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How Great Thou Art!
THE GOSPEL IN SONG
A Consideration Of Fountains
A
promised fountain for Green
Acres Lake in Clovis New
Mexico.
 Newspaper
 Lots
articles.
of hype.
 What
we expected…
What We Expected…
What We Expected…
What We Actually Got…
Our God Is A Mighty Fountain!
 “God
is the fountain
whence ten thousand
blessings flow….”
1 – God Is The Fountain Whence
1.
God is the fountain whence
Ten thousand blessings flow;
To Him my life, my health, and friends,
And every good I owe.
Words: Benjamin Beddome
Music: Lowell Mason
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1 – God Is The Fountain Whence
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2 – God Is The Fountain Whence
2.
The comforts He affords
Are neither few nor small;
He is the source of fresh delights,
My portion and my all.
Words: Benjamin Beddome
Music: Lowell Mason
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
2 – God Is The Fountain Whence
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3 – God Is The Fountain Whence
3.
He fills my heart with joy,
My lips attunes for praise;
And to His glory I'll devote
The remnant of my days.
Words: Benjamin Beddome
Music: Lowell Mason
© 2003 The Paperless Hymnal™
3 – God Is The Fountain Whence
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Fountain References To God
 Psalm
36:9 -- For with You
is the fountain of life; in
Your light we see light.

Psalm 68:26 -- Bless God in
the congregations, even
the Lord, you who are of
the fountain of Israel.
Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have
committed two evils: they
have forsaken Me, the
fountain of living waters,
to hew for themselves
cisterns, broken cisterns
that can hold no water.
A Fountain Of Blessings
 10,000
 To
blessings
Him I owe my life, my
health, my friends, and
every good thing in my life.
Mark 12:30
 …and
you shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, and with
all your soul, and with all your
mind, and with all your strength.’
 James 1:17 -- Every good thing
given and every perfect gift is
from above, coming down from
the Father of lights, with whom
there is no variation or shifting
shadow.
A Fountain Of Comforts
 Neither
few nor small
 He
is a source of fresh
delights
 God
is our portion
 Lamentations
3:24 -- “The
Lord is my portion,” says my
soul, “Therefore I have hope
in Him.”
2 Corinthians 1:3

Blessed be the
God and Father of
our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father
of mercies and
God of all
comfort….
A Fountain Of Joy
 He
fills my heart with joy
 Psalm
16:11 – “You will
make known to me the
path of life; In Your
presence is fullness of
joy; In Your right hand
there are pleasures
forever.”
My Lips Attunes For Praise…
 God
prepares praise for
Himself.
 Psalm
51:15 – “O Lord,
open my lips, that my
mouth may declare Your
praise.”
Hebrews 13:15
 “Through
Him then,
let us continually
offer up a sacrifice
of praise to God,
that is, the fruit of lips
that give thanks to
His name.”
God tunes our hearts/lips for praise
 Isaiah
57:19 –
“Creating the praise
of the lips. Peace,
peace to him who is
far and to him who is
near,” says the Lord,
“and I will heal him.”
God Is Worthy Of Praise
 But
He does not merely wait for
praise – He works in the world to
produce it….
 Ephesians
1:5-6 -- He
predestined us to adoption as
sons through Jesus Christ to
Himself, according to the kind
intention of His will, to the praise
of the glory of His grace, which
He freely bestowed on us in the
Beloved.
Ephesians 1:12, 14
 …to
the end that we who
were the first to hope in
Christ would be to the
praise of His glory…. [Spirit]
who is given as a pledge of
our inheritance, with a view
to the redemption of God’s
own possession, to the
praise of His glory.
How does that benefit us?
 Sheer
joy in
praising God
 …And
to His glory
I’ll devote the
remnant of my
days!