He Has Shown Thee, My Soul

God Has Shown Thee, My Soul

God has shown thee, oh told thee, my soul

What is good, what He wants, has not He?

But to do what is just, show mercy, be kind,

And with God on thy path walk humbly.

God has spoken to thee through His Word,

Does He not ever speak through His Law,

His commands ever speak and teach us His ways,

And tell us walk humbly with God.

God has shown thee, Oh shows thee, my soul,

Ever speaks, ever sings through His world,

All that He’s made, tells of His grace,

His justice, mercy, and love.

God showed thee, once showed thee, my soul,

His measureless kindness to all

When He sent His one Beloved Son

To die for the sins of the lost;

To redeem every soul through His spotless blood,

By bearing our sins and shame on the cross,

Though never a sin committed the Son,

He bore the price our redemption would cost;’

This was the love of our Creator,

The lost through His Son restore to His heart

That we might as friends with Him to trod,

Humbly each day on our path with God,

In Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen.

October 2024 Illustrated Prayer Poem, Copyright © by Suzanne Davis Harden, through the Risen, Lord Jesus Christ in me, Inspired by Christ’s Holy Spirit, To The glory of God The Father, In Jesus Holy Name, amen. All rights reserved.

What’s in a Signature?

My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ asked me to sign all the works He gives me to share with His Children this way as a testimony of His Gospel: Copyright © my name: *Jesus redeemed my soul and owns its copyright by purchasing it with His spotless blood on the cross, I am now His blood bought redeemed child, a holy temple of the Most High God according to 1 Corinthians 3 and 6. “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.”1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NASB1995

The Lord said that I am His workmanship through whom and with whom He creates all His works that He might be glorified in and through me and produce fruit for His heavenly Kingdom. I did not choose Him, He chose me to go and bear fruit for Him, and I could not bear fruit apart from Him and to abide in Him and then and only through my Indwelling risen Lord and Savior within me could I be able to produce eternal fruit to the glory of God the Father inspired by His Holy Spirit.

Jesus said, I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. You are My friends if you do what I command you. You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

This I command you, that you love one another.” John 15:5, 14, 16-17 NASB1995

The Lord said I was not to ever be ashamed to attach my name to my Savior’s name, I was to hold on fast to His name and never stop professing His name for there was salvation in no other name under the heavens.

Jesus said, He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

John 3:18 NASB1995

“…let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health. He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.””

Acts 4:10-12 NASB1995

“always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;”

Ephesians 5:20 NASB1995

“Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.”

Colossians 3:17 NASB1995

“‘I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.”

Revelation 3:8 NASB1995

“that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:9-13 KJV

*The Lord Jesus spoke to my heart that I would honor Him through my obedience to show my faith and belief in Him by confessing that He is a risen Lord and Savior named Jesus Christ and that He does indeed live inside of my heart through His Holy Spirit inspiring my works as a reborn Christian, risking whatever opinion people may have of me for doing this so long as I would not displease my God by disobeying Him. The Lord requires we love Him and desires His approval more than the favor of man. In Jesus’ Name, amen.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, search our hearts and minds, correct us in any way where we have gone astray and fallen short in our love for You, our faith, our gratitude, our honesty, our hope, our faith, our willingness to witness to Thy salvation to be a testimony in this world of Thy great love in giving Thy only Son to die to save us from eternal death, to show that we truly believe You are not a fairy tale in a world that has shut You up in the genre of myths and fantasies and all who believe in You to be labeled as losers and fanatics. May You renew all hearts who have lost their first love for Christ and renew their faith and revive hope and passion and zeal for the Lord, oh bless all hearts and restore each of Thy precious children, and encourage Thy children to know how much you love them unconditionally, in Jesus holy name, thank You, we love you, Lord, amen.❤️

You are precious to God, so am I~

~He made us all, He loves us, no matter what race, color, gender, age, rich or poor ~Jesus died for all.

Although we may disagree, we shall all meet one day in eternity on equal grounds before Him. Let us walk in love, honor, and respect, In Jesus name. God bless you. Amen. 🙏🏻

Peaceangelsongs Blog Text & Images (*excluding Scriptures quotations ) Copyright © 2024 by Suzanne Davis Harden, All Rights Reserved by the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen and amen…forever…see Psalm 24…

Scripture quotations from the NASB 1995 Copyright 1999-2024 © The Lockman Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

A Garden And A Path

In January of this year (2023) the Lord was leading me to work on an album of original prayersongs tentatively titled Paths of Praise Christian Worship Songs.

Suddenly He interrupted that work which I was completely focused on and switched directions. He asked me to create an album of traditional hymns as a gift for His children.

When the Lord changes my focus on a project it completely humbles me. This is because I do not like to be interrupted in a creative work, preferring to start and finish a project in a linear way.

And I like to be in control of everything.

However, the Lord Jesus Christ likes to remind me that He is in control of my life.

He is my Good shepherd and is guiding me. He has a purpose for everything He does and even when it makes no sense to me, I must be obedient and walk by faith, even though I don’t understand why He asks me to do something.

The Lord knew and that was enough. It might be maddening, but I got on my knees and prayed to submit to His will and for grace to learn whatever songs He wanted me to put on the hymn album.

The Lord gave me no more grace to work on my Paths of Praise album even when I tried. He definitely wanted me to focus on a hymn album and learn all new songs ~traditional hymns~which seemed daunting as my energy was now strained by a severe flare up of my auto immune illness. There were many days where I could do no work. I seemed a prisoner. But this I knew, Christ was in me and He was in control.

The music is the Lord’s. I’m His servant. Christ is the One who asked me to sing and gave me this gift to exalt His name in the earth for His glory.

For while I still don’t understand why the Lord wanted to redirect my focus from working on my Paths of Praise Album to work on the hymn album, now I’m glad I did.

As for the choice of hymns, I asked Mark what his favorite hymns were growing up in the Methodist Church.

I grew up in the Roman Catholic Church where we sang different songs from the traditional hymns that the Protestants are familiar with.

I remembered the lovely hymns Mama sang to us as children; hymns she had learned as a child attending a Baptist Church.

I presented a collection before the Lord and asked Him to guide me to His will. While learning to sing the hymns, the Lord’s Garden album presented a great challenge. Jesus mercifully gave me the grace and strength to accomplish what He had put on my heart to do by faith.

He also wanted me to sing “…In Jesus Name” at the end of every hymn.

Some might object to this. It is difficult to imagine that a Christian would find fault except perhaps that some of Christ’s precious children might reject these traditional hymns not because they objected to the Lord’s Name, but because they preferred their beloved hymns to be sung in the familiar way that they have always heard them sung in church.

These precious children of God have every right to their preference.

Below are the scriptures that the Lord inspires and motivates me in all the songs He gives me to glorify and exalt Christ’s name now…

“…speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;”

Ephesians 5:19-20 NASB1995

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.”

Colossians 3:17 KJV

The Lord has so strongly impressed upon my heart the importance to do all things to the glory of Christ’s name that I must do as He leads me.

Each of the redeemed are given a gift in Christ’s Kingdom that we might proclaim the praises of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light…

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”

1 Peter 2:9-10 NASB1995

“For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake. we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;”

2 Corinthians 4:5, 8-9 NASB1995

The Lord is shining in and through those who submit to His will! He desires to radiate His light through our weak, cracked vessels that He might be glorified through us. Paul wrote:

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;”

2 Corinthians 4:7 NASB1995

Malachi the prophet wrote that God would call those who loved and obeyed Him His jewels.

The Lord guides each of us to honor and exalt His name as we choose to walk in obedience to His will, eschewing the favor of humans and conformity to the culture so that we might please Christ no matter what our commitment to obey God’s will may cost us.

“Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon His name.

And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not.”
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Malachi‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

https://suzannedavisharden.hearnow.com/the-lords-garden-beloved-christian-hymns

Follow the above link to preview all of the traditional hymns featured on The Lord’s Garden Album! May the Lord use these hymns to comfort and bring joy and encourage those of you who find them a blessing. In Jesus’ Holy name, to whom all honor and glory belongs forever for redeeming our souls from sin. Amen.

Paths of Praise Christian Worship Prayersongs

I love to draw and paint, this is my natural gift…and if left to myself would do this all day. But now I also love to sing ever since the Lord has given me the gift of music to praise Him with. I don’t have the energy to do all things though.

The prayersongs from the Paths of Praise Worship Album all came between 2009-2023. Some are the first prayersongs the Lord ever gave me and I’m excited to be publishing them for the first time. I’ve shared those earliest songs over the years with friends who were suffering, or with my first voice teachers. Songs like Christ’s Joy, For The Mountains May Depart, Secret Place, Sacrifice of Praise, Victory Song, The Lord is My Light and My Salvation, God is For Me; these are some of my earliest prayersongs that the Lord ever gave me. Though they are very joyful songs, they came out of a time of intense spiritual suffering.

*Most of the other prayersongs were written in January of this year with the exception of God is My Refuge which was also one of the earliest Prayersongs.

However, the Lord had me rewrite it.

Be Led By My Spirit is one of my favorites on the Paths of Praise album.

I was sitting one day in the kitchen and the Holy Spirit just sang that song through me. He inspired me to promptly record it.

If I don’t obey that impulse the song will not be remembered.

We Stand Before The Lord, Lord Deliver Me, and Let the Light in Me Not Be Darkness are three published spontaneous spiritual songs that the Lord gave me…but there are many more that are not published.

Obedience to the Lord’s voice within is so important when following Him.

Hebrews 11 tells of the people that heard God’s voice and obeyed Him by faith. They did not wait till they understood why He was asking them to do what He wanted. They just obeyed.

Faith responds to the voice of the Holy Spirit in obedience without the need for explanation because it trusts God.

It loves God. It knows and fears God.

How does it know, love and fear God?

Because it has a habit of abiding in God and studying His word and obeying Him.

God doesn’t want or need perfect people because there are none.

He just needs people that have faith and will listen to Him and obey Him.

God is seeking souls who don’t care what other people think, but who care only what God thinks about them.

“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”

Hebrews 11:6 NASB1995

Two things are for certain. You and I will die.

We will stand before Christ.

He will then ask us, “Did you obey My voice?”

How will we hear His voice if we are too busy listening to other people?

How do we hear Christ’s voice?

We start by studying His Word.

We read the Gospels. For ourselves. Not someone’s interpretation, book, or blog, or commentary.

But we read the Gospels for ourselves and we go into our prayer closet and we get alone with Christ and pray to Him and ask Him to teach us and we pray to Him.

Christ has promised that His sheep can hear His voice.

He will speak to us. He will guide us. But we must have faith.

Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.””

John 10:27-30 NASB1995

The Lord Jesus Christ is alive, He is a real, risen Savior!

He is a God we can come to know…” *Christ’s Joy Prayersong

Paths of Praise Christian Worship Songs, by Suzanne Davis Harden, Through the Indwelling Risen Lord Jesus Christ, Inspired by His Holy Spirit, To The Glory of God the Father, In Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen. Copyright © ℗ 2023, All Rights Reserved.

https://suzannedavisharden.hearnow.com/paths-of-praise-christian-worship-prayersongs

Follow the link above to preview the original worship prayersongs on Paths of Praise! May the Holy Lord Jesus Christ bless you, fill you with His love and peace and draw you closer to Him as you listen, In Jesus’ holy name, to whom all honor, praise, and worship belong, forever and ever, amen.

All Praise, Glory and honor to our beloved Lord Jesus Christ, who shed Thy spotless blood to redeem our souls from eternal death. Lord, You deserve all our love and worship forever. How we love and praise
You! Thank You for saving us! In Jesus’ name amen. ❤️

A Garden and A Path of Praise, Peaceangelsong, Copyright © 2023, by Suzanne Davis Harden, All Rights Reserved.Accomplished Through the Indwelling Risen Lord Jesus Christ, Inspired by His Holy Spirit, To The Glory of God the Father, In Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen.The Lord’s Garden Beloved Christian Hymns ~Calming Vocals performed by Suzanne Davis Harden, Through the Indwelling Risen Lord Jesus Christ, Inspired by His Holy Spirit, To The Glory of God the Father, In Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen. Copyright © ℗ 2023, All Rights Reserved.Paths of Praise Christian Worship Prayersongs by Suzanne Davis Harden,Through the Indwelling Risen Lord Jesus Christ, Inspired by His Holy Spirit, To The Glory of God The Father, In Jesus Holy Name, Amen, Copyright © ℗ 2023, All Rights Reserved. /Original Collage Painting of Album Art, by Suzanne Davis Harden Through the Indwelling Risen Lord Jesus Christ, Inspired by His Holy Spirit, To The Glory of God the Father, In Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen. Copyright © 2023, All Rights Reserved. Scripture Quotes taken from the NASB1995 ( New American Standard Bible Copyright ©️ The Lockman Foundation/ The King James Version Bible

Whatsoever Things Are True

“And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on

WHATEVER THINGS ARE IS TRUE
(focus on what is true about ourselves & other people & our circumstances, & about God)

See Philippians 4: 8

What is HONORABLE,
(Look For What is honorable in ourselves & other people & our circumstances & in God)

*See Philippians 4: 8

Fix your thoughts on what is RIGHT,
(Seek for what is right about ourselves & other people & our circumstances & in God)

*See Philippians 4: 8

Fix Your Thoughts on What is PURE,
(in ourselves & other people & our circumstances & in God)

See Philippians 4: 8

Seek For things that are LOVELY, (in ourselves & other people & our circumstances & in God)

See Philippians 4: 8

Think about things that are ADMIRABLE.
(in ourselves & other people & our circumstances & in God)

See Philippians 4: 8

Seek For whatever is EXCELLENT
(in ourselves & other people & our circumstances & in God)

*See Philippians 4: 8

Focus on those things that are WORTHY OF PRAISE ”
(in ourselves & other people & our circumstances & in God) ~ Philippians 4:8 NLT

*See Philippians 4: 8

God is looking for the good in His redeemed children, not for faults, not for things to condemn.

Christ came not to condemn, but to save us. (*See John 3:17)

What is true about God?

God is love

1 John 4:8

“Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds; Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, Your justice like the ocean depths.You care for people and animals alike, O Lord.”

Psalms 36:5-6 NLT

“The Lord forgives all my sins, and heals all my diseases, He redeems me from death, and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

Psalm 103:3-5 NLT

The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly. The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

Psalm 103:6,8 NLT

God will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever. He does not punish us for all our sins. He does not deal harshly with us as we deserve.

Psalm 103:9-10 NLT

For God’s unfailing love toward those who fear Him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth. He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.

Psalm 103:11-12

The Lord is like a father to His children, tender and compassionate to those who fear Him. For He knows how weak we are; He remembers we are only dust.”

Psalms 103:13-14 NLT

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, The expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.”

Psalm 9:18 KJV

What is true about God’s redeemed children?

For one thing, we are a new creature in Christ, old things are passed away. God has done a new thing in us, we are reborn in Christ and He has given to us His own righteousness.

“When anyone belongs to Christ, they become a new person. Their old way of life has gone. Their new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17

Christ never did any wrong thing, but God punished Him as if He had. He died as punishment for our sins. As a result, we become right with God when we belong to Christ. We become right, because He is right.” 2Corinthians 5:21 Easy English Bible

“Nobody can say that God’s people are guilty. God himself has accepted us as right with him. So nobody can say that God should still punish us. Nobody can say that, because Christ Jesus himself died on our behalf.

And God raised Christ up so that He became alive again after His death. Now Christ is sitting at God’s right side in heaven. He himself is praying to God on our behalf.

Christ will always continue to love us.Nothing can stop that! We may have troubles.

Things may make us sad or afraid.People may do bad things to us.

We may have no food or no clothes. There may be great danger.

People may even try to kill us.

But none of these things can stop Christ from loving us.

As it says in the Bible: ‘Because we are your people, God, people try to kill us all the time. They think that we are like sheep, and we are ready to be killed.’

Because God loves us, none of these troubles can ever beat us.

He makes us win against them. I am sure of this.

Nothing can stop God from loving us.

Death cannot do that. Life cannot do that.

Angels cannot do that, nor can demons do that.

Nothing that happens to us now, or that will happen in a future time can do that.

No powerful spirits can do that.

Nothing that is high above the world can do that,

nor anything that is deep down below the ground.

Nothing else in the whole universe can stop God from loving us.

Because of our Lord Christ Jesus, we know how much God loves us.”

Romans 8:33-39 Easy English Bible

Heavenly Father,

Teach us to learn about and then to focus on whatsoever things are true about You, and ourselves, those things in us that are positive, and virtuous, pure and lovely, worthy of praise and of good report; help us not to look for faults or things to condemn ourselves for and feel guilty over; for You forgive our sins and give us the righteousness of Thy Son Jesus Christ, You love us very much, and look for the good in us. Thank You for being so kind to us to save us from our sins through Thy Son Jesus Christ, in Jesus name, amen.

For God So Loved The World Prayersong

Death Could Not Hold Him

Death Could Not Hold Him


On the cross Christ bore the sins
Of all humanity
Not all the pain and sin and shame
For all eternity
Not even all the hosts of hell
Nor death claimed victory…

Over Christ, God’s only Son
Who shed His spotless blood
To redeem our sinful souls
And make us each His child…

Born anew in righteousness,
Not ours but Christ’s alone,
A righteousness we could not earn
But His redemption clothed.

Christ purchased righteousness for us
With His spotless blood;
We receive His gift of grace,
By faith we know and trust

That God is ever faithful,
That He can never lie
He was faithful to His Son
To raise Him back to life
After Jesus bore our sins
And suffered hell three days
His Father kept His Holy Word
And rose Him from the grave…

Now He lives to die no more
So all can now be saved
Who come to Christ for salvation
When to the Lord they pray
Asking Christ into their heart
His children now are they
To ever walk with Him by faith
To love Jesus with all their heart
And ever sing His praise.
In Jesus’ holy name,
Amen.

(Prayer Poem) All Glory To God, Copyright
© 2020, Suzanne Davis Harden, All Rights
Reserved.)

SCRIPTURES FOR MEDITATION

“In hope of eternal life, which God, that
cannot lie, promised before the world
began;” Titus 1:2 KJV

“For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God: Not of works, lest any
man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV

“For He hath made Him to be sin for
us, who knew no sin; that we might be
made the righteousness of God in
Him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV

“Therefore my heart is glad, and my
glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest
in hope.

For Thou wilt not leave my
soul in hell; neither wilt Thou suffer
Thine Holy One to see corruption.” ~
Psalms 16:9-10 KJV

“For we walk by faith and not by
sight…” 2 Corinthians 5:7

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.”
John 3:16-17 KJV

Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for loving the world so much that You sent Thy only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins, that we might not perish, but have everlasting life with Thee. Jesus Christ is our indescribable Gift of eternal life from Thee. We thank You for the cross and the resurrection. We love You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

“Death Could Not Hold Him” (Prayer Poem~All glory to God~Copyright © 2020 by Suzanne Davis Harden, All rights reserved. Original Scripture Painting, All Glory to God, Copyright © 2020 by Suzanne Davis Harden, All rights reserved. Scripture Quotes taken from the King James Bible (Public Domain)