Our Father, as the evergreen

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Our Father, as the evergreen,
  Thou art forever new;
Thou art the ever living Lord,
  Thy freshness as the dew.
 
O Father, Thou art unchanging,
  Thou never hast grown old;
Thru countless ages, ever fresh,
    Thy newness doth unfold.
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O Thou art God, and Thou art “new”;
  Without Thee all is worn,
But all with Thee is ever fresh,
  Though many years have gone.
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Each blessing Thou hast given us
  Thy newness doth contain;
Thy covenant, Thy ways are new,
  And ever thus remain.
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Now we Thy new creation are—
  New spirit and new heart;
We’re daily from the old renewed,
  New life Thou dost impart.
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The earth and heavens will be new
  And Thy new city share;
New fruits each month will be supplied,
  For all is newness there.
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O Father, Thou art ever new,
  And all is new in Thee;
We sing the new eternal song,
  New praise we give to Thee.

Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.

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Un Hermano

To Save Us through the Washing

of Regeneration and

Renewing of the Holy Spirit

In Titus 3:5 and 6 the apostle Paul says: Not out of works in righteousness which we did but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, Whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.

Such a washing, such a renewing, in God’s organic salvation is being carried out continually in us by the renewing Spirit spreading into our mind, by our walking in newness of the divine life, and by our being consumed by the environmental sufferings. The renewing in God’s organic salvation is by the renewing Spirit mingling with our regenerated spirit as one spirit to spread into our mind (Eph. 4:22-24) and infuse our inward parts with God’s attributes, which are forever new and never become old, thereby renewing our entire being (5:26-27; Rom. 12:2a). Our God is newness itself. In the entire universe, God alone is new and everything else is old. This God, who is forever new and who never becomes old, infuses His ever-new essence into us to renew our entire being.

The Conclusion of the New Testament: Message 366 (LSM)


Anonymous

Praise the Lord


Livingstone

Lagos, Nigeria

Abba father we worship you. Father we adore you Hallelula Amen


Anonymous

Abba father


Anonymous

Abba Father, we love and adore You!


Moses

Seattle, Washington, United States

Father, you are always new!


Sanjay Maisi

Delhi, India

Now we Thy new creation are—

New spirit and new heart;

We’re daily from the old renewed,

New life Thou dost impart. Amen Lord.


Elmer D. Borres

Sauyo, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A hymn of profound beauty and spiritual insight, celebrating the eternal freshness and renewal found in our Father. Each verse resonates with the timeless truth of God's unchanging yet ever-new nature.


Lilian Torrico

Santa Cruz De La Sierra, Andres Ibañez, Bolivia

Gracias Padre, por ser nuevo y fresco, tal lozanía, eres tu!! Y ahora la impartes a nosotros!! Ganando todo nuestro ser

Desde la parte más profunda que es nuestro espíritu, pasando por nuestra alma y finalmente dando vida a nuestro cuerpo mortal!!


John Holder

Folsom, CA, United States

So grateful that he is unchanging and ever new all the time.

Question: How can we remain in the freshness of the Lord while carrying out our repetitive tasks in our daily living?

Answer: First Thessalonians 5:17 says, "Unceasingly pray." To pray is not merely to bring many things to the Lord; it is to take the Lord in by calling on His name. Only the Lord Himself is fresh. Apart from Him we can never be fresh. In Hosea 14:8 Jehovah said, "I am like a green fir tree," indicating that He is evergreen, ever fresh, and ever new. Hymns, #16, which was composed based on Hosea 14:8, says, Our Father, as the evergreen, Thou art forever new; Thou art the ever living Lord, Thy freshness as the dew. O Father, Thou art unchanging, Thou never hast grown old; Thru countless ages, ever fresh, Thy newness doth unfold.

Every day and every moment we should contact the Lord so that we may be as new as He is. As soon as we cease contacting Him, we become old. We can easily become old; thus, we need to maintain our contact with the Lord.

Because God wants us to be a new creation, He must dispense Himself as the newness into our being to renew us. In the sixty-six books of the Bible, only one verse tells us that God is always new, like an evergreen. In Hosea 14:8 our God is likened to an evergreen tree, a green fir tree. Because He is evergreen, He Himself becomes the evergreen element. Now He is dispensing Himself into our being as such an element to renew us. I do have the sense that every day I am newer. I am not older; I am newer. I am not old, because I am being renewed. Something of God as the "evergreen tree" is being dispensed into my being.

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