  Abide with me, oh rock of ages, and the church’s one foundation.  How firm a foundation is the solid rock, Jesus Christ.  Savior, like a shepherd, lead us, and pass me not, oh gentle Savior.  I need Thee every hour, Jesus, lover of my soul.

He leadeth me, and I praise Him, praise Him!  Blest be the tie that binds us nearer my God to Thee; what a blessed assurance.  ‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, safe in the arms of Jesus, and leaning on the everlasting arms. To have just a closer walk with Thee, to learn more about Jesus.  All hail the power of Jesus’ name.  Crown Him with many crowns!  More love to Thee, O Christ.

When they ring the golden bells, when the saints go marching in, and when the roll is called up yonder, beyond the sunset, in the sweet by and by, we will hear wonderful words of life.  The Lord is my shepherd; softly and tenderly, Jesus is calling.  Jesus calls us and Jesus loves me, just as I am, what an amazing grace!  We are saved by grace, a grace that is greater than all our sin.

And when I survey the wondrous cross, the old rugged cross, it is well with my soul, for there is power in the blood, and I am standing on the promises.  He died for me; are you washed in the blood?  Jesus died, once for all.  Then Christ arose, and He lives!  Oh, happy day for believers, when we all get to heaven!

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

I am surprised sports fans have never come up with a new stadium or arena chant to inspire their favorite teams to do better than their uninspiring performance during the previous game.  I might suggest a new chant, “It’s a new day—find a way—new day—find a way—new day—find a way!!!  In other words, inspire the athletes to dig deeper within themselves to perform better.  This would be an attempt to inspire an athlete to do better mentally and physically than before.

In the 1920s, the famous Notre Dame coach, Knute Rockne, exhorted his players to fight, fight, fight, and win one for the Gipper.  This exhortation can apply to Christians as well, to do better and feel better, not only mentally and physically, but also spiritually.  The Gipper, for a Christian, is of course our Creator God, and we do our best fighting for Him on our knees, be it in a literal or figurative sense.  We do better when we pray to God before we embark on any endeavor, be it a sporting event or any other challenging life event we face and deal with daily in our lives.

Every new day is a new creation, giving us all an opportunity to do better than the day before.  Each new day of God’s Creation is a blank page, a clean slate, and a fresh start, giving all of us the opportunity to achieve our goals, get through our daily to-do list, or maybe just find peace of mind.  It doesn’t matter how bad we were in thought, word, or deed, in all the prior days of our lives.  God’s Son, Jesus Christ, died and rose again from death to make us righteous with God the Father and allow us to have eternal life in heaven.  Jesus took all our sins upon Himself and had them nailed with Him to His Cross to forgive us all our sins, past, present, and future.

Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). Jesus is our only intercessor with God the Father.  He sits at God’s right hand.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Have you believed?  Now is a good time.

IT’S A NEW DAY—FIND A WAY By Dale V. Nobbman

Every day is a brand-new day, so find a way to please God today
Seek His Will this day, when you take the time to pray, pray, pray
Then long to do all God’s Will in each thing you think, do, or say
We need to remember that He is the potter and we are the clay