"O Lord... prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy" (Nehemiah 1:11). "Let Thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even Thy salvation, according to Thy word" (Psalm 119:41). "The prosperity of fools shall destroy them" (Proverbs 1:32). "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8:36,37).
A
new year dawns: what shall it hold?
God
offers us prosperity
In
blessings that are yet untold
In
truth He gives that makes us free.
The
Lord will prosper all with grace
Who
meditate upon His Word
And
with their whole heart, seek His face,
As
they obey His counsel heard.
The
sad prosperity of fools
Shall
end at last in their destruction
Because
their own heart proudly rules
And
leads them on in blind seduction.
So
let us go forth carefully
As
days, like pages, tell our story,
And
we are prospered prayerfully
To
give to God alone the glory.
Lord,
lead us onward with this goal
To
profit in the things that last,
As
in the winning of each soul
Delivered
from their sinful past.
O
Lord, we thank you for the treasure
Of
true prosperity You give
As
prayerfully we seek Your pleasure,
Upheld
by grace You daily live.
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