Rebecca St. Louis and Jill Smith recorded 10/29/2008 Even in the middle of turbulent times you can Calm down! Slow yourself down and give yourself 14 minutes to be encouraged and refreshed in your spirit by the song of the Lord sung during our worship at our regular Wednesday night meeting in Newport, Minnesota.
From Rebecca, we get an image that we are rare and handmade pearls in the hand of God; a word picture of our value to the Lord. We are each individual treasures yet similar enough to be stranded together as unique groups that He will never abandon. Listen and hear this song of God's love for us.
Jill Smith steps into this flow with His simple but powerful affirmation of stability and safety in Him. It starts with the words,"Redemption is not always easy, but it's sure..."
Like David with his pouch of stones she steps out sounding a little shaky, but with a few rounds of these encouraging words, Goliath and his brothers begin to fall.
Self consciousness and Fear flees first, and then discouragement, hopelessness, self condemnation, loneliness, weariness, and other ungodly giants that paralyze our progress with the Lord are taken down. She sings out solid words of encouragement from the Spirit of the Lord like:
You are mine, bought with a price, and you will not fall...
Keep your eye on the prize and remember you are mine.
Make no mistake, this is a full 14 minutes of strength bottled in liquid MP3 format that you can take anywhere and drink as needed, a gift from our Awesome God. Thanks also to Georgiann Melton on the guitar. Selah!
