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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

We praise Thee, glorious Father

Worship of the Father His Predestination

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We praise Thee, glorious Father,
As objects of Thy grace,
Who for Thine own heart’s pleasure
Are now before Thy face:
Thy sons marked out for glory
Known from eternity
With Christ Thy Well-beloved,
Object supreme to Thee.
2
Who else but Thee, O Father,
Could in Thine only Son
So bless us with Thy Spirit,
And have us for Thine own?
Soon shall we be forever
With Christ in glory; then
We’ll shine in His blest image
Eternally, Amen!

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Anonymous

United Kingdom

Feb 8, 2026

Praise you Lord father

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Catherine C

London, United Kingdom

Jul 20, 2025

Amen
Amen
Lord Jesus Hallelujah Hallelujah
Who else but Thee, O Father,
Could in Thine only Son
So bless us with Thy Spirit,
And have us for Thine own?
Soon shall we be forever
With Christ in glory; then
We’ll shine in His blest image
Eternally, Amen!

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Un Hermano

Jun 4, 2025

An eternal plan that God made in Christ

God's economy is an eternal plan that God established in Christ. Ephesians 3:11 says, "According to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord." This purpose is the purpose of eternity, the eternal purpose, the eternal plan that God established in eternity past.

God accomplished His eternal economy in Christ. The Christ revealed in the Bible is the embodiment of the Triune God and all the processes He went through, including His incarnation, human life, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and descent. It is in such Christ that God accomplished His eternal economy. Therefore, Christ is the element, sphere, means, goal, and objective of God's eternal economy. Christ is everything in God's economy. In fact, the entire content of God's eternal economy is simply Christ. Christ is the center, circumference, element, sphere, means, goal, and objective of this economy. According to Ephesians 3, this economy was accomplished in Christ.

So that God Himself, in His Trinity,

may impart Himself to His chosen people

God's New Testament economy is His plan by which God Himself, in His Trinity, imparts Himself into His chosen people. How does God, in His Trinity, impart Himself into His people? This impartation has three steps. First, this impartation is from God the Father. The Father is the source, the origin. Second, this impartation is through God the Son, who is the course. Third, God's dispensing is in God the Spirit, who is the instrument and sphere. Through these steps—from God the Father, through God the Son, and in God the Spirit—God imparts Himself into His chosen people.

In order to produce the church as the kingdom of God,

whose consummation is the New Jerusalem

God's New Testament economy, which consists of God dispensing Himself into His chosen people, is intended to produce the church (Eph. 3:10). This dispensing produces the church for the manifestation of the manifold wisdom of God according to the eternal purpose God accomplished in Christ (vv. 9-11). This means that through the dispensing of God, in His Trinity, the church is produced to exhibit the manifold wisdom of God.

The Conclusion of the
New Testament
Message 2 (LSM)

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V Carire

Tampa, FL, United States

Apr 6, 2025

We praise Thee, glorious Father!

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Maria L

Fremont, California, United States

Mar 7, 2025

Praise the Lord! Our God and Father has graced us in the Beloved (Eph. 1:6); He put us in Christ, His Beloved Son, and He made us the object of His grace by our being in His beloved Son. Hallelujah! 😀

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Lhevie

Houston, Texas, United States

Sep 29, 2024

With Christ, Thy well-beloved!

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Marie Yulo

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Aug 11, 2024

Soon, we’ll shine in His blest image, Amen!

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Hannah

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Apr 21, 2024

Abba Father, we praise and thank you!!

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Samuel Yu

Austin, TX, United States

Dec 10, 2023

Soon shall we be forever
With Christ in glory; then
We’ll shine in His blest image
Eternally, Amen!

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Nathan Sanchez

Aug 13, 2023

With Christ thy well beloved!

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