(CS4U) Glorias Music Ministry

Lovins, Gloria This is my St. Patrick's Day letter for this year.  Most people in the States don't know that in Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is a high holy day in reverence of Patrick bringing the gospel to Ireland.  It is known to be one of the only countries that received Christianity without bloodshed.  If you get the time, read some of that history.  A couple books would be Anam Cara, How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Celtic Way of Evangelism, The Barbarian Way and any good biography of Patrick of Ireland.  In honor of the true meaning of St. Patrick's Day I thought I would share this song.  It is taken from the translation of St. Patrick's Breastplate.  I'm going to give you all the words of the translation, but you will see that the song only contains a small portion of them.  God bless you all.     I bind unto myself today The strong Name of the Trinity By invocation of the same The Three in One and One in Three.   I bind this today to me forever By power of faith, Christ's incarnation; His baptism in Jordan river, His death on Cross for my salvation; His bursting from the spiced tomb, His riding up the heavenly way, His coming at the day of doom I bind unto myself today.   I bind unto myself the power Of the great love of cherubim; The sweet 'Well done' in judgment hour, The service of the seraphim, Confessors' faith, Apostles' word, The Patriarchs' prayers, the prophets' scrolls, All good deeds done unto the Lord And purity of virgin souls.   I bind unto myself today The virtues of the star lit heaven, The glorious sun's life giving ray, The whiteness of the moon at even, The flashing of the lightning free, The whirling wind's tempestuous shocks, The stable earth, the deep salt sea Around the old eternal rocks.   I bind unto myself today The power of God to hold and lead, His eye to watch, His might to stay, His ear to hearken to my need. The wisdom of my God to teach, His hand to guide, His shield to ward; The word of God to give me speech, His heavenly host to be my guard.   Against the demon snares of sin, The vice that gives temptation force, The natural lusts that war within, The hostile men that mar my course; Or few or many, far or nigh, In every place and in all hours, Against their fierce hostility I bind to me these holy powers.   Against all Satan's spells and wiles. Against false words of heresy, Against the knowledge that defiles, Against the heart's idolatry, Against the wizard's evil craft, Against the death wound and the burning, The choking wave, the poisoned shaft, Protect me, Christ, till Thy returning.   Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me. Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.   In bind unto myself the Name, The strong Name of the Trinity, By invocation of the same, The Three in One and One in Three. By Whom all nature hath creation, Eternal Father, Spirit, Word: Praise to the Lord of my salvation, Salvation is of Christ the Lord.

"But what does it say? 'The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart' - that is, the word of faith whch we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."  Romans 10:8-10   Join my Yahoo Group: Caring for Your Kids Kids   Living Sword Ministries Bible Study Website To receive the Daily Worship   Please do not post my creations on websites or in groups that also post AC/SAC material.   My work is meant to honor the Lord God and I would be ashamed to see it displayed in such company.    Graphic from WWW Font: Splendid March - 2011   Image from shares, scans, or www This is a private e-mail and is covered by Title 18, Part I, Chapter 47, Sec. 1030 and Internet Privacy Law.